RuthAnn Wighaman

She was born November 19, 1945, in Clearfield, the daughter of Arthur E. and Eleanor (Porter) Raleigh.

RuthAnn attended grade school in Mahaffey, 7th and 8th grade at Purchase Line and was a 1963 graduate of Curwensville High School.

She had been employed at the Clearfield Cheese Company, City Drug Store in Curwensville and retired after 16 years as secretary at the Curwensville Presbyterian Church. After retirement, she lived in Sunflower Resorts in Surprise, Arizona for 8 winters.

Mrs. Wighaman was a member of the Clearfield Presbyterian Church where she served as a Deacon. She was a former member of the Curwensville Presbyterian Church where she sang in the choir, served as youth leader and organized the annual Curwensville Days youth hoagie booth.

She served as chairwoman of the Curwensville Class of 1963 Reunion Committee and was a member of the Curwensville BPW.

RuthAnn enjoyed her flowerbeds and reading her books. She loved her husband, family, church, and traveling.

Mrs. Wighaman is survived by her two children; Nancy McClure Pinto of Clearfield and Robert A. McClure of Curwensville; three grandchildren, Nicole Garcia (Tony), Shelby Sheeder (Jarret) and Steven McClure, two step grandchildren; William Bloom and Lorie Ream; several great grandchildren; a great-great grandson and several nieces and nephews.

She was the last member of her generation, having been preceded in death by her parents; her husband; William E. ‘Wiggy’ Wighaman, whom she married June 11, 1988 and who passed away August 26, 2020; a sister Ella Marie Auden; two brothers, Wendell Raleigh and Wayne Raleigh and his wife Pauline; an aunt, Katherine Porter; a step daughter, Linda L. Bloom; a step grandson, Garrick Bloom and a son-in-law, James Pinto.

Funeral Services will be held at the Bennett and Houser Funeral Home, Inc., Clearfield on Thursday, June 25, 2026, at 11:00 AM with Dr. Julia Zhao and Mr. Gary Jewart co-officiating. Interment will be in Pine Grove Cemetery.

Friends will be received at the Bennett and Houser Funeral Home, Inc. on Wednesday, June 24, 2026, from 5:00 to 7:00 PM and on Thursday from 10:00 AM until the hour of services.

The family suggests that memorial contributions be made to the Clearfield Presbyterian Church, 119 N 2nd Street, Clearfield, PA 16830 or the Curwensville Presbyterian Church, 430 Locust Street, Curwensville, PA 16830.

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