Kathleen D. Piper
Sept. 9, 1925 – Oct. 20, 2023

Kathleen D. Piper, 98, Duncansville, passed away Friday morning at Presbyterian Village at Hollidaysburg.
She was born in Bedford, PA, daughter of the late George R. and Pearl S. (Koontz) Diehl.
On August 19, 1949, she married Robert W. Piper, Sr. in Winchester, VA. He preceded her in death January 27, 1972.
She is survived by two sons: Robert W. Jr. (Pamela) and Martin G.; four grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
She was the last member of her immediate family, preceded in death by a brother, Christopher D. Diehl, and two sisters, Hazel D. Walker and S. Grace Diehl.
Kathleen was a 1943 graduate of Hollidaysburg High School and received her bachelors degree from Pennsylvania State University in 1976.
She retired as a library administrative assistant for Hollidaysburg Area High School after 21 years of service.
She was a member of St. John’s Reformed Church in Hollidaysburg and the Order of the Eastern Star, Hollidaysburg Chapter #471.
Friends will be received from 10 a.m. until the 11 a.m. funeral service on Thursday, October 26, 2023, at Plank, Stitt & Stevens Funeral Home, 421 Montgomery St., Hollidaysburg, with Pastor Timothy R. McNutt, officiating.
Interment will be in Alto-Reste Park.
The family requests that donations in memory of Kathleen be made to St. John’s Reformed Church, 906 Maple Ave., Hollidaysburg, PA 16648 or Hollidaysburg OES #471, Linda Smith, Secretary, 906 3rd Ave., Duncansville, PA 16635.
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