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1947 view of Mansfield High School. Front section , the gym, was built about 1927 attached to the old Brick School. In 1939, the Brick School was torn down and the new school built surrounding the central gym..

Paul Baity 1928-1991	Doris Baker 1928-1968

Jean Brigham 1927-2008	Madelene S. Bryant 1927-1994

BRYANT - Madelene S. Whitteker, 66, of 128 N. Main St., Mansfield, died Tuesday, Jan. 18, 1994, at Broad Acres Nursing Home, Wellsboro. Born July 24, 1927, in Richmond Township, she was the daughter of Jay Isaac and Edith Mae Jenkins Bryant. She was a 13-year employee of Wundies in Wellsboro; a 19-year employee of the former Mansfield State College, now Mansfield University; and for 20 years was an Avon representative in the Mansfield area. Surviving are two daughters and sons-in-law, Sandra and Michael Wilcox of Wellsboro and Suzanne and James Brumbach of Sunbury; one son, Phillip Whitteker of Tioga; nine grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; one sister, Emma Sweely of Mansfield; one aunt, Blanche Hall of Lawrenceville; beloved friend, Harold Bolt of Mansfield. There will be no calling hours. Memorial services will be held at a later date. Memorial donations may be made to the Mansfield Free Public Library, North Main St., Mansfield, PA 16933 or the Mansfield Ambulance Association, East Wellsboro St., Mansfield, PA 16933. Arrangements are being handled by the Scureman Funeral Home, Mansfield. - Wellsboro Gazette, January 19, 1994 BRYANT - Madelene S. Whitteker, 66, of 128 N. Main St., Mansfield, died Tuesday, Jan. 18, 1994, at Broad Acres Nursing Home, Wellsboro. There will be no calling hours. Memorial services will be held Thursday, Jan. 27, at 1 p.m. at the United Methodist Church, Mansfield, with the Rev. Norman Evans officiating. Memorial donations may be made to the Mansfield Free Public Library, North Main St., Mansfield, PA 16933 or the Mansfield Ambulance Association, East Wellsboro St., Mansfield, PA 16933. - Wellsboro Gazette, January 26, 1994

Ronald Day 1927-2009	Ralph Gaige 1927-2007

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Ronald G. Day, b. 8 May 1927 Mansfield, PA, d. 12 Nov. 2009 Wellsboro, PA; Wilston Funeral Home, Sunday, Nov. 15, 2009 at 2 p.m.; Officiating, Rev. Joy Hulslander

RALPH P. GAIGE, 79, [SRGP 86016]  formerly of Canton died Feb. 15, 2007 at Troy Community Hospital.  Born July 13, 1927 in Geneva, NY, he was the son of Perry and Hilda Richardson Gaige.  He was a retiree of Agway and a World War II Navy Veteran, was a member of the Church of Christ (Disciples of Christ) of Canton.  Surviving are his wife, the former V. Grace Hungerford; sons, Michael, Westbrook, ME and Greg, Harrisburg, PA; daughter, Susan West, Hughesville, PA and five grandchildren.  Funeral services were held February 19 at the Gary W. Wilston Funeral Home and Cremation Service, Morris, his pastor officiating.  Burial was in Tioga County Memorial Gardens.  –Canton Independent Sentinel

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Ralph P. Gaige, b. 13 July 1927 Geneva, NY; d. 15 Feb. 2007 Troy, PA; Wilston Funeral Home, Monday, February 19, 2007 at 1 p.m.; Rev. David B. Morris, officiating; Tioga County Memorial Gardens, Mansfield, PA.
 

		Phyllis Lane 1928? - 1997

LANE - Phyllis Lane Levanios, age 68, formerly of Mansfield, PA, died Friday, April 25, 1997 in Philadelphia, PA. Memorial Services to be held at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday in Glenside, PA at the United Methodist Church. Graveside services to be held at a later date in Mansfield, PA. Daughter of the late Harry & Mae Lane. Survived by son, Michael [Fran] of Lansdowne, PA. Daughter Ruth [Keith] West of Rineyville, KY; sister, Ruth Brueilly of Mansfield, PA; grandchildren, Michelle & Jacqueline West of KY.

Beverly Lawson 1927-2002	Jane Loveland 1927-2011

LOVELAND Jane L. Day

Donald McConnell  [1928? - 2000]	Shirley McConnell 1927-2001

McCONNELL - SHIRLEY A. JOHNSON
                Shirley Ann (McConnell) Johnson, 74, of Mansfield died Sunday, Aug. 19, 2001, at the C.A.R.E. Home in Mainesburg. Born April 2, 1927, in Lawrenceville, she was the daughter of Ernest V. and Marie (Schwab) McConnell. She was the former wife of the late Arthur Johnson, who died on July 11, 1992. She was a member of the St. James Episcopal Church, a member of the formerMansfield Utopian Club, the Mansfield Garden club, past president of the  women's bowling league and a volunteer at Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hospital.  Preceding her in death was her son, Steven Kiley Johnson, in 1997. Surviving are her mother, Marie McConnell, age 103; two daughters and son-in-law, Susan Marie Johnson of Charlottesville, Va., and Sarah and Jerry Valimont of Mainesburg; three sons and daughters-in-law, Scott and Vicki Johnson of Mesa, Ariz., Stuart Johnson of Easton, Md., and Stacey M. and Barbara Johnson of Mansfield; one daughter-in-law, Judy Johnson of Tioga;  seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.   Friends may call at the St. James Episcopal Church, 18 St. James St.,  Mansfield, on Saturday, Aug. 25, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.  Services will be held there Saturday, Aug. 25, at 3 p.m. with the Rev. Canon Rudolph J. van der Hiel officiating.  Burial will be made at Oakwood Cemetery, Mansfield.  Memorial donations may be made to the American Cancer Society, 5 East  Avenue, Wellsboro, Pa. 16901.  Arrangements were handled by the Jacquelyn A. Buckheit Funeral Chapel,Crematory and Monuments, Mansfield.
 

