Dian "Gimp" Tancar, 68, of Main Street, Lewis Run, passed away Wednesday, April 15, 2026, surrounded by her loving family while at home.
Born August 25, 1957, in Bradford, she was a daughter of the late Thomas J. and Sarah W. (Uplinger) Bauer, Sr. She was a 1976 graduate of Bradford High School.
On May 25, 1985, in St. Bernard Church, she married John Tancar who survives.
Dian held various positions that put her accounting skills to work including Tops Market, Jubilee, and Northwest Savings Bank as a Teller.
She was a former member of Our Mother of Perpetual Help Church, St Bernard Church, and of the Lewis Run Volunteer Fire Department, where she was a firefighter and EMT.
Dian enjoyed working in her yard, tending to her flowers, and she and John had beautiful vegetable gardens which turned into wonderful canned and frozen goods which lasted throughout the winter season. She also had an uncanny liking for big machines and would be able to take her children to some of the places where her husband was working on heavy equipment.
Surviving in addition to her husband John, of 41 years, is one daughter, Amber (Joshua) Hixenbaugh of Lewis Run, one son, Joseph (Nikita) Tancar, of Cyclone, and her only grandchild, Leland Hixenbaugh, who she took immense pride in, she is also survived by two sisters, Judy Meeks of Penn Yan NY, and Dawn Bauer of Turtlepoint, one brother John Bauer, of Bradford, a
sister in law Theresa Pekelnicky of Erie, and several nieces and nephews.
Dian was preceded in death by her parents, three brothers Bill, Terry, and Richard Bauer, two brothers in law, Leroy Meeks and Richard Pekelnicky.
At the family’s request, there will be no public services. Dian will be laid to rest in the Greenwood Cemetery in Marienville.
Donations can be made to the Lewis Run Volunteer Fire Department or to the McKean County SPCA.
Funeral arrangements are under the direction of the Hollenbeck-Cahill Funeral Homes Inc.
Online condolences may be expressed at www.hollenbeckcahill.com