Please select what you would like included for printing: Copy the text below and then paste that into your favorite email application under the constant loving care of her husband and son Mary was born in Bakers Summit on January 28 She was the youngest of three children: Billy R Mary graduated from Roaring Spring High School in 1957 She then attended and graduated from the Altoona Beauty School Last summer Mary and Bob celebrated 65+ years of marriage Robert (Bob) Bowser of Osterburg at the Holsinger Church of the Brethren at Bakers Summit Keith Bowser (Spring Hope) and he married Tracy M Mary's grandchildren include Shianne N Mary's great grandchildren include Connor Mayes age 15 and the apple of her eye twins Jaxton and Jamison Mayes Mary retired from the Chestnut Ridge School District as a secretary after 39 years Mary was very active in her church and the Women's Group Mary was a 42 year member of the Bedford Springs Order of the Eastern Star since November 1983 Mary served multiple positions including past Worthy Matron and served most recently as treasurer attending sporting events of her grandchildren and great grandchildren her 2 cats and especially babysitting the twins Over the years Mary and Bob enjoyed camping from Maine to California to Florida and all parts in between Her favorite place was Niagara Falls where they spent their 50th anniversary Mary also enjoyed spending time with her cousins Sally Metzker and Nell Snyder and casino trips with the Ickes family Burial will be at the convenience of the family PA 16667 or the Bedford County Humane Society Online condolences may be expressed at http://www.geiselfuneral.com/ Arrangements entrusted to Geisel-Styer Funeral Homes Enter your phone number above to have directions sent via text This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply Service map data © OpenStreetMap contributors Thanks for visiting The use of software that blocks ads hinders our ability to serve you the content you came here to enjoy We ask that you consider turning off your ad blocker so we can deliver you the best experience possible while you are here Pennsylvania went to be with the Lord on Wednesday he married his wife Ruth (Daugherty) Miller John's United Christ of Church in Bedford and Everett Seventh-Day Adventist Church in Snake Spring He worked numerous jobs before retiring from Bedford True Value from 11 AM to 1PM at Geisel-Styer Funeral Homes at 1 PM at Geisel-Styer Funeral Homes with Pastor Brad Zembower officiating Geisel-Styer Funeral Homes & Cremation Services Inc 2024 at her residence.  She was born on February 1 1948 in Osterburg a daughter of the late Chester and Dora (Black) Ickes.  On August 16 who survives along with a son Corey Bowser and wife Jody of Schellsburg; and two sisters: Patty Lohr of Osterburg.  She was preceded in death by a brother Larry Ickes Irma was a teller for Central Bank of Clayburg and retired as manager after 40 years.  She was a member of Trinity Reformed Church in Osterburg.  Irma was a avid Pittsburgh Pirates and Steelers fan Funeral services will be Private.  Arrangements by the Timothy A in Bedford.  Our online guestbook is available at www.berkebilefuneralhome.com OSTERBURG — Hundreds of potential bidders turned out last weekend to not only look for collectibles and bargains but to say a final farewell to a longtime Bedford County staple The contents of Slick’s Ivy Stone Restaurant went on the auction block and memorabilia from not only Bedford County but Altoona Hollidaysburg and surrounding areas was divvied up to the highest bidders The closing last year of the popular eatery where the waitresses dressed in Colonial-inspired garb was a blow to Bedford County and to Osterburg where the old gas station and diner turned restaurant has stood since 1925 Purchased in 1979 from the Ed Pukala family by the Sam Slick Sr the restaurant was a stepping stone for many local youngsters getting their first taste of responsibility and a paycheck In a world where big box stores and chain restaurants seem to rule the Ivy Stone offered patrons a respite from the modern day as its placement along old Route 220 prevented many folks from using their cellphones in what is considered a “dead zone,” thanks to a curve in the road and tree-covered hillsides While it was known for its home-cooked meals new customers would be in awe at the interior as cocooned within its walls was a treasure trove of artifacts — tin lunch boxes spinning wheels and a huge assortment of glass juicers There were also hickory benches hand-built by A.C The 6-foot long benches were built specifically for the restaurant who noted that all but two of the benches were purchased at the auction by Latshaw’s descendants grandfather clocks and crocks joined the lineup alongside a Ronald McDonald doll that drew a lot of interest from the audience — to see who was going to purchase what many said would give them nightmares with Karns stating everyone he talked to seemed to agree it was “creepy.” former restaurant employees and customers vying for a piece of history there were so many items that Karns split auctioneer duties with David Tremmel Jr and the two would call out and encourage bidders for 30 minutes or so before switching off to rest their voice A bundt pan brought in $22 as the first item up for bid but bidders kept their hands down when the restaurant’s piano came up for sale with no takers for even a single dollar bill The piano was purchased at auction by his mother but was functional and used by groups that would reserve dining rooms for Christmas parties and other events A Blackburn Russell flour sack brought $70 while a grouping of three unnamed flour sacks fetched just $5 showing the crowd was most interested in the local artifacts and the winning bidders quickly left the venue apparently having purchased the one item they desired stayed as the auction went into the afternoon hours some piling up purchases around their feet seemingly intent on snagging as many items as they could carry A metal Planet of the Apes lunch box brought $80 When asked about the sheer number of items Slick said his mother purchased many of the pieces and they’ve been at the restaurant ever since Other items were given to the restaurant when local residents came across something they didn’t want “People just gave us stuff,” Slick and his sister said as they looked through many of the items up for auction Easter weekend was an appropriate date for the auction as in year’s past the restaurant would close after Christmas and reopen in time for the spring holiday The final closing of the restaurant was bittersweet and despite advertising the business for sale was “out in the middle of nowhere,” Slick said with a slight shake of his head Some former residents who now live out of town would come in once or twice a year to visit family making sure to include a stop at Slick’s in their plans But the restaurant has stood unused for over a year now announcing the restaurant would not reopen “It is with mixed emotions that I write you ‘Goodbye,'” Slick said I feel that it is not feasible to reopen at this time To all of you that have made dining with us on Good Friday and Easter Sunday a yearly tradition “The pandemic started the beginning of the end,” Sam Slick said last weekend president and CEO of the Bedford County Development Association said the COVID-19 pandemic “took a heavy toll on several of our restaurants.” supply chain shortages and difficulty finding labor created huge challenges “It’s hugely disappointing to see deep-rooted These businesses have served — and befriended — customers for generations Slick found himself busy bringing items — mostly Christmas trees and decorations — down from the restaurant’s attic trying to stay in