November 4, 1910 - April 13, 2008

Born November 4, 1910 in Sagamore, Pennsylvania he was the son of the late Charles A. Saxman and the late Bertha Crawford.

Mr. Saxman was a machinist for Schenley Distilleries, retiring in 1970 after 34 years of service. He was a member of Zion United Methodist Church. Mr. Saxman was a graduate of Rural Valley High School. He was a 33rd degree Mason and past master of the Leechburg Area Lodge #577 Free and Accepted Masons. Mr. Saxman was also a Past Grand Master of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite - Valley of New Castle.

Mr. Saxman is survived by one son and his wife, Robert Dean and Marge Saxman of York, Pennsylvania; three daughters and their husbands, Sheila and Bill Weckerly of Bettendorf, Iowa, Denise and Chuck Barger of Butler, Pennsylvania, Dorinda Sue and Ron Miller of Natrona Heights, Pennsylvania; twelve grandchildren: Robert, James, Bill, Eric, Erin, Brian, Mike, Kevin, Keli, Jennifer, Allen, and Steven, seventeen great-grandchildren, two sisters, Olive Wilson of Kittanning, Pennsylvania, and Jean Bates of Butler, Pennsylvania and also by a number of nieces and nephews.

Mr. Saxman was preceded in death by his wife, Helen Elizabeth "Hawk" Saxman and by two brothers, Blair and Russell.

Friends will be received at the Thompson-Miller Funeral Home, Inc., 124 East North Street, Butler, Pennsylvania on Tuesday, April 15, 2008 from 4 to 8 p.m.

Services will be held at the Thompson - Miller Funeral Home, Inc. on Wednesday, April 16, 2008 at 12:00 noon with Reverend William Saxman, retired Methodist minister officiating. Interment will follow in Dayton Glade Run Presbyterian Cemetery.

Contributions may be made to American Cancer Society, Butler Chapter, 3208B Wilmington Road, New Castle, Pennsylvania 16105 or to the American Heart Association, 777 Penn Center Boulevard, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 16235 or to the National Kidney Foundation, 30 East 33rd Street, New York, New York 10016.

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