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    Services for Pennsylvania state champ Travis Hunter

    Services have been announced for Travis Hunter, a Pennsylvania private school state wrestling champion, who passed away Oct. 20 at age 40.

    A visitation and Celebration of Life will be held on Sunday, Oct. 29 at Keystone Fire Hall, 240 N Walnut St, Boyertown, Pa. The event begins with visitation will be from 12 - 2 p.m. followed by a Celebration of Life ceremony and toast led by Pastor Al Giles from 2 - 2:30 p.m. Refreshments and light food will be available from 12 - 4 p.m.

    In lieu of flowers, the family encourages donations to the "Travis Hunter's Children Fund." Donations will be accepted at the Celebration of Life or can be made online at a GoFundMe.com page.

    Born in May 1977, Hunter wrestled at West-Mont Christian Academy. As a senior, he won the 160-pound title at the Pennsylvania Independent School Tournament (PAIST) state wrestling championships in 1996. (This tournament for wrestling programs at private schools and academies is separate from the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA) wrestling championships.) Hunter later earned a black belt in taekwondo.

    Travis Hunter
    After graduating from West-Mont Christian Academy, Hunter served in the U.S. Navy on the USS Kitty Hawk until 1999. He had been a member of the carpenters' union; his obituary stated that he loved working on projects around his own home, as well as assisting friends and family with their carpentry needs. That same tribute also highlighted Hunter's other passions: "tending to his garden, sharing the harvest, spending time hunting with his father and feeling the wind against his face while riding his motorcycle."

    Hunter is survived by his three children -- Tru, Karis, and Carly -- as well as his parents Randy and Judy Hunter, sister and brother-in-law Mandy and Scott Lobaugh, niece Brooke Mullen and nephew Trevor Lobaugh, grandparents Doug and Ginny Snyder, Charlie Miller, and extended family in Arkansas.
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