the background while Hideyo went to the Elizabeth room where the auction took place she reconnected with customers she got to know as a hostess and waitress Seeing longtime customers and saying goodbye was hard “She came back in tears,” he said adding she knew more of the customers because she worked out front while he was in the kitchen manning the grill and making his signature dishes — like the Osterburger a made-to-order burger named after the town and topped with asiago cheese On a pass through a dining room packed with items not yet sold Lottie French of Martinsburg reminisced about eating at the restaurant with family “My favorites were the home fries with onions and gravy,” she said “My sister’s favorite was the barbecue ribs.” French said she was looking to purchase a few knick knacks for her walls something to remember the many times she enjoyed eating at the restaurant Mark Ruby of Claysburg collects lunch boxes and managed to snag a few for his collection The former Ivy Stone customer said he also buys and sells collectibles admitting that he perhaps keeps more than he sells said he grew up with parents who went to auctions a lot and remembers thinking “I’m never doing this when I grow up.” he said he has a couple of booths set up at cooperative shops and now has a lot of collectibles Among his many purchases was an accordion for his girlfriend but added that she will be able to play the instrument Some of the items he got will be resold and others he’ll keep for himself noting he likes to keep the local treasures in the county the Latshaw benches being purchased by descendants of the craftsman was great “I’m really glad they stayed in the family,” he said “That’s really important.” It was a difficult decision to close the restaurant but he doesn’t miss cooking for hundreds every day he can often be found at the Bedford Springs — he’s the one mowing the grass It’s his second year working at the resort where he finds mowing relaxing and enjoyable “It gives me a reason to get up in the morning,” he said with a grin mentioning golfing on the famed Old Course being one of the perks of the job he said retiring and selling the restaurant wasn’t taken lightly and he knows how much it meant not only to local residents but to the families who worked there and gathered there for meals In the Facebook post announcing the closing he said the Slick “family of employees swelled to well into the hundreds.” Loyal patrons “made it possible for some of these friends and co-workers to earn enough money to buy their first car utilities & food bills of so many others in our extended family.” While he’s not certain of the Ivy Stone’s future now that the unique decor is gone and the restaurant appliances will be up for sale in an online auction Slick is still hopeful the building will be purchased and put to good use “It was a nice place for a restaurant,” he said Antis Township will apply to the state Department of Community and Economic Development for a $250,000 grant to .. Copyright © 2025 Central Pennsylvania Newspapers LLC | https://www.altoonamirror.com | 301 Cayuga Ave. daughter of the late Clayton and Oleta (Claycomb) Hoover She is survived by son- Eric husband of Karen (Howard) Waybright of Bedford; daughter- Marie wife of Lorne Miller of New Paris; step-son- Mike husband of Trudy (Corle) Waybright of Alum Bank; step-son- Brian husband of Janice (Allison) Waybright of Osterburg; step-son- Kevin husband of Robin (Cornell) grandson- Harmon Waybright; along with 12 step-grandchildren and 12 step-great-grandchildren Mary is preceded in death by brother- Jim Hoover and previously worked at Ames Department Store and a bank teller at the Hartley Bank 2024 from 10-11 AM at Geisel-Styer Funeral Homes Interment will be at Osterburg Community Cemetery Geisel-Styer Funeral Homes & Cremation Services Inc. Zelphia is survived by her sons: Allan Yarnall (Karen) of Bedford; grandchildren: Barry Yarnall (Tammy) of Rainsburg; Breanna and Brooke Yarnall; several great grandchildren; numerous nieces and nephews and brother-in-law: George Weisel for 70 years and was a member of the Trinity Reformed Church She was a member of the Order of the Eastern Start and the "Daughters of Rebekah" Odd fellows Lodge She will be remembered for the beautiful puzzles she put together and her crocheting skills making lovely clothing and blankets for family and friends She worked at AW Smith Produce store and was a homemaker from the hours of 11 AM to 2 PM at the Trinity Reformed Church A funeral service will be held on Thursday 2024 at 2 PM at the Trinity Reformed Church: 722 Main St Arrangements entrusted to Geisel-Styer Funeral Home of Osterburg passed away peacefully on March 3 at James E PA to Reverend Jesse and Leona (Plummer) Chappell Dean is survived by two daughters Theresa Horne married to Travis Horne who he loved like a son; and daughter Jessica Chappell; brother Lloyd Chappell (married to Dana Chappell); sister Linda Weyandt (married to Melvin Weyandt) who both helped take special care of Dean; sister Carol Weyandt (married to Butch Weyandt); grandson Christian Horne who he lovingly referred to as "Pop Pop’s Boy"; and many nephews he was preceded in death by his siblings Donald Chappell Dean touched the lives of many with his generous heart He was a Vietnam veteran who served in the Army from January 1967 through July 1969 During his deployment he served as an equipment engineer Later in life he was an Over-the-Road truck driver for 35 years hauling many things Dean enjoyed watching football and westerns and attending and/or watching church online A celebration of Dean’s life will be held on Tuesday March 5th at 6pm at Community Bible Church at 120 West Virginia Road The service will be co-officiated by Pastor Tim Ellis of Alum Bank God’s Missionary Church and Dean’s nephew Joshua Weyandt. Visitation will be held from 4:30-6pm Donations can be made in Dean’s memory to Community Bible Church Military honors will be conducted by the Ft Online condolences may be expressed at www.akersfuneralhome.com The family would like to thank the James E Van Zandt VA Medical Staff on the 5th floor for all their kindness and support A Thursday night fire in Bedford County left an Osterburg family without a home The Imler Area Volunteer Fire Company was dispatched about 8:04 p.m for a dwelling fire on the 1700 block of Heritage Road The fire at the home of Mark and Denise Lapinski was sparked by a malfunctioning electric space header Denise Lapinski was home at the time and was alerted to the fire by smoke detectors though the family’s pet cat was lost in the fire we would consider the house a total loss,” Dennis said in an email Serve Pro arrived at the scene later that night and was able to board up the home The American Red Cross assisted the Lapinskis with temporary housing About 35 firefighters and emergency medical services personnel assisted on the call along with the Bedford Area Ambulance Service Pennsylvania health officials are facing down a potential $500 million loss of federal funding CLEARFIELD — A Morrisdale man was sentenced in Clearfield County court Monday for assaulting two state troopers .. 