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Daniel Varner Family in the
Census, Deeds, and Newspapers
Many, many thanks to Alan Saltsman
of Apollo, Pa.,
for finding the articles from the Freeport Journal.
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19 May 1847 Deed, John B. Buckley and wife,
Rebecca, to Daniel Varner ("of Freeport" in 1847), $60, lot containing
43 perches "in Armstrong hill . . . situate near the Borough of
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1850 Freeport, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Daniel age 24, stone mason, Mary age 22, and Margaret age 1. They are next to Solomon and family in the census. |
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Need to
find the deed of Daniel conveying this property to someone else. By 1856, Daniel is living on Lot 59.
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1856 Freeport Taxes
- Danl Varner, 1/4 of Lot 59, 75˘ value, cooper 40˘, total $1.15
- Henry Varner SM, 1/2 of Lot 116, 50˘ value, 2 horses, $1.00 value, teamster 30˘, total $2.00
- John Varner, Part of Lot 111 & 112, $4.00 value
- Jacob Varner, Part of Lot 69 & 70, $1.50 value, carpenter 40˘, total $1.90
- Sol Varner [very feint writing]
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1857 Freeport Taxes [if you look real close you can see lightly written in first names]
- Daniel Varner, 1/4 of Lot 69, 75˘ value, brick layer 30˘, total $1.05
- Henry Varner SM "(gone to Minnesota)", 1/2 Lot 116, 50˘ value
- John [line through] Varner Mary Mrs., Part of Lot 111 & 112, $4.00 value, 1 cow 50˘, total $4.15
- Jacob Varner "(gone to Minnesota)", Part of Lot 69, 70, $1.50 value
- Jacob Varner, 1/4 of Lot 58, 25˘ value
- John Varner SM, cooper 25˘
- Solomon Varner, laborer 25˘
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1858 Freeport Taxes
- Daniel Varner, 1/4 Lot 59, 75˘ value
- Henry Varner, 1/2 Lot 116, 50˘ value
- Mary (Mrs.) Varner, Part Lot 111 & 112, $4.00 value, 1 cow 8˘, total $4.08
- Jacob Varner, Part Lot 69 & 70, $1.50 value, carpenter, total $2.05
- Jacob Varner, 1/4 Lot 58, 25˘ value, carpenter
- John Varner, 1/4 Lot 58, 25˘ value, cooper 25˘, total 50˘
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1859 No tax books available |
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1860 Allegheny County, Tarentum, Fawn Township, Pennsylvania, Daniel age 27, Cooper, Mary age 26, spinster, Margaret Varner age 9, Susan Varner, age 1. |
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1860 - 1865 Freeport Tax--No Daniel--tax lists not available for Tarentum, Allegheny County |
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1866 Freeport Taxes
- Mrs. Mary Varner, part Lot 112, $3.00 value, 1 cow 10˘, total $3.10
- ____ [Jacob?] Varner, Cooper 50˘, total 50˘
- Daniel Varner, Cooper 50˘, total 50˘
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1867 No tax book available |
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1868 Freeport Taxes
- Daniel Varner, Lot 59, 75˘ value, Cooper 25˘, total of $1.00
- Mrs. Mary Varner, part 111, $2.00 value
- Mrs. Mary Varner, part 112, $1.50 value, $3.50 total
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1869 Freeport Taxes
- Daniel Varner, Lot 59, 75˘ value, Cooper 40˘, total $1.15, one dog
- Mrs. Mary Varner, part 111, $2.00 value
- Mrs. Mary Varner, part 112, $1.50 value, total of $3.50
From the 1809 act, it appears that dogs were taxed to encourage better control of them and to provide remuneration for any sheep killed or maimed by dogs. |
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1870 Freeport Taxes
- Daniel Varner, Lot 59, 75˘ value, Cooper 30˘, total $1.15, 1 dog, 1 bitch
- Mrs. Mary Varner, Part 111 $2.00 value
- Mrs. Mary Varner, Part 112 $1.50 value, $3.50 total
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1870 Freeport Bor., Armstrong County,
Pennsylvania, Daniel age 42, Cooper, Mary age 40, Keeping house, Henry age 18, at home, John age 10, Susan age 8, Mary age 6, Anna age ?, Jane age 2, Alice age 1. Daniel and family were next to George F. Tarr and son Robert on the census page. |
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1871 Freeport Taxes
Daniel Varner, Market Street, part lot 57, $3.00, Cooper Mary Varner, "2d Street" part lot 111 & 112, $7.00
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1872 Freeport Taxes
Daniel Varner, Market Street, part lot 57 $3.00, Cooper, $2.50 Mary Varner, 5th Street, part of lot 111 & 112, $7.00
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1873 Freeport Taxes
Daniel Varner part 57, $3.00, Cooper $5.00 Mary Varner part of 111 & 112, $7.00
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1874 Freeport Taxes
Daniel Varner part 57, $6.00, Stone Mason $7.50 Mary Varner part 111 & 112, $8.00
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1875 Freeport Taxes
