Archive - Feb 20, 2012 - Obituary
William Brian Dinger, 47, Punxsutawney, died Monday, Feb. 20, 2012, at West Penn Hospital in Pittsburgh.
He was born May 10, 1964, in Punxsutawney, a son of Everett Eugene Dinger of California and Marie (Wright) Swanson of Punxsutawney, who survive.
Mr. Dinger was the owner of Dinger House Painting.
He was Protestant by faith.
Dorothy (Lloyd) Gilligan, 86, formerly of Rosebud, Coalport, died Sunday, Feb. 19, 2012, at the DuBois Nursing Home.
She was born Oct. 17, 1925, in Irvona, a daughter of the late Gwynne N. and Hazel (McGarvey) Lloyd.
She was married to Donald H. Gilligan, who preceded her in death March 12, 1998.
Mrs. Gilligan worked as a secretary for Swank Brick Yard, Irvona, and as a teacher’s aide for Coalport Elementary School.
She enjoyed traveling, camping, figurine painting and reading, and she was a life member of Coalport United Methodist Church.
Kenneth Lee Mottern, 89, Sprankle Mills, died Monday, Feb. 20, 2012, at Mahoning Riverside Manor, Punxsutawney.
He was born June 11, 1922, a son of the late Jeremiah “Jerry” and Lulu (Caylor) Mottern.
May 24, 1948, he married his wife of 50 years, Helen (Nolph) Mottern, who preceded him in death in 1998.
Mr. Mottern was born, raised and lived his entire life around the Sprankle Mills area.
He served in World War II as a member of the 101st Airborne division, in which he received a Purple Heart for being wounded at the Battle of the Bulge.
