Pauline V. Magill
Nov 24, 2012
Pauline V. Magill, age 88, of East 8th Street, Bloomsburg, died on Saturday evening, November 24, 2012. Pauline was a resident of the Bloomsburg area for over 46 years, and also a life-long resident of Columbia County. Pauline was born on Friday, July 25, 1924 in Beaver Valley, a daughter of the late Anthony and Mary (Pless) Kowalski. She spent...
Ruth M. Wolfgang
Nov 23, 2012
Ruth M. Wolfgang, age 92, of Eleventh Street, Bloomsburg, died on Friday, November 23, 2012 a patient of Geisinger Medical Center, Danville. Ruth was a resident of her home in Bloomsburg since 1961. Ruth was born on Thursday, March 18, 1920 in Mount Carmel, a daughter of the late Michael and Wilamena (Bunge) Valencik. She was a member of the...
Thomas J. Petrash
Nov 22, 2012
Thomas J. Petrash, age 88, of Columbia Avenue, Bloomsburg died on Thursday, November 22, 2012 a resident of Orangeville Nursing and Rehabilitation Center since January. Tom was a resident of his home in Bloomsburg for over 58 years. Tom was born on Sunday, September 21, 1924 in Coaldale, a son of the late Frank and Susan (Petko) Petrash. He was...
Richard W. Kipp
Nov 20, 2012
Richard W. Kipp, age 93, of Spring Garden Ave., Bloomsburg, died on Tuesday, November 20, 2012 a resident of Columbia Montour Home Hospice at Maria Hall in Danville. Richard was also formerly a resident of Old Berwick Road in Bloomsburg since 1991. Richard was born on Friday, September 12, 1919 in Northumberland, a son of the late Oscar H. and...
Betty J. Walters
Nov 9, 2012
Betty J. Walters, age 87, formerly of Bloomsburg, died on Friday, November 9, 2012, a resident of the Claremont Nursing and Rehab Center since June of 2011. Betty was born on Wednesday, April 25, 1925 in Main Township, a daughter of the late Daniel H. and Bertha (Linn) Slusser. She was a graduate of the former Mainville High School. Betty...
Bertha A. 'Bert' Auten
Nov 2, 2012
Bertha A. "Bert" Auten, age 69, of Beaver Valley, died on Friday, November 2, 2012 a resident of Grandview Health Homes in Danville since October. Bert was born on Saturday, November 21, 1942 in York, Pennsylvania, a daughter of the late Arthur Clayton and Arnetta Ima (Clark) Shoup. Bert graduated from the Red Lion Area School. She was employed throughout...
Joan M. Hampton
Oct 29, 2012
Joan M. Hampton, age 80, of Buckhorn, died on Monday evening, October 29, 2012 a resident of Balanced Care at Bloomsburg. Joan lived most of her life in the Bloomsburg area. Joan was born on Sunday, August 14, 1932 in Bloomsburg, a daughter of the late Walter and Elva Derr Yodock Welch. Throughout her earlier years, she attended the Bloomsburg...
Jill Marie Shaw-Creveling
Oct 23, 2012
Jill Marie Shaw-Creveling, age 50, of Fowlersville Road, Bloomsburg died on Tuesday, October 23, 2012 at home by her family and under the care of Columbia Montour Home Hospice, after her long and tiring battle with cancer. Jill was born on Friday, March 2, 1962 in Clearfield, a daughter of Robert and Patricia (Hudsick) Shaw of Bloomsburg. In 1980, she...
Richard M. Greenjack, Sr.
Oct 13, 2012
Richard M. Greenjack, age 64, of Bloomsburg, died on Saturday, October 13, 2012 a patient of Geisinger Medical Center, Danville. Richard has lived in Bloomsburg with wife for over 29 years. Richard was born on Wednesday, August 4, 1948 in Philadelphia, the son of the late John and Nettie (Roberts) Greenjack. He graduated from the Collingdale High School. Following his...
Glen D. Roeder
Sep 28, 2012
Glen D. Roeder, age 84, of Montour Boulevard, Bloomsburg, died on Friday, September 28, 2012 at his residence where he resided since 1975. Glen was also a former resident of the Buckhorn area for many years. Glen was born on Monday, February 6, 1928 in Catawissa, a son of the late Ross and Martha (Whitenight) Roeder. Throughout his earlier years,...
