Dec 16, 2023

Uniontown

Susan Jane Gates Payerchin passed away Monday, December 11, 2023.

She was born January 14, 1947, in Uniontown, to the late John Kennedy “Jack” Gates and Alice Barnes Gates.

Fondly remembering her are her husband, Paul M. Payerchin, Jr., of 56 years of marriage; son, Paul M. Payerchin III and wife Deborah of Cranberry Township; daughter, Rebecca E. Beatty and husband David of Lancaster; son, John G. Payerchin and wife Heather of North Huntingdon; daughter, Sarah E. Sewell and husband Matthew of Sterling, Va.; sister, Marjorie O. Gates of Redmond, Wash.; brother, Dr. John K. Gates III and wife Donna of Roanoke Rapids, N.C.; 11 grandchildren and four great- grandchildren; and her former daughter-in-law, Tonya V. Thompson.

Susan was a graduate of South Union High School, Class of 1964. She worked at Photographic photo supply store in Uniontown. She was a member of Seaman Memorial Lutheran Church in Zelienople.

A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, January 13, in the Seaman Memorial Lutheran Church Chapel, at Lutheran SeniorLife Passavant, 105 Burgess Drive, Zelienople, PA 16063, followed by refreshments in the Scholl Conference Center.

A private interment service will be held in Hope Lutheran Church Memorial Garden on Rowan Road in Cranberry Township.

Thank you to all whose love and care enriched Susan’s life, especially the doctors, nurses and aids in the Lutheran SeniorLife Passavant Abundant Life Center and Larkspur household, where she was a resident for three years.

Memorial gifts, in Susan’s memory, may be given to the Organ Fund of Seaman Memorial Lutheran Church.

Funeral arrangements were entrusted to the BOYLAN FUNERAL HOME, INC., 324 E. Grandview Avenue, Zelienople, PA 16063.

Expressions of sympathy may be shared with the family at www.boylanfuneralservices.com.