Death Notices

Beverly Whitney
Beverly A. Whitney, 67, of
Austin, died Friday (Nov. 23,
2007) at the Roswell Park
Cancer Institute in Buffalo, N.Y.
The Rev. Randy Headley
officiated at a funeral service.
Burial was in Williams-McFall
Cemetery in Conrad. Memorials
may be made to Roswell Park
Memorial Cancer Institute or to
the Austin Volunteer Ambulance
Association.

Vern Howard
Vernon E. "Vern" Howard, 89,
of Coudersport, died Sunday
(Nov. 25, 2007). The Rev. Robert
G. Achey, pastor of Bell Run
Union Church, will officiate at
a funeral service on Saturday,
Dec. 1, 11 a.m., at the Virgil L.
Howard Funeral Home,
Shinglehouse. Burial will be in
the Maple Grove Cemetery.
Memorials may be made to the
Bell Run Community Club.

Anna May Bankert
Anna May Kooch Bankert, of
Jersey Shore, formerly of
Coudersport, died on Tuesday
(Nov. 20, 2007). A commital
service was held with Father
John Murphy of St. Gabriel's
Catholic Church, Port Allegany,
officiating. Interment followed
at Sweden Hill Cemetery.
Memorials may be made to the Anna May Bankert Memorial Scholarship Fund, Austin Area School, c/o Northwest Savings Bank, 21 Turner St., Austin PA 16720.
Charles Britton
Charles C. Britton, 70, of
Emporium, died Thursday (Nov.
22, 2007) in Elk Regional Health
Center, St. Marys. Funeral
services were held with the Rev.
Dwight Simpson officiating.
Burial was in Newton Cemetery.

Harold Ditty
Harold "Bob" Ditty, 96, of
Pottersdale died Tuesday (Nov.
20, 2007). Among the survivors
is a daughter, Hazel Ellenberger
of Emporium. Pastor Hiriam
Westover officiated at a funeral
service.

Miles Bender
Miles LeRoy Bender, 70, Falls
Creek, died Saturday (Nov. 20,
2007) at DuBois Regional
Medical Center West. Mr.
Bender was a 1955 graduate of
Cameron County High School.
The Rev. Mike Shingler
officiated at a funeral service.
Memorials may be made to the
First Baptist Church, 111 N.
Second Street, Clearfield PA
16830.