Centre United Methodist Church Cemetery
Decatur Township Clearfield County Pennsylvania

 

This cemetery was recorded August 1997 by Hope Hughes.

SECTION 1

ROW 1 (Left to Right)

Hipps, Helen E. 1921 1976  
Conaway, David 1901 1966  
Shimmel, Kenneth Leslie July 12, 1962    
Walls, William E. Aug. 30, 1955 Apr. 15, 1982 "Bill"
Walls, Thomas R. Mar. 3, 1959 Apr. 11, 1981 "Tubby"
Walls, Richard E. Apr. 6, 1927 "Bud"  
Kephart, Harold L. 1901 1973  
Kephart, Emma L. 1902 1965  
Kephart, Norma J. 1922 1957 daughter
Watson, Guy L. 1897 1974 Pvt. Med Dept WWI
Bodenshok, Albert L. 1913 1990 Sgt. US Army WWII
Bodenshok, George C. 1915    
Bodenshok, Ruth V. 1916    
Hughes, R. Elizabeth 1901 1975  
Hughes, Benjamin F. 1892 1969  

ROW 2

Wigfield, Wilfred May 11, 1917 Oct. 13, 1996  
Wigfield, Dorothy E. July 2, 1919 July 2, 1994  
Parkins, Rosie April 9, 1889 Nov. 5, 1972  
Mulhollen, Joseph 1901 1971  
Mulhollen, Sue 1900 1968  
Myers April 1968    
Carson, Loretta V. 1922    
Carson, Austin J. Sr. 1915 1991  
Carson, Jay T. 1958 1980  
Foreman, Leonard C. 1927 1976 Pfc US Army Korea
Foreman, Leo L. 1904 1983  
Foreman, Ella E. 1909 1959  
Kephart, Ellen E. 1923    
Kephart, Merril A. 1918 1991 WWII, Married to Ellen for 51 years
Smith, Esther M. 1926    
Smith, John E. 1919 1973  
Wolstencroft, Edith 1914 1984  
Wigfield, Eliza 1894 1984  
Wigfield, James 1890 1964  

ROW 3

Crain, Tracy Lynn 1975    
Buttorff, Cynthia J. 1951 1995 "Cindy"
Buttorff, Helen J. 1923    
Buttorff, Lynn W. 1928 1985 REV. United Methodist Minister
Buttorff, Lynn W. Jr. 1955 1974  
Beach, Ronald 1936    
Beach, Ethel 1916 1992  
Beach, Howard 1911 1981  
Koptchak, John 1925 1974 Pfc Med Det 39 Inf 9 Div WWII
Phillips, N. May 1917 1979  
Walker, Freda M. 1929 1995  
Walker, Henry S. Sr. 1925 1997 WWII
Jury, Kevin 1972 Wood cross marker  
Stover, Edward L. Jr. Oct. 16, 1960 June 15, 1978  
FLOWER MARKER   no stone  
Stover 1906 1968 metal marker
Schram, Harold R. Mar. 20, 1918 July 16, 1992 US Merchant Marine WWII
Isenberg, Helen K. 1882 1976  
Isenberg, Fred 1918 1968 Pvt Inf USASGD WWII

ROW 4

Rogers, Patricia   metal plate  
Poole, Carolyn M. 1933 1984  
Sharpe, Edith N. Nov. 2, 1904 June 8, 1979  
Sharpe, James H. Sept. 12, 1902 Apr. 15, 1979  
Williams, Julie Rae May 29, 1966 Jan. 29, 1979  
Mathews, Doris F. 1909 1993  
Mathews, Bert T. 1901 1978  
Pierson, Catherine B. 1916    
Pierson, Bernard W. 1912 1984  
Patterson, William 1896 1984  
Patterson, Annie 1900 1995  
McConaughey, Frances L. 1926    
McConaughey, William L. 1953 1978 "Willie" Picture on stone
Butler, Cecil 1907 1977 PFC Co A 23rd Inf Regt WWII
Barger, J. Pearl 1901 1985  
Stratton, Earl M. 1930 1980 US Navy Korea
Stratton, Elizabeth L. 1910    
Stratton, Max W. 1905 1975  
Shimmel, Heather 1975    