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WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve will likely keep its key short-term interest rate unchanged on Wednesday Metrics details The transcription factor p63 shares a high sequence identity with the tumour suppressor p53 which manifests itself in high structural similarity and preference for DNA sequences Mutations in the DNA binding domain (DBD) of p53 have been studied in great detail enabling a general mechanism-based classification In this study we provide a detailed investigation of all currently known mutations in the p63 DBD which are associated with developmental syndromes by measuring their impact on transcriptional activity zinc binding capacity and thermodynamic stability Some of the mutations we have further characterized with respect to their ability to convert human dermal fibroblasts into induced keratinocytes Here we propose a classification of the p63 DBD mutations based on the four different mechanisms of DNA binding impairment which we identified: direct DNA contact no p63 mutation induces global unfolding and subsequent aggregation of the domain The dimer interface mutations that affect the DNA binding affinity by disturbing the interaction between the individual DBDs retain partial DNA binding capacity which correlates with a milder patient phenotype All published case reports of human developmental diseases linked to p63 mutations were extracted and evaluated (Supplementary Table S1) A An overview of the p63 mutation spectrum was generated by plotting position of all mutations on schematic domain architecture of p63 Each mutation is colour coded according to the predominantly caused developmental disease B The extracted data was analysed for frequency of mis- and nonsense mutation occurring for each residue in p63 (n = 332 families) Frameshift mutations and gene deletions were disregarded due to their rare incidence Mutation frequencies are plotted as bars along the p63 protein sequence aligned to the schematic domain architecture Each bar is colour coded corresponding to the developmental disease the mutation of the respective residue is predominantly causing The positions of the six mutational hotspots R204 C Mutation frequency was calculated for the p63 DBD individually (n = 202 families) and blotted with the indicated colour code on the DBD structure (PDB: 3QYN) The six mutational hotspots are depicted as sticks and highlighted with labels DNA is shown in light green and the zinc ion as a purple sphere B TA*: TA*p63 isoform-specific N-terminus; ΔN: ΔNp63 isoform-specific N-terminus; TAD Transactivation domain; DBD DNA binding domain; TD tetramerization domain; SAM sterile-α-motif domain; TID transcriptional inhibitory domain; γ: p63γ isoform-specific C-terminus nsOFC non‐syndromic orofacial clefting; POI premature ovarian insufficiency; NA not assigned to any of the known mutant p63-related diseases To obtain a better understanding for the correlation of ELA syndrome characteristics and their underlying molecular impairment of the p63 function we have analysed the so far known p63 mutations in the DBD in detail and investigated their effect on transcription we have analysed the influence of selected mutations on the conversion of dermal fibroblasts into keratinocyte-like cells by RNA-seq we focus here only on p63 mutations and compare them to p53 make it likely that the results obtained here for p63 are directly relevant for p73 as well E DNA binding affinities of purified p63 DBD-TD WT and indicated mutants derived from the fitted binding curves (D) The bar diagrams shows the equilibrium dissociation constants (KD) with the error bars corresponding to the 95% confidence interval The bars are coloured in grey whenever an incomplete binding curve was fitted E Mutations related to ELA syndrome are coloured in blue mutations related to SHFM4 in green and artificial mutants in brown R298Q and R280H are still able to bind DNA although with a reduced affinity compared to p63 WT while the affinities of R280S and R304W are further diminished The SPR measurements also underscored that the SHFM4 mutation K193E reduces the DNA binding affinity Overall, the different types of measuring the DNA binding competence have shown that several ELA mutants still bind to DNA, albeit with a reduced affinity, that artificial core domain mutants behave like wild type and that SHFM4 mutations affect DNA binding as well. All results of the in vivo and in vitro DNA binding assays are summarized in Table 1 Mapping of the chemical shift differences onto the structure of the DBD revealed that the strong structural changes were limited to the zinc finger and its surrounding elements of the DNA binding interface like the loops L2 and L3 that contact the minor groove of the DNA while the core of the domain remained unperturbed Mutations related to ELA syndrome are coloured in blue These data show that loss of Zn binding does not destabilize the DBD core but leads to rearrangement of structural elements important for DNA binding and can thus explain the impaired DNA binding triggered by Zn loss in the H208Y and R204W mutants. All results are summarized in Table 1 Oligomeric states are indicated by ‘m’ (monomer) and ‘d’ (dimer) while ‘a’ marks high molecular weight species corresponding to aggregates B Mutations related to ELA syndrome are coloured in blue Our results so far indicate that most mutations affecting the DNA binding interface directly or inducing a shift to the zinc-free apo state strongly impair the affinity to DNA and concomitantly the transcriptional activity the ADULT syndrome mutation R298Q and the SHFM4 mutations K193E and K194E B–E Mutations related to ELA syndrome are coloured in blue mutations related to SHFM4 in green and mutations related to AEC/RHS in red These data indicate that cells expressing p63 R227Q or - to a lesser extent - p63 R298Q maintain most of the function of p63 WT whereas R304W and R204W mutants are completely impaired A Schematic representation of the inducible system for conversion of human dermal fibroblasts (HDFs) to keratinocyte-like cells (iKCs) HDFs with a stable integration of a reverse tetracycline-controlled transactivator (rtTA) are retrovirally transduced with KLF4 only or C-terminally fused to ΔNp63α with a self-cleaving T2A peptide Conversion is achieved by doxycycline (Doxy)-induced expression of p63 and KLF4 for 72 h Cells were subsequently analysed by ATAC- and RNA-seq B Venn diagram of ATAC-seq peaks in HDF expressing either WTp63/KLF4 (light brown) or KLF4 alone (CTR; in light blue) showing the number of open regions (-Log10FDR ≥ 10) C Percentage of ATAC-seq peak distribution in promoters or intragenic regulatory elements of the sequences open in both CTR HDF and p63 expressing HDF (cluster 1) D Upper panel: Heat map representation of the signal density of p63 WT and the indicated DBD mutants sequence tags with a stringency of -Log10FDR ≥ 20 p63 binding sites were distributed within ±5 kb from the WT peak summit Lower panel: Mean read densities centred (±5 kb) around the peak summits E Percentage of peak distribution bound by p63 WT or the indicated DBD mutants in promoters F De novo discovery motifs using STREME performed on 100 bp spanning the summits of the top 1000 ChIP-seq peaks (-Log10FDR ≥ 20) of p63 WT and DBD mutants G p53 p63 consensus motif scanning (MA0106.30525.1 (TP53)) identified by CentriMo using MEME-ChIP The DNA binding interface can be divided in two structural elements (Fig. 7A; Supplementary Fig. S1A+B) organizes the DNA contacting residues R279 and S272 Helix H2 together with the opposing β‐strands S2 S2’ and S10 and loop L1 form the part of the interface which positions the residues contacting the major groove of the DNA have not been reported to be mutated in patients This class of mutations is rather small encompassing only five mutations: G134D, K194E, R227Q and R298Q/G. They impair DNA binding by varying degrees. The mutations do not disturb the zinc finger and are scattered across the DBD (Table 1 and Fig. 7B) R298 contacts S128 and T130 of the DBD N‐terminus thereby contributing to its rigid conformation Loss of the positively charged side chain disrupts the fold of the N‐terminus locally Introduction of an aspartic acid or valine at the position of G134 has most‐likely a similar effect R227 lies in