Wayne H. Kingsley,

Wayne H. Kingsley, 85 of 159 East Fourth Street, Emporium, Pa, died May 9, 2010 at the Dubois Regional Medical Center. He was born April 8, 1925 in Franklin, Pa, son of Guy Haldean Kingsley and Mary Riddle Kingsley. He married Mallie "Molly" Wulfert of Rochester Mills, Pa, on December 31, 1955, in the First Baptist Church of Emporium, Pa.
Mr. Kingsley was a 1942 graduate of Rocky Grove High School, Franklin, Pa. During WWII, he served in the U.S. Naval Air Force in the Western Pacific, South Pacific and in China, receiving the Air Medal with Gold Star. In 1949, he graduated from Grove City College.
He was employed as a Chemical Engineer for 32 years, first by Sylvania Electronic Products Inc., which later became GTE Sylvania and lastly became North American Philips, from which he retired.
Mr. Kingsley was a sixty-year member of Myrtle Lodge No. 316 F&AM Franklin Pa, the Coudersport Consistory and attended church services at the Christian & Missionary Alliance Church in Emporium. He was also a member of the Sons of the American Revolution, the China Burma India Veterans Association and the Sylvania Quarter Century Club. He enjoyed the outdoors and hunted in many of the Western States and Canadian Provinces.
Surviving in addition to his wife of 54 years are two sons, Dr. David H. Kingsley and wife Betty of Chambersburg, Pa and Larry W. Kingsley and wife Bonnie of Mechanicsburg, Pa, by 5 grandchildren; Kelly, Kristen and Kayla Kingsley of Chambersburg and Benjamin and Jared Kingsley of Mechanicsburg, by one brother Lt. Col. Willard E. Kingsley (Ret.) and wife Faith of Glen Mills, Pa and one nephew, Guy H. Kingsley of St. Louis, MO.
Mr. Kingsley was predeceased by his parents and by his infant brother Edwin Louis Kingsley.
Family and friends will be received at the Barnett Funeral Home, 207 East Fourth Street, Emporium, Pa on Wednesday, May 12th from 5-8 PM. The funeral service will be held at 11:00 AM Thursday, May 13th at the Christian & Missionary Alliance Church, Emporium followed by a Military Service which will be accorded by the Cameron County Memorial Detail. Burial will be in the Franklin Cemetery, Franklin, Pa.
Online Condolences may be placed at www.BarnettFuneralHome.net