Vera L. Veatch Gillis Umbel
Vera L. Veatch Gillis Umbel, age 79, of Brownsville, Pa., passed away on Thursday, July 20, 2006, in the Uniontown Hospital, Uniontown, Pa. She was born on July 6, 1927, in Denbeau Heights, Washington County, Pa., the 11th child of 12 children of Clinton Veatch and Anne (Hoover) Veatch.
Mrs. Umbel retired after many years of service with the former Brownsville Hardware Store.
She was predeceased by her parents, her first husband, Kenneth E. Gillis, second husband, Robert Umbel on January 22, 2006, and ten brothers and sisters.
She is survived by three children: Linda Ritsko and her husband Greg, Denbeau Heights, Pa., Kevin C. Gillis and his wife Janis, Vestaburg, Pa., and Stephanie Johns and her husband Richard with whom she made her home in Brownsville; six grandchildren: Greg Ritsko and his wife Melinda, Renee Dillon and her husband Don, Kevin C. Gillis Jr. and his wife Dina, Angela Johns, Richard Johns Jr. and Marissa Gillis; seven great-grandchildren: Gregory III, Steven, Emily, Samantha, Donald, Nicolas and Mya; one sister, Merna J. Urso, Washington, Pa.; a special nephew, Charles Eutsey, Indiana state; several close nieces and nephews and cousins by the dozens.
Friends will be received in the SKIRPAN FUNERAL HOME, 135 Park Street, Brownsville, Pa., today (Monday, July 24) from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and from 4 to 9 p.m.
Graveside Funeral Services will be held in the Phillipsburg Cemetery with Mr. Frank Tether, Elder of the Brownsville Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses, officiating and will be private for the family.