the zinc region of the DNA binding interface but with large distance to the coordinated zinc ion It does not contribute to the structure of the zinc finger but to the conformation of the loop L2B by interacting with F214 and N215 This effect on the inter-dimer interface is limited to canonical full sites comprised of two conjoined half‐sites without a spacer because otherwise there is no interaction between the two dimers The classification described above is based on all currently known mutations the available number of patient data is relatively small in comparison to mutant p53 data collected from cancer patients the current absence of certain putative p63 mutations in the literature does not necessarily imply that they cannot occur in p63‐related diseases the absence of mutations in the hydrophobic core of the p63 DBD correlates with these mutations not affecting p63’s transcriptional activity in our luciferase-based assays the corresponding p53 residues are cancer mutations that result in global unfolding of the p53 DBD misregulation of p63 by blocking PTMs could further contribute to the pathogenic mechanism of K193E and K194E and explain their phenotypic association with SHFM4 instead of ELA as DBD mutations seems to be a mechanism that has more effect on p63 while mutations in the core of the protein and a concomitant destabilization is a mechanism that exists only for p53 the p73 DBD is still significantly more stable than the p53 DBD which most likely prevents mutation-induced global unfolding as seen for p53 The high sequence identity with p63 further suggests that the four mechanisms that impair DNA binding of p63 will apply to p73 as well All published case reports of human developmental diseases related to p63 mutations were extracted from the PubMed database (as of September 2022) and analysed for mutation distribution and frequency (Supplementary Table 1) Whenever the number of patients or families carrying a mutation was not clearly stated the minimal number was assumed for subsequent frequency calculations (recognizable by ‘≥’ in the table) resulting in a total number of 663 patients from 332 families Each mutation was affiliated with the individual disease it predominantly causes For transient protein expression in mammalian cells or in-vitro translation of N-terminally Myc-tagged p53 and ΔNp63α PCR-generated inserts were introduced in pcDNA3.Myc by subcloning using BamHI and XhoI restriction sites yielding pcDNA3.Myc-p53 and pcDNA3.Myc-ΔNp63α pcDNA3.Myc is a derivative of pcDNA3.1(+) (Thermo Fisher Scientific) engineered with a Myc-tag between HindIII and BamHI sites All gene inserts lack the intrinsic start codon to avoid expression of untagged proteins via alternative translation initiation skipping the Myc-tag Any mutations were subsequently introduced by site-directed mutagenesis adding a new EcoRI site 5’ to the BamHI site and subsequently introducing a Myc-Tag between EcoRI and BamHI sites The p63 gene insert lacks the intrinsic start codon to avoid expression of untagged proteins via alternative translation initiation skipping the Myc-tag engineering a self-cleaving T2A peptide (GEGRGSLLTCGDVEENPGPGSG) at the N-terminus via the 5’-oligo and inserted into the backbone by subcloning using XbaI and NotI restriction sites yielding the final vector PCR-generated inserts of ΔNp63α wildtype and mutants were introduced by subcloning using XbaI and BamHI restriction sites with the N-terminal Myc-tag added via the 5’-oligo resulting in pRetrox-TRE3G-Myc-ΔNp63α-T2A-KLF4 and the respective mutant p63 derivatives coli BL21(DE3) Rosetta cells (SGC Frankfurt) were transformed with the respective E coli expression plasmids for protein production Cells were grown at 37 °C in 2xYT medium supplemented with 100 µM zinc acetate (Carl Roth) to an optical density (OD) of ~0.8 Protein expression was induced with 1 mM IPTG (Carl Roth) for 16–18 h at 18 °C cells were grown in LB medium at 37 °C to an OD of ~1 harvested by centrifugation and resuspended in M9 minimal medium supplemented with 100 µM zinc acetate and the appropriate isotopic labelling reagents (1 g/l 15NH4Cl (Cambridge Isotope Laboratories Inc.) and 4 g/l glucose (Carl Roth) for 15N-labelling; 1 g/l 15NH4Cl and 2 g/l 13C-glucose (Cambridge Isotope Laboratories Inc.) for 15N/13C-labelling) to an OD of ~0.3 Cells were then grown at 37 °C to an OD of ~0.8 and protein expression was carried out as described above After expression cells were harvested by centrifugation and resuspended in IMAC A buffer (25 mM HEPES pH 7.0 20 mM β‐ME,10 μM zinc acetate and 25 mM imidazole) supplemented with DNAse (Sigma-Aldrich) RNAse (Sigma-Aldrich) and self-prepared protease inhibitor Cells were lysed by sonification and the lysate was cleared by centrifugation at 4 °C All proteins were subjected to an initial immobilized metal affinity chromatography (IMAC) purification step The supernatant was loaded onto HiTrap IMAC Sepharose FF column (Cytiva) pre-equilibrated in IMAC A buffer bound proteins were washed with 20 column volumes (CV) IMAC A buffer and eluted with 2 CV IMAC B buffer (IMAC A with 300 mM imidazole) The eluted proteins were supplemented with TEV protease (1:50 w/w; self-prepared) for cleavage of the His-tag and dialysed against IMAC A (DBDs) or IMAC 50 buffer (DBD-TDs; IMAC A buffer supplemented with 50 mM imidazole) over night (ON) at 4 °C the cleaved tag and any uncleaved protein was removed by a subsequent reverse IMAC step using IMAC A or IMAC 50 buffer DBD-TDs were further purified by ion-exchange (IEX) chromatography The salt concentration was reduced below 100 mM by dilution with IEX A buffer (25 mM HEPES pH 7.0 20 mM β‐ME,10 μM zinc acetate) prior loading on HiTrap Heparin HP columns (Cytiva) Bound protein was eluted with a gradient from 50 mM to 1 M NaCl over 20 CV using IEX B buffer (IEX A with 1 M NaCl) all proteins were subjected to size exclusion chromatography (SEC) using either a Superdex 75 or Superdex 200 SEC column (Cytiva) equilibrated in assay buffer (25 mM HEPES pH 7.5 0.5 mM TCEP) or NMR buffer (50 mM BIS-TRIS pH 6.8 concentrated by centrifugation (Amicon Ultra Centrifugal Filters Merck KGaA) and snap frozen in liquid nitrogen for storage at −80 °C until usage The protocol to prepare the apo form of the p53 and p63 DBD by removing the zinc ion was adapted from Butler et al [50] Purified DBDs in assay or NMR buffer were treated with 1/33 volume 10% acetic acid and 1/100 volume EDTA (1 M pH 8) for 5 min on ice and pH was raised again by addition of 1.5 volume HEPES (1 M The resulting apo DBDs were then transferred in fresh assay or NMR buffer with HiTrap desalting columns (Cytiva) The specific absorption of the PAR2-Zn2+ complex at 520 nm was measured using Spark multimode microplate reader (Tecan) 30 µM DBDs were incubated with 500 µM zinc binding dye 4-(2-pyridylazo)resorcinol (PAR) (Sigma-Aldrich) and 2.5 mM alkylating agent MMTS (Sigma-Aldrich) which completely and irreversible releases the zinc ions from cysteine zinc finger proteins like the DBDs The fraction of DBDs in the zinc‐loaded holo form was determined by calculating the absolute zinc concentration with the help of ZnCl2-PAR standard curve and normalizing it to the protein concentration 30 µM DBDs were incubated with PAR and MMTS which competes with the zinc finger for the zinc ion The fraction of dissociated zinc was calculated by normalizing the dissociation sample with PAR only to the respective zinc content sample with PAR and MMTS Zinc assays were performed in three independent replicates from the same protein purification batch. Statistical significance was assessed by an unpaired t-test or ordinary one-way ANOVA followed by Tukey’s post hoc test using Graphpad Prism 8 (Supplementary Table 3) Thermal shift assay (TSA) was performed using an iCycler iQ PCR Thermal Cycler (Bio‐Rad) and the SYPRO Orange fluorescent dye (Thermo Fisher Scientific) to determine melting temperatures purified DBDs were centrifuged at 16,000 xg and 4 °C for 15 min to remove aggregates Samples were prepared for measurement by mixing 36 μl protein working solution (35 µM in assay buffer) and 4 μl SYPRO Orange working solution (1:200 dilution in assay buffer) in MicroAmp Optical 96‐well plates (Thermo Fisher Scientific) a thermal gradient from 20 °C to 95 °C with a slope of 1 °C/min was applied and dye fluorescence was recorded every 0.2 °C The negative first deviation of the fluorescence signal (‐dF/dT) was normalized and smoothed (using Graphpad Prism 8 (GraphPad Software)) before extracting the melting point Melting temperatures were determined by three independent measurements from the same protein purification batch. Statistical significance was assessed by ordinary one-way ANOVA followed by Tukey’s post hoc test using Graphpad Prism 8 (Supplementary Table 3) The [1H-15N]-BEST-TROSY HSQC spectrum of the apo DBD was partially assigned based on the spectra of the holo form After priming the Biacore X‐100 with SPR buffer the SA chip (Cytiva) was docked and its surface conditioned by three 1 min injections of SPR activation solution (50 mM NaOH and 1 M NaCl) and three 30 s injections of SPR regeneration buffer (25 mM HEPES pH7.5 The dsDNA with the 20 bp p21 RE (DBD-TD) or p63 CS (DBD) was immobilized in flow cell F2 and an equal amount of the dsDNA with the random sequence in flow cell F1 The immobilisation was performed sequentially for the individual flow cells with multiple short injections of the respective dsDNA solution Unbound DNA was removed by two consecutive 15 s injections of SPR regeneration buffer An amount of biotinylated dsDNA corresponding to ~100 response units (RU) for the DBD-TD measurements and ~200 RU for the DBD measurements was captured onto the surface of each flow cells All measurements were performed at 20 °C and in the multi‐cycle format with at least one start‐up cycle followed by nine measurement cycles with increasing concentrations of protein Each cycle comprised a 3 min injection and association phase followed by a 2 min dissociation phase Afterwards the surface was regenerated by one or two consecutive 15 s injections of SPR regeneration buffer and washed for 5 min with SPR buffer before starting the next cycle Measurements were performed consecutively on the same chip in case of DBD-TD in three replicates of independently prepared dilution series The non-small cell lung cancer cell line H1299 (ATCC) was used because of its p53 deletion and non-detectable or low endogenous levels of p63 and p73 resulting in low background levels for the functional assays in this study H1299 cells were cultured in RPMI 1640 medium (Thermo Fisher Scientific) supplemented with 10% Fetal Bovine Serum (FBS 100 U/ml penicillin and 100 µg/ml streptomycin (Thermo Fisher Scientific) HEK293T cells (a gift from Gian-Paolo Dotto) were used for virus production and cultured in Dulbecco’s in Dulbecco Modified Eagle Medium (Sigma) supplemented with 10% FBS (#ECS5000L Thermo Fisher Scientific) were cultured in DMEM high glucose with the 10% FBS (#ECS5000L BJ-HDF were cultured in DMEM-F12 (#ECM0090L Euroclone) supplemented with either 10% FBS (#ECS5000L Euroclone) or 10% tetracycline negative FBS (#ECS0182L All cell lines were cultured at 37 °C and 5% CO2 and were routinely tested for mycoplasma contaminations H1299 cells were transfected using either the Effectene (Qiagen) or the Lipofectamin 2000 (Thermo Fisher Scientific) transfection reagent according to the manufacturers’ protocols selected with 2 μg/ml puromycin 48 h after the second infections and grown for 15 days in the absence of puromycin Cells from each round of conversion assay were subsequently used for analysis by WB Each biological replicate of these experiments corresponds to an independent round of infection and passaging To generate the inducible tetracycline system, the reverse tetracycline-controlled transactivator (rtTA) was introduced via lentivirus Lenti-CMV-rtTA3-Blast (pLenti CMV rtTA3 Blast (w756–1) was a gift from Eric Campeau (Addgene plasmid #26429; http://n2t.net/addgene:26429)) transfected with packaging plasmids into HEK293T cells Viral suspension was filtered and then supplemented with polybrene (8 mg/ml) Cells were selected for 1 week with Blasticidin (Thermo Fisher Scientific) at 4 µg/ml pRetrox-TRE3G-Myc-T2A-KLF4 or pRetrox-TRE3G-Myc-ΔNp63α-T2A-KLF4 wildtype or mutants were used generate retroviruses to infect the BJ-HDF rtTA cell in the presence of polybrene for 2 h at 37 °C and cells were selected using 2 µg/µl puromycin for approximately one week protein expression in the generated polyclonal stable BJ-HDF cell lines was induced for 72 h using doxycycline (1 µg/ml) which was replenished every 24 h Proteins were separated by SDS-PAGE using either the XCell SureLock Mini‐Cell SDS‐PAGE system (Thermo Fisher Scientific) or Mini-PROTEAN Tetra Cell SDS‐PAGE system (Bio-Rad) in combination with NuPAGE 4–12% Bis-Tris Mini Protein gels (Thermo Fisher Scientific) or 4–15% Mini-PROTEAN TGX Stain-Free Precast Protein gels (Bio-Rad) and subsequently transferred onto PVDF membranes using either the XCell II blot system (Thermo Fisher Scientific) in combination with Immobilon-P transfer membranes (Merck KGaA) or the Trans-Blot Turbo Transfer system (Bio-Rad) in combination with the Trans-Blot Turbo RTA Midi 0.45 µm LF PVDF Transfer Kit (Bio-Rad) according to the manufacturer’s recommendation Membranes were blocked for 1 h at RT in blocking solution (5% skim milk powder (Sigma-Aldrich) in TBS-t (TBS supplemented with 0.05% (v/v) Tween 20)) and incubated with primary antibody diluted in blocking solution ON at 4 °C Membranes were washed three times with TBS-t incubated with the appropriate peroxidase-conjugated secondary antibody (Jackson ImmunoResearch) in blocking solution and wash three times again Chemiluminescence was detected with Lumi-Imager F1 (Roche) using Amersham ECL Prime WB Detection Reagent (Cytiva) proteins were separated by SDS-PAGE and blotted onto Immobilon-P transfer membranes (Merck KGaA) Membranes were blocked with PBS 0.2% Tween 20 with 5% nonfat dry milk and incubated with primary antibodies for 2 h at or ON at 4 °C After washing three times with PBS 0.2% Tween 20 membranes were incubated for 1 h at RT by using the appropriate horseradish peroxidase-conjugated secondary antibody (Bio-Rad) Detection was performed by chemiluminescence (Clarity The following primary antibodies were used in this study: Myc (clone 4A6 Densitometric analysis of western blots was performed using ImageJ (Version 1.51). For the KRT14 protein level of HDF conversion assays, KRT14 signal of each sample was normalized to β-actin. Statistical significance was assessed by ordinary one-way ANOVA followed by Tukey’s post hoc test using Graphpad Prism 8 (Supplementary Table 3) H1299 cells were harvested 24 h after transfection and lysed for 30 min at RT in 100 µl BN-PAGE lysis buffer (25 mM TRIS-HCl pH 7.5 1 mM DTT and 2 mM MgCl2) supplemented with 1x protease inhibitor (Roche) and 1 µl benzonase (Merck) Sample were supplemented with 3x BN-PAGE (60% glycerol and 15 mM Coomassie Brilliant Blue G-250) and separated for 1 h at 150 V using the NativePAGE Bis-Tris Gel System with 3–12% Bis-Tris Mini Protein Gels (Thermo Fisher Scientific) at 4 °C Subsequent immunoblotting and detection was performed using the XCell II blot system (Thermo Fisher Scientific) as described above with the exception that membranes were destained with methanol and fixed with 8% acetic acid before blocking lysates were supplemented with 5x SDS-PAGE sample