Charlotta Joan (Dodson) McCreary, 94, of East Freedom, died on Sunday, Oct. 12, 2025, at home. Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025, at The Leslie-Miller Funeral Home, 810 Bedford St., Claysburg. A complete obituary will appear in a later edition of the Altoona Mirror.
Susan E. (Spidle) Rhodes, 76, of Altoona, originally of Newry, died Saturday, Oct. 11, 2025, at home. She was born April 10, 1949, in Newry, a daughter of John and Mary Louise Spidle. Susan married Larry Rhodes on July 22, 1973, and they shared 52 years of marriage together. She is survived ...
Virgina “Ginny” Simala, 94, passed away Saturday, Oct. 11, 2025. Daughter of the late Paul and Mary (Cooper) Talko. Preceded in death by her husband, Francis J. “Fussy” Simala, she is survived by children: John, Robert and Kurt Simala, Nadine Elias and Alicia Weaver. Friends received from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 15, and from 9 to 9:30 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 16, at Matthew R. Decort Funeral Home & Cremation Services Inc., Portage. Funeral Mass will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025, at Holy Family Catholic Church in Portage. Internment at St. Mary Cemetery, Portage, to ...
Margaret Adaline Tepsic, 98, of Tyrone, was called home to her place in Heaven on Friday, Oct. 3, 2025. She was born Nov. 5, 1926, in Milesburg, the daughter of the late Austin C. and Esther J. (Sessamen) Sherry. Margaret was a graduate of State College Area High School Class of 1945, where she enjoyed being a member of the cheering squad. Surviving are sons: Joseph M. Tepsic of Hollidaysburg, Austin L. Tepsic and Michael D. Tepsic of Tyrone; a daughter, Arlene Parkhill (husband, Bruce) of State College and Naples, Florida; daughters-in-law, Jackie Tepsic and Vickey Tepsic of Tyrone; ...
Thomas L. “Tom” Ashburn, 81, of Altoona, passed away Thursday at Graystone Manor, Bellmeade. He was born in Altoona, son of the late Leroy and Teresa (Reighard) Ashburn. Tom is survived by his four children: Leann Keiper (Brian) of Sidman and Hope Kephart, Nick Noel (Brandi) and Jennifer ...
It is with great sorrow the Ayers Family shares with family, friends, and the Morrison Cove Community, the passing of “Denny” Dennis Dean Ayers, beloved husband, father, father-in-law, grandfather, brother, uncle, great and great-great uncle, and former softball coach, at the age of 77, in ...
