Eugene Leroy LONGACRE

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Photo of Gene from the 1951 Tuscarora Valley High School Yearbook.
Contributed by rkohler3 on 5/3/16 - Image Year: 1951

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OBITUARY for EUGENE L. "GENE" LONGACRE

PORT ROYAL: Eugene L. "Gene" Longacre, 74, of P.O. Box 82, Port Royal, died at 2:35 p.m. Friday, July 28, 2006, at Locust Grove Retirement Village, HC 57, Mifflin.

Born Oct. 20, 1931, in Mexico, Pa., he was a son of the late Franklin and Effie (Kohler) Longacre. His wife, Shirley (Yohn) Longacre, whom he married Jan. 5, 1957, survives.

Also surviving is a daughter, Donna E. Brothers, of P.O. Box 2, Port Royal; four sisters, Helen Hartman, Apache Junction, Ariz., Dorothy Harrington, Kissimmee, Fla., Gladys Fowler, Steelton, Edith Gaskins, Manheim; two brothers, Abraham L. Longacre, Dauphin, and Benjamin F. Longacre, Port Royal.

He was preceded in death by a brother, Merill Longacre, and also by two sisters, Clarissa Schmidt and Alice Longacre.

He was a retired employee of Marlette Homes Inc., Lewistown, with 31 years of service. he was talented in carpentry and also in other trades.

He was a 1951 graduate of Port Royal High School and was a Korean War veteran, having served in the U.S. Army.

He was a life member of the Friendship Fire Co., Port Royal.

His funeral will be held 10 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2006, at the Rex Funeral Home, Port Royal, with the Rev. Brand W. Eaton officiating. Interment will be in New Church Hill Cemetery, Port Royal.

A viewing will be held Monday, July 31, 2006, from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Rex Funeral Home, Port Royal.

Memorial donations may be made to the Friendship Fire Co., P.O. Box 274, Port Royal, PA 17082, or to the Port Royal Ambulance Co., P.O. Box 265, Port Royal, PA 17082.

Military graveside services will be conducted by the Juniata County Veterans Council.

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Contributed by rkohler3 on 5/3/16 - Image Year: 1951
TVHS 1951 SENIOR CLASS: (Front Row)(l-r) Jane Kirkwood, Romaine Bardell, Anna Brackbill, Park Gerhart (teacher), Cora Naylor, Roma Deen, Jessie Swartz; (Middle Row)(l-r) Bill Seacrist, Joyce Milliken, Richard Eaton, Betty Bookwalter, Eugene Longacre; (Top Row)(l-r) David Weishaupt, Paul Armstrong, John Leister, Arthur Aumiller, Ralph Ditmer, Ralph Kepner
Contributed by rkohler3 on 10/27/19 - Image Year: 1950
TVHS 1950 VARSITY SOCCER PLAYERS - (Front Row Kneeling - L-R) Leo Shellenberger, William Seacrist, Arthur Aumiller, Eugene Lomgacre, Clifford Baego; (Back Row Standing - L-R) Ray Helwig, Ralph Ditmer, Walter Bailor, Charles Shellenberger, Alton Memminger)(Photo courtesy Wayne Taylor)
Contributed by rkohler3 on 5/13/17 - Image Year: 1948
TVHS CLASS OF 1951 IN FRESHMAN YEAR (48): (Front Row) (l-r): Bill Seacrist, Art Aumiller, Lane Swartz; (2nd Row): June Welshonse, Mildred Walters, Dolores Benner, Roma Deen, Cora Naylor, Romaine Bardell, Anna Brackbill; (3rd Row) Jeanne Kennedy, Patsy Lauver, Joyce Milliken, Peggy Seiber, Betty Bookwalter, Jane Kirkwood, Jessie Swartz; (Back Row): David Wisehaupt, John Leister, Ralph Kepner, Ralph Ditmer, Eugene Longacre, Paul Armstrong, Mr. Parsons (Teacher), Richard Eaton



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