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Joan O’Hare, 88, of Sheffield, PA., died peacefully, on Wednesday morning, October 4, 2023, at Rouse Home, Youngsville, PA. 

Joan was born April 15, 1935, in Sykesville, PA.  She was the daughter of George Pendleton and Jennie Pendleton Karns.  She has resided in Sheffield, PA, since 1966. 

Joan was a 1953 graduate of Sykesville High School.  She was employed for many years, at Blair Corporation, retiring from there.  She was a member of St. Anthony of Padua R.C. Church, active with their Friday Lenten Fish Fry.  She enjoyed crocheting.

Kelley A. Hritz, 40, of 138 Bennett Road, St. Marys, PA passed away unexpectedly with her husband by her side Tuesday, October 3, 2023, at Allegheny General Hospital.

She was born August 23, 1983, in Tacoma, WA, daughter of Mark and Susan Bussell Oster of New Paris, PA. 

Kelley was a graduate of Chestnut Ridge High School, Class of 2000 as well as a graduate of the Pittsburgh Technical Institute in 2003, where she met her loving husband and best friend, Jeffrey Hritz.  Kelley and Jeff were united in marriage on August 1, 2006, in Decker’s Chapel.

Betty J. Kelley, 58, of Orchard Place, Bradford, PA passed away Sunday, September 24, 2023, at her residence.

Betty was born in Bradford, on January 8, 1965, she was a daughter of the late Larry and Shirley A. (Moore) Reynolds.

She was a 1982 graduate of Bradford Area High School.

On August 8, 1987, in Bradford, she married Raymond R. Kelley who survives.

Betty loved to play bingo, going shopping, and spend time with her grandkids.

Raymond W. Burgess, 91, of Patterson Lane, formerly of Langmaid Lane, Bradford, went peacefully to his heavenly home and his loving wife Sunday, October 1, 2023.

Born on November 19, 1931, in Bradford, he was a son of the late Rodney F. Burgess Sr. and Nettie LaBelle (Melzer) Burgess.

He was a 1949 Bradford Area High School graduate. He enlisted in the United States Navy on March 1, 1951, and served on the USS Daly until his honorable discharge on February 21, 1955. He was awarded the Navy Occupation Service Medal (European Clasp), Korean Service Medal (one star), United Nations Service Medal, and the National Defense Service Medal.

He began his career in 1950 for Bovaird & Seyfang as a tool grinder. After returning from the Navy he returned to Bovaird & Seyfang as a draftsmen in the Methods department. Bovaird & Seyfang later became Dresser Rand.  There he was a draftsman and the drafting supervisor for the Engineering department until his retirement after 40 years. During his time at Dresser Rand, he had two patents filed. His patent for an Automatic Seal Depressurization System was patented on January 25, 1994, and his patent for a Labyrinth Seal Assembly and Method was patented on December 14, 1999.

On August 20, 1955, he married the love of his life Joyce Walter at St. Francis Church in Bradford. They remained together until her passing in 2013.

COUDERSPORT, Pa.—Ila Arlene Saulter, known to her family and friends as Arlene (aka Harley-Arley), departed her loving family on Monday, October 2, 2023. 

Arlene was born in Roulette on July 9, 1933 to Dorothy and Wayne Knowlton.  Arlene was the last survivor of seven siblings.

Arlene married George E. Saulter in 1948 and was mother to four children, whom she raised in Coudersport with love, devotion, and many a stern look.