buffer (250 mM TRIS pH 8.0 0.025% (w/v) bromphenol blue sodium salt and 12.5% (v/v) β-ME) boiled and subjected to SDS-PAGE followed by immunoblotting as described above cells were fixed in 4% PFA and permeabilized with 0.5% NP40 in PBS Cells were blocked using 0.5% NP40 in PBS supplied with 5% goat serum and incubated with specific antibody for KRT14 (#905301 Images were acquired using a Leica DMi8 microscope (Leica Microsystems) in combination with the software platform LAS X (Leica Application Suite X and pcDNA3.1(+) as an empty vector control or pcDNA3.Myc plasmids encoding the indicated Myc-tagged p53 or p63 variants cells were harvested and resuspended in fresh medium 45 μl cell suspension was transferred into four wells each of a 96-well plate to determine the luciferase signal in technical quadruplicates To prepare input samples for western blot analysis resuspended in 100 μl 2x SDS-PAGE sample buffer and boiled The luciferase reporter assay was performed using the Dual-Glo luciferase assay system (#E2940 Promega) according to the manufacturers’ recommendation Luminescence signals were measured using a Spark multimode or a GENios Pro microplate reader (Tecan) The ratio of the Firefly to Renilla luciferase signal was calculated for each technical replicate and the resulting mean of each sample was normalized to the empty vector control and p53 or p63 wildtype to yield the relative activity for each biological replicate and either pcDNA3.1(+) as an empty vector control pcDNA3.Myc-p53 alone or pcDNA3.Myc-p53 in combination with increasing amount pcDNA3.Myc plasmids encoding the indicated p63 variants The total amount of transfected plasmid DNA was kept constant by addition of pcDNA3.1(+) if necessary the luciferase reporter displacement assay was performed as the conventional variant described above For all luciferase reporter assays presented in this study at least three independent biological replicates were performed. Statistical significance was assessed by ordinary one-way ANOVA followed by Tukey’s post hoc test using Graphpad Prism 8 (Supplementary Table 3) 100 pmol of biotinylated annealed dsDNA oligonucleotides (Supplementary Table 4) were immobilized on 25 µl Streptavidin Sepharose High Performance affinity resin (Cytiva) in pulldown buffer (50 mM Tris pH 8.0 150 mM NaCl and 0.1% Tween 20) for 1 h at 4 °C Myc-tagged p63 wildtype and mutants were produced by in-vitro translation (#L1170 Promega) from the respective pcDNA3.Myc plasmids Reaction were incubated for 90 min at 30 °C and afterwards cleared by centrifugation 5 μl of the reaction were mixed with 95 μl 2x SDS-PAGE sample buffer and boiled Loaded beads were washed three times with pulldown buffer to remove unbound DNA and incubated with 20 µl in-vitro translated p63 in pulldown buffer with a final volume of 400 µl for 3 h at 4 °C rotating Bead slurry was transferred into Ultrafree-MC Centrifugal Filter (Merck KGaA) and centrifuged at 250 xg for 1 min The flow-through was discarded and beads were washed four times with 400 µl ice-cold pulldown buffer by centrifugation Filters were transferred into a new tubes and bound proteins were eluted by addition of 100 µl boiling 2x SDS-sample buffer followed by centrifugation Input and pulldown samples were analysed by western blotting and quantified For the relative pull-down efficiency each pulldown sample was normalized to the input sample and normalized to p63 wildtype. The DNA pull-down assays were performed as three independent biological replicates. Statistical significance was assessed by ordinary one-way ANOVA followed by Tukey’s post hoc test using Graphpad Prism 8 (Supplementary Table 3) The expression levels of genes were determined with htseq-count 0.9.1 by using cellRanger pre-build genes annotations (Ensembl Assembly 93) All genes having <1 cpm in less than n_min samples and Perc MM reads >20% simultaneously were filtered out Differential expression analysis was performed using edgeR5 Genes were filtered using the FDR ≤ 0.01 and gene annotation analysis was performed with Metascape Express analysis ChIP-seq and ATAC-seq experiments were performed as duplicates in Tet-inducible BJ-HDF cells (see above) Each replicate corresponds to an independent round of induction of the same set of polyclonal cell lines 4 × 10 ^ 6 cells were cross-linked with 1% formaldehyde in PBS lysed in 500 μl of SDS lysis Buffer (1% SDS and sonicated using a Bandelin Sonopuls device in order to obtain DNA fragments of between 200 and 500 bp in size and supernatant was diluted in ChIP dilution Buffer (0.01% SDS Samples were then incubated overnight at 4 °C on a rotating wheel with 4 μg of p63-specific antibodies per sample (Abcam #124762) and 25 μl of Protein A/G Dynabeads (1:1 Beads were washed twice with High Salt Immune Complex Wash Buffer (0.1% SDS Low Salt Immune Complex Wash Buffer (0.1% SDS LiCl Immune Complex Wash Buffer (0.25 M LiCl Elution from the beads was achieved by incubation in elution buffer (1% SDS 100 mM NaHCO3) for 15 min and cross-link was reversed by adding 0.2 M NaCl and incubating overnight at 65 °C Samples were incubated for 1 h at 45 °C with proteinase K (#EMR023100 EuroClone) and purified using MinElute PCR purification kit (#28004 Fifty-thousand cells were resuspended in lysis buffer (10 mM Tris pH 7.5 0.1% IGEPAL) and centrifuged at 500 x g for 10 min at 4 °C to collect nuclei Nuclei were placed in 50 μl of Transposase reaction with 2 μl Tagment DNA Enzyme (#20034197 Illumina Tagment DNA Enzyme and Buffer kit Tagmentation was performed incubating samples at 37 °C for 1 h with 650 rpm shaking 1% SDS and 10 µg/µL Proteinase K) was added to samples and reactions were incubated at 40 °C for 30 min with 650 rpm shaking DNA purification was performed using AMPure XP for PCR Purification (#A63880 The prepared libraries were then sequenced using the NextSeq 500 (Illumina) according to standard Illumina protocols Further information on research design is available in the Nature Research Reporting Summary linked to this article All sequencing data generated during this study have been deposited at GEO (GSE221530) p63 is essential for regenerative proliferation in limb p63 is a p53 homologue required for limb and epidermal morphogenesis Alterations of p63 and p73 in human cancers Heterozygous germline mutations in the p53 homolog p63 are the cause of EEC syndrome Isoform-specific roles of mutant p63 in human diseases Molecular evidence that AEC syndrome and Rapp-Hodgkin syndrome are 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the p63 DNA binding domain Phosphorylation control of p53 DNA-binding cooperativity balances tumorigenesis and aging Induction of pluripotent stem cells from mouse embryonic and adult fibroblast cultures by defined factors TA*p63 and GTAp63 achieve tighter transcriptional regulation in quality control by converting an inhibitory element into an additional transactivation domain 14-3-3 sigma is a p53-regulated inhibitor of G2/M progression Mutant p63 affects epidermal cell identity through rewiring the enhancer landscape seqMINER: an integrated ChIP-seq data interpretation platform ChIPseeker: an R/Bioconductor package for ChIP peak annotation BEDTools: a flexible suite of utilities for comparing genomic features MEME-ChIP: motif analysis of large DNA datasets Combining evidence using p-values: application to sequence homology searches JASPAR 2022: the 9th release of the open-access database of transcription factor binding profiles Download references We would like to thank TIGEM DNA sequencing facility and Bioinformatics Facility for RNA-seq and initial sequencing and analysis We like to thank Radboud University RIMLS/Science Faculty sequencing facility for library preparation and sequencing Funding was provided by