Daniel Varner part of 57, $6.00, Cooper $6.75 Mary Varner part 111 & 112, $8.00
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1876 Freeport Taxes
Daniel Varner part of 57, $6.00, Stone mason $6.50 Mary Varner part 111 & 112, $8.00
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1877 Freeport Taxes
Daniel Varner part of 57, $6.00, "copper" likely cooper Mary Varner part 111 & 112, $8.00
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1878 Freeport Taxes
Daniel Varner part of 57, $6.00 Mrs Mary Varner part of 111 & 112 $4.00 "November 7, 1878, reduced to 400 by error shown by the assessor
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1879 Freeport Taxes
Daniel Varner part of 57, $6.00 Mrs Mary Varner part of 111 & 112, $4.00, $4.00
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1880 Freeport Taxes
- Daniel Varner, owner, part of 57, $5.00, $5.00
- Mrs Mary Varner Est pat 111 & 112 [crossed out], $4.00 "These two lots are assessed to ___ Schwetering"
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1880 Freeport Bor., Armstrong County,
Pennsylvania, Daniel Varner, age 56, Cooper, Mary age 45, Keeping "hous," Mollie age 17, at home, Anna age 15, at home, Jennie age 13, Daughter, Servant, Alice age 12, Ella age 10, Lizzie age 6, Tillie age 4 |
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1881 Freeport Taxes
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1882 Freeport Taxes
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1883 Freeport Taxes
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"14 April 1883 -
Harry Burkey and Jennie Varner married."
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1884 Freeport Taxes
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1885 Freeport Taxes
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1886 Freeport Taxes
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1887 Freeport Taxes
Part of 57, $3.00, Cooper 50˘, $3.50, 1 dog
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1888 Freeport Taxes
Part of 57, $3.00, Cooper 50˘, $3.50, 1 dog
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1889 Freeport Taxes
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"25 July 1889 -
Daniel Clark and Ellen Varner married."
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1890 Freeport Taxes
part of 57, $3.00, Stonemason 50˘, $3.50, 1 dog
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1890 Census Burned--it is
believed that Daniel appears on the Special Schedule, Surviving
Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines, and Widows, Etc., on line 6, home-family
number 94-96. We know that Daniel was a Private, Battery "I", 5th
Artillery, 204th Penn Regt, Heavy Artillery, under Capt. Michael Baird
and George G. Galloup.
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"1 July 1890 - Mrs.
Daniel Varner died, age 61."
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"15 July 1891 -
John Gallager and Alice Varner married."
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1891 Freeport Taxes
Part of 57, $3.00, Cooper 50˘, $3.50, 1 dog
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"16 February 1892 -
Lizzie Varner died, aged 18 years."
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1892 Freeport Taxes
Owner 59, $3.00, Old Man 25˘, $3.25, 1 dog (Daniel is 66)
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1893 Freeport Taxes
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1894 Freeport Taxes
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1895 Freeport Taxes
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1896 Freeport Taxes
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1897 Freeport Taxes
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1898 Freeport Taxes
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1899 Freeport Taxes
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1900 Freeport Taxes
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1900 Census--Central Branch, National Home for Disabled
Volunteers, Jefferson Township, Montgomery County, Ohio |
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Dayton soldier's home about 1900 |
Ten years after its founding, by 1877, the facility had been transformed into a city with 132 buildings, many of which had running water, steam heat and gas lighting. There were six and one-half miles of road, two miles of gravel walkway, many wells and four lakes. The facility also boasted a 250 acre farm which provided much of the produce consumed by the patients. |
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19 February 1907 -
Daniel Varner died in Dayton, Ohio. No obituary in Dayton, Ohio,
nor Butler County, newspapers.
[Abstracts
of the Freeport Journal,
Freeport Journal--History of a Decade, go to 1906. Microfilm of
the Freeport Journal for February 1907 needs to be checked. Doubtful there is an obituary.]
