Shala R. Alden

Shala R. Alden, age 33, of 53 Creekside Drive, Orangeville, was stricken ill in Williamsport on Saturday, October 3, and died in the Emergency Room of the Williamsport Hospital at 5:36 p. m.

Born in West Reading on July 23, 1982, she was a daughter of David B. Alden, Hazleton and Shala (Darraugh) Wintersteen, with whom she resided.

She spent her life in the Bloomsburg and Orangeville areas, and was a 2001 graduate of Bloomsburg High School.

Shala loved life, fishing, hiking and making people laugh.

Surviving in addition to her parents is her fiance, Victor Espinal, New York City; a stepfather, Dennis Deitrick, Orangeville; a brother, Scott Girton, Westover, Md.; two sisters: Nicole Alden, Catawissa and Jesse Young, at home; two grandmothers: Joanne M. Sedlack, Temple and Jean Darraugh, McAdoo; two nephews: Miguel Lopez and Macklem Girton; and a sister-in-law, Paige Feldman.

Funeral services will be held on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. in the Dean W. Kriner, Inc. Funeral Home & Cremation Service, 325 Market Street, Bloomsburg, with Pastor J. Michael Delp, Berwick Hospice Chaplain officiating.  Viewing at the funeral home from 6-7:30 p.m. Wednesday.