Betty M. Clingan

Betty M. Clingan, 94, a resident of Cameron County since 1946, died Monday, May 28, 2018 in the Guy and Mary Felt Manor Emporium.

Born September 28, 1923 in Harrisburg, she was the daughter of the late Walter and Katheryn Drake Fries. On April 5, 1946 in Loyalsock she married Walter A. “Stubby” Clingan who died July 2, 2006.

She was a 1941 graduate of Montoursville High School and was a Laurel Festival contestant. After coming to Emporium she was a longtime resident of CCC Memorial Highway in Cameron before moving to Guy & Mary Felt Assisted Living and eventually the Manor.

Beginning in 1944 in Montoursville and later in Emporium she was employed by GTE Sylvania as a secretary and in the units department before retiring in 1982.

Mrs. Clingan was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Emporium, and was a member and Past Worthy Matron of the Order of Eastern Star Emporium Chapter #101. She was a member of Sylvania’s Quarter Century Club and was very active with the Girl Scouts. Betty liked golfing, bowling, playing bridge, and spending time with family. She was a former member of the Emporium Country Club, its Tuesday and Thursday Ladies Golf Leagues, the Ladies Auxiliary Thursday Bridge Club, and was a longtime member of a local weekly bridge club.

Survivors include: three sons, Joseph (Connie) Clingan and Wally (Greenie) Clingan of Emporium, and Alan (Theresa) Clingan of North Augusta, SC; three daughters: Ginny (Dan) Gray of Warren and Susan (Ron) Smith and Sharon (Glenn) Lynn of North Augusta; one sister, Elnora Zurich of Williamsport; fifteen grandchildren; twenty-one great grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.

In addition to her parents, she was predeceased by an infant daughter, Tara Ann Clingan, a sister, Arlene Worthington, and a niece, Terry.

A visitation with video tribute will be held in the First United Methodist Church on Saturday, June 2, 2018 from 10-11 a.m. at which time Funeral and Committal Services will follow with the Rev. Joseph Short, pastor, officiating.

Memorials, if desired, may be made to a charity of the donors choice.

Arrangements are under the direction of the Coppersmith-Condon Funeral Home, Emporium.