Dorcas Bailey Nixon Brashear, age 90, formerly of McClellandtown, Pa., and Greensburg, Pa., went to be with the Lord on Saturday, June 2, 2007, from Uniontown, Pa.
She was born September 16, 1916, in Uniontown, Pa., the daughter of Paul B. Nixon and Ada Walters Nixon.
Dorcas graduated from the now former German Township High School, Class of 1935. She boarded with the high school principal and his wife so that she could graduate and earn money for her class ring.
Dorcas worked in that same high school cafeteria in McClellandtown where she was well known for her excellent cooking and baking skills.
Mrs. Brashear also taught Home Economics for one year on a Temporary Certificate because of her excellent skills.
She was the High School Secretary from 1958 until her retirement in 1986.
She served as Central Committeewoman from 1978 to 1996, when she moved to Greensburg, Pennsylvania.
Dorcas was a long time member of The Daughters of The American Revolution.
After the death of her husband, Earl, in 1991, Dorcas remained on "The Farm", which they loved, until her move to Greensburg in 1996. She shared those memories with her new friends in Greensburg. She attended the Maplewood Presbyterian Church in Greensburg.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Earl Brashear, her grand-daughter, Lisa Brashear, her son-in-law, Sidney McGill, and sisters, Pauline Donovan and Virginia Conaway.
Left to cherish her memory are her children: Marlene McGill of Masontown, Pa., Paul Brashear of Geneva, Ohio, and Donna Kier of Greensburg, Pa.; nine grandchildren; ten great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; her sisters: Phyllis Coffman of McClellandtown, Pa., and Pearl Mallick of Uniontown, Pa.; and her brother, Samuel Nixon of Uniontown, Pa.
Friends will be received in the DEARTH FUNERAL HOME, New Salem, Pa., today, June 4, 2007, from 2 to 7 p.m. and Tuesday, June 5, 2007, until 10 a.m., the hour of the Service with the Rev. Stephen Lasor officiating. Interment will follow in Jacobs Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery.
She was born September 16, 1916, in Uniontown, Pa., the daughter of Paul B. Nixon and Ada Walters Nixon.
Dorcas graduated from the now former German Township High School, Class of 1935. She boarded with the high school principal and his wife so that she could graduate and earn money for her class ring.
Dorcas worked in that same high school cafeteria in McClellandtown where she was well known for her excellent cooking and baking skills.
Mrs. Brashear also taught Home Economics for one year on a Temporary Certificate because of her excellent skills.
She was the High School Secretary from 1958 until her retirement in 1986.
She served as Central Committeewoman from 1978 to 1996, when she moved to Greensburg, Pennsylvania.
Dorcas was a long time member of The Daughters of The American Revolution.
After the death of her husband, Earl, in 1991, Dorcas remained on "The Farm", which they loved, until her move to Greensburg in 1996. She shared those memories with her new friends in Greensburg. She attended the Maplewood Presbyterian Church in Greensburg.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Earl Brashear, her grand-daughter, Lisa Brashear, her son-in-law, Sidney McGill, and sisters, Pauline Donovan and Virginia Conaway.
Left to cherish her memory are her children: Marlene McGill of Masontown, Pa., Paul Brashear of Geneva, Ohio, and Donna Kier of Greensburg, Pa.; nine grandchildren; ten great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; her sisters: Phyllis Coffman of McClellandtown, Pa., and Pearl Mallick of Uniontown, Pa.; and her brother, Samuel Nixon of Uniontown, Pa.
Friends will be received in the DEARTH FUNERAL HOME, New Salem, Pa., today, June 4, 2007, from 2 to 7 p.m. and Tuesday, June 5, 2007, until 10 a.m., the hour of the Service with the Rev. Stephen Lasor officiating. Interment will follow in Jacobs Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery.
Dorcas Bailey Nixon Brashear, age 90, formerly of McClellandtown, Pa., and Greensburg, Pa., went to be with the Lord on Saturday, June 2, 2007, from Uniontown, Pa.
She was born September 16, 1916, in Uniontown, Pa., the daughter of Paul B. Nixon and Ada Walters Nixon.
Dorcas graduated from the now former German Township High School, Class of 1935. She boarded with the high school principal and his wife so that she could graduate and earn money for her class ring.
Dorcas worked in that same high school cafeteria in McClellandtown where she was well known for her excellent cooking and baking skills.
Mrs. Brashear also taught Home Economics for one year on a Temporary Certificate because of her excellent skills.
She was the High School Secretary from 1958 until her retirement in 1986.
She served as Central Committeewoman from 1978 to 1996, when she moved to Greensburg, Pennsylvania.
Dorcas was a long time member of The Daughters of The American Revolution.
After the death of her husband, Earl, in 1991, Dorcas remained on "The Farm", which they loved, until her move to Greensburg in 1996. She shared those memories with her new friends in Greensburg. She attended the Maplewood Presbyterian Church in Greensburg.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Earl Brashear, her grand-daughter, Lisa Brashear, her son-in-law, Sidney McGill, and sisters, Pauline Donovan and Virginia Conaway.
Left to cherish her memory are her children: Marlene McGill of Masontown, Pa., Paul Brashear of Geneva, Ohio, and Donna Kier of Greensburg, Pa.; nine grandchildren; ten great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; her sisters: Phyllis Coffman of McClellandtown, Pa., and Pearl Mallick of Uniontown, Pa.; and her brother, Samuel Nixon of Uniontown, Pa.
Friends will be received in the DEARTH FUNERAL HOME, New Salem, Pa., today, June 4, 2007, from 2 to 7 p.m. and Tuesday, June 5, 2007, until 10 a.m., the hour of the Service with the Rev. Stephen Lasor officiating. Interment will follow in Jacobs Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery.
She was born September 16, 1916, in Uniontown, Pa., the daughter of Paul B. Nixon and Ada Walters Nixon.
Dorcas graduated from the now former German Township High School, Class of 1935. She boarded with the high school principal and his wife so that she could graduate and earn money for her class ring.
Dorcas worked in that same high school cafeteria in McClellandtown where she was well known for her excellent cooking and baking skills.
Mrs. Brashear also taught Home Economics for one year on a Temporary Certificate because of her excellent skills.
She was the High School Secretary from 1958 until her retirement in 1986.
She served as Central Committeewoman from 1978 to 1996, when she moved to Greensburg, Pennsylvania.
Dorcas was a long time member of The Daughters of The American Revolution.
After the death of her husband, Earl, in 1991, Dorcas remained on "The Farm", which they loved, until her move to Greensburg in 1996. She shared those memories with her new friends in Greensburg. She attended the Maplewood Presbyterian Church in Greensburg.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Earl Brashear, her grand-daughter, Lisa Brashear, her son-in-law, Sidney McGill, and sisters, Pauline Donovan and Virginia Conaway.
Left to cherish her memory are her children: Marlene McGill of Masontown, Pa., Paul Brashear of Geneva, Ohio, and Donna Kier of Greensburg, Pa.; nine grandchildren; ten great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; her sisters: Phyllis Coffman of McClellandtown, Pa., and Pearl Mallick of Uniontown, Pa.; and her brother, Samuel Nixon of Uniontown, Pa.
Friends will be received in the DEARTH FUNERAL HOME, New Salem, Pa., today, June 4, 2007, from 2 to 7 p.m. and Tuesday, June 5, 2007, until 10 a.m., the hour of the Service with the Rev. Stephen Lasor officiating. Interment will follow in Jacobs Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery.
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