Obituaries by LocationTracey Jo Schlicht
December 29, 1954 - July 2, 2008
Tracey Jo Schlicht, 53, died July 2 at Good Samaritan Hospice, Cabot, after a two-year battle against advanced ovarian cancer. Born in Butler on Dec. 29, 1954, she was the daughter of Wilbur and Margaret "Peg" Morris Dumbaugh of Renfrew.
She was a 1973 graduate of Butler High School and a 1980 graduate of Mercy Hospital School of Nursing, Pittsburgh. Before deciding to become a nurse, she attended the University of Cincinnati Conservatory of Music on a voice scholarship and later transferred to Carnegie-Mellon University, where she auditioned successfully for the drama department.
A talented musician, she studied voice as a teenager with the late Lorenzo Malfatti of Pittsburgh and flute with Virginia Netchi of Gibsonia. While still in high school she sang with the Shadyside Presbyterian Church choir of Pittsburgh and played flute with the Butler County Symphony. She also was vocal soloist at the First Church of Christ Scientist in Butler.
Tracey spent her high school summer vacations at Chautauqua Institution in Chautauqua, NY, where she auditioned for and won scholarships in flute and voice. She spent a third summer following high school graduation at the New York center studying with the Cleveland Playhouse.
But she decided against a career in the arts and chose to become a nurse. It was a decision she never regretted. Her career began as charge nurse in the acute agitated psychiatric unit at the former St. Francis Hospital in Pittsburgh. Psychiatric nursing was her favorite assignment. She also worked at St. John's Lutheran Care Center in Mars, where she was head nurse in the skilled care unit, the Veteran's Administration Center in Butler, and Hillcrest Nursing Center in Grove City. She was working at Evergreen Nursing Home in Harmony, PA when she was diagnosed with advanced ovarian cancer in August 2006.
A woman of compassion with an incredible sense of humor that surfaced even during the most difficult days of her illness, Tracey's life centered on her family, her home, her patients, and a variety of pets, ranging over the years from guinea pigs to stray cats and a chocolate lab. From childhood she loved every living creature. In one of her last acts at Good Samaritan, Tracey was bundled into a wheelchair and taken to the garden courtyard where she could feed the koi in the fishpond.
She was a member of St. Peter's Episcopal Church in Butler. Her daughters described her as "quietly Christian" with a deep faith. An avid NASCAR fan, she enjoyed watching Sunday afternoon races. Her favorite driver was Tony Stewart.
She is survived by her husband, C. Andrew "Andy" Schlicht, whom she marriage
June 20, 1981; two daughters, Audrey Jo Schlicht of Pittsburgh and Kerry Beth Schlicht of Butler; her parents; a sister, Kerry Dumbaugh of Springfield, VA; her in-laws, Charles and Jeanne Schlicht of Butler; a brother-in-law, Peter Schlicht and his wife Anne of Sewickley; a sister, Dr. Lisa McPeak and her husband Bart of Seattle, WA; two nieces, Celena and Chloe McPeak; and numerous cousins, aunts, and uncles.
Visitation will be on Saturday July 5 from 7- 9 p.m. and on Sunday July 6 from 2-4 p.m. and from 7-9 p.m. at Thompson-Miller Funeral home, 124 E. North St. Services will be at St. Peter's Episcopal Church at 218 E. Jefferson Street, Butler, PA, on Monday, July 7, at 10:00 a.m. with the Reverend Bruce Geary officiating. Burial will be at Butler County Memorial Park.
Memorial donations may be made to Special Olympics of Butler County, 129 Highfield Road, Butler 16001 or the Make-a-Wish Foundation, The Gulf Tower, 707 Grant Street, 37th floor, Pittsburgh, PA 15219-1916.
Reverend Donald Power
December 20, 1919 - July 17, 2008
The Reverend Donald B. Power, age 88 of Burgess Court, Passavant Retirement Center, Zelienople, died Thursday, July 17, 2008 at 5:50 a.m. in U.P.M.C Presbyterian Hospital.
Born Saturday, December 20, 1919 in New Brighton, Pennsylvania, he was the son of the late Roy Emmett and Lillian Frick Power.
Reverend Power, a 1937 graduate of New Brighton High School, graduated from Thiel College in 1957 and was ordained as a Lutheran pastor in 1956. Reverend Power served St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Farrell, Pennsylvania, St. James Evangelical Lutheran Church, Youngstown, Pennsylvania, Resurrection Evangelical Lutheran Church, West Deer Township, Pennsylvania and St. Mark's Evangelical Lutheran Church in Butler.
Reverend Power is survived by his three sons, Darrell Power of Robertsdale, Alabama, David (Faith) Power of Racine, Wisconsin, Mark (Nancy) Power of Gibsonia, Pennsylvania; his daughter, Reverend Dr. Janice Altenburger of Ellwood City, Pennsylvania; ten grandchildren: Kevin Westland, Gretchen Reis, Wendy Altenburger, Helen Henderson, Nancy Power, Matthew (Megan) Power, Abby (Jacob) Blanc, Melissa Anderson, Tammi Kral, Brooke Anderson; seven great-grandchildren; and his brother, Dale Power of Franklin, Pennsylvania.
