Fred C. Black
Fred C. Black, 73, a longtime resident of Greensboro, Pa., died Monday, August 26, 2002 at his home. He was born July 18, 1929 in Fairmont, West Virginia, a son of the late Fred C. and Anna May Jenkins Black.
He was a 1947 graduate of Mapletown High School and a member of the Mapletown United Methodist Church. He was formerly employed with the Army Corps of Engineers, Pittsburgh Division, where he first started out with the diving team examining the locks on the river and retired as Superintendent of Maintenance after 44 years of service. Fred was an avid hunter and was currently serving on the Greensboro Borough Council.
He is survived by his loving wife, Elizabeth Reese Black; two children and their spouses, David and Hope Black of Greensboro and Marsha and Roy Remington of Jefferson, Pa.; five grandchildren; three step-grandchildren; three great-grandchildren and a brother Don Black of Canonsburg, Pa.
Friends will be received in the RICHARD R. HEROD FUNERAL HOME, Point Marion, Pa., today from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. and on Thursday until 11 a.m., the hour of service, with the Rev. William L. Parker officiating.
Interment follows in Monongahela Hill Cemetery, Greensboro.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorials to the Mapletown United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 502, Greensboro, Pa. 15338 or the Washington-Greene County Hospice, 10 Leet Street, Washington, Pa. 15301.