Michael “Mikey” Runk, 19, Altoona, died Sunday, May 18, 2025. Family and friends will be received from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday, May 22, 2025, at Mauk & Yates Funeral Home Inc., 719 N. Fourth Ave., Altoona, where a funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, May 23, 2025. A complete ...

Melvin G. “Muzz” Swanson, 86, of Parsonville, rural Houtzdale, and a guest of Mt. Laurel Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, Clearfield, died Monday. He was born in Philipsburg, son of the late Gilbert and Seline (Berg) Swanson. He was also predeceased by a brother, Gordon; and a sister, ...

Darrell G. Claar, 83, Bellwood, died Sunday, May 18, 2025, at Celebration Villa of Altoona. Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, May 22, 2025, at Jon C. Russin Funeral Home Inc., Bellwood. A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, May 23, 2025, at the funeral ...

W. Dean Esper Jr., 69, of Altoona, went home to be with his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on Sunday, May 18, 2025. A gathering of friends and family will be held from 6 to 7 p.m. Tuesday May 27, 2025, at Myers-Somers Funeral Home Inc., 501 Sixth Ave., Altoona, where a Celebration of Life will ...