Barbara H. Bookamire
Barbara H. Bookamire, 83, of Osceola Mills, PA died on Thursday, December 2, 2021 at the Mount Nittany Medical Center in State College, PA.
Born on November 15, 1938 in Yatesboro, PA she was the daughter of the late Paul and Mary (Straka) Mital. She married Kenneth D. Bookamire on February 15, 1958 in Osceola Mills, PA; he preceded her in death on October 7, 2010.
She was a member of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Osceola Mills, PA, member of the Rosary Society of the Immaculate Conception Church of which she was former vice president and a former Eucharistic Minister.
Barbara was a retired seamstress for the former Viceroy Mfg. and Charles Navasky Company.
She was a 1956 graduate of the former Osceola Mills High School and her hobbies included sewing, making crafts and items for the annual church bazaar and making favors for the shut-ins for over thirty years.
In addition to her parents and husband she was preceded in death by: one daughter Marcia A. Demchak; one brother, John P. Mital; and one sister, Victoria Mital Territo.
She is survived by: three sons, Richard A. Bookamire of Philipsburg, PA, Kevin M. Bookamire & his wife Lisa of Coburn, PA and Douglas J. Bookamire of Camp Hill, PA; two sisters, Mary Sue Richardson & her husband Jim of Mentor, OH and Patricia A. Ropchock & her husband Berie of Osceola Mills, PA; eight grandchildren, Chris Demchak, Danielle Sankey, Ashley Collins, Kalyn Bookamire, Josh Bookamire, Keila Good, Kurtis Reeder and Katie Vieweg; and fifteen great-grandchildren.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Monday, December 6, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Osceola Mills, PA with Rev. Father Robert J. Horgas celebrandt. Burial will be at the Immaculate Conception Cemetery in Osceola Mills, PA.
Visitation will be held on Sunday, December 5, 2021 from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. at the Heath Funeral Home & Cremation Services, LLC in Osceola Mills, PA. Rosary will be recited Sunday at 6:30 p.m.
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