the DFG (DO 545/18-1 the Centre for Biomolecular Magnetic Resonance (BMRZ) and the Telethon Foundation (Italy) (GGP20124 to C.M.) Open Access funding enabled and organized by Projekt DEAL These authors contributed equally: Christian Osterburg Institute of Biophysical Chemistry and Center for Biomolecular Magnetic Resonance CEINGE Biotecnologie Avanzate Franco Salvatore Radboud Institute of Molecular Life Sciences Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre Departments of Molecular Developmental Biology CO and MF conceived the study and designed the experiments RL and SK performed the experiments and analyzed the data DA and HZ carried out the ATAC- and ChIP-seq All authors read and approved the final manuscript The authors declare no competing interests Publisher’s note Springer Nature remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations Download citation DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41419-023-05796-y Anyone you share the following link with will be able to read this content: a shareable link is not currently available for this article OSTERBURG — This Bedford County community has its very own winter wonderland of Christmas lights and decorations thanks to the dedication of a family for almost two decades Chuck Corle has lived in Osterburg his entire life His father bought more than 30 acres in the ’60s and different members of the family built houses on separate plots over the years forming a small community of extended family live on roughly four acres on Hog Farm Road The larger pond is home to larger fish like trout and Chuck often goes fishing in his own private reserve But when the weather gets colder and the ponds freeze over the Corles’ property transforms into a miniature version of Lights on the Lake The Corles set up more than 50 inflatables on the property as well as hanging lights on the trees and shrubbery Santa even peeks out of the top floor of the storage shed What started as a simple setup has evolved into a full-blown attraction each Christmas season Chuck said the project “started for my grandkids” when they were younger and although several of them are more grown up now the lights and blow-ups are still a treasured tradition Sandy said the first blowup was purchased 18 years ago There was just the one at first — a snow globe with three snowmen to represent their three grandkids at the time — but more decorations were added each year After more than 30 years in the Chestnut Ridge School District as a coach and groundskeeper hunting and fishing have always been some of his favorite hobbies but the Christmas display has now taken over a lot of that time but this (commitment) now cuts into that,” Chuck said of the display It is hard for the couple to enter stores around Christmastime and not leave with another inflatable They were going to stop with the new additions a few years ago but they could not help themselves when they saw new blow-ups we see something new we like,” Chuck said Chuck said 54 inflatables cover roughly two acres of land surrounding the ponds and taking up the open space on his lawn Lights cover his house and the other two buildings on the property One of the buildings is a storage space for his boats and the inflatables are stored on the upper level until they are brought back out in November After almost a year of sitting in the dark and dust all the inflatables are brought out of the shed and see the light of day around Thanksgiving each year Chuck and Sandy start the whole process in October with the lights and projectors but the blow-ups don’t make their appearance until Thanksgiving One of the extra two buildings on the Corle property houses three breakers for the hookups across the display The breakers in the house are strictly for the lights on and in the house and the bushes surrounding the house The Corles’ grandkids still like to participate in the process often asking to be the ones to flip the breakers each day to see the property “come to life,” Chuck said The operation has grown so much that drivers can now see the Corles’ property when coming around the bend on Hog Farm Road The display has become a “local attraction,” Chuck said but “the parents seem to like it just as much,” he said Visitors are encouraged to go down the driveway to see all the inflatables up close rather than from the main road Chuck puts a little bucket out for donations if any visitors feel inclined to help defray the electricity cost — the outside meters can hit up to 300 or 400 kilowatt-hours daily during the week or two leading up to Christmas Brutally cold weather and winter storms pose a difficult challenge for the Corles as ice and snow can put a wrinkle in the Christmas display Chuck said he cleared the inflatables at least three times He regularly goes around his property and inspects the inflatables and their motors to check for any damage The inflatables themselves can often be weighed down by snow and ice and won’t stand up properly without some manual adjustments If wind gusts get as high as predicted today he will be forced to turn the inflatables off to let them run throughout the day and night so ice won’t freeze them to the ground Once he turns the display off for good after New Year’s Day it only takes a few days to put everything away even if the stakes that hold down all the inflatables become frozen in the ground “It takes a month to put everything up but only days to take down,” Chuck said Chuck asked Sandy earlier this year if they should take this year off due to the rising electricity costs but the question was shot down almost immediately Sandy said the kids would be disappointed if the tradition didn’t continue this year “I started and now they won’t let me stop,” Chuck said joking that he will likely only have a year off “when I’m dead.” The Corles’ property is at 813 Hog Farm Road in Osterburg The lights and inflatables will be up through New Year’s Day so there is not much time left to visit the attraction before they are packed up until Thanksgiving 2023 View upcoming auction estimates and receive personalized email alerts for the artists you follow Pamela Salisbury Gallery is pleased to announce the opening of Lothar Osterburg’s site-wide solo exhibition The exhibition will continue in the Warren Street galleries through May 12 and in the historic Carriage House through June 9 Lothar Osterburg’s third solo presentation at Pamela Salisbury Gallery and photogravures from the past twenty-five years The exhibition continues Osterburg’s reflection on “the artist’s journey” a theme that began with two earlier shows at PSG,  Winterwunderkammer (2021/22) and The Long Way In (2023).  Osterburg remembers his early artist studios with a series of small-scale models  nested inside found structures fitted with fisheye lenses photogravures of the interiors are shown beside each miniature studio Throughout the remaining five floors of PSG and models continue his exploration of nautical Waterline displays an armada of arks at an imaginary waterline suggesting a future sea level These are paired  with a row of small photogravures featuring many of the same boats photographed over more than twenty-five  years Also on view is work from a series of shipwrecks created in Lake Superior’s Isle Royale National Park Osterburg staged miniature lighthouses at scenic spots  along the shoreline in Acadia National Park—the title taken from a quote on a coastal map on a napkin at a  lobster pound.  Osterburg’s fascination with boats and ships dates back to childhood vacations at the North Sea and he has  revisited the subject regularly throughout his career He built his first models to photograph for his  photogravures: three-dimensional boats drawn from bent copper wire and ships carved from potatoes (which  quickly started to dry out) He has greatly expanded his materials since.  