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Robert A. Sweeney, age 83, of Butler,
Pennsylvania, died Saturday, December 24, 2005 at 10:25 a.m. at the
Butler Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Butler.
Born February 26, 1922 in Butler,
Pennsylvania, he was the son of John J. and Freda A. Brown Sweeney.
Mr. Sweeney was the foreman of a
warehouse for T. W. Phillips Gas and Oil Company for 40 years before
retiring in 1986.
He was a member of the Hill United
Presbyterian Church.
Mr. Sweeney served in the U.S. Navy
during World War II. He was a member of the Butler County Law
Enforcement and the Pennsylvania Sheriff's associations and the
Century Club. He was a former president of the AFL-CIO Local 242
Utility Workers Union. He was an avid hunter and fisherman.
Mr. Sweeney is survived by his son,
Daniel R. Sweeney and Rusty Roman and his daughter, Mrs. Clayton
(Susan) Beam both of Butler, Pennsylvania; five grandchildren, Mrs.
Richard (Lori) Bollas of Chardon, Ohio, Mrs. Donald (Amy) Geiger of
Madison, Ohio, Allison Sweeney of Largo, Florida, Ashley Beam of
Butler, Pennsylvania and Kyle Beam of Butler, Pennsylvania; two
great granddaughters, Amber Collins and Zoe Geiger; a brother, John
Sweeney of Massillon, Ohio; and by a number of nieces and nephews.
His wife, Alice C. Sweeney who was
deceased January 1, 2005, and his two sisters, Betty Whaley and
Beatrice Tait, preceded Mr. Sweeney in death.
Friends will be received at the
Thompson-Miller Funeral Home, Inc., 124 East North Street, Butler,
Pennsylvania on Wednesday, December 28, 2005 from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9.
Services will be held at the Thompson - Miller Funeral Home, Inc.
on Thursday, December 29, 2005 at 11:00 a.m. with Reverend Dr. James
E.
Swanson, pastor of the Covenant United Presbyterian Church,
officiating. Interment will follow in Butler County Memorial Park. |
A Life Remembered . . .