Robert F. Ketchem
Sep 24, 2012
Robert F. Ketchem, age 80, a life-long resident, Bloomsburg died on Monday, September 24, 2012 a resident at Bloomsburg Health Care Center. Robert was a resident of his home on East Eighth Street in Bloomsburg since 1955. Robert was born on Thursday, September 24, 1932 in Bloomsburg, a son of the late Lester and Zella (Hoss) Ketchem. He was a...
Harold C. Fritz, Jr.
Sep 23, 2012
Harold C. Fritz, Jr., age 81, of Greenwood Township, died on Sunday, September 23, 2012 a patient at Geisinger Medical Center, Danville. He had been ill for several years. Harold was born on Friday, March 6, 1931 in Benton, a son of the late Harold C. and Roberta (Davis) Fritz, Sr. He was a member of the 1950 graduating class...
John J. Krum
Sep 21, 2012
John J. Krum, age 79, a life-long resident, Bloomsburg, died on Friday, September 21, 2012 at his residence. John was born on Sunday, January 8, 1933, in Bloomsburg, a son of the late Frank and Minnie (Longenberger) Krum. He was a member of the 1951 Graduating Class of the Bloomsburg High School. Following his education, he served his country with...
Margaret A. 'Peg' Witsch
Sep 11, 2012
Margaret A. "Peg" Witsch, of McGuire Park Drive, Bloomsburg, died on Tuesday, September 11, 2012, a resident of Orangeville Nursing & Rehab Center Peg was born on Monday, July 28, 1941, a daughter of the late William R. and Kathryn (Kelly) Witsch. She graduated in 1959 from the West Catholic High School in Philadelphia. Throughout her working career, and most...
Arwilda L. Shoemaker
Sep 11, 2012
Arwilda L. Shoemaker, age 85, of Millville, died on Tuesday, September 11, 2012, a resident of Muncy Valley Hospital Skilled Nursing Unit. Arwilda was born on Tuesday, June 5, 1928 in Madison Township, a daughter of the late J. Arthur and Rita (Kinney) Love. During her earlier years, she attended and later graduated from the Millville High School in June...
Dr. John Wilson Galbreath
Sep 3, 2012
Dr. John Wilson Galbreath, age 89, of West 9th Street, Bloomsburg, died on Monday, September 3, 2012 at his home under the care of Columbia-Montour Home Hospice. He had been in failing health for the past year. John was born on Wednesday, April 18, 1923, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, the son of the late Dr. William R. and Pearl...
Douglas L. Bryden
Aug 27, 2012
Douglas L. Bryden, age 51, of . Bloomsburg died unexpectedly Monday, August 27, 2012 at his home. Douglas was born in Bloomsburg on Wednesday, April 19, 1961 .., a son of the late, John and Patricia Luke Bryden. He was residing in his family homestead with his children and wife. After attending the Bloomsburg Elementary and Middle Schools, Douglas graduated...
Julia A. Driskell
Aug 25, 2012
Julia A. Driskell, age 89, of Fair Street, Bloomsburg, passed away on Saturday, August 25, 2012 a patient in the ER of the Geisinger-Bloomsburg Hospital. Julia has been a resident of the Town of Bloomsburg her entire life. Julia was born on Thursday, March 22, 1923 in Bloomsburg, a daughter of the late Benjamin and Ethel (Zeisloft) Welliver. Throughout her...
Caroline L. Yetter
Aug 25, 2012
Caroline L. Yetter, age 83, of Main St., Catawissa, died on Saturday, August 25, 2012 a resident of Kramm Health Care Center in Milton. Caroline has been a resident of Columbia County since 1974. Caroline was born on Friday, February 17, 1922 in Pittsburgh, a daughter of the late Reinhold and Freda (Steinbruck) Eichner. She received her education from the...
Eleanor L. Galbreath
Aug 21, 2012
Eleanor L. Galbreath, age 91, of West Ninth Street, Bloomsburg died on Tuesday, August 21, 2012 at her home under the care of Columbia Montour Home Hospice. Eleanor had been in failing health for the past several years. Eleanor was born on Thursday, May 12, 1921 in Worcester, Massachusetts, the daughter of the late Gustav A. and Carrie O. (Sandstrom)...