ROW 5

Harris, Violet L. 1920    
Harris, Anna B. 1939 1989  
Shockey, Donald K. 1934 1992  
Shockey, Mabel 1904 1983 Mother
Jones, Goldia 1909 1982 Mother
Albright, John E. 1940 1991  
Albright, Samuel L. 1923 1986 WWII
Albright, Raymond L. 1918 1984 WWII
Mathews, Kathryn 1889 1988  
Mathews, Peter K. 1886 1980  
Mathews, Edward P. 1933    
Mathews, Janice R. 1938    

ROW 6

Doran, Gwendolyn M. Oct. 4, 1919 Feb. 12, 1996  
Doran, William C. Jan. 11, 1917 WWII  
Hajzak, John 1917 WWII  
Hajzak, Patricia D. 1921 1986  
Lukens, Wilfred A. Jr. 1935 1990 "Tyke"
Lukens, Adelene 1912 1992  
Lukens, Wilfred 1909 1989 "Lukie" US Army WWII
Voyzey, Florence M. 1926 1994 "Dean"
Voyzey, Edward R. 1923 1989 "Ted" WWII, married Florence July 8, 1946
Hoopsick, Michael J. Dec. 12, 1924 Feb. 15, 1993 Pvt. US Army WWII
Hughes, David B. 1907 1994  
Hughes, Mary R. 1911    
Josefik, Larry Jr. 1980 1985 "Peepo"
Washburn     picture on stone

ROW 7

Srock, Lois (Leighlitner) May 4, 1921   married Herman Feb. 18, 1947
Srock, Herman R. Jan. 22, 1924 Feb. 13, 1996 US Army WWII
Unick, Russell 1923 1997 metal plate
Harris, Ruth C. 1924    
Harris, Ord H. 1922 1995 WWII
Voyzey, Loretta A. 1920    
Voyzey, James W. 1918    
Hughes, Samuel C. 1908 1993  
Winters, Ellen Louise Dec. 17, 1922 (Mike)  
Winters, Melvin L. Sr. April 8, 1922 June 29, 1995  
Hutton, Bonnie B. June 30, 1940 married James H. Aug. 6, 1956  
Hutton, James H. Sr. Dec. 24, 1936 Jan. 20, 1992  
Albert, Danielle   July 25, 1989  

Section 2

ROW 1 (Left to Right)

Williams,Arthur 1884 1967  
Williams, Emma 1878 1964  
Cook, Marie 1888 1956  
Williams, Lewis 1853 1937 Father
Crain, Jacob D. 1883 1914  
Gearhart, Nora Dobson 1881 1908  
Miller Family Stone      
Miller, Mary E. 1859 1924 footstone
Miller, Jacob A. 1866 1926 Footstone

ROW 2

Bordas, Marie 1899 1944  
Bordas, Paul 1892 1961  
Williams, Richard Arthur 1936 1947  
Williams, Richard 1906 1981  
Isenberg, Fred R. Aug. 16, 1881 May 5, 1946  
Williams, Frances M. Kizer 1921 1995 Mom
Phillips, Zona 1894 1973  
Waller, Fred 1876 1932  
Crain, John H. 1874 1953  
Crain, Margaret M. 1877 1945  
Blankley, John Jr. Feb. 25, 1891 Dec. 12, 1894  
Blankley, John Sr. Apr. 13, 1861 May 9, 1911  
Shimel, Rosetta M.   Jan. 14, 1888 aged 6y 11ds, dau of John F. & Margaret
Shimel, John H.   Sept. 10, 1889 aged 1y 4m 12ds, son of John F. & Margaret
Thomas, Bernard 1887 1887  
Thomas, Alpharetta 1889 1889  
Thomas, Byron A. 1876 1887  
Thomas, Bertha 1887 1889  
Thomas, Mary M. 1881 1894  

