Howard F. "Bud" or "Jr." Struble Jr., 95, of Evans City passed away Thursday afternoon while under the care of the VNA Inpatient Hospice in Butler.
Born Nov. 21, 1923, in Wilkinsburg, he was the son of the late Howard F. and Grace H. Sponagle Struble. He lived the bulk of his youth in Herminie, Westmoreland County.
Bud was a member of West Deer Bible Church in Gibsonia.
He was a graduate of Sewickley Township High School, Herminie, and a 1949 graduate of Penn State University with a bachelor's degree in poultry husbandry.
He worked with chickens all of his life, having owned farms in Slippery Rock and Saxonburg and then working for Schar Poultry Farm in Evans City and Park Products in Valencia.
Bud was a staff sergeant in World War II, serving in the U.S. Army Air Force in Foggia, Italy. He was a right waist gunner and the armorer on a B-17.
He loved watching the Penn State Nittany Lions and the Pittsburgh Steelers on television, birthday parties, picnics, taking hikes in the woods, going for ice cream, dogs and vegetable gardening.
Bud is survived by his wife, Yvonne "Dolly" Long Struble, whom he married April 10, 1966; his five children, Gloria A. Fawcett of Templeton, Joan L. (Thomas) Hice of Sarver, Alanna (Sam) Warren of Cranberry Township, Glenn H. Struble of Evans City and Katy (Shane) Walters of Glenshaw; one sister, Patricia Struble of Gibsonia; nine grandchildren, Sarah Struble of Rochester, Justin Fawcett of Sarver, Sherri Fawcett of Carnegie, Melanie (Chris) Coyle of Butler, Kristen (Brian) Schlauderaff of Harrisburg, Kayla and Tyler Warren, both of Cranberry Township, and Alexia and Eli Walters, both of Glenshaw; 10 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-granddaughter.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his first wife, Marjorie E. Chatburn Struble, who died Feb. 27, 1963; an infant son to his first wife, Baby Boy Struble; and two sisters, Miriam Gilson and Norma Jean Booth.
STRUBLE - Friends and relatives of Howard F. Struble, who died Thursday, Nov. 29, 2018, will be received from 1 to 3 and 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at A. Carl Kinsey-Ronald N. Volz Funeral Home, 328 W. Main St., Evans City.
Additional visitation will be from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.
Funeral services will follow at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.
Born Nov. 21, 1923, in Wilkinsburg, he was the son of the late Howard F. and Grace H. Sponagle Struble. He lived the bulk of his youth in Herminie, Westmoreland County.
Bud was a member of West Deer Bible Church in Gibsonia.
He was a graduate of Sewickley Township High School, Herminie, and a 1949 graduate of Penn State University with a bachelor's degree in poultry husbandry.
He worked with chickens all of his life, having owned farms in Slippery Rock and Saxonburg and then working for Schar Poultry Farm in Evans City and Park Products in Valencia.
Bud was a staff sergeant in World War II, serving in the U.S. Army Air Force in Foggia, Italy. He was a right waist gunner and the armorer on a B-17.
He loved watching the Penn State Nittany Lions and the Pittsburgh Steelers on television, birthday parties, picnics, taking hikes in the woods, going for ice cream, dogs and vegetable gardening.
Bud is survived by his wife, Yvonne "Dolly" Long Struble, whom he married April 10, 1966; his five children, Gloria A. Fawcett of Templeton, Joan L. (Thomas) Hice of Sarver, Alanna (Sam) Warren of Cranberry Township, Glenn H. Struble of Evans City and Katy (Shane) Walters of Glenshaw; one sister, Patricia Struble of Gibsonia; nine grandchildren, Sarah Struble of Rochester, Justin Fawcett of Sarver, Sherri Fawcett of Carnegie, Melanie (Chris) Coyle of Butler, Kristen (Brian) Schlauderaff of Harrisburg, Kayla and Tyler Warren, both of Cranberry Township, and Alexia and Eli Walters, both of Glenshaw; 10 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-granddaughter.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his first wife, Marjorie E. Chatburn Struble, who died Feb. 27, 1963; an infant son to his first wife, Baby Boy Struble; and two sisters, Miriam Gilson and Norma Jean Booth.
