Martha C. Grugan

SELINSGROVE - Martha Claire Grugan, 89, of the Manor at Penn Village in Selinsgrove, died Saturday, Aug. 27, 2005 at Sunbury Community Hospital after a brief illness. She was a former resident of 105 King Avenue, Shamokin Dam.

She was born Feb. 19, 1916 in Sunbury, a daughter of Bruner Stroh and Sallie Mae Long. She married the late Sidney A. Grugan, son of James L. Grugan and Hannah E. Smithers, on Dec. 25, 1937 in Sunbury. He preceded her in death in 1986.

Mrs. Grugan was a 1934 graduate of Sunbury High School. She worked for a time at Weis Markets and was later the first employee hired by the Susquehanna Valley Bank and Trust when they operated in Sunbury. She worked at the bank as a teller until 1963 when she and her husband purchased the remaining interest of the Mentz & Grugan Stationery Co., Inc. on Market Street in Sunbury. Mrs. Grugan was the secretary of the board of directors for the company until her retirement.

She had been a member of the Catawissa Avenue Methodist Church.

Surviving are one son and daughter-in-law, Larry A. and Linda Grugan of West Grove, one grandson and his wife, Garry A. and Amy Grugan of East Peoria, Illinois, one granddaughter, Melanie A. Grugan of Wynnewood, and by two great-grandchildren, Emily E. and Maggie R. Grugan of East Peoria.

She was preceded in death by one sister, Naomi E (Stein) Lehman, and by one great-grandson, James R. Grugan of East Peoria.

Visitors may call from 1 to 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Jerre Wirt Blank Funeral Home, 395 State Street, Sunbury.

The funeral will be conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home by the Rev. Thomas Schroeder. Burial will be in Orchard Hills Cemetery, Shamokin Dam.

Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association, 1704 Warren Avenue, Williamsport, PA 17701.