May 20, 2006 2 min read

Evelyn Cluelow Semsey, 94, of Uniontown, Pa., died on Thursday, May 18, 2006, in the Hileman Personal Care Home surrounded by her family. She was born March 18, 1912, in Upland, Delaware County, Pa. She was the daughter of Harry Burke Cluelow and Anna Evelyn Thorpe.

She was the oldest of five siblings: Harry, Lillian Pratt, Florence White and James Garland Cluelow. Only J. Garland in Port Arthur, Texas still survives.

Evelyn was a well-known musician as a bassist. She studied at Carnegie Tech in Pittsburgh and toured for a number of years with Jean Wald all-female orchestra.

After marrying and starting a family, Evelyn remained active in her profession by playing the bass violin with local orchestras, such as Mickey Sharp’s, Johnny Silver’s, Ray Griffith’s and the Uniontown Symphony Orchestra.

Evelyn was also an accomplished seamstress with many clients from the Uniontown area. She lovingly sewed many things for her grandchildren until her failing eyesight and arthritis robbed her of that pleasure.

Surviving Evelyn, who are left to cherish her memory, are children: Robert Thorpe Semsey and his wife, Jane of Uniontown and Barbara Tassin and husband, Preston of Spartanburg, South Carolina; grandchildren: Carol Ann DelPinto and husband, Louis of Uniontown, Robert Todd Semsey and wife, Jennifer of Uniontown, David Allen Karinshak and wife, Cherise of Charleston, South Carolina and Diane Renee Karinshak Lambert and husband, Yon of Spartanburg, South Carolina; great grandchildren: Andrew William DelPinto, Zachary Santino DelPinto, Sophie Jane Semsey of Uniontown, Christopher Stephen Karinshak, Lauren Ashley Karinshak and Benjamin Kline Karinshak of Charleston, South Carolina, Sophie Annabelle Lambert and Sadie Lorraine Lambert of Spartanburg, South Carolina.

The family extends its extreme gratitude to Evelyn’s personal care givers for the past four years, Sue and Chuck Hileman of Hileman’s Personal Care Home and Eileen Tomasek who gave Evelyn their love and attention that allowed us to have mom’s companionship for an extended period.

Arrangements have been entrusted to the ANDREW D. FERGUSON FUNERAL HOME, INC., 80 Morgantown Street, Uniontown, Pa.

There will be no public viewing.

A Private Memorial Service will be held at a future date.

Memorial e-mails may be sent to the family at memorials @adferguson.com.