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Register from Ancestry.com's Military Records site for the Registers of the U.S. National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938, Dayton, show Daniel's record. |
Obituaries of Descendants of Daniel and Mary (McNanny) Varner
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John H. Varner, son of Daniel 
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Butler Eagle, Butler, PA, 14 April 1930, Monday, Page 2
John H. Varner, aged 75, died at the home of his son, Frank Varner, 1035 New Castle street, at 1:30 o’clock Sunday morning. He was born in Freeport and was a cooper by trade, having been employed by the Valvoline Oil company for the past 15 years. Mr. Varner was a member of the Maccabees lodge and the Methodist Episcopal church of Renfrew. Surviving are the following children: Mrs. Ella Bane, Butler; John, of Washington; Mrs. Margaret Johns, West Brownsville; Charles of Sharon; Frank of Butler; Fred of Wilson; Audley Varner of Butler; Mrs. Oddie McGinnis of Eldorado, Calif.; William of Langloth and Mrs. Aldo Herold of Butler R. D. No. 8, two brothers, Henry of California and William Varner of Butler; four sisters, Mrs. Bradin of Pittsburgh; Mrs. Gallagher of Ambridge; Mrs. Burkey of Turtle Creek and Mrs. Tracy Lord of Kittanning; 42 grandchildren and 18 great grandchildren. Funeral services will be held from the home of his son Frank Varner, 1035 New Castle street street, at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon with the Rev. T. R. Courtice, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church of Butler, officiating. Interment will be in the Rose Hill cemetery. |
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Clara (Johns) Varner, wife of John H. 
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Butler Eagle, Butler, PA, 1 June 1926, Tuesday, Page 16,
Mrs. Clara Varner, aged 67, died at 5 o’clock Saturday night at her home in Renfrew. She was the wife of John Varner, who with six sons and four daughters, survive her as follows: John Varner of Washington, Pa.; Charles Varner of Masury, O.; Frank Varner of East Butler; Audley Varner of Butler; Fred Varner, Wilson, Pa.; William of Langloff, Pa.; Mrs. Ella Baine, Butler; Mrs. Margaret Brown, West Brownsville; Mrs. Alta Herold, Butler, R. D.; Mrs. Auddie McGinin, California. Mrs. Varner was a member of the Maccabees and the Methodist Episcopal church of Renfrew, from which funeral services were held at 1 o’clock this afternoon, followed by interment in Renfrew. |
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Frederick L. Varner, son of John H. 
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The Daily News, McKeesport, PA, Saturday Evening, March 6, 1943 – Pg. 7
Frederick L. Varner, a foreman at the Clairton Works of the Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corp., died yesterday at his home, 641 North Sixth St., Wilson District, Clairton. He was 51. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the J. Sam Whetsel Funeral Home, Wilson District, in charge of the Rev. Richard S. Blair. Mr. Varner is survived by his wife, Claire O. Varner, three daughters, Mrs. Vivian E. Townsend of Large; Mrs. Ruth Weber, and Mrs. Doris J. Brown, of Wilson District, four grandchildren and the following brothers and sisters: Frank, Audley, Mrs. Ella Bane, and Mrs. Alda Herold, of Butler; William of Langeloth, Pa.; John, of Washington, Pa.; Oddie, of California; and Mrs. Margaret Johns, of West Brownsville. Burial will be in Round Hill Cemetery. |
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Claire O. (Stoops) Varner Means, wife of Frederick L. Varner |
The Daily News, McKeesport, PA, Tuesday Evening, July 12, 1977 – Pg. 27
Claire O. Varner Means, 86, former resident of Sixth St., Clairton, died today in John J. Kane Hospital. Born in Hooker, Aug. 22, 1890, she was a daughter of the late Warren W. and Minerva Ellis Stoops. She was an insurance agent for the former Inter-Ocean Insurance Company of Pittsburgh and a member of Wilson United Presbyterian Church and Dames of Malta in Clairton. Widow of Fred L. Varner and Samuel M. Means, she is survived by daughters Vivian Townsen of St. Petersburg, Fla., and Doris Brown of Jefferson; nine grandchildren; 15 great grandchildren; and sister, Grace Stoops of Clairton. Friends will be received from 7 to 9 p.m. today and 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. tomorrow when services will be conducted in the S. M. Finney Funeral Home, Clairton. The Rev. Gary Collins will officiate and burial will be in Round Hill Cemetery. Email me for the obituaries of Claire's father, mother, and sister, if interested. |
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Vivan (Varner) Townsend, daughter of Frederick L. Varner |
The Daily News, McKeesport, PA, Monday Evening, June 15, 1987 – Pg. 14
A former Clairton resident, Vivian E. Townsend, 73, of Pinellas Park, Fla., died Saturday in a Humana Hospital in St. Petersburg. She worked in retail sales as a cashier in Clairton and was a member of the First United Methodist Church there. Born July 24, 1914, in Butler, she was a daughter of the late Fred and Claire Stoops Varner. Surviving are her husband, George W. Townsend; son, Fred W. Townsend of Mount Holly Springs, Pa.; four grandchildren; two great grandchildren; and sister, Doris Brown of Finleyville. |
