Helen May Peterson Horrell
Helen May Peterson Horrell, age 91, of Fairchance, Pa., died Saturday, July 8, 2006, at home with her family at her bedside. She was born June 16, 1915, in Connellsville, Pa., daughter of Ora Peterson and Nellie Smock Peterson.
Helen was a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Fairchance for 55 years.
She was preceded in death by her parents, four brothers and a sister, James Peterson, Victor Peterson, Jean Wykel, Roy Peterson and John Peterson.
Surviving are her husband of 55 years, Robert M. Horrell; two children: Glenna Burkhart and her husband, Hugh, of Powhatan, Virginia, and Marilyn Vida and her husband, Mark, of Southbury, Connecticut; four grandchildren: Benjamin Burkhart and his wife, Susan, Zachary Burkhart, Blake Vida and Jennifer Vida; one great-grandson, Luke Burkhart; and a sister, Dorothy Peterson of Connellsville, Pa.
The family will receive friends in the GOLDSBORO-TOMI FUNERAL HOME, 21 East Church Street, Fairchance, Pa., today from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. and on Tuesday, July 11, 2006, until 11 a.m., the hour of Service with the Rev. Donald Walls officiating.
Interment will follow in LaFayette Memorial Park, Brier Hill, Pa.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the First Presbyterian Church of Fairchance, 114 West Church Street, Fairchance, PA 15436.