ROW 3

Bordas, Christine 1921    
Bordas, Arthur L. 1916 1959  
Johnson, Emma A. 1878 1965  
Johnson, August W. 1868 1945  
Hummel, Frank W. 1899 1982  
Hummel, Esther A. 1900 1982  
Bodenshaw, Eugene L. 1935 1939 stone sinking
Brown, Cherry Lee 1951    
Brown, Leonard 1918 1989  
Brown, Albert Jr. 1889 1976  
Brown, Ella O. 1897 1969  
Brown, Baby      
Brown, Ester V.      
Brown, Wilda M.      
Brown, Kenneth 1914 1980  
Brown, Octavia 1869 1947  
Brown, Albert Sr. 1867 1926  
Hartman, Rubie V. 1909 1977  
Hartman, Charles E. 1903 1978  
Walker, Henry 1855 1930  
Walker, Ellen 1858 1949  
Walker, Martha E. 1899    
Walker, William A. 1898    
Walker, Harry W. 1891 1892  
Wheatley, Samuel Oct. 31, 1891 Dec. 29, 1892  
Walker, Sarah S. 1900 1967  
Walker, George S. 1892 1988  
Dick, James Sept. 18, 1888   aged 82y 1m 3ds, footstone: J.D.
Hughes, David S. March 23, 1888   aged 35y 3ds, footstone: DSH
Hughes, William H. Dec. 31, 1887   aged 1y 6m 21d, son of DS & L Hughes
Hughes, Nancy Dec. 21, 1904   aged 81y 7m 17d, footstone:NH
Hughes, Richard June 27, 1898   aged 78y 7m 4d, IOOF, footstone:RH
Hughes, William H. Feb. 15, 1923   aged 77y 11m 27d, footstone:WHH
Thomas, Miriam M. 1849 1894  
Thomas, George W. 1847 1924  
Thomas, Hannah B. 1869 1939  
Thomas, James A. 1899 1899  
Campbell, Milton F. 1860 1938 footstone
Campbell, Lidie M. 1862 1943 Footstone

ROW 4

Richmond, John T. Jr. 1951 1974 SP4 Army Vietnam
Richmond, Dennis L. 1943 1950 "Denny"
Bainey, Rella M. 1881 1954 Mother
Bainey, Harry 1875 1950 Father
Woolworth, Krista M. Dec. 20, 1987    
Woolworth, Brittany June 26, 1996    
Woolworth, Mary B. 1924    
Woolworth, Robert B. 1917 1979  
Brown, Mary A. 1891 1963  
Brown, William E. 1893 1961  
Wigfield, William Richard 1922    
Askey, Harrison 1888 1960  
Askey, Bessie 1890 1952  
Barr, Florence Keller 1897 1983  
Kephart, Clarence F. 1872 1945  
Beveridge, Catherine Mrs. Feb. 7, 1851 Nov. 28, 1916 wife of George Sharp, 65y9m21d, mother
Wigfield, Herbert 1869 1943  
Wigfield, Alice 1854 1938  
Wigfield, Mary 1863 1898  
Parkins, Nicholas Apr. 17, 1853 Feb. 25, 1941  
Confer, Anna B. Oct. 2, 1890 July 29, 1962  
Hughes, Rosie V. Dec. 4, 1888 aged 1y 2m 4d, dau of EL & AR Hughes  
Hughes, Nannie E. June 17, 1885 aged 6y 4m 26d, dau of EL & AR Hughes  
Blankley, Charlei 1873 1885  
Wheatley, Edward W. 1884 1887  
Blankley, Elijah 1840 1925  
Blankley, Ann 1839 1926  
Cook, John M. Nov. 26, 1844 Mar. 2, 1918  
Cook, Maria Jan. 18, 1848 wife of John  
Father      

ROW 5

Hughes Family Stone      
Hughes, Frank C. Feb. 3, 1885 May 4, 1973 aged 88y 3m 4ds
Hughes, Harry S. Feb. 19, 1886 Sept. 25, 1950 aged 64y 7m 6ds
Hughes, Alice I. Feb. 28, 1868 Jan. 11, 1948 aged 79y 10m 11ds
Hughes, Benjamin F. Feb. 3, 1855 April 7, 1939 aged 84y 2m 4ds
Keller, Alice R. 1900 1940  
Keller, Nancy B. 1873 1957  
Keller, Martin E. 1872 1960  
Kanour, Miriam K. 1910 1943 daughter
Courtney, George A. Jr. 1946    
Kanour, Jessie B. 1885 1981  
Kanour, Herschel S. Sr. 1883 1968  
Wigfield, Wilfred James Sept. 17, 1947    
Dunn, David 1842 1916 footstone:Father
Dunn, Hannah 1842 1913 footstone:Mother
McLarren, Paul 1876 1947  
McLarren, Grace 1887 1971  
McLarren, John 1914 1988  
Reams, Margaret Ellen 1863 1889  
Ashcroft, John W. 1854 1921 footstone:JWA
Ashcroft, Raymond Sept. 7, 1893   aged 17ds, son of JW & Sarah B., FS: RA
Ashcroft, Carrie M. July 27, 1889   aged 1y 6m, dau of JW&Sarah B., FS:CMA
Ashcroft, Sarah B. Mar. 21, 1895   aged 35y 9m 8ds, wife of JW., FS: SBA
Breckbill, Mary Harriet 1860 1942  
Wortz, John 1829 1914 Pvt. Co A 90th Regt Inf Civil War
Wortz, Elizabeth S. Mar. 29, 1888   wife of J.Wortz, 57y11m6ds, FS: ESW
Kephart Family Stone      
Kephart, Mary A. 1875 1878  
Kephart, Allen L. 1881 1881  
Kephart, Lidie F. 1882 1889  
Kephart, William H. 1846 1910  
Kephart, Miriam W. 1853 1935  

