Gloria M."Cokie" Halter
She enjoyed crafts, bowling, playing the organ cooking, baking and reading.
Funeral services: St. John's Lutheran Church, 23 S. Sixth St., Columbia, PA 17512 on Saturday, March 2, 2024 at 11:00 a.m. Family and friends may view at the church one-hour prior to the service.
Burial will follow in Laurel Hill Memorial Gardens.
Gloria M. "Cokie" Halter, 90 of Mountville, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, February 27, 2024 at Hamilton Arms. She was the wife of the late Joseph Willis Halter with whom she was married 69 years until his passing on March 25, 2022. Born in Columbia, she was the daughter of the late Charles and Bessie William Barninger.
A Columbia High School graduate, Class of 1951, Gloria was employed for many years as an administrative assistant for various local insurance agencies. She was an active and devoted member of St. John's Lutheran Church, Columbia, where she participated in the church choir, lectured, served on church council, taught Sunday School for 20 years and volunteered for the Columbia Meals on Wheels. She enjoyed crafts, bowling, playing the organ cooking, baking and reading.
She is survived by her sons, Douglas Halter companion of Linda Reidenbaugh; Dr. Michael Halter husband of Linda; Chris Halter; ten grandchildren, Megan, McGwire, Sarah, Hannah, Ryan, Nathan, Laura Beth, Holly, Joshua, Jason; 12 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren. The last of her immediate family she was preceded in death by her son Joseph W. Halter, Jr. and siblings, Vernon, Charles, Arthur, Richard, Melvin, Nelson, Beatrice, Agnes, Rebecca, Catherine and Joanne.
Funeral services will be held from St. John's Lutheran Church, 23 S. Sixth St., Columbia, PA 17512 on Saturday, March 2, 2024 at 11:00 a.m. with the Rev. Richard Whitesel, officiating. Burial will follow in Laurel Hill Memorial Gardens. Family and friends may view at the church one-hour prior to the service.
In lieu of flowers, kindly consider a donation in Gloria's memory to St. John's Lutheran Church designated for their music ministry.
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