Reverend Power was preceded in death by his first wife, Helen Gibson Power (June 24, 1986), second wife Phyllis Colvin Rosendale Power (April 15, 1997), and his granddaughter, Lori Ann Altenburger.
Friends will be received at St. Mark's Evangelical Lutheran Church, 201 West Jefferson Street, Butler, Pennsylvania on Friday, July 18, 2008 from 7 to 9 p.m. and Saturday, July 19, 2008 from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.
Services will be held at St. Mark's Evangelical Lutheran Church on Sunday, July 20, 2008 at 2:30 p.m. with Bishop Kurt Kusserow, Reverend Reinhold Weber and Reverend Dr. Alden Towberman of St. Mark's Evangelical Lutheran Church officiating.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial donations be made to Passavant Retirement Center, 401 South Main Street, Zelienople, Pennsylvania 16063.
Lindsey Ann Johnson Fehl
November 8, 1983 - July 19, 2008
Lindsey Ann Johnson Fehl, age 24, of Arthur Street, Kittanning, Pennsylvania, formerly Fenelton, Pennsylvania, died Saturday, July 19, 2008 in the U.P.M.C. Presbyterian Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Born November 8, 1983 in Butler, Pennsylvania, she was the daughter of Steven E. Johnson and Patricia Davidson Anthony.
Mrs. Fehl attended the Community Alliance Church in Butler.
She was a 2002 alumna of Butler High School, a 2006 graduate of Mercyhurst College and received her master's degree in 2007 at Indiana (Pa.) University.
Mrs. Fehl was a director of Labor Relations and Human Resources for Dlubak Corporation in Blairsville, Pennsylvania.
She played soccer with the Butler County Soccer Association, Northern Steel and Butler High soccer teams. She worked as a camp counselor for STP Summer Express for three summers for kids with ADHD. She also worked as a summer intern with Kids Count in Butler. She volunteered at soup kitchens in Erie while in college. She also volunteered at Boys and Girls Club and was a tutor. She was an avid Steeler and Penguin fan; she loved Harry Potter books and movies. She loved her Yorkshire terrier, Dobby and she enjoyed spending time with her friends and family.
Mrs. Fehl is survived by her husband, Brandon S. Fehl, whom she marriage on May 10, 2008; her father, Steven E. Johnson, of Renfrew, Pennsylvania and her mother, Patricia Davidson Anthony and her husband, Ronald, of Fenelton, Pennsylvania; two sisters, Lauren M Johnson of Mays Landing, New Jersey and Stefanie Johnson of Evans City, Pennsylvania; her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry (Imogene) Johnson of Renfrew, Pennsylvania; and by one step-brother, Casey R. Anthony of Templeton, Pennsylvania.
Friends will be received at the Thompson-Miller Funeral Home, Inc., 124 East North Street, Butler, Pennsylvania on Tuesday, July 22, 2008 from 7 to 9 and Wednesday, July 23, 2008 from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9.
Services will be held at the Community Alliance Church, 800 Mercer Road, Butler, Pennsylvania on Thursday, July 24, 2008 at 10:00 a.m. with Reverend Dennis L. Krajacic, pastor of Community Alliance Church, officiating. Interment will follow in Butler County Memorial Park.
Memorial donations may be made to CORE, Center for Organ Recovery and Education, 204 Sigma Drive, RIDC Park, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15238.
Virginia Lee Glass
June 21, 1930 - July 21, 2008
Virginia Lee Glass, age 78, of Hilltop Drive, Butler, Pennsylvania, died Monday, July 21, 2008 at 12:31 a.m. at her residence.
Born June 21, 1930 in Junction City, Kansas, she was the daughter of the late Irvin Albert and Gladys Spittles Gfeller.
Mrs. Glass was a schoolteacher for Center Township School and she was a nurse for the Children's Rehabilitation Center in Saxonburg, Pennsylvania. She was a volunteer for the Butler County Humane Society. She enjoyed tennis and gardening. She loved animals and had a very special affection for cats in need. She lived life to the fullest and she always made her family first and foremost in her life.
Mrs. Glass is survived by two daughters, Anita Nicholas Alexander and Patricia Nicholas Diehl; four grandchildren, Perry Alexander, Nicholas Alexander; Lisa Diehl McMaster, and Christine Diehl Creely; nine great grandchildren; one brother, Kenneth Gfeller; one sister, Marge Boyer; and by one niece, Valle Jean Double and several other nieces and nephews.
Her first husband, John Morris Nicholas who was deceased on August 18, 1969 and her second husband, Howard M. Glass, who was deceased December 14, 1999, preceded Mrs. Glass in death.
Friends will be received at the Thompson-Miller Funeral Home, Inc., 124 East North Street, Butler, Pennsylvania on Thursday, July 24, 2008 from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9.
