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Elsie A. Kidwell

Jan. 3, 1923 – Sept. 21, 2021

Elsie A. Kidwell, 98, Hollidaysburg, passed away Tuesday morning at Garvey Manor Nursing Home, Hollidaysburg. She was born in Altoona, daughter of the late John and Elsie (Appel) Ammer.

Elsie was twice married. Her first husband, Edmund J. Maslona, passed away in 1992. Her second husband, William R. Kidwell, preceded her in death in 2000.

Surviving are a daughter, Jacqueline A. Simpson of Herndon, Va.; two granddaughters, Cassandra Simpson and Mary Elizabeth Rebuck (Mark); and two great-grandsons, Henry and Charlie.

She was preceded in death by a granddaughter, Corrie Bonaventure and her husband, Frank; a great-grandson, Frankie Bonaventure; a brother, Frank Ammer; and a sister, Louise Burley.

Elsie was a 1941 graduate of Altoona High School.

She was a WWII Navy veteran, serving as a Storekeeper Second Class.

Elsie retired in 1985 from Vitro Corporation in Silver Spring, Md. as a Retirement Specialist after 16 years of service.

She had been a member of St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Church in Hollidaysburg and St. Mary Catholic Church in Hollidaysburg, as well as a member of the Catholic Daughters of America.

There will be no visitation or services. Interment will be at Poplar Springs Cemetery in Mount Airy, Md.

Arrangements are by Plank, Stitt & Stevens Funeral Home, 421 Montgomery St., Hollidaysburg.

Condolences may be made at www.stevensfamilyfuneralhomes.com or Stevens Family Funeral Homes Facebook page.