Therese “Ann” Bender, 74, of Altoona, peacefully passed away Jan. 3, 2026, at Adventist Healthcare Shady Grove Medical Center in Maryland, after a brief illness. Ann graduated from Mercy Hospital School of Nursing in 1972, beginning a lifelong dedication to health care and caring for ...
John Fredrick Berish, 63, Patton, passed away Wednesday evening after a three-year battle with lung cancer. John was born in Spangler, son of George and Elizabeth (Noakes) Berish. On Nov. 22, 2003, he married Judy Gregory. He is survived by his loving wife; a son, John A. Berish; a ...
Lt. Col. Palmer Brown, USMC Ret., 88, of Duncansville, passed away Dec. 14, 2025, at UPMC Altoona. He was born in Duncansville, son of the late Palmer and Mabel Brown. He married Carolyn Moffet, with whom he shared 67 years of marriage. Palmer was a 1955 graduate of Hollidaysburg High ...
Zana W. Ferry, 98, Martinsburg, died Thursday at Homewood Living Martinsburg. She was born in Elmira, N.Y., a daughter of Walter E. and Ruth M. (Russell) Walker. She married E. Wayne “Jake” Ferry on June 24, 1949, in Russellville, Huntingdon County. Surviving are two daughters, Brenda ...
Ricky A. Fogal Sr., 71, of Altoona, passed away Thursday at UPMC Altoona. He was born in Altoona, son of the late Harry and Eva (Elliot) Fogal. He married his high school sweetheart, Barbara “Penny” Brown in 1972. Surviving are his wife of 53 years; a daughter, Tiffany Becher and ...
E. Jane LaHive, 93, of Rydal, Ga., died late Jan. 2, 2026. She was born in Altoona, a daughter of the late James W. and Ora M. (Keith) Curry. She married Francis W. LaHive on May 6, 1978, who preceded her in death. She was also preceded in death by her former husband, Wayne J. Alloy, with ...