Wanda Roupp 1927-1990		Audrey Smith 1927-2000

SMITH - Clark Audrey M.
Age 72 , of Troy RR1 died Friday, Jan. 7, 2000, at Soldier and Sailors Memorial Hospital, Wellsboro. Born Oct. 24, 1927, in Mainesburg, she was the daughter of Elmer and Anna Baity Smith. She and her husband owned and operated a poultry farm. She was a member of State Road Baptist Church. Preceding her in death were her husband of 49 years, Theodore "Ted" Clark; and one brother, Elmer Smith, Jr. Surviving are one daughter and son-in-law, Carolyn A. and Kenneth Gernert of Troy; one son and daughter-in-law, Theodore "Ted" C. and Linda L. Clark of Mansfield; four grandchildren, Christie Jo Martin, Kenny Jr. (Kimberly) Gernert, Victoria Mae Clark and Theodore A. Clark; three great-grandchildren, Alex, Clayton, and Tyler; one brother and sister-in-law, Robert and Robert and Dorothy Smith of Mansfield, Pa.; one sister and brother-in-law, Shirley and Winston Rumsey of Daggett. Calling hours were held Sunday, Jan. 9, at the Scureman Funeral Home, Mansfield. Funeral services were held there Monday, Jan. 10, with the Rev. Kenneth Marple officiating. Burial was made at State Road Cemetery, Sullivan Township, Tioga County. Memorial donations may be made to State Road Baptist Church, Mainesburg, Pa. 16932.
 

Wanda Thomas 1926-2006		Robert Webster 1927-1998

ROBERT 'BOB' A. WEBSTER, 71, of Mainesburg, Pa., died unexpectedly Tuesday, Dec. 22, 1998, at his home.  Bob was born on Feb. 4, 1927, in Mansfield, Pa., a son of Charles and Edna Ashley Webster.  He was a graduate of Mansfield High School.  Bob was a truck driver for many years and hauled canned milk for the Dairyman's League.  He had been employed by Eureka Manufacturing in Troy.  He retired from Tioga Petroleum in 1989.  He was a loyal and dedicated employee of the Scureman Funeral Home since 1989 and will be deeply missed.  Bob loved people, and was a tremendous promoter of wildlife.  He was a very active volunteer for the Mainesburg Cemetery Association and could often be found assisting in its maintenance.  Bob also assisted in the construction of the Mainesburg Community Center.  Bob is survived by two sisters, Diantha Ellen Webster and Dorothea Fogelsonger, who both reside at the Broad Acres Nursing Home in Wellsboro, Pa.  He is also survived by a niece, Gayle F. (Jon) Clark of Mansfield RR 3, and two nephews, Jeff Fogelsonger of Mansfield and Charles (Donna) Fogelsonger of Spring Hill, Fla., and several grandnieces and grandnephews.  Funeral services will be held on Sunday, Dec. 27, 1998, at 2 p.m. at the Scureman Funeral Home Inc., 130 S. Main St., Mansfield, Pa., with the Rev. David Blowers officiating.  Burial will be in Mainesburg Cemetery.  In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Mainesburg Cemetery Association, Mainesburg, PA. -Towanda Daily Review.
 

	Bernard White

Come with me to this hill top. Draw the keen frosty air into your lungs and look about. You see the fields spread out below like a giant quilt. To the east, winter wheat shows its tender green through the soil. Lifeless cornstalks in the plot at the right shake stiffly in the brisk wind. And other acres that have yielded their crops - the clover fields now barren after the second cutting; the timothy patches scattered with Queen Anne's lace and goldenrod that sprang up after the hay was cut and mowed away; the weedy, dormant oat field partially plowed, showing the rich brown of the newly turned sod; the field of deep red stubble bearing evidence of buckwheat freshly harvested - all display various autumn apparel.

Leaning fences lined with elderberry, choke cherry, rumpled grass, and dead weeds or green ditches sprinkled with dainty-faced asters border these fields. While in the tangled brush heaps in the corners the sumac flaunts its flaming garb.

The black-barked maples in their delicate shades of gold and crimson and the graceful drooping elms scattering yellow-tinted leaflets through the air form arches over the roadways in indescribable splendor.

Below the road is the creek, blue from the reflected sky, flowing gently in its shallow, meandering bed. Hemming it in are sturdy, purple-stemmed peppermint, fountain-like bunches of snake grass, pithy milk weed with the pods open, freeing the silken white, parachuted fruit, and black willows whose trunks are made scarlet by the American ivy twisting and climbing among the feathery leaves.

All this is domed by a sky so infinite yet so intense that any human comprehension of it is impossible.

Autumn is the sunset of the seasons, the promise of a spring. Summing it up in William Herbert Carruth's verse from "Each in His Own Tongue" -
A haze on the far horizon,
The infinite, tender sky,
The ripe, rich tints of the cornfields,
And the wild geese sailing high, -
And all over the upland and lowland
The charm of the goldenrod,-
Some of us call it Autumn,
And others call it God.
--- Linda Lee Clark, Class of '45 Mansfield High School

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