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Beulah G. "Toots" Packer

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  • Name Beulah G. "Toots" Packer 
    Gender Female 
    Person ID I8667  forneyclark
    Last Modified 22 Mar 2024 

    Family Ira Leo Condo 
    Children 
     1. Vonda J. Condo,   b. 6 Nov 1927, Orviston, Clinton Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Dec 2007, Lock Haven, Clinton Co., PA; burial: JacksonvilleCem., Lock Haven, ClintonCo.,PA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)
    Family ID F1526  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 22 Mar 2024 

  • Notes 
    • Source:
      Susanne LaRue "Sana" Maelhorn McGhee:
      As published in The Lock Haven, PA Express 12/15/2007
      [Complete obit is also available at The Express at http://lockhaven.com/page/content.detail/id/500232.html?nav=5010&showlayout=0 ]
      Vonda J. McGhee, 80, of Pine Haven, Apt. 101, Lock Haven, passed away Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2007, at the Lock Haven Hospital ECU.

      She had been in failing health for several years, and had been receiving care from Southern Care Hospice for the last two and a half years.

      Born in Orviston Nov. 6, 1927, Vonda was the only child of the late Ira Leo and Beulah G. (Toots) Packer Condo.

      She was a member of the Bellefonte High School graduating class of 1945. She met Robert R. (Bob) McGhee of Lock Haven, and married him on Sept. 11, 1946. They had two children, the late Jeffery M. McGhee and [SURVIVOR OMITTED].

      When Bob returned to active duty with the Army, she enjoyed traveling and living in Tennessee, Kentucky, Louisiana, Hanau, Germany and Texas. She returned to the Bellefonte area in 1960 when her husband was transferred to Bangkok, Thailand, where he subsequently died on Feb. 13, 1962.

      Vonda graduated as an LPN from Centre Community Hospital Nursing School in 1963, where she worked until 1965. She then moved to Fort Lauderdale, Fla. to work as a private duty nurse for terminally ill patients. She returned to Lock Haven in 1973 to help care for her mother, and also worked as an LPN at Susque-View Nursing Home.

      She met her best friend, her companion of over 20 years, Howard N. Hardy, on New Year's Eve, Dec. 31, 1975. They formed a business partnership, V&H Enterprises, based on their hobbies and interests.

      They traveled to flea markets and fairs, where he sold watches, guns, knives and military memorabilia, and she demonstrated and sold Pretty Punch Embroidery. Vonda became the Northeast Region distributor for Pretty Punch of Florida, and held seminars as one of her many hobbies.

      When Hardy retired from International Paper Co. in 1989, they sold their business and began wintering in Sebring, Fla. until Hardy's death on Jan. 26, 1995. In September 1996, Vonda moved to The Hampton's in Auburndale, Fla., where she resided year around until her failing health caused her to return to Lock Haven in May.

      Vonda's hobbies were punch embroidery, knitting, crocheting, sewing, playing cards, bingo, dancing and traveling. She enjoyed taking cruises with Hardy and her friends to the Caribbean Islands, Mexico, Hawaii and Alaska.

      SURVIVORS OMITTED

      She was preceded in death by her son, Jeffery M. McGhee of Bellefonte, and by a grandson.

      In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Southern Care Hospice, care of the funeral home.

      Funeral services will be held Friday, Dec. 21, 2007, at 10 a.m. at Yost-Gedon Funeral Home, 121 W. Main St., Lock Haven with the Rev. Randy Perry officiating. Interment will be in Jacksonville Cemetery. Friends will be received Thursday evening, 7 to 9 p.m.



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