Joseph C. Stauder

Joseph C. Stauder, age 88, 72 Schoolhouse Road, Bloomsburg, died at 11:35 p.m. Sunday, July 7, 2013 at the Orangeville Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, where he had been a patient for seven weeks. He had been in failing health for several years.

Born on July 13, 1924 in Berwick, he was a son of the late Joseph A. Stauder and Mabel (Creasy) Stauder Hess. He resided in Buckhorn since 1999 and had lived in Danville for many years prior to that. Joe was a 1942 graduate of the former Orangeville High School, and he also attended the former Bloomsburg State Teacher’s College for two years.

Joe was employed as a personnel manager at the former Roselon Yarns, Danville for 15 years. Later he was employed at the Berwick Hospital, and also by the former Columbia Health Insurance Company. He also owned the Frosty Valley Mobile Homes dealership, operated the Red Chef Family Fair Stand at the Bloomsburg Fair for many years, and also sold Amway products. In recent years he sold coins at area flea markets.

In his early life he was a member of the Zion United Church of Christ, Forks. Recently he has been attending the First English Baptist Church, Bloomsburg. He was a former member of Oriental Lodge 460, F&AM, Orangeville; and presently a member of Caldwell Consistory, Bloomsburg; and was a past president of the Columbia County Shrine Club. He was also involved with the establishment of the Columbia Montour Vocational Technical School.

Joe was a veteran of World War II, serving with the US Army Corps. He was a member of the Fort McClure Post 804, VFW and Valley of Bloomsburg Post 273, American Legion; both of Bloomsburg.

He was preceded in death by his wife, the former Nancy Y. McHenry on September 13, 1990; and by a brother, Keith I. Stauder on March 8, 1994.

Surviving are his wife, the former Lois (Price) Fetterman Stauder, with whom he celebrated his 17th wedding anniversary on October 21, 2012; six children: Joseph F. Stauder, and his wife Susan, Northumberland; Linda A., wife of Leonard Tomashefski; James Stauder, and his wife Mindy, both of Catawissa; William A. Stauder, and his wife Kim, Walnutport; Robert M. Stauder, and his wife Kathy, Lewisburg; Lori N., wife of Kenneth A. Piestrak, Danville; two stepdaughters: Cheri, wife of Matthew Pelton, Danville and Wendy Brassington, Nescopeck; 17 grandchildren; two great grandchildren; a brother-in-law, Donald McHenry, and his wife Shirley, Roswell, N.Mex; two sister-in-laws: Judy, wife of Ed Graber, Westfield Center, Ohio; and Miriam Stauder, Orangeville; and a brother-in-law, Kraig Rock, Buford,Georgia.

Funeral services will be held on Thursday at 2 p.m. in the First English Baptist Church, 700 Millville Road, Bloomsburg, with his pastor, Rev. Dr. L. Lee Barnhart, officiating. Interment in Zion Cemetery, near Forks with military honors by the combined VFW Veterans group. Friends may call at the church on Thursday from 1-2 p.m.

Memorials may be sent to the Alzheimer’s Chapter of Northeast PA, 57 N. Franklin Street, Wilkes Barre, PA 18701, or the Columbia Montour Home Hospice, 410 Glenn Avenue, Bloomsburg, PA 17815.

Arrangements have been entrusted to the care of the Dean W. Kriner, Inc. Funeral Home & Cremation Service, 325 Market Street, Bloomsburg, PA.