Mary Luella Muhar

Mary Luella Muhar, 86 of Carmichaels, Pa. and formerly of Greensboro, Pa., died at 5:55 A.M. on Saturday, September 26, 2009 at the Ruby Memorial Hospital, Morgantown, W. Va. after a lengthy illness. She was born June 27, 1923 in Brown, W. Va., a daughter of the late Icen Ray and Mara Ellen (Ladwig) Stiers. Mrs. Muhar was a 1943 graduate of Mapletown High School and resided in the Greensboro and Carmichaels areas most of her life. She was a member of the Sugar Grove Baptist Church and the Carmichaels Senior Center. Mrs. Muhar served as an officer for the Pennsylvania Federation of Women's Clubs and served as president of the local chapter from 1974 until 1976 and of the Greene County Chapter in 1981. On March 17, 1943, she married Chester A. Muhar, Sr., who died January 5, 1982. Surviving are two sons, Chester A. Muhar, Jr. and Brian D. Muhar, both of Carmichaels; three daughters, Dora L. Farrier and her husband, Ted of Masontown, Pa., Beatrice I. Sutton and her husband, Ronnie of Fairchance, Pa. and Esther E. Hatfield of Carmichaels; six grandchildren, Theodore Farrier, Jr. and his wife, Joni, Eugene R. Farrier and his wife, Susan, Bradley K. Farrier and his wife, Paula, Ronnie D. Sutton, Jr. and his fiancé, Regina Shea, Ramona Lint and her husband, Oliver and Rhenda Sutton; nine great grandchildren; a brother, Icen R. Stiers, Jr. and his wife, Cleo of Lakewood, Ohio; a sister, Irene Bodjiak and her husband, Don of Saint James City , Fla. and several nieces and nephews. Deceased is a sister, Laura Hart. Family and friends are welcome from 6 to 8 P.M. on Tuesday and 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 P.M. on Wednesday in the Yoskovich Funeral Home, Carmichaels, Pa. where the funeral service will be held at 1:00 P.M. on Thursday, October 1, 2009. Rev. Frank Menhart and Pastor Harry Hill will officiate. Interment will follow at Greene County Memorial Park. The family suggests that memorial contributions be made to the Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America, Inc., 355 Lexington Avenue, 15th Floor, New York, NY 10017.