E E Smith High Alumni Obituaries

Godfearing nurturing compassionate and resilient are words that describe the characteristics of Mary Elizabeth Newkirk Waters. She was born in Cuthbert Georgia to Willie Mae Grier Newkirk and Love Newkirk on June 16 1927. Southernborn and northernraised her family moved to Harrisburg Pennsylvania wh...

Jeffrey attended Our Lady of Peace Catholic School St. Marks Seminary and was a graduate of McDowell High School. As a young man he was active in the Boy Scouts of America an experience that stayed with him throughout his life. He later led his own sons on their Scouting journeys with Troop 53 proud...

Fred A. Petrunak 96 Altoona passed away peacefully on April 132025 at UPMC Altoona surrounded by his loving children. He was born on July 18 1928 in Patton PA the son of Joseph and Mary Churella Petrunyak. Fred is preceded in death by his parents his wife Geraldine T. Red Conrad Petrunak grandson Be...

Marie Antionette Walker was born in Texarkana on April 22 1960 to the union of Percy Vertis B. Walker sixtyfive years ago. She was a member of True Vine Church of God in Christ under the leadership of Pastor Andrew First Lady Latosha Box Smith where she attended until her demise. And prior to that...

John E. Jai Ramos age 80 of Pittsburgh PA formerly of Northern Virginia Dunkirk NY and Puerto Rico passed away peacefully on November 29 2025 after a courageous 15year battle with Parkinsons Disease. Born on February 5 1945 in Guayama Puerto Rico Jai was the son of the late Juan Ramos and Ramona Gar...

Dorothy Marie Rhea, the daughter of Fred Dewey Lee and Gertrude Marie (Chaplin) Smith was born March 25th, 1930, in Oelwein, Iowa. She graduated from Oran High School in 1947. Dorothy served as American Legion Auxiliary Thomas E. Woods Post #223 President for many years, including many county and di...

John W. Greenwell 90 of Evansville passed away Tuesday January 6 2026 at Lucy Smith King Hospice in Henderson. He was born May 22 1935 in Morganfield Kentucky to the late Joseph T. Greenwell and Caroline E. Wathen Greenwell and worked as an estimator for 33 years at Zenith in Evansville. John served...

A funeral service for Patricia E. Studnicka will be held on Thursday December 11 2025 at 200 p.m. at Bethel Lutheran Church in Holdrege Nebraska with Pastor Jean Clayton officiating. Interment will follow at the Prairie Home Cemetery in Holdrege. Patricia Eileen Pat Studnicka 78 years of age of Hold...

A funeral service for Marjorie L. Lubeck Ehrke will be held on Saturday November 22 2025 at 230 p.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church Stamford Nebraska with Pastor Thalia Woodworth officiating. Interment will follow at the Stamford Cemetery. Marjorie Lea Lubeck Ehrke 92 years of age of Stamford passed awa...

Mary Lou Z. Stalker 88 of Bloomsburg passed away on Friday December 12 at Sunbury Nursing and Rehabilitation. She was preceded in death by her husband of 38 years Kenneth W. Stalker on January 5 2015. Born July 11 1937 in Bloomsburg she was a daughter of the late John G. and Sarah E. Kashner Zeislof...

James Jim Clifford Smith age 82 passed away at a care facility in Emmett ID on December 17 2025 to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. He leaves behind a legacy of hard work love for his family and many friendships. Jim was born on April 27th 1943 the 2nd of 4 children to Rev Charles Clifford ...

Catherine Ann Stoner 50 of Mt. Pleasant passed away Wednesday December 31 2025 at UPMC Presbyterian Hospital. Mrs. Stoner was born May 19 1975 in Greensburg to Richard W. and Bonnie A. Allen Smith Sr. Cathy was a graduate of Mt. Pleasant Area High School class of 1993. She worked as a screen printer...

Evelyn M. Smith our beloved mother grandmother great grandmother and greatgreat grandmother was called home to the Lord on January 12 2026 after a long beautiful life filled with faith and love. Surrounded by love her family finds comfort in the promise of eternal life. Born October 6 1931 in Winfie...

She was born on May 31 1960 to Arnold R. and Barbara Caton Love in Winfield. She graduated from Winfield High School in 1978 and attended Wichita State University and Kansas University while working in the medical field at Snyder Clinic WNMH and as a first responder EMT. An artist of oils and waterc...

Helen E. Konon 95 a resident of Edwardsville passed into eternal life on Friday evening December 12 2025 at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center Plains Township. Born on April 01 1930 in Edwardsville Helen was one of five children born to the late Peter Konon and Mary Phillips Konon. Raised in an...

