Laura W. Long – Obituary
Laura W. Long, 71, 980 Center St., Lock Haven, PA died Nov. 28, 2015 at the Bucktail Medical Center, S. Renovo, PA.
Born Oct. 23, 1944 in Camden, NJ, she was the daughter of the late Donald C. & Florence Scoffield Wallace.
Laura was a 1963 graduate of the Haddonfield Memorial High School, Haddonfield, NJ; a 1987 graduate of Lock Haven University with as BS in General Studies & a minor in Human Resource Management. In 1997, Laura was awarded a Professional Certificate in Rural Leadership Program at Pennsylvania State University. She also had received a Masters Degree in Liberal Arts: Community Development from Lock Haven University.
Laura’s professional career included an extended association with local real estate agencies including Century 21, Sprecher Agency; Hanna & Assoc. and Coldwell Banker Renninger Realty all in Lock Haven. Laura also had worked for 13 years for Clinton Co. government in the Jobs Partnership Training office where she assisted disadvantaged and dislocated individuals receive necessary training to get better jobs.
She was a longtime member of the American Association of University Women where for 15 yrs. she was their Public Policy Chairperson; Historian for 4 yrs. and had organized countywide “Meet the Candidate” events and was President from 2001 to 2005. She was involved in the Write, Read, Write Program also thru the AAUW. Laura volunteered at Millbrook Playhouse for many years serving of the Board of Directors for 4 yrs. and had served as a coordinator and trainer of volunteer ushers and servers. She was a graduate of the Leadership Clinton County Program. Laura was a member of the Democratic Women of Clinton Co., a former board member at the Woman’s Center, a member of the Clinton Co. Economic Partnership, a Master Gardner, member of the Clinton Co. Historical Society and a Host Family for the FLS Program at LHU.
Surviving Laura are, one daughter, Diana L. Dorn, Renovo, PA, three sons, George A. ( Cathy) Dorn, Rome, NY, Theodore R. Dorn, Camp Hill, PA, and Stephen R. Long, Castanea, PA. One brother, Donald (Carol) Wallace, Collingswood, NJ, nine grandchildren, Christian, Kelly, Dylan, Jarrett, Noah, Shannon, Rebecca, Sarah & Emily and three great-grandchildren.
Friends will be received Sat., Dec. 12, 2015 from 1-3 PM in the Dean K. Wetzler, Jr. Funeral Home, 320 Main St., Mill Hall, PA with a Celebration of Life at 3 PM.
Memorial contributions may be made to the AAUW, Millbrook Playhouse or Good Days thru the funeral home.
Arrangements entrusted to the Dean K. Wetzler, Jr. Funeral Home, 320 Main St., Mill Hall, PA 17751 online condolences at www.wetzlerfuneralhome.org
