Post by daveseibert on May 28, 2010 19:16:19 GMT -5
Refer: Observer-Reporter newspaper, Washington, Washington Co., Pa.
Friend, Shirley Elizabeth, 73, of Washington, died unexpectedly Friday, 13 March 2009, in Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh.
She was born March 19, 1935, in Washington, a daughter of Levi Kenneth and Irene Morris Pickens. Mrs. Friend was a selector at Brockway Glass for 13 years. She previously had worked for James Market for two years and Metro Glass. On May 8, 1953, she married Harold Eugene Friend, who died February 10, 1982.
Surviving are a son, Gary Lee Friend of Washington; two daughters, Sherry Lynn ( Jeff ) Duritza of Canonsburg and Kimberly Diane Friend of Washington; a brother, Robert Pickens of Cleveland, Ohio; four sisters, Mary Louise McKinney and Carolyn Crites, both of Washington, Barbara A. Stower of East Liverpool, Ohio, and Norma J. Abraham of Avella; five grandchildren, Kristin Friend, Julie Friend, Brandon Duritza, Jordan Duritza, and Ryan Duritza; three great-grandchildren, Alyssa Nicole Rager, Braden Jeffrey Rager, and Briaunna Nicole Stolitka.
Friends will be received from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday and 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 Sunday in William G. Neal Funeral Home Ltd., 925 Allison Avenue, Washington, where services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, March 16, with Pastor Michael Roach and Rick Bruckner co-officiating. Burial will follow in Forest Lawn Gardens Cemetery, McMurray. The family suggests memorial contributions be made to American Cancer Society, 331 South Main Street, Washington, Pa., 15301.
Friend, Shirley Elizabeth, 73, of Washington, died unexpectedly Friday, 13 March 2009, in Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh.
She was born March 19, 1935, in Washington, a daughter of Levi Kenneth and Irene Morris Pickens. Mrs. Friend was a selector at Brockway Glass for 13 years. She previously had worked for James Market for two years and Metro Glass. On May 8, 1953, she married Harold Eugene Friend, who died February 10, 1982.
Surviving are a son, Gary Lee Friend of Washington; two daughters, Sherry Lynn ( Jeff ) Duritza of Canonsburg and Kimberly Diane Friend of Washington; a brother, Robert Pickens of Cleveland, Ohio; four sisters, Mary Louise McKinney and Carolyn Crites, both of Washington, Barbara A. Stower of East Liverpool, Ohio, and Norma J. Abraham of Avella; five grandchildren, Kristin Friend, Julie Friend, Brandon Duritza, Jordan Duritza, and Ryan Duritza; three great-grandchildren, Alyssa Nicole Rager, Braden Jeffrey Rager, and Briaunna Nicole Stolitka.
Friends will be received from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday and 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 Sunday in William G. Neal Funeral Home Ltd., 925 Allison Avenue, Washington, where services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, March 16, with Pastor Michael Roach and Rick Bruckner co-officiating. Burial will follow in Forest Lawn Gardens Cemetery, McMurray. The family suggests memorial contributions be made to American Cancer Society, 331 South Main Street, Washington, Pa., 15301.