Norbert Stainbrook died peacefully in his sleep on November 30 2025 at the age of 100 in Salt Lake City Utah surrounded by his family. His childhood was spent in Crawford County with both sides of his grandparents at the Yoset Farm as well as the Stainbrook home in Meadville. In 1941 Norbert and a f...

Thomas J. Hughes 74 of Scranton died Wednesday afternoon at Allied Services Hospice Center. He is survived by his wife and best friend Helene Smith Hughes. Born in Scranton son of the late Frank R. and Mildred Langan Hughes he was a graduate of Dunmore High School Class of 1969 and went on to the Un...

Dominick J. Tomaro 89 of Dunmore died on Wednesday at the Greenridge Care Center where he was a resident since November. Surviving is his wife of 64 years the former Ann Marie Kelly. Born in Dunmore he was the son of the late Joseph and Margaret Mecca Tomaro. Dom was a member of SS AnthonyRocco Pari...

Lois Evelyn Gorsage age 89 of Lewistown Illinois passed away at 500 am on Sunday January 23 2022 at Clayberg Nursing Center in Cuba Illinois. She was born on July 30 1932 in Canton Illinois the daughter of Harold and Nelda Jo Smith Burgard. She married Lawrence Coleman in 1954 in Lewistown. He pr...

Dale McCurdy 61 of Vermont passed away at 640 pm on Friday May 27 2016 at his home. He was born on May 2 1955 in Canton the son of Harold and Helen Wheeler McCurdy. Dale married Rose Orwig on April 3 1982 in Summum. She survives. Also surviving are one son Travis of Springfield IL his parents of Ver...

Betty L. Brown age 94 of Peoria IL formerly of Chillicothe passed away at 734 pm on Saturday May 27 2017 at the Apostolic Christian Skyline Nursing Center in Peoria. She was born on March 26 1923 on the family farm in Astoria the daughter of Harve S. and Edna Mary Gruber Ruth. On March 17 1946 Bet...

Victor H. Danner age 85 of Decatur IL passed away at 1000 pm on Thursday January 19 2017 at his home. He was born on October 16 1931 in Woodland Twp. Fulton Co. IL the son of Hart F. and Iona F. Hetrick Danner. He married Dorothy E. France on March 7 1954 in Astoria IL. She survives. Also survivi...

Patty Ruth Winner age 87 of Browning Illinois passed away at 12 midnight on Saturday November 7 2020 at her daughters home in rural Browning. She was born on September 9 1933 in Bluff City Illinois the daughter of Leonard and Maye Carter Stambaugh. On November 1 1951 Patty married Robert E. Winner...

Donna Smith Lamb passed away on Monday November 3 2025 at Fairview Park Hospital in Dublin Georgia. Donna was born on December 27 1948 in Gainesville Florida and was a lifelong resident of Wadley Georgia. She was a graduate of Wadley High School and Georgia Southern College as well as GuptonJones Co...

Norman E. Bungard, 85 of Mount Pleasant died Saturday December 13,2025 at Independence Health System Westmoreland Hospital. He was born September 18,1940 a son of the late William and Grace Underwood Bungard. He was a member of the Mt. Joy Covenant Church of Mt. Pleasant where he previously served a...

Lana C. Palmer Henry 82 of Loganville passed away peacefully on December 8 2025 at the Pappus House. She was the beloved wife of Wilson E. Henry Jr. with whom she shared 49 years of marriage. Born in Gettysburg on June 3 1943 Lana was the daughter of the late Victor A. Palmer and Hannah C. Heare Pal...

Funeral services for Mrs. Gloria Jean Wright of Wrightsville, Georgia, will be held on Sunday, December 21, 2025, at 2 PM in the C. D. Dudley Chapel at Dudley Funeral Home, 617 E. Jackson Street in Dublin.Mrs. Gloria Wright was born on February 25th, 1955. She departed this life on Sunday, December ...

Doris E. (Smith) Shirk, age 89, passed away peacefully on January 9, 2025. Born in Philadelphia, Doris moved to National Park at the age of nine and later graduated from Woodbury High School Class of 1954.On January 25, 1958, she married the love of her life, Edmund G. Shirk. They began their union ...

June E. Claypool 85 of S. Buffalo Twp. passed away peacefully on Monday January 12 2026 at her residence. June Elizabeth Spohn Claypool was born February 11 1940 in Dennys Mill Butler County PA. to the late Dorothy Steele and Elmer M. Spohn. June was a 1958 graduate of the final class of WinfieldCli...

William E. Ridenour 93 of Huntingdon Beach CA died November 192025 in Huntingdon Beach. He was born September 231932 in Hunker PA. A son of the late Evans W. and Carrie F. Smith Ridenour. He served in the US Coast Guard for four years. He retired as a teacher at Edison High School in Huntingdon Beac...