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Betty Jane Waterman

Name: Visitation
Start: 09/05/2018 05:00 PM
End: 09/05/2018 08:00 PM
Location: Yoskovich Funeral Home, Inc.

October 11, 1926 — September 2, 2018

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Betty Jane Waterman, 91, of Carmichaels, Pa., died at 3:35 P.M. on Sunday, September 2, 2018 at the Ruby Memorial Hospital. She was born October 11, 1926 in Taylorville, Ill., a daughter of the late Rudolph and Marie Anna (Hielscher) Melzer. Mrs. Waterman was a graduate of Taylorville High School and resided in Carmichaels since 1958. She was a member of the Greene Valley Presbyterian Church in Carmichaels where she was a member of the Woman in the Church, taught Sunday school and vacation bible school for over 50 years and was the director of Christian education. Mrs. Waterman was instrumental in leading many children to accept Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior. She was a Past Worthy Matron of the former Ideal Chapter No. 213, O. E. S., Masontown, Pa. and a current member of Uniontown Chapter No. 263, O. E. S. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother. On March 30, 1947 she married William E. Waterman, who died June 8, 1986.

Surviving are a son, Carl W. Waterman and his wife, Linda, of Stockbridge, Ga.; three grandchildren, Malichi Waterman and his wife, Krista, Erik Waterman and his wife, Sandra and Brendan Waterman and his wife Leybel; five great grandchildren, Jackson, John, Jacob, Christopher and William; a sister, Rudolphine Pranske of Las Vegas, Nev.; three sisters-in-law, LaVerne Melzer, Helen Melzer and Marian Melzer; several nieces and nephews and a precious friend, Jessica Frederick Nicklow of Hopwood, Pa. Deceased are four brothers, Oscar Melzer, Monroe Melzer, Gus Melzer and Rudolph Melzer and a sister, Ramona Leitschuh.

Family and friends are welcome from 5 to 8 P.M. on Wednesday in the Yoskovich Funeral Home, Carmichaels, Pa.

The funeral service will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Thursday, September 6, 2018 in the Greene Valley Presbyterian Church, 104 East Greene Street, Carmichaels, with the Rev. P. Keith Larson and the Rev. Harold O. Kelley officiating.

Uniontown Chapter No. 263 O. E. S. will conduct a memorial service at 7:00 P.M. on Wednesday in the funeral home.

A graveside service will be held at 10:30 A.M. on Saturday, September 8, 2018 at Oak Hill Cemetery, Taylorville, Ill.

The family suggests that memorial contributions be made to the Greene Valley Presbyterian Church, P. O Box 363, Carmichaels PA 15320.

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