Ernestine S. Allen


Ernestine Stuart Allen, age 91, a resident at Sunnyside Retirement Community in Harrisonburg, Va., formerly of Mansfield, Pa., passed away on Sunday, Feb. 26, 2012. She was born on Sept. 29, 1920, in Blossburg, Pa., a daughter of the late Ernest M. Stuart and Hilda D. Stuart of Mansfield. She was preceded in death by her husband of 65 years, Jack H.R. Allen, who died in 2009.

She was a graduate of Mansfield State Teachers College (Mansfield University) and Penn State University. She retired from the Wellsboro (Pa.) Area School District in 1991.

She is survived by son and daughter-in-law, Stuart and Clarice Allen of Staunton, Va.; daughters and sons-in-law, Joan and Robert Gibel of La Quinta, Calif., Mary Jo and John Hanley of San Bruno, Calif.; sister, Mary Jo Wilcox of Mansfield Pa.; five grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.

A memorial service will be held in the Meredith Chapel at Sunnyside Retirement Community, 3935 Sunnyside Drive, Harrisonburg, Va., on Friday, March 9, 2012, at 1 p.m. Burial will be held in Pennsylvania at a later date.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Sunnyside Communities Fellowship Fund, 600 University Blvd., Suite L, Harrisonburg, VA 22801. Sympathy “e” cards may be sent to the family www.wilstonfuneralhome.com“OBITUARIES.”

Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to the Gary W. Wilston Funeral Home and Cremation Service, 130 S. Main St., Mansfield, Pa.