Obituaries

Virginia W. Beer, 81, of Mayport, passed peacefully and admirably, January 10, 2016, at Penn Highlands Dubois Hospital. She was born July 23, 1934, in Frantz Hollow, Clearfield County, the daughter of the late Cecil Charles and Lillie Agnes (McClinsey) Wolfe. She married Raymond Leroy Beer on July 8, 1955 and he preceded her in death on February 14, 1996.

She is survived by six children, Malinda Diana Little and her husband Gary of Hawthorn, Eliza Jane Beer of Mayport, Gena L. Baxter of Punxsutawney, Susann V. Hetrick of Punxsutawney, Robert E. Beer and his wife Denise of Mayport and Michael S. Beer and significant other of Mayport, fourteen grandchildren and twenty six great grandchildren. Also surviving are three sisters, Catherine Diem and Grace Weber both of Niagara County, New York, and Dorothy Bennett of Punxsutawney, and a brother, Charles Wolfe of Timblin.

In addition to her husband, Raymond, and parents, she was preceded in death by a son, Raymond Leroy Beer Jr.; a son-in-law , Neil Baxter, a brother, Harold Wolfe, and three sisters, Eliza Mills, Anna Gould and Sarah Knarr.

Friends will be received Thursday, January 14, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. and Friday, January 15, from 10 to 2 p.m. at the Alcorn Funeral Home in Hawthorn. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. at the funeral home with Pastor Karen Shay officiating.

Interment will be in the Salem Cemetery, Limestone Twp.

In lieu of flowers, the family suggests that memorial donations may be made in Virginia’s name to the American Diabetes Association or a charity of one’s choice