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Elizabeth E. McGarvey, age 89,
formerly of Seneca Drive, Butler, Pennsylvania, died Friday,
December 2, 2005 at 6:35 a.m. in the Concordia Lutheran Ministries,
Cabot, Pennsylvania. Born
August 6, 1916 in Grove City, Pennsylvania, she was the daughter of
Reverend and Mrs. William John (Zoola G. McCoy) Vaughan.
Mrs. McGarvey was a member of the
Hill United Presbyterian Church.
Mrs. McGarvey was a special education
teacher for Mid-Western Intermediate Unit IV and retired from
Clarence Brown Special Ed School in 1979. She was an alumnus of
Slippery Rock University, class of 1944. She earned her Master's of
Education in special education from the University of Pittsburgh.
She taught Sunday school in the primary department of her church for
18 years.
Mrs. McGarvey is survived by her
daughter, Mrs. James V. (Jane) Schaffner of Butler, Pennsylvania;
her son, V. Brent McGarvey of Painesville, Ohio; six grandchildren
and seven great grandchildren; a sister, Mrs. Genevieve Murray of
DesPlaines, Illinois and by a number of nieces and nephews.
Mrs. McGarvey was preceded in death
by her husband, Shirl W. McGarvey, who was deceased September 26,
1984 and by her son, two sisters and a brother.
There will be no public visitation.
Memorial services will be held at the
Hill United Presbyterian Church on Saturday, December 10, 2005 at
11:00 a.m. with Reverend Clark Sawyer, pastor of her church,
officiating.
Memorial contributions may be made to
the Hill United Presbyterian Church, 501 Second Street, Butler,
Pennsylvania or to the Butler Area Public Library, 218 North McKean
Street, Butler, Pennsylvania 16001. |
A Life Remembered . . .