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George W. Gedon
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Mr. Gedon was born May 26, 1928, in Lock Haven, and was the son of the late Albert O. and Katherine M. Grugan Gedon-Maggs.
He was married September 12, 1951, at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Lock Haven to Antoinette T. Rinella Gedon, who survives.
George was a graduate of the Lock Haven High School in 1946 and a graduate of Eckles Mortuary School in Philadelphia. He was also a 1968 graduate of Lycoming College and had attended the former Williamsport Area Community College and Penn State in the Continuing Education programs. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army, serving during the Korean Conflict.
Mr. Gedon was a former broadcaster with WWPA and WRAK in Williamsport and had been an on-air broadcaster for the former KATV. George had been a reporter/editor with the former Grit Publishing Company and served as assistant public relations director with Little League Baseball Inc., before opening the Gedon Funeral Home on Northway Road, Loyalsock Twp., which he sold in 1996. He also served 18 years as Lycoming County coroner.
He served six years on the Williamsport Area School Board and was a member of the Saint Ann’s Catholic Church in Williamsport. He was a SeniorNet Council board member, assisting in coaching SeniorNet Computer Classes. George had volunteered with the Northcentral Sight Services where he was a Radio Reader. He was also an active board member of the Sentimental Journey at Cub Haven in Lock Haven, serving as program editor.
Surviving in addition to his wife Antoinette Gedon, are two daughters, Mrs. Teresa E. (Dale) Miller, Cogan Station, and Mrs. Georgianne (Kenneth) Lipscomb, Raleigh, N.C.; a son, George A. (Cathy) Gedon, Lock Haven; a brother, Edward (Alberta) Gedon of Avis; five granddaughters, three grandsons, two great-grandsons and a great-granddaughter.
He was preceded in death by a brother, Richard Gedon.
A funeral mass will be celebrated on Saturday, March 15, 2008 at 12 noon in the Saint Ann’s Catholic Church, 1220 Northway Road, Williamsport. Celebrant will be Father Andrew Kurovsky of the Saint Ann’s Catholic Church.
Family and friends will be received in the Saint Ann’s Catholic Church from 10 a.m. until the time of the services at 12 noon. Private interment will be in the Saint Mary’s Catholic Cemetery in Lock Haven.
The family suggests in lieu of flowers, memorials will be accepted to the Gatehouse Hospice or the James V. Brown Library in Williamsport, through the funeral home.
Funeral arrangements are under the direction of the Yost-Gedon Funeral Home, 121 W. Main St., Lock Haven.
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