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Blain Howard Workinger Sr.

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Blain Howard Workinger Sr.

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13 Jun 2002 (aged 80)
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Reedsville, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
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Blain H. Workinger Sr.

BURNHAM - Blain H. Workinger Sr., 80, of 214 Sixth Ave., Burnham, died at 12:10 p.m. Thursday, June 13, 2002, at Lewistown Hospital. Born Nov. 16, 1921, in Milroy, he was the son of the late Charles and Carrie (Phillips) Workinger. His wife, Dorothy (Rhodes) Workinger, whom he married Dec. 22, 1946, survives. Also surviving are: children, Mrs. Barry (Connie) Hanawalt, McVeytown, Blaine H. Workinger Jr., Bellefonte and Mrs. Jeffrey (Dixie) Goss, McClure; three sisters, Joyce Wolfe and Mrs. Paul (Naomi) Boliek, both of Centre Hall, and Emma W. Denillo, Pittsburgh; a brother, Jay Workinger, Pittsburgh; and four grandchildren, Charles and Daniel Hanawalt, Tiffany and Preston Goss. He was also preceded in death by four brothers and three sisters. He was employed at FMC Corporation for 25 years in the Viscose Department and Hanover Foods Corporation, Centre Hall as a production employee for 14 years, retiring in 1986. He served in the U.S. Army in World War II, European Theatre. A P.O.W., he was captured in France and held in Germany for five months. He was a member of Burnham Presbyterian Church and VFW Post in Old Fort. His funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday at Heller-Hoenstine Woodlawn Funeral Home. Graveside military services will be by VFW Post 7011, Lewistown. Interment will be in Church Hill Cemetery, Reedsville. Friends will be received 7-9 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to: American Cancer Society, 26 N. Brown St., Lewistown, PA 17044.
Blain H. Workinger Sr.

BURNHAM - Blain H. Workinger Sr., 80, of 214 Sixth Ave., Burnham, died at 12:10 p.m. Thursday, June 13, 2002, at Lewistown Hospital. Born Nov. 16, 1921, in Milroy, he was the son of the late Charles and Carrie (Phillips) Workinger. His wife, Dorothy (Rhodes) Workinger, whom he married Dec. 22, 1946, survives. Also surviving are: children, Mrs. Barry (Connie) Hanawalt, McVeytown, Blaine H. Workinger Jr., Bellefonte and Mrs. Jeffrey (Dixie) Goss, McClure; three sisters, Joyce Wolfe and Mrs. Paul (Naomi) Boliek, both of Centre Hall, and Emma W. Denillo, Pittsburgh; a brother, Jay Workinger, Pittsburgh; and four grandchildren, Charles and Daniel Hanawalt, Tiffany and Preston Goss. He was also preceded in death by four brothers and three sisters. He was employed at FMC Corporation for 25 years in the Viscose Department and Hanover Foods Corporation, Centre Hall as a production employee for 14 years, retiring in 1986. He served in the U.S. Army in World War II, European Theatre. A P.O.W., he was captured in France and held in Germany for five months. He was a member of Burnham Presbyterian Church and VFW Post in Old Fort. His funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday at Heller-Hoenstine Woodlawn Funeral Home. Graveside military services will be by VFW Post 7011, Lewistown. Interment will be in Church Hill Cemetery, Reedsville. Friends will be received 7-9 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to: American Cancer Society, 26 N. Brown St., Lewistown, PA 17044.

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