Wentling

Tina Irene Wentling, 43, of St. Petersburg, Clarion County, died Monday even-ing after a motorcycle accident on Route 208 near Knox, Clarion County.

Born Aug. 16, 1963, in Oil City, she was the daughter of Lewis E. Gates and Kathryn Hughes Reges.

She owned and operated a hair and nail salon in Monroeville.

She was an avid motorcycle enthusiast, taught motorcycle safety courses and was a Pennsylvania certified school bus instructor.

Surviving are her parents, Lewis E. and Velma Gates of Butler and Kathryn Reges of Eau Claire; her husband, Jeffre R. Wentling, whom she married July 16, 2002; three sons, twins, Randy and Ryan Neely and Jeremy Lowers, all of St. Petersburg; two brothers, Scott Reges of Eau Claire and William Reges and his wife, Julie, of Emlenton; three sisters, Kelley Carr and her husband, Thomas, of Boyers, Lisa Padilla and her husband, Orlando, of Coppers Cove, Texas; and LeaAnn Stalker and her husband, Rick, of Hilliards; numerous aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews; and a great-nephew.

Also surviving are two stepsisters, Cathy Stewart and Beverly Hawk, both of Saxonburg; and a stepbrother, Larry Huffman of Saxonburg.

She was preceded in death by her grandparents.

<B>WENTLING </B>— Friends of Tina Irene Wentling, who died Monday, June 25, 2007, will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday at the <B>William N. Rupert Mortuary</B>, Knox. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at the funeral home. The Rev. Dan Myers will officiate. Burial will follow at the Mt. Joy Cemetery, near Wentlings Corners, Clarion County.