Apr 4, 2003 2 min read

Grace E. Livingston, 78, of Dawson, Pa., died Wednesday, April 2, 2003, in Shadyside Hospital, Pittsburgh. She was born March 26, 1925, in Broadford, a daughter of the late Charles Owskey and Sarah Wingrove Owskey Davis.

Grace was a longtime resident of Dawson. She was a member of the Philip G. Cochran Memorial United Methodist Church in Dawson, and was a member of its Sarah B. Cochran Sunday School Class. She was a charter member of the Dawson Volunteer Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary. She was a member of AARP, the Connellsville Area Senior Tigers, and the Melodiaires. Grace was a loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and sister to her family. She loved to play cards at the Senior Citizens, listening to music and watching television.

She is survived by two daughters, Janet R. Puskar and her husband, George of Connellsville, and Donna J. Strickler of Uniontown; a son, Robert A. Livingston of Pittsburgh; nine grandchildren, Deborah Kadar and her husband, Louis of Clairton, John D. Puskar and his wife, Denise of Connellsville, Michael Puskar of Irwin and his girlfriend, Shannon Moyer of Harrison City, Barbara Livingston of Charlotte, N.C., Elizabeth and Carol Ann Livingston, both of North Carolina, Patricia Walsh and her husband, Shawn of Monroeville, Thomas Strickler and his wife, Rachel of Illinois, and Raechel Strickler of Uniontown; and two sisters, Sarah Dickens of Blacksburg, Va., and June Fitzgerald of Crozet, Va.

In addition to her parents, she was predeceased by a son, Charles H. Livingston; two brothers, Robert and Thomas Owskey; and a sister, Jannet Owskey.

Family and friends will be received in the BROOKS FUNERAL HOME INC., 111 East Green St., Connellsville, today from 2 to 9 p.m., and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., the hour of a funeral service, in the funeral home, with the Rev. Keith McIlwain officiating. A committal service and interment will follow in Green Ridge Memorial Park, Pennsville. www.brooksfuneralhomes.com