All Obituaries

     Donald E. “Donny” Swartz, 81, formerly of Mifflintown, passed away Friday, March 13, 2026, at Brookline Manor.      Born September 9, 1944, in Thompsontown, he was a son of the late Edward B. and Margaret (Zeigler) Swartz.      He is survived by six siblings, Arthur Swartz, Madeline Donaldson, Mary Ranck, Harry Swartz and wife, Faye, John Swartz and wife, Brenda, and Kathy Huss and husband, John, and many nieces ...

     C. David Dysinger, 70, of Mifflin, passed away Monday, March 9, 2026, at his home.      Born March 1, 1956, in Lewistown, he was a son of the late Ray M. “Bud” and Helen (Hower) Dysinger.      He is survived by three sons, Mitchell Dysinger and wife, Katie, Cole Dysinger, and Alex Dysinger and wife, Heather, seven grandchildren, Lawrence, Anna, Grant, Emily, Noble, Schuyler, and Josie, one sister, Nancy Quigley, ...

     Elizabeth Catherine “Cathie” Stong, 72, of Port Royal, passed away Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026, at her home.      Born June 30, 1953, in Wichita, Kansas, she was a daughter of the late William and Ellen K. (Cox) Hosie.      She is survived by her husband of 24 years, Daniel C, “Newt” Stong, whom she married Dec. 27, 2001, one daughter, Christina Bender and husband, Josh, one son, Scott Wade and wife, Krystyna, ...

     Christine W. Symmerman, 74, also known as Jane Eileen Taylor, of Thompsontown and formerly of Liverpool, passed away Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026, at her home.      She was born in Newport on May 21, 1951.      She is survived by two daughters, Wendy S. Hawse (Jeff), and Sheri L. Bowersox (Pernell), one sister, Ruth Ann Keiffer, two brothers, Raymond Rheam and John Rheam, and three grandchildren, Lauren Klingman, Brian L. Bowersox ...

    Janette K. Gentry, 67, of Mifflintown, passed away Tuesday, February 17, 2026, at Brookline Manor after a brief illness.      Born Sept. 21, 1958 in Lancaster, she was a daughter of the late James Oliver and Mary (Fite) Gentry.      She is survived by her life partner, Sandra J. Miller, two brothers, David Gentry and wife, Adrian, of Ollie, Iowa, and Thomas Gentry and wife, Ruth, of Quarryville, one sister, Joyce Vinelli of Lititz ...

     Linda Kay (Leonard) Smith, 78, of Port Royal, went to Heaven on Thursday, February 12, 2026, at her home, surrounded by her loving family.      Born July 28, 1947 in Center, she was a daughter of the late Elmer Newton Leonard and Dorothy Mae (Swartz) Leonard Wileman.      She is survived by two children, Sherry Lynn (Smith) Bowersox and husband, Michael, of Port Royal and Ronald Scott Smith of McAlisterville, three siblings, ...

      Delmar C. Zimmerman, 86, of Walnut-Hills Farm, Mifflin, passed away Monday, Feb. 2, 2026, at Locust Grove Retirement Village.       Born Feb. 2, 1940 on the family farm, he was a son of the late Lyman C. and Sara E. (Saylor) Zimmerman.      He is survived by one brother, Larry W. Zimmerman, nieces and nephews, Diane Cornman (Michael), David Glock (Susan), Bianca Zimmerman, Angie Nearhood (Todd) and Greg Colyer ...

     Daniel G. “Danny” Beaston, 66, of McCoysville, died Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026, at his home.      Born March 23, 1959, in Lewistown, he was the only child of the late Kenneth G. and Jean Louise (Peck) Beaston.      He is survived by two cousins he was close to, Randy Beaston and Billy Beaston.      In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a cousin, Celeste ...

     Timothy L. "Tim" Foltz, 74, of Walnut, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2026, at Geisinger Lewistown Hospital.      Born May 2, 1951 in Lewistown, he was a son of the late John M. and Virginia A. (Woodward) Foltz.      He is survived by three children, Adam J. Foltz, Jaclyn M. Foltz-Bralj, and Jessica A. Zook, one brother, J. Steven Foltz (Kathy), one sister, Sharon Long (Robert) and three grandchildren, ...

     Robert E. “Bob” Reed, 63, of Mifflintown, passed away suddenly on Friday, Jan. 9, 2026.      Born Feb. 11, 1962, in Lewistown, he is a son of Cecil J. Reed and the late Barbara Elaine (Ickes) Reed.      He is also survived by four siblings, Deborah K. Dallmann, Jay E. Reed, Lori A. Doyle (Bill), and Brian L. Reed (Dawn).      Bob was well known and respected in Juniata County and the ...