Louise Miriam (Porzelt) Whipple

Louise Miriam (Porzelt) Whipple, 86, of Loyalsock Township, passed into heaven, June 2, 2023, at her home. Born January 3, 1937, in Brooklyn, New York City, NY. She is the daughter of Edward and Eva M. (Ingraham) Grenoble. Louise was a 1954 graduate of Muncy High School. She married her high school sweetheart and best friend Max L. Whipple on March 25, 1955, at the Muncy Baptist Church. The Reverend Harold G. Washburn officiated. Max and Louise were happily married for 68 years. They had a very loving, happy, and adventurous life together. Max fondly called Louise “Sparkie”, she lit up his life!

After graduating High School, Louise worked at Brozman’s in Williamsport, Pennsylvania while also attending Williamsport Technical Institute and Lycoming College.

After Louise and Max were married, she was dedicated to raising a family while traveling with her husband who was in the United States Air Force. They lived in Biloxi, Mississippi, and Charleston, West Virginia (both two times); Montgomery, Alabama; Island Pond, Vermont; North Syracuse, New York; Charleston, South Carolina; Baudette, Minnesota; Wheeler Air Force Base, Hawaii, and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. When they were in Montgomery, Alabama, in 1962 Louise was chosen Sweetheart of the Gunter Air Force Base NCO Wives’ Club Annual Valentines Ball. She was crowned with a tiara and presented with a bouquet of roses by the Base Commander. While living in Hawaii, she helped staff the office and dining room at the Wheeler Air Force Base Officers Club. Upon returning to the Muncy area, she was employed by the Pennsylvania State Liquor Board doing retail sales in the Muncy store during the Christmas and New Year’s season of 1976. Because she looked young, she was often challenged whether she was old enough to be working in a liquor store. Louise was also employed by Henry Fry Commissary in the dining room at the Muncy GTE Sylvania plant. She was then employed by Commonwealth Bank and Trust and retired from Commonwealth in 1990. Louise enjoyed her travels with her husband. She was fortunate to see a big part of the United States and meet a variety of people who remained good friends.

Louise enjoyed doing needlecraft. She was a very good quilter, sewing queen size quilts by hand or on her sewing machine from start to finish. She enjoyed knitting and crocheting full size afghans and giving them to veterans, The Gatehouse, The Rescue Mission, friends, and family. Louise and her husband Max bowled in a mixed league for many years. Louise also enjoyed fishing and canoeing. She had her own hip boots and fly rod. She had fished in 12 states. She and her husband made many canoe trips down the Susquehanna River between Montoursville and Muncy. Louise liked to work in the garden. She and her husband built a “G” scale garden railroad in their backyard using live plants for scenery. They spent many enjoyable hours doing maintenance and planting new plants for scenery. They ran both electric and battery-operated trains along with a live steam engine. They were part of a PBS televised train program featuring model trains in Northeastern Pennsylvania. Louise was the only woman featured in the program. Louise and her husband loved riding bicycles. Quite a few years they rode the Pine Creek Rail Trail, in segments, from one end to the other. She also loved walking in the woods. She was an enthusiastic stamp collector. Louise liked new adventures. She learned to water ski and body surf. She and her husband enjoyed snorkeling in Hawaii, white water rafting, hot air ballooning, glider riding and a ride in the Goodyear Blimp.

Louise is a member of Muncy Baptist Church. A 30-year member of the Lycoming Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution. She was a past Conservation Chairman, a past Scrap Book Chairman, and served on the Veterans Committee. She was a 50-year member of the Order of the Eastern Star, Elizabeth Armstrong Chapter 10, Montgomery, Alabama, and a former member of the Air Force Sergeants Auxiliary.

Louise is survived by her husband Max, a daughter Ronnie Cremonini of Valrico, Florida; a son David Whipple of Baudette, Minnesota; a daughter Terri Ocean of Lansdale, Pennsylvania; ten grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. She was an outstanding mother and had great love for her children and grandchildren.

Louise was predeceased by her parents and a brother, Edward Fred Porzelt.

Funeral services will be held 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, June 8, at McCarty Thomas Funeral Home, (formerly Spitler funeral home) 733 Broad St., Montoursville, with Pastor Thomas M. Brokaw officiating. Burial to follow in Muncy Cemetery. Friends called on June 8, at the funeral home.

Donations may be made to Family Hospice, 1100 Grampian Blvd, Williamsport, Pa 17701.

Expressions of sympathy may be sent to the family at mccartythomas.com.