Anna Mae Sample passed away on May 20, 2014. The daughter of Shields and Alice (Risch) Macurdy, she was born November 18, 1933. A graduate of Freeport Area High School, she married Howard D. Sample on January 24, 1953, celebrating 60 years on marriage in 2013. An award winning seamstress and quilter, she gave of herself and her gifts to comfort those in need by making Charity Quilts for the various local hospitals and nursing facilities. As a member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Sarver, she was active in the Ladies Guild and various Bible Studies. She was a member of Christian Woman's Association and the regional Coordinator for Bible Coffees. She was a charter member of the Peaceful Patches Quilt Club where she shared her time and talents teaching and sharing the craft of quilting. She enjoyed spending time with her friends playing cards, swimming at the YMCA and meeting for breakfast or lunch monthly. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her Husband on April 28, 2013, her brothers Shields (Sonny), Ronald, and Leon and her sister Geraldine. She is survived and will be sorely missed by sons John (Donna), Murrells Inlet, SC; Dennis (Melissa) Dripping Springs, TX; Michael (Jeanine), Butler, PA; and Patrick (Rhonda), West Chester, OH; 11 Grandchildren and 2 Great Grandchildren. In addition, she is survived by her Brothers, Odley (Emma) Macurdy; Glenn (Jake) (Darlene) Macurdy and Sister Sandra (Robert) Stivenson. She enjoyed traveling and spending time with her family. She crafted many gifts for those she loved adding her personality and love for all to remember. Those remaining will cherish her memory and ask that all join to celebrate her life as she is reunited with those she loved in the glory of her Lord. Friends will be received on Friday, May 23, 2014 from 2-4 & 6-8 pm at the Fox Funeral Home, Inc., 410 W. Main Street, Saxonburg. A funeral service will be held on Saturday, May 24, 2014 at 11 am at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Sarver with Rev. James Neal officiating. Interment will follow at Sarverville Cemetery. Memorial donations may be made to the Peaceful Patches Quilt Club.
Published in Butler Eagle on May 22, 2014
Published in Butler Eagle on May 22, 2014
Anna Mae Sample passed away on May 20, 2014. The daughter of Shields and Alice (Risch) Macurdy, she was born November 18, 1933. A graduate of Freeport Area High School, she married Howard D. Sample on January 24, 1953, celebrating 60 years on marriage in 2013. An award winning seamstress and quilter, she gave of herself and her gifts to comfort those in need by making Charity Quilts for the various local hospitals and nursing facilities. As a member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Sarver, she was active in the Ladies Guild and various Bible Studies. She was a member of Christian Woman's Association and the regional Coordinator for Bible Coffees. She was a charter member of the Peaceful Patches Quilt Club where she shared her time and talents teaching and sharing the craft of quilting. She enjoyed spending time with her friends playing cards, swimming at the YMCA and meeting for breakfast or lunch monthly. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her Husband on April 28, 2013, her brothers Shields (Sonny), Ronald, and Leon and her sister Geraldine. She is survived and will be sorely missed by sons John (Donna), Murrells Inlet, SC; Dennis (Melissa) Dripping Springs, TX; Michael (Jeanine), Butler, PA; and Patrick (Rhonda), West Chester, OH; 11 Grandchildren and 2 Great Grandchildren. In addition, she is survived by her Brothers, Odley (Emma) Macurdy; Glenn (Jake) (Darlene) Macurdy and Sister Sandra (Robert) Stivenson. She enjoyed traveling and spending time with her family. She crafted many gifts for those she loved adding her personality and love for all to remember. Those remaining will cherish her memory and ask that all join to celebrate her life as she is reunited with those she loved in the glory of her Lord. Friends will be received on Friday, May 23, 2014 from 2-4 & 6-8 pm at the Fox Funeral Home, Inc., 410 W. Main Street, Saxonburg. A funeral service will be held on Saturday, May 24, 2014 at 11 am at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Sarver with Rev. James Neal officiating. Interment will follow at Sarverville Cemetery. Memorial donations may be made to the Peaceful Patches Quilt Club.
Published in Butler Eagle on May 22, 2014
Published in Butler Eagle on May 22, 2014
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