ROW 6

Hughes, Howard L. 1902 1970  
Kanour Family Stone      
Kanour, Edna B. 1892 1984 footstone
Kanour, Harry H. 1892 1977 footstone
Lewis, Addison C. 1894 1966  
Lewis, Anna K. 1905 1976  
Courtney, Rebecca K. 1908    
Courtney, George A. 1906 1987  
STONE MARKER-2   no markings  
Wain, Frances 1905 1989  
Wain, Harold 1902 1990  
Collins, Mary      
Collins, Grace      
Collins, Geraldine      
Mattern Family Stone      
Mattern, William L.D. 1875 1889  
Mattern, G.P.G. 1826 1912 Father
Mattern, A.M. 1834 1920 Mother

ROW 7

Hughes, William C. Mar. 11, 1913 Mar. 11, 1950 Father, aged 37yrs
Sweed, Mary E. 1905   Metal plate fr. Greinader Funeral Home
Daniels, Gerald H. 1939    
Gearhart, Rachael 1901 1984  
Gearhart, James F. 1900 1972  
Gearhart, Harold L. 1932    
CBG   footstone  
Horton, Mary 1864 1938  
Horton, John X. 1857 1936  
Ridgway Family Stone      
Ridgway, Thomas M. 1876 1957 footstone
Ridgway, Elizabeth 1852 1937 footstone
Ridgway, Thomas Sr. 1846 1924 footstone
Rylatt, Father 1864 1927  
Rylatt, Mother 1866 1922  
Rylatt, Alfred      
Rylatt, Sarah      
Rylatt, John      
STONE MARKER-3     no inscriptions (off back corner of church)
NRR or NRK     no other markings
STONE MARKER     no inscriptions

ROW 8

Lynchosky, Amy 1917 1992  
Walls, Mary Ann 1875 1948 Mother
Walls, Edward 1867 1943 Father
Walls, Albert 1894 1941 Son
Barger, Twins   metal cross  
Merriman, J.L. 1846 1914  
Heeman, Lloyd 1914 1916 sidestone:Lloyd Heeman
Heman, William Jan. 18, 1909 Co G 184 Reg PA Vol Inf, aged 62yrs  
Wells, Mary Jane Aug. 16, 1911   wife of Joseph Wells,36y4m16ds,FS:Mother

ROW 9

Donahue Family Stone      
Donahue, Russell J. 1933 1955 Cpl. 1577 Btry B 21 FA Bn Korean War
Donahue, Joseph P.   Sept. 13, 1976 Husband & Daddy
Hockenberry, Erman 1957 1976  
Hockenberry, W. Joseph 1921    
Hockenberry, Alice A. 1921 1948  
Heeman, Bessie I. 1909 1995 wife
Heeman, Foster S. 1907 1968 husband
Dickson, Stephen Michael 1971 1974  
Heeman, Elizabeth 1870 1957 Mother, stone sinking
Heeman, Aaron Oct. 19, 1871   Plot 20
Walls, William 1904 1970  
Walls, Mary A. 1904 1963  
Flook, E. Dec. 18, 1880 Aug. 26, 1894  
Heeman, Mae 1906 1906 footstone: Mae Heeman
Heeman, Clark     Co I 21 PA Cav
Heeman, Rosie 1896(?) 1903(?) footstone:Rosie Heeman
Heeman, Lester 1901 1902 footstone:Lester Heeman

ROW 10

Wigfield, Esther M. 1895 1987 Mother
Wigfield, William P. 1889 1955 Father
Wigfield, Herbert Jr. 1896 1951 Father
Wigfield, Mary J. 1905 1967 Mother
Walls, Richard 1899 1960 Father
Walls, Harriet M. 1905 1986 Mother
Walls, Bob D. 1908 1990  

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