Edna M. Dean Woodmancy
Edna M. Dean Woodmancy, 93, of Ohiopyle, Pa., passed away Monday, Sept. 19, 2005, at Henry Clay Villa. She was born in Ohiopyle, Pa., on May 26, 1912, the daughter of the late Harry and Ella Holland Dean of Meadow Run, Ohiopyle.
In addition to her parents, she was predeceased by her husband, Ralph “Jockey” Woodmancy and infant daughter, Marlene Ann, brothers, Opal “Hopper”, Harry Dale, Melvin, Fred and Sam Dean and an infant brother, Lester, and sisters, Gladys Jackson, Amanda DeBerry and Goldie Hall.
Surviving are three daughters, Marie Friend and husband, Edgar of Albuquerque, N.M., Carol Stark and husband, Blaine of Confluence and Sue Marietta of Ohiopyle, Pa.; 11 grandchildren, Michael, Todd and Lyle Friend, Jamie Friend Hammond, Debra Stark Bingham, Valerie, Forrest and Bridget Stark, and Vicki and Donald Marietta; 17 great-grandchildren; three great great-grandchildren; one sister, Dolly Silbaugh of Farmington; a sister-in-law, Evelyn Dean; and many nieces and nephews of the Dean and Woodmancy family.
Edna was a member of Falls City Baptist Church of Ohiopyle, a past member of Three Rivers Senior Citizens and the Great Crossing Chapter of the DAR, a member of the Confluence Senior Citizens, where she was a volunteer for 10 years. She was a member of Ohiopyle Grange since 1848. Edna was an employee of Hochstetler’s Store in Ohiopyle, and the Ohiopyle Post office, and she helped care for many friends and family members.
Friends will be received in the DONALD R. CRAWFORD FUNERAL HOME OF FARMINGTON, today from 2 to 9 p.m., and Thursday until 11 a.m., the hour of the service, with Pastor Tim Rogers officiating. Interment will follow in Sands Cemetery, Maple Summit. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the National Parkinson Foundation Inc., 1501 NW 9th Ave., Miami FL 33136-1494. 1-800-327-4545.