STRUBLE - Friends and relatives of Howard F. Struble, who died Thursday, Nov. 29, 2018, will be received from 1 to 3 and 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at A. Carl Kinsey-Ronald N. Volz Funeral Home, 328 W. Main St., Evans City.
Additional visitation will be from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.
Funeral services will follow at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.
Howard F. "Bud" or "Jr." Struble Jr., 95, of Evans City passed away Thursday afternoon while under the care of the VNA Inpatient Hospice in Butler.
Born Nov. 21, 1923, in Wilkinsburg, he was the son of the late Howard F. and Grace H. Sponagle Struble. He lived the bulk of his youth in Herminie, Westmoreland County.
Bud was a member of West Deer Bible Church in Gibsonia.
He was a graduate of Sewickley Township High School, Herminie, and a 1949 graduate of Penn State University with a bachelor's degree in poultry husbandry.
He worked with chickens all of his life, having owned farms in Slippery Rock and Saxonburg and then working for Schar Poultry Farm in Evans City and Park Products in Valencia.
Bud was a staff sergeant in World War II, serving in the U.S. Army Air Force in Foggia, Italy. He was a right waist gunner and the armorer on a B-17.
He loved watching the Penn State Nittany Lions and the Pittsburgh Steelers on television, birthday parties, picnics, taking hikes in the woods, going for ice cream, dogs and vegetable gardening.
Bud is survived by his wife, Yvonne "Dolly" Long Struble, whom he married April 10, 1966; his five children, Gloria A. Fawcett of Templeton, Joan L. (Thomas) Hice of Sarver, Alanna (Sam) Warren of Cranberry Township, Glenn H. Struble of Evans City and Katy (Shane) Walters of Glenshaw; one sister, Patricia Struble of Gibsonia; nine grandchildren, Sarah Struble of Rochester, Justin Fawcett of Sarver, Sherri Fawcett of Carnegie, Melanie (Chris) Coyle of Butler, Kristen (Brian) Schlauderaff of Harrisburg, Kayla and Tyler Warren, both of Cranberry Township, and Alexia and Eli Walters, both of Glenshaw; 10 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-granddaughter.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his first wife, Marjorie E. Chatburn Struble, who died Feb. 27, 1963; an infant son to his first wife, Baby Boy Struble; and two sisters, Miriam Gilson and Norma Jean Booth.
STRUBLE - Friends and relatives of Howard F. Struble, who died Thursday, Nov. 29, 2018, will be received from 1 to 3 and 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at A. Carl Kinsey-Ronald N. Volz Funeral Home, 328 W. Main St., Evans City.
Additional visitation will be from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.
Funeral services will follow at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.
Born Nov. 21, 1923, in Wilkinsburg, he was the son of the late Howard F. and Grace H. Sponagle Struble. He lived the bulk of his youth in Herminie, Westmoreland County.
Bud was a member of West Deer Bible Church in Gibsonia.
He was a graduate of Sewickley Township High School, Herminie, and a 1949 graduate of Penn State University with a bachelor's degree in poultry husbandry.
He worked with chickens all of his life, having owned farms in Slippery Rock and Saxonburg and then working for Schar Poultry Farm in Evans City and Park Products in Valencia.
Bud was a staff sergeant in World War II, serving in the U.S. Army Air Force in Foggia, Italy. He was a right waist gunner and the armorer on a B-17.
He loved watching the Penn State Nittany Lions and the Pittsburgh Steelers on television, birthday parties, picnics, taking hikes in the woods, going for ice cream, dogs and vegetable gardening.
Bud is survived by his wife, Yvonne "Dolly" Long Struble, whom he married April 10, 1966; his five children, Gloria A. Fawcett of Templeton, Joan L. (Thomas) Hice of Sarver, Alanna (Sam) Warren of Cranberry Township, Glenn H. Struble of Evans City and Katy (Shane) Walters of Glenshaw; one sister, Patricia Struble of Gibsonia; nine grandchildren, Sarah Struble of Rochester, Justin Fawcett of Sarver, Sherri Fawcett of Carnegie, Melanie (Chris) Coyle of Butler, Kristen (Brian) Schlauderaff of Harrisburg, Kayla and Tyler Warren, both of Cranberry Township, