November 21, 1920 - June 25, 2008

Born November 21, 1920 in Weirton, West Virginia she was the daughter of the late Homer Redd and the late Nellie Glass.

Mrs. Markham was the first executive director of the Butler County Society for Crippled Children and Adults for 19 years. She was also the Administrator of the Children's Rehabilitation Center and for 21 years the Executive Director for the Mid-Western Pennsylvania Heart Association for Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Lawrence and Mercer Counties. Mrs. Markham retired in 1989. She was a member of First United Methodist Church, a former member of the Quota Club, and a member of the Butler County Health and Welfare Organizations. She also enjoyed making crafts.

Mrs. Markham is survived by her two sons, Ronald Markham, Jr. and Donald Markham both of Butler, Pennsylvania; and a daughter, a number of grandchildren and great-grandchildren, one brother, Homer L. Redd of Ligonier, Pennsylvania; two sisters, Mrs. Anna Mary Brown of and Mrs. Otto (Lois Elma) Blymiller both of Butler, Pennsylvania and also by seven nieces and nephews.

Mrs. Markham was preceded in death by her husband, Ronald M. Markham who passed away on June 13, 1999.

Friends will be received at the Thompson-Miller Funeral Home, Inc., 124 East North Street, Butler, Pennsylvania on Friday, June 27, 2008 from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.

Services will be held at the Thompson - Miller Funeral Home, Inc. on Saturday, June 28, 2008 at 10:00 a.m. with Reverend J. David Panther of First United Methodist Church officiating. Entombment will follow in Chapel of Devotion, Butler County Memorial Park.

Contributions may be made to First United Methodist Church, 200 East North Street, Butler, Pennsylvania 16001.

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