Cecilia Lu’s monstrous-yet-heartwarming assemblages The tension between optimism and yearning remains taut throughout the artist’s exhibition of photogravures and found-material sculptures 2017 after her third courageous battle with cancer a daughter of the late Ray and Rose (Hatch) Creighton.  On September 11 who survives along with two daughters: Betsie Neff and husband Brad and Maria Mannion and husband Eric; a son James Ickes and wife Christine all of Osterburg; six grandchildren: Olivia Lewis a brother Nick Boyles and wife Mina of Anchorage She was preceded in death by a sister Dolores "Jean" (Creighton) Christian.  and enjoyed bible studies and fellowship with friends Grace inspired students through her teaching at the Chestnut Ridge School District for 35 years and having tea with family and friends.   A Memorial Service will be held on Monday with Vicar Kathy Popp officiating.  Friends and family will be received from 10:00 a.m. until the hour of the service on Monday at the church Peter's Lutheran Church in care of Robert Bowser PA 16667. Arrangements by the Timothy A of Osterburg went to be with the Lord on Thursday 1940 in King Township a daughter of the late Robert M and Edythe (Miller) King.  On March 20 2005.  She is survived by three children: Curtis D all of Osterburg; six grandchildren: Joshua Weyant and wife Tina and Morgan and Addison Weyant; and eight great-grandchildren.  She was preceded in death by three brothers: Charles Peggy was a 1958 graduate of Chestnut Ridge High School.  She worked as a waitress in the Bedford area for over 30 years with her most memorable times working at Ed’s Steakhouse and listening to country and gospel music.  Most of all she cherished her children and grandchildren.  She will be deeply missed by her family and friends and will always remain in their hearts.  Her family finds comfort in knowing that she has a new body after a courageous battle with Multiple Sclerosis for over 35 years and she is now walking with her Lord and Savior with Pastor David Schoenberger officiating.  Burial at Pavia Cemetery.  Friends will be received on Tuesday until the hour of the service.  In lieu of flowers contributions can be made to: National Multiple Sclerosis Society; 506 3rd Avenue PA 16635.  Our online guestbook is available at www.berekbilefuneralhome.com Anyone who knew Linda and Tom can attest that they were “two peas in a pod.” As much as she enjoyed life she looked forward to seeing her husband again in heaven Linda was previously married to Gerald “Jerry” J She tragically lost her first love to cancer in July 1988 Smith (Kelly) of Portage; grandchildren: Dylan-Thomas Stiver Angelica Smith and Alyssa “Munchkin” Custer; and her siblings (children of Thomas Kinsey Jr.); four great-grandchildren; and a sister Karen (Beard) Machart in Minnesota; many nieces and nephews; and her beloved Yorkie She was preceded in death by her siblings: Jane Cruse Linda attended Hollidaysburg Senior High School and spent her youth attending Foot of Ten Bible Church in Duncansville She loved being a mom and especially loved art projects She also spent years as an active member at the Altoona Volunteer Sportsman Club hunting shooting and enjoying time with her first husband she enjoyed being a full-time wife and grandmother She loved taking afternoon motorcycle rides with her husband Linda was famous with her grandkids for “cinnamon twisties” and spent beach-time with her family in Outer Banks feeding the deer on her property and Conway Twitty Linda just enjoyed talking with friends for hours or entire evenings A celebration of life is being planned for the weekend of June 3 Information on the event will be shared with family and friends via Facebook as the date nears Online condolences may be expressed at www.jedwardblackburnfh.com Geisel-Styer Funeral Home & Cremation Services Inc Graveside Service (Bedford County Memorial Park) 2021 at UPMC Altoona Hospital.  She was born on March 21 She was preceded in death by her first husband Guy William Croft and her second husband Robert Gardner.  She is survived by four daughters: Beverly A and Dustin Morgart; eight great-grandchildren; two sisters: Shirley Ickes and husband Don of Manns Choice; and two brothers: Harry Smith and wife Janet and Carl “Buck” Smith and wife Carol of Yellow Creek.  She was preceded in death by a son Croft Sr; and the following siblings: Jeanette Ford Alice worked at the Everett Sewing Factory for over 20 years and then Walmart before retirement.  She raised five children on her own Her world revolved around her family.  Alice loved working in her yard and her flower garden Funeral services will be private with burial at Fishertown Cemetery.  Arrangements by the Timothy A in Bedford.  Funeral services will be live streamed on our Funeral Home Facebook page Friday morning.  For flowers and our guestbook please visit www.berkebilefuneralhome.com This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page 23-year-old Noe Ponti leads a 5-strong Swiss roster headed to Singapore to compete at the 2025 World Championships coming up this summer Spain repeated as the Men’s Water Polo World Cup champions and secured a spot to compete in Singapore La decisión tiene efecto inmediato tras una votación en una reunión extraordinaria del European Aquatics Bureau el 24 de abril we are discussing the madness that occurred at the Ft Lauderdale Pro Swim Marchand has a few areas of improvement to work on if he hopes to return to his Paris form at the World Championships this summer in Singapore May 02nd, 2020 Europe, International, News Six-time European Junior champion Isabel Gose will be joining some of Germany’s top swimmers at SC Magdeburg once practice is able to resume as the 17-year-old is making the move from SV Nikar Heidelberg “primarily for family reasons.” “I simply lacked the haven of peace in Heidelberg,” she told DSV, translated from German “I felt a great need to come back home.” had moved from Berlin to Osterburg two years ago which is when Gose departed Potsdamer SC and went to SV Nikar Heidelberg “I felt very comfortable in Heidelberg too but it was no longer enough for me to sit on the train for six hours for a short visit to Osterburg,” said the 2019 European medalist Her new home in Magdeburg is now just a short train ride from Osterburg two of the best distance swimmers in the world Kohler broke the women’s short course world record in the 1500 free Other notable names who have represented SC Magdeburg at recent meets include 2016 European champion Franziska Hentke and Worlds semi-finalist Aliena Schmidtke Madgeburg is one of a handful of training centers in Germany where a few elite swimmers are being allowed to train at a time World Champion Philip Heintz is training in Heidelberg Gose has already found success under the guidance of the head coach in Magdeburg, Bernd Berkhahn as she followed his training plan for this past SC season broke the German Record in the 400 free in November and followed that up by winning silver at the European Championships in the event in December Gose also won a bronze medal at the 2018 European Long Course Championships in the women’s 4×200 free relay At the European Junior Championships she owns a staggering 14 medals from her two appearances including a 2018 gold in the 200 free and five titles in 2019 (100 women’s and mixed 4×100 free relay) SC Magdeburg is a multi-sport club in Germany that offers handball Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value" Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_2" ).setAttribute( "value" More from James SutherlandSee All Subscribe to our newsletter and receive our latest updates