Helen Louise Dunkel, 73, Boalsburg, died Thursday, August 30, 2007, at Fairways at Brookline Village. Born October, 21, 1933, in Northwood near Tyrone, she was a daughter of the late Joseph M. and Jessie A. Estright Smith.
On June 1, 1953, she married Lee J. Dunkel Jr., who survives her. She was a 1951 graduated of Tyrone Area High School. She was a secretary at Penn State, working in several different departments. She was a former member of St. John's Methodist Church, State College, and member of Eastern Star. She was a talented seamstress. She and her husband had "Lee & Helen Dunkel Collectables."
She is survived by daughters Cindy S. Dunkel of Pine Grove Mills, and Donna L. Quaranta and her husband John of Boalsburg; grandchildren Louis Quaranta and Lindsey M. Cramer; great-granddaughter Kendall R. Cramer; brothers Daniel Smith of Tyrone and Jack Smith and his wife Debbie of Sandy Ridge; and sisters Nancy Walk and her husband Sonny of Houston, TX, and Joy Kay Peters of Altoona. She was predeceased by daughter Karen L. Williams on June 6, 1978, and several siblings.
Service at Koch Funeral Home, State College, Tuesday, Sept. 4, Rev. Carl D. Campbell officiating. Burial Boalsburg Cemetery.
Source: Centre Daily Times, Friday, August 31, 1977 via findagrave.com
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