Carson Dorman

LEWISBURG – Carson Valray Dorman, 86, formerly of 2737 Buffalo Rd., entered into rest at 8:49 a.m., Monday, December 19, 2016, at Elmcroft, Lewisburg, where he had been a resident since May.

He was born December 18, 1930, in Millmont, a son of the late James E. and Doris (Bennett) Dorman.  In 1951, he married the former Mae Shirk, who preceded him in death in 2000.  In 2001, he married the former Betty Oberdorf, who survives.

Carson was a 1947 graduate of Mifflinburg High School.

He served in the Army during the Korean War.

Carson was a self-employed barber in Lewisburg and Milton for many years, and later worked at Gold Bond Building Products, New Columbia, for over 20 years, until he retired in 1992.

He was a member of the Mifflinburg Church of the Nazarene.

Carson was a member of the Pennsylvania Vintage Iron Club.

He enjoyed doing lawn mower repair and working on John Deer tractors.  Carson especially enjoyed all of the good fellowship with his neighbors and friends while cutting hair in the barber shop at his house.

Surviving in addition to his wife, are two sons and daughters-in-law, Dale A. and Jo Ann Dorman of Lewisburg, and Darrell E. and Karen Dorman of West Boylston, Massachusetts; four grandchildren, Stacy Mook of Watsontown, Timothy J. Dorman of Philadelphia, David B. Dorman, and Rebakah Dorman of West Boylston; one brother and sister-in-law, James M. and Clara Dorman of Mifflinburg; and one sister, Vida Gramly of Lewisburg.

He was preceded in death by one brother, Dean M. Dorman.

Family and friends are welcome from 6 to 8 p.m., Thursday, at the Roupp Funeral Home, Inc., 8594 Old Turnpike Rd., Mifflinburg, and from 9:30 to 10 a.m., Friday, at the First Church of the Nazarene, 12 East Market St., Mifflinburg, where the funeral will be conducted at 10, with Rev. Wayne S. Krell, officiating.

Burial will be in the Mazeppa Union Cemetery with military honors by Mifflinburg American Legion Post 410 and area veterans.