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George Townsend, husband of Vivian (Varner) Townsend |
The Daily News, McKeesport, PA, Tuesday Evening, December 13, 1994 – Pg. 18
George W. Townsend, 86, formerly of Clairton and Pinellas Park, Fla, died Friday in Cumberland County Nursing Home in Carlisle. Retried in 1969 from U.S. Steel Corp., after 33 years of service, he was a 1926 graduate of Bethel High School in Bethel and a charter and life member of Large Volunteer Fire Department. Born Feb. 16, 1908, in Finleyville, he was a son of the late William and Rose Stradley Townsend and husband of the late Vivian Varner Townsend. He is survived by son, Fred W. Townsend of Mount Holly Springs, four grandchildren, six great grandchildren; brother John C. Townsend in Florida; sister Mildred Carter of Port Carbon; and nieces and nephews. Service will be conducted at the convenience of the family. Arrangements are being handled by the Ewing Brothers Funeral Home, Carlisle. The family has suggested memorial contributions to the Amelia Givin Free Library, 114 North Baltimore Ave., Mount Holly Springs, PA 17065. |
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Ruth (Varner) Weber, daughter of Frederick L. Varner |
The Daily News, McKeesport, PA, Wednesday Evening, November 24, 1971
Mrs. Ruth Jane Weber, 56, died unexpectedly yesterday at home. 1300 Woodland Ave., Clairton. She was a Clairton resident 50 years and a member of First United Methodist Church, Clairton, its Ichdien Class and the Elizabeth Homemakers Club. Widow of Richard Lee Weber, she is survived by sons, Staff Sgt. Craig Lee Weber serving at Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.C., the Rev. Richard Lee Weber Jr. of Monroeville and Fredric F. Weber of Butler: mother, Claire Varner Means of Clairton; seven grandchildren; and sisters, Mrs. Vivian Townsend of St. Petersburg, Fla., and Mrs. Doris J. Brown of Jefferson. She was born in Butler, Aug. 28, 1915. Her father was the late Frederick L. Varner. Friends will be received from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. beginning tonight in Fullerton and Matz Funeral Home, Clairton. They will be received in First United Methodist Church on Friday from noon until the time of services there at 1 p.m. The Rev. James Breakiron will officiate. Interment will be in Round Hill Cemetery. The family suggests donations to the Richard Lee Weber Sr. Memorial Fund at First United Methodist Church, Clairton. |
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Richard L. Weber, husband of Ruth (Varner) Weber |
The Daily News, McKeesport, PA, Tuesday Evening, July 6, 1971 – Pg. 21
Richard Lee Weber, 58, of 1300 Woodlawn Rd., Clairton, died Sunday in Shadyside Hospital, Pittsburgh. He was a lifetime area resident, a retired welder for U. S. Steel’s Irvin Works and a member of First United Methodist Church, Clairton, its Methodist Men and board of trustees. Friends are being received from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. in Fullerton and Matz Funeral Home, Clairton. They will be received on Thursday in First United Methodist Church from 12:30 p.m. until the time of services there at 1:30. The Rev. James Breakiron will officiate and interment will be in Round Hill Cemetery, Elizabeth Twp. Survivors include his widow, Ruth Varner Weber; sons, Staff Sgt. Craig Weber, serving with the Air Force in Thailand, the Rev. Richard Lee Weber of Monroeville and Fredric of Butler; seven grandchildren; brothers, Warren of Conneaut Lake and Frank of Elrama. Son of the late Frank and Susan Morgan Weber, he was born March 13, 1913, in Clairton. |
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Doris (Varner) Brown, daughter of Frederick L. |
The Daily News, McKeesport, PA, Thursday Evening, April 17, 2008 – Pg. 2
Doris Varner Brown, 83, died Wednesday, April 16, 2008, at her residence in Jefferson Hills. Doris was born December 15, 1924, in the Wilson section of Clairton, one of three daughters to Fred and Claire (Stoops) Varner. She was Past President of the Wilson Chapter AARP No. 1612, past Relief Society president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Jefferson Hills and a member of the Yankee Doodle Dandies. In addition to her parents, Doris was preceded in death by her two sisters, Vivian Townsend and Ruth Weber. She is survived by her husband Robert B. Brown; four children, Robert B. (Linda) Brown Jr. of Guntersville, Ala., Fred R. (Melanie) Brown of Bethel Park, Deborah A. (Jack) Mills of Jefferson Hills and Thomas D. (Nancy) Brown of Jefferson Hills; eight grandchildren, Robert III, Ryan and Alison Brown, John Mills, Joyelle Turley and Jonathan Mills, Thomas and Adam Brown; six great-grandchildren, Emily, Rachel, Rebecca and Alexis Brown, and Jackson and Maddux Turley. Friends will be received Friday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. in the Stephen D. Slater Funeral Home 1701 State Route 51 (Large) Jefferson Hills, where her funeral service will be held on Saturday (notice of time later). Interment will be in Lebanon Church Cemetery, West Mifflin. If desired family suggests contributions to Family Hospice and Palliative Care 50 Moffett Street, Pittsburgh, Pa. 15243. |
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