Elva B. Young, age 94, of 18 Ivy Lane, Danville, died at 5:47 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2015, at the Geisinger Bloomsburg Health Care Center, Bloomsburg, where she was a guest since January. She was in failing health since December 2014.
Born in Danville on March 22, 1921, she was a daughter of the late James W. and Emma M. (Prentiss) Wertman. A 1939 graduate of Danville High School, she went on to receive her Registered Nurse degree from the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.
Elva lived in Danville for the past 12 years and previously resided in Chesterfield, Mo. Elva owned and operated a bar/ restaurant in St. Louis, Mo., for over 20 years, retiring in 1991.
She served with the U.S. Navy during World War II.
Elva was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas E. Young Jr., on Jan. 2, 1971; and by five siblings: Clyde Wertman; Violet Johns; Thelma Tobias; Lucille Kiffilo; and Charles “Rux” Wertman.
Surviving are a son, Tom Young, with whom she resided; a granddaughter, Heather, wife of Tracy Allcock, Mendon, Mass.; a great-granddaughter, Avery Allcock; a great-grandson, Jackson Allcock; and a brother, James “Leapo” Wertman, and his wife, Althea, Danville.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2015, in the Roat-Kriner Funeral Home, 1715 Bloom Road, Danville, with the Rev. Trevor J. Hahn, pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church, officiating. Interment will be made in the Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
Elva B. Young, age 94, of 18 Ivy Lane, Danville, died at 5:47 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2015, at the Geisinger Bloomsburg Health Care Center, Bloomsburg, where she was a guest since January. She was in failing health since December 2014.
Born in Danville on March 22, 1921, she was a daughter of the late James W. and Emma M. (Prentiss) Wertman. A 1939 graduate of Danville High School, she went on to receive her Registered Nurse degree from the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.
Elva lived in Danville for the past 12 years and previously resided in Chesterfield, Mo. Elva owned and operated a bar/ restaurant in St. Louis, Mo., for over 20 years, retiring in 1991.
She served with the U.S. Navy during World War II.
Elva was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas E. Young Jr., on Jan. 2, 1971; and by five siblings: Clyde Wertman; Violet Johns; Thelma Tobias; Lucille Kiffilo; and Charles “Rux” Wertman.
Surviving are a son, Tom Young, with whom she resided; a granddaughter, Heather, wife of Tracy Allcock, Mendon, Mass.; a great-granddaughter, Avery Allcock; a great-grandson, Jackson Allcock; and a brother, James “Leapo” Wertman, and his wife, Althea, Danville.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2015, in the Roat-Kriner Funeral Home, 1715 Bloom Road, Danville, with the Rev. Trevor J. Hahn, pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church, officiating. Interment will be made in the Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Prentis Wertman
1909–1909
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Clyde Irving Wertman
1912–1974
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Violet Marie Wertman Johns
1915–1966
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Thelma Irene Wertman Tobias
1917–1977
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Lucille Margaret Wertman Kifolo
1919–2003
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Charles Wesley Wertman
1923–1993
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James J "Leapo" Wertman
1925–2016
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Kenneth Wertman
1927–1927
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Heman Allen Wertman
1929–1929
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Dorothy Wertman
1933–1944
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