Dec 11, 2022

Clara Lea Wise Gaston, 84, of Waynesburg, died Sunday, December 4, 2022, in Evergreen Assisted Living, Waynesburg.

She was born August 29, 1938, in Wayne Township, Greene County, a daughter of the late Ira “Buss” and Verda Jane Phillips Wise.

Clara was a school teacher for the Manheim, Gettysburg and Upper Adams School districts from 1960 to 1976. She then worked for the Pennsylvania Department of Education in Harrisburg from 1976 until her retirement in 1993.

She has been living back in Greene County for the last 12 years.

Surviving are two children, Bryan Ira Gaston (Twyla), of Spring Run and Carla May Davis (Kelvin), of Conway, S.C.; five grandchildren, Jalesa Gaston, Michael Gaston, William Gaston, Holly Junkin and Matthew Gaston; eight great-grandchildren; and a brother-in-law, Russell Hall, of Waynesburg.

Deceased are two sisters, Linda Hall and Louie May Wise, who died in infancy; and two brothers, Joseph I. Wise and Albert Jack Wise.

Friends will be received from 12 to 1 p.m., the hour of services, on Monday, December 12, 2022, in the Behm Funeral Home, 182 W. High Street, Waynesburg, PA 15370, with the Reverend Dr. William Parker, officiating. Interment will follow in Greene County Memorial Park, Waynesburg.

Condolences may be expressed online at www.behmfh.com.