Dorothy P. Carbalan

She was born in 1916 in Clearfield, the daughter of the late Carl Leonard and Agnes E. (Halverson) Peterson.

Dorothy graduated from the Clearfield Area High School and the Strayer Business College, Washington, DC.

She had been employed with the United States Treasury Department, American Red Cross, Smithsonian Institution all in Washington, DC and retired as the Clearfield Borough Secretary after 33 years.

Dorothy was a member of the West Side United Methodist Church, United Methodist Women and Sunday School Class #7 and she served many years on the church’s Administrative Board as secretary.

She was member of Clear-Penn Chapter of Professional Secretaries Association (AIIP). She was a former volunteer with Clearfield Historical Society, Clearfield Senior Center, Clearfield/Centre County Borough’s Association, Clearfield Hospital and the Blood Mobile.

Dorothy is survived by a son, Frank L. Carbalan and his wife Joan of Boalsburg, two grandchildren, three great grandchildren and many cousins in New York, New Jersey and Sweden.

She was the last member of her generation having been preceded in death by her parents and a brother, Leonard E. Peterson.

Funeral services will be held at the West Side United Methodist Church, 317 Nichols Street, Clearfield, PA 16830 on Tuesday, October 8, 2013 at 1:00 P.M. with Rev. Dr. Joleen A. Willis officiating. Interment will be in the Hillcrest Cemetery.

Friends will be received at the West Side United Methodist Church on Tuesday, October 8, 2013 from 11:00 A.M. until the hour of the service.

The family suggest contributions be made in memory of Dorothy to Westside United Methodist Church, 317 Nichols Street, Clearfield, PA 16830.

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