Marelda Aletha Dodrill Derryberry
Marelda Aletha Dodrill Derryberry, 85, of Smithfield, Pa., died Sunday, July 15, 2007, in the Uniontown Hospital, Uniontown,… Marelda Aletha Dodrill Derryberry, 85, of Smithfield, Pa., died Sunday, July 15, 2007, in the Uniontown Hospital, Uniontown, Pa.
She was born September 15, 1921, in Nicholas County, West Virginia, the daughter of Ernest Dodrill and Velma Hoover Dodrill.
Marelda was a member of the Uniontown Church of Christ.
She was a housewife and was formerly employed by Westinghouse and also the Kroger Company.
Marelda was the oldest of 12 children.
She was predeceased by her parents, an infant brother, Larry Dodrill, and two sisters, Mary Jo Holland and Ida Shaffer. Her husband of 52 years, LZ Derryberry died Tuesday, July 17, 2007.
Surviving are two sons: Donald Derryberry and his wife, Laura, of Uniontown, Pa., and Roy Derryberry and his wife, Phoebe, of Smithfield, Pa.; three granddaughters: Marcy Brown and her husband, Michael, of Covington, Va., Katy Derryberry and Emmy Derryberry both of Smithfield, Pa.; sisters and brothers: Emestine Cook of Accident, Md., Zelda Bruzda of Cookville, Tenn., Dorothy Ozenick of Roseville, Calif., Carol Brookie of Uniontown, Pa., Ernest Dodrill of Dunbar, Pa., Rodney Dodrill of Bartlett, Tenn., David Dodrill of Felton, Del., and Linda Wagoner of Mount Morris, Pa.
The family will receive friends in the GOLDSBORO-TOMI FUNERAL HOME, 21 East Church Street, Fairchance, Pa., today, July 19, 2007, until 10 a.m., the hour of service with Joshua L. Rine officiating.
Interment will follow in Mount Auburn Cemetery, Dunbar, Pa.