The Daily Item, Sunbury, PA

Daily Item Obituaries

March 8, 2013

Ella Mae Long, 67, Millmont

MILLMONT — Ella Mae Long, 67, formerly of Penns Creek, passed away at 3:48 p.m. Thursday, March 7, 2013, at Rolling Hills Manor, Millmont.

She was born April 13, 1945, in Center Township, Snyder County, a daughter of the late Harvey Jacob and Estella Mae (Musser) Reich.

She had been employed at Middleburg Yarn in both their Middleburg and Selinsgrove facilities.

Ella was a member of VFW Post 164, Mifflinburg. She loved to raise flowers and had an extensive collection of bears and hearts.

Surviving are two sons, Marvin E. Walker Jr., of Watsontown and Dale R. Walker, of Danville; two daughters, Jean Ann Gueiswite, of New Columbia and Linda L. Walker, of Baltimore, Md.; nine grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; one sister, Shirley Swartzlander, of Mifflinburg; and three brothers, Jacob Reich, of Winfield, Charles Reich, of Penns Creek, and Marvin Reich, of Middleburg.

She was preceded in death by four brothers, John, Ben, Henry and George Reich; two sisters, Anna Bickhart and Patsy Reich; and one grandson, Randy Sampsell.

Friends and family will be received from 10 to 11 a.m. Monday at the Hummel Funeral Home, 574 Hill St., Middleburg, followed by the funeral at 11.

Private burial in the Penns Creek Union Cemetery.

 

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  • Elwood W. Tharp, 92, Northumberland

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  • Keith R. “Skinny” Williams Sr., 69, Sunbury

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  • Bruce T. Reichelderfer, 83, Mount Pleasant Mills

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Funeral Arrangements
  • Sunday, May 26, 2013

    BECK, DOROTHY A., 81, of Mifflinburg. Visitation from 10:30 to 11 a.m. Tuesday at St. George Church, 775 Forest Hill Road, Mifflinburg, followed by Mass of Christian Burial at 11. Graveside service at 5 p.m. Tuesday in Princeton Memorial Park, Robbinsville, N.J. Roupp Funeral Home, Mifflinburg.

    BOWER, JACK G., 86, of Berwick. Visitation from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday at Bower Memorial United Methodist Church, 140 E. Second St., Berwick, followed by memorial service. Private burial in Pine Grove Cemetery. McMichael-Rairigh & Baker Funeral Home, Berwick.

    COBLENTZ, RAYMOND E., 59, of Millmont. Visiation from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at Maranatha Fellowship, 941 State Route 93, Sugarcreek, Ohio, followed by funeral at 10. Burial in Yoder Cemetery, Sugarcreek. Roupp Funeral Home Inc., Mifflinburg.

    LAUVER, MARVIN B. “MAJOR,’ 84, of York. Visitation from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at George P. Garman Funeral Homes Inc., 9366 Route 35, Mount Pleasant Mills, and from 1 to 2 p.m. Wednesday at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church, Church Street, Freeburg. Burial in Evergreen Cemetery, Freeburg.

    ROSANCRANS, RONALD A., 62, of Sunbury. Visitation from 10 to 11 a.m. Tuesday at Jerre Wirt Blank Funeral Home, 395 State St., Sunbury, followed by funeral at 11. Burial in Shreiner’s Cemetery, Shamokin Dam.

    WENGER, ANNA H., 90, of Millmont. Visitation from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. today in Farm Crest Chapel, Fairmount Homes, 1100 Farm Crest Drive, Ephrata, followed by funeral at 9 a.m. Monday. Additional funeral at 9:30 a.m. Monday in Groffdal Mennonite Church, Weaverland Conference. Stradling Funeral Home, Ephrata.

     

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