Services will be held at the Thompson - Miller Funeral Home, Inc. on Friday, July 25 at 10:00 a.m. with Reverend David Brown, pastor of North Main Street Church Of God, officiating. Interment will follow in Butler County Memorial Park.
In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to the Butler County Humane Society, 1027 Evans City Road, Renfrew, Pennsylvania 16053 or to American Cancer Society, Memorials, 320 Bilmar Drive, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15205.
Luther D. Alkire
August 4, 1917 - July 22, 2008
Luther D. Alkire, age 90 of Middle Trail, Butler, Pennsylvania, died Tuesday, July 22, 2008 at 8:50 p.m. at his residence.
Born August 4, 1917 in Peninsula, Ohio, he was the son of the late Darius L. and Eva Susan Keith Alkire.
Mr. Alkire was a steamfitter for National Valve and Manufacturing Company, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
He was a member of the North Main Street Church of God and the Sixty Plus or Minus group at the church. He enjoyed his church, his family and gardening.
Mr. Alkire is survived by his wife, Fanny E. Van Buren Alkire, whom he marriage on September 27, 1940, and by two sons, Lawrence D. Alkire of Batesville, Arkansas, and Darel N. Alkire of Little Rock, Arkansas; two daughters, Mrs. Charles (Norma) Mustake of Lisbon, Ohio, and Mrs. Ronald (Debra) Paynter of Butler, Pennsylvania; 14 grandchildren, 28 great grandchildren, 4 great great grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews.
Mr. Alkire was preceded in death by two daughters, Sharon and Donna and by one sister.
Friends will be received at the Thompson-Miller Funeral Home, Inc., 124 East North Street, Butler, Pennsylvania on Thursday, July 24, 2008 from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 and at the North Main Street Church of God on Friday, July 25 from 12:30 to 2:00 p.m..
Services will be held at the North Main Street Church Of God on Friday, July 25, 2008 at 2:00 p.m. with Reverend David Brown and Reverend Kenneth C. Hall, pastors of his church, officiating.
There will also be a visitation at the Roach Funeral Home, Gassaway, West Virginia on Saturday, July 26, 2008 from 2 to 4 p.m.. Interment will follow in Sugar Creek Cemetery, Gassaway, West Virginia.
Nancy Patricia Shepard Rote
July 21, 1930 - July 22, 2008
Nancy Patricia Shepard Rote (Mrs. John Edward Rote, Jr.) age 78, died Tuesday, July 22, 2008 at the Cleveland Clinic.
She was born July 21, 1930 at Hamot Hospital in Erie, Pa, the daughter of Optometrist Dr. Robert Lehman Shepard and Gertrude Virginia Landefeld Shepard of Erie, Pa. both deceased. She was the wife of John Edward Rote, Jr. of Chicora, Pa. since August 9, 1952. Nancy met her husband at Grove City college and they were marriage in Erie, Pa.
She is survived by her husband, two children, Katherine Elizabeth Turner of Chicora, Pa., John Edward Rote, III of Sheffield Village, Ohio, three grandchildren Tabitha Charissa Turner Myers of New Concord, Ky, Tiffany Nicole Turner Criss of Eureka, Ca, Erica Faith Turner of Jacksonville, NC and four great grandchildren, Kristopher Blake Myers, Taylor Callista Myers, Halo Aurora Criss, Gabriel Clay Criss and many cousins.
She graduated from Strong Vincent High School in Erie, Pa 1948 and Grove City College, Grove City, Pa 1952 with an AB in Education and was certified to teach English, Spanish, Latin, and History. She was a teacher at Ellwood City Lincoln High School and Union Twp School District and substitute teacher and home bound tutor. She also was an interior decorator at JCPenney and a homemaker.
Nancy was a member of the Church of the Covenant in Erie, Pa, Christ Church in Ellwood City, Pa. and the First Presbyterian Church, Willoughby, Ohio. She was a member of the Society of Mayflower Descendants of Ohio, the Daughters of the American Revolution, Butler County Spinners and Weavers, Timberlake Women's Club, Erie Society for Genealogical Research and the Connecticut Society of Genealogists.
Nancy was loved by all who knew her and met her and will forever be deeply missed. She was a beloved wife, mother and friend, who loved reading, dancing, genealogy, spinning/weaving, knitting, and cooking/baking. She always had strength in her faith/religion and was charitable in spirit and action. She was a pie baker without peer. She struggled many years with illness but has now found peace.
Friends will be received at the Thompson-Miller Funeral Home, Inc., 124 East North Street, Butler, Pennsylvania on Sunday, July 27, 2008 from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9.
Services will be held at the Thompson - Miller Funeral Home, Inc. on Monday, July 28, 2008 at 11:00 a.m. with of Reverend David Brown, pastor of North Main Street Church of God, officiating. Interment will follow in North Side Cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be made to American Heart Association, 777 Penn Center Boulevard, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15235 or to Heart Research at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio.
