Pearl Cottrell
Pearl Cottrell, 79, a long-time resident of Greater Point Marion, Pa., died Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2003, in Ruby Memorial Hospital, Morgantown, W.Va.
Born Aug. 26, 1923, in Bare Fork, Gilmer County, W.Va., she was a daughter of the late Saul and Viola White McCune.
She was baptized in the Point Marion Apostolic Church, and was a devoted mother and grandmother, who enjoyed looking after her family.
Surviving are eight loving children and their spouses, Wilma and Terry Stammler of North East, Md., Patricia and Ira Gubernick of Baltimore, Md., Sherry and Fabian Hurska of Fairchance, Pa., with whom she resided for the past several years, Monroe and Mary Cottrell, Thomas and Louise Cottrell and David and Carol Cottrell, all of Lake Lynn, Pa., Frank and Wilma Cottrell of Morgantown, and Jerry and Carol Cottrell of Point Marion; 23 grandchildren; 29 great-grandchildren; a daughter-in-law, Viola Cottrell of Point Marion; five sisters, Opal Summers, Edna Conley, Ocie McCune, Faye Richards and Daisey Shifflet; and three brothers, Cecil, Burl and Darrell McCune.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Raymond Cottrell, who died on Oct. 11, 1982; a son, Ronzel Cottrell in 2000; a daughter, Barbara Sue Cottrell, in infancy; a brother, Donald McCune; and three sisters, May Davisson, Ruth Summers and Marie Minney.
Friends will be received in the RICHARD R. HEROD FUNERAL HOME, Point Marion, Pa., today from 7 to 9 p.m., on Saturday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m., and Sunday, in the Point Marion Apostolic Church from 1 until 2 p.m., the hour of service, with the Rev. David Lee Corob officiating. Interment follows in Forks-of-Cheat Cemetery, Stewartstown, W.Va.