Bear Creek High California Alumni Obituaries

Jo Ann Conn went to be with the Lord peacefully on January 31 2026 in Cypress Tx at the age of 93. She was born on November 3 1932 to Charles Edward and Lorena Wells in Three Sands Oklahoma one of five siblings. She attended and was a twirler for Miller High School in Corpus. Owned and operated AAA ...

It is with great sadness that we share that the CEO of the Olson family Kenneth Ken E. Olson peacefully passed away on January 7 2026. Ken was born Bear Creek in 1936 the son of Clarence and Marie Wilke Olson. He attended Bear Creek Schools with his brother Ron and the two of them were known to have...

Barbara Ann Zilk Wagner age 77 a Manitowoc resident passed away Tuesday December 30 2025 at Froedtert Holy Family Memorial Hospital Manitowoc. She was born July 24 1948 in Manitowoc daughter of the late James and Florence Betke Zilk. Barb attended Lincoln High School until her family moved to Denver...

Virginia Ginny Laman was born in Kalamazoo Michigan the third daughter of Donald and Thelma Soerheide. As a child she grew up in Spring Lake Michigan and graduated from Grand Haven High School because at that time there was no high school in Spring Lake. She was married to Clancy Clarence E Laman in...

Mark E Pennington 68 of Clayton DE passed away on Monday January 26 2026 after a difficult and courageous battle with cancer. Mark was born July 20 1957. He was preceded in death by his father Edwin Pennington mother Shirley Pennington Queen and husband Daniel J Queen Jr all of Wilmington. He is sur...

Kimberlie M. Kim Saeler 67 of Chicora passed away peacefully while in the company of her family late Thursday evening January 22 2026 at Butler Memorial Hospital. Kimberlie was born in Butler on April 21 1958. She was the daughter of the late Donald L. Mac and Maree Marlene Squirt Ellenberger Lowers...

David A. Peterson 82 of Girard passed away on Thursday January 29 2026 at Saint Vincent Hospital. David graduated from Harbor Creek High School went on to a career in welding and retiring from Industrial Sales after many years of loyal service. In retirement he found joy in a parttime job driving ve...

Margaret F. Weilacher McGee 82 of Sarver Buffalo Twp. Butler County passed away on Monday October 13 2025 at her home surrounded by her family. She was born September 13 1943 in Clarendon PA Warren County to the late Robert J. and Marceittus Waive Shay Weilacher. Margaret lived most of her life in t...

Mr. Stanley Donell Jones was born on September 19 1983 to Mr. Stanley Carter and Ms. Lisa Jones. He departed this life on Tuesday morning December 23 2025 at North Alabama Medical Center in Florence Alabama. As a young child Stanley attended Mt. Carmel Missionary Church in Tuscumbia Alabama. In the ...

Randall G. Hollingshead 74 of Todd passed away peacefully at Westminster Woods in Huntingdon on June 18 2025. Born in Cassville he was the son of the late Frank and Anna Stapleton Hollingshead. In 1979 he married Connie Eichensehr who survives him after 46 years of marriage. He is also survived by h...

VARNVILLE Mr. Gordon L. Rhoden Sr. passed away peacefully at his home in Varnville on Tuesday morning November 25 2025 after a period of declining health following the death of his beloved wife Brenda Gail Rice Rhoden in March of this year. Their marriage was an example of true love and companionshi...

Patty L. Gemmill age 83 of Cheyenne Wells Colorado was gathered into the loving arms of our dear Lord Jesus on January 16 2026 at Morningside Place in Overland Park Kansas. She was born Patricia Lenora Breitenbach on January 18 1942 in Halstead Kansas to Laurence and Lucille Breitenbach. She would a...

Ronald E. Ron Gifford 85 of Chicora passed away peacefully early Tuesday morning December 30 2025 at Quality Life Services Sugarcreek. Ronald was born in Fairview on June 26 1940. He was the son of the late Lone and Mable Mench Gifford. He was a 1959 graduate of Fairview Township Karns City High Sch...

Emma Russell at the age of 79 passed away on Christmas Eve at her daughters home in Radford. A lifelong member of Bethel United Methodist Church she leaves behind a legacy of love and service unto the Lord. The youngest of six children born to Roy and Ora Lee Taylor Emma exemplified the life of a tr...

William Jennings Smith, 88, went home to be with his Lord and Savior on Friday, January 9, 2026, surrounded by the love of his family. Jennings was born in Wayne County on August 15, 1937, to the late Robert and Edna Smith. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his beloved son, Ter...

Born on July 31 2002 in WilkesBarre PA he was the son of Aaron J. Case of Luzerne and Nicole M. Julian Libertoski and Frank Libertoski Jr. of Bear Creek Township. Logan was a graduate of James M. Coughlin High School WilkesBarre Class of 2020 and was employed at All Door Sales Swoyersville PA. Logan...

Daryl M. LaMonet 57 of Bear Creek Township passed away Saturday evening November 29 2025 at his home after a long battle against Multiple Sclerosis. Born on July 31 1968 in WilkesBarre PA he was the son of the late Michael and Mary Morika LaMooney Jr. Daryl was a graduate of G.A.R. Memorial High Sch...

Gary Wayne Walker of Bear Creek Twp. passed away peacefully on December 14 2025 at Allied Services Hospice Center in WilkesBarre. Gary was born in High Point NC and was the youngest son of the late Thomas M. Walker and Eda Chriscoe Walker. After his early education Gary moved to Miami Florida and gr...

John Raymond Sterba age 71 of MinersMills passed away peacefully on Saturday January 10 2026 while in the comforting care of Allied Services Hospice Center in WilkesBarre. Born in WilkesBarre on December 6 1954 John was one of three children to the late John and Ann Marie Andes Sterba. He spent his ...