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Beatrice Joan "Jo" Barger Towns of
Butler, Pennsylvania, died Thursday, February 18, 2010 at 8:55 a.m
in the Sunnyview Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.
Born in North Washington, Pennsylvania,
she was the daughter of the late Dean Rea and LaVerne Anderson Rea.
Mrs. Towns was a member of Covenant
Presbyterian Church. In her lifetime, she was a Trustee, a Sunday
School Teacher, and a Bible School Teacher. Mrs. Towns was a
Bookkeeper for Milo Williams Jewelers in Butler, Pennsylvania where
she retired in 1996.
Mrs. Towns is survived by her
husband, John W. Towns, Jr., whom she married on November 6, 1999,
three daughters, Deborah and her husband David Fiscus of
Simpsonville, South Carolina, Jan and her husband Bob Parsons of
Bethany Beach, Delaware, Amy and her husband Gary Fields of
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania; five grandchildren, three
great-grandchildren, a number of nieces and nephews, one brother,
Jim Rea of Herman, Pennsylvania; two step-sons, John W., III, and
his wife Melissa Towns of Westminster, Maryland, and Duane and his
wife Marty Towns of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; seven step
grandchildren, and three step great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Towns was preceded in death by
her sister Revah Rea Tack who passed away in August, 1986, and also
by her first husband of 43 years, Meredith "Salty" Barger who passed
away July 15, 1991.
Friends will be received at the
Thompson-Miller Funeral Home, Inc., 124 East North Street, Butler,
Pennsylvania on Saturday, February 20, 2010 from 7 to 9 p.m.
Services will be held at the Thompson
- Miller Funeral Home, Inc. on Sunday February 21, 2010 at 1:30 p.m.
with Reverend Dr. James Swanson of Covenant Presbyterian Church
officiating. Private Internment will follow in Bear Creek Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers memorial
contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society, Greater
Pittsburgh, 320 Bilmar Drive, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15205. |
A Life Remembered . . .