William R. "Bill" FORTNEY, 74, of 1605 Ferguson Valley Road, McVeytown, died at 9:55 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 3, 2001, at the Lewistown Hospital.
Born Aug. 29, 1926, in Mount Union, he was the son of the late Ranels and Jennie C. (Sechrist) Fortney. His wife, Edna Jane (Pecht) Fortney, whom he married March 15, 1951, died Nov. 6, 1996.
Surviving are: children, Martin L. Pecht, McVeytown RR1, Richard W. Fortney, Lewistown, and Mrs. Walter (Cindy) Chilcote, Mill Creek; brothers, Robert C. Fortney Sr. and Jack I. Fortney, both of Mount Union RR1; four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by a grandson and a brother, Edward Fortney.
He attended the Mount Union schools. He was a veteran of the United States Navy, having served on a destroyer in the Pacific Theatre during World War II. He had formerly been employed by Pennsylvania Glass Sand, McVeytown and Harbison-Walker Brick Refractory, Mount Union for 27 years. He retired from US Sports, Huntingdon in 1988. He was Protestant by faith. He was a volunteer driver for Meals on Wheels in the Strodes Mills area. He was a lifetime member of the Newton Wayne Fire Co., Newton Hamilton and a member of the Mifflin County Fire Police. He enjoyed camping and fishing.
Services will be held at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday at the Robert D. Heath Funeral Home, Mount Union, with Pastor Phyllis Hunter officiating. Interment will be in Newton Hamilton Memorial Cemetery.
Huntingdon Daily News, February 2001
Born Aug. 29, 1926, in Mount Union, he was the son of the late Ranels and Jennie C. (Sechrist) Fortney. His wife, Edna Jane (Pecht) Fortney, whom he married March 15, 1951, died Nov. 6, 1996.
Surviving are: children, Martin L. Pecht, McVeytown RR1, Richard W. Fortney, Lewistown, and Mrs. Walter (Cindy) Chilcote, Mill Creek; brothers, Robert C. Fortney Sr. and Jack I. Fortney, both of Mount Union RR1; four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by a grandson and a brother, Edward Fortney.
He attended the Mount Union schools. He was a veteran of the United States Navy, having served on a destroyer in the Pacific Theatre during World War II. He had formerly been employed by Pennsylvania Glass Sand, McVeytown and Harbison-Walker Brick Refractory, Mount Union for 27 years. He retired from US Sports, Huntingdon in 1988. He was Protestant by faith. He was a volunteer driver for Meals on Wheels in the Strodes Mills area. He was a lifetime member of the Newton Wayne Fire Co., Newton Hamilton and a member of the Mifflin County Fire Police. He enjoyed camping and fishing.
Services will be held at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday at the Robert D. Heath Funeral Home, Mount Union, with Pastor Phyllis Hunter officiating. Interment will be in Newton Hamilton Memorial Cemetery.
Huntingdon Daily News, February 2001
William R. "Bill" FORTNEY, 74, of 1605 Ferguson Valley Road, McVeytown, died at 9:55 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 3, 2001, at the Lewistown Hospital.
Born Aug. 29, 1926, in Mount Union, he was the son of the late Ranels and Jennie C. (Sechrist) Fortney. His wife, Edna Jane (Pecht) Fortney, whom he married March 15, 1951, died Nov. 6, 1996.
Surviving are: children, Martin L. Pecht, McVeytown RR1, Richard W. Fortney, Lewistown, and Mrs. Walter (Cindy) Chilcote, Mill Creek; brothers, Robert C. Fortney Sr. and Jack I. Fortney, both of Mount Union RR1; four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by a grandson and a brother, Edward Fortney.
He attended the Mount Union schools. He was a veteran of the United States Navy, having served on a destroyer in the Pacific Theatre during World War II. He had formerly been employed by Pennsylvania Glass Sand, McVeytown and Harbison-Walker Brick Refractory, Mount Union for 27 years. He retired from US Sports, Huntingdon in 1988. He was Protestant by faith. He was a volunteer driver for Meals on Wheels in the Strodes Mills area. He was a lifetime member of the Newton Wayne Fire Co., Newton Hamilton and a member of the Mifflin County Fire Police. He enjoyed camping and fishing.
Services will be held at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday at the Robert D. Heath Funeral Home, Mount Union, with Pastor Phyllis Hunter officiating. Interment will be in Newton Hamilton Memorial Cemetery.
Huntingdon Daily News, February 2001
Born Aug. 29, 1926, in Mount Union, he was the son of the late Ranels and Jennie C. (Sechrist) Fortney. His wife, Edna Jane (Pecht) Fortney, whom he married March 15, 1951, died Nov. 6, 1996.
Surviving are: children, Martin L. Pecht, McVeytown RR1, Richard W. Fortney, Lewistown, and Mrs. Walter (Cindy) Chilcote, Mill Creek; brothers, Robert C. Fortney Sr. and Jack I. Fortney, both of Mount Union RR1; four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by a grandson and a brother, Edward Fortney.
He attended the Mount Union schools. He was a veteran of the United States Navy, having served on a destroyer in the Pacific Theatre during World War II. He had formerly been employed by Pennsylvania Glass Sand, McVeytown and Harbison-Walker Brick Refractory, Mount Union for 27 years. He retired from US Sports, Huntingdon in 1988. He was Protestant by faith. He was a volunteer driver for Meals on Wheels in the Strodes Mills area. He was a lifetime member of the Newton Wayne Fire Co., Newton Hamilton and a member of the Mifflin County Fire Police. He enjoyed camping and fishing.
Services will be held at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday at the Robert D. Heath Funeral Home, Mount Union, with Pastor Phyllis Hunter officiating. Interment will be in Newton Hamilton Memorial Cemetery.
Huntingdon Daily News, February 2001
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