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Barbara L. Crawford Beggs, 67, died
Sunday, October 4, 2009 in the Good Samaritan Hospice at Concordia
in Cabot, Pennsylvania after a courageous three and a half year
battle with ovarian cancer. She was the devoted and dearly loved
mother of three sons, Timothy and his wife, Lori, and granddaughter,
Sarah; Daniel and his wife, Christina, and granddaughter, Lauren --
all of the Butler area; and Mark E. Beggs of Montgomery, Alabama.
Barbara was the daughter of the late J.
Delmar and Kaethe Strothman Crawford. She is survived by her sister,
Patricia Crawford Frey Gillespie of Sewickley, and her brother,
James D. Crawford and his wife, Peggy, of Fort Myers, Florida. Also
surviving are seven nieces and nephews and many supportive, helpful,
and loving friends of long years.
Barbara was a past member of Butler
County Mounted Sheriff's Posse, past member of Butler County Soccer
Organization, past member of Connoquenessing Meals on Wheels, and a
present member of Sandycreek Conservancy Inc. of Franklin,
Pennsylvania. Ms. Beggs was a graduate of Perry High School in
Pittsburgh, and she also attended Butler County Community College.
Barbara was a wholesale florist
supply sales representative for Keystone Ribbon & Floral Supply of
Pittsburgh, retiring in 2008.
She was a member of First English
Lutheran Church in Butler, Pennsylvania.
We will always remember and honor
Barby's cheerfulness and sense of humor, her devotion to her family
and friends, her deep love of the outdoors -- gardening of lovely
flowers and wonderful homegrown vegetables, her gift for creating
magnificent needlework, the great joy she found in cooking and
baking for those she loved, and especially for always creating a
cozy, welcoming home. A truly, loving heart and soul has returned
home to God -- all of us remaining here will never be able to fill
the void.
Friends will be received at the
Thompson-Miller Funeral Home, Inc. 124 East North Street, Butler,
Pennsylvania on Friday, October 9, 2009 from 6 to 9 p.m. and
Saturday, October 10, 2009 from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m.
Services will be held at First
English Lutheran Church at 12 noon on Saturday, October 10, 2009
with Pastor James Dollhopf officiating.
Memorial contributions may be made to
Lutherlyn Campground Camper Scholarship, P.O. Box 355, Prospect,
Pennsylvania 16052; Concordia Lutheran Ministries, 134 Marwood Road,
Cabot, Pennsylvania 16023; American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 5037,
New Castle, Pennsylvania 15205; or Good Samaritan Hospice, 3400
Brooktree Road, Wexford, Pennsylvania 15090. |
A Life Remembered . . .