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Loyal DeWitt Stewart, age 77 of Butler,
Pennsylvania, passed away on Thursday, July 3, 2008 at 1:05 p.m. at
his home.
Born on January 9, 1931 in Butler,
Pennsylvania, he was the son of the late Stanley Ross Stewart and
Twila A. Umstead Stewart.
Mr. Stewart was a field auditor for the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania retiring on January 26,1996. He was a
member of the First United Methodist Church. Mr. Stewart was an
escort for the Butler County Area on Aging and a long time volunteer
for the First United Methodist Church Community meals. He also
volunteered at the V A Medical Center in Butler as a wheelchair
escort. Mr. Stewart enjoyed world band radio, history and visiting
family. He also was a stamp collector and a veteran of the United
States Army Serving during the Korean War.
Mr. Stewart is survived by his wife
Donna M. Shields Stewart, whom he married on March 5, 1954, by three
sons, Loyal Douglas Stewart and his wife Amy of Beltsville,
Maryland, Bruce Alan Stewart and his wife Nina of Waynesburg,
Pennsylvania, Gordon Bradley Stewart and his wife Rebecca of
Wilmington, Delaware, by five grandchildren, Joshua, Ailisa,
Benjamin, Liadin and, Liam, by one brother, Donald R. Stewart of
Butler, Pennsylvania, and by a number of nieces and nephews.
Mr. Stewart was preceded in death by one
sister Catherine Weibel and one brother Ralph Ross Stewart.
Family and friends of Loyal Stewart will
be received at the Thompson-Miller Funeral Home, Inc., 124 East
North Street, Butler, Pennsylvania 16001, on Sunday, July 6, 2008
from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.
Funeral services will be from the
funeral home on Monday, July 7, 2008 at 1:00 p.m. with the Reverend
J. David Panther of the First United Methodist Church officiating.
Interment will follow in the Rose Hill Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers the family suggest
memorial donations to the Visiting Nurses Association, 154 Hindman
Road, Butler, Pennsylvania 16001 or to the Butler Area Public
Library, 218 North McKean Street, Butler, Pennsylvania 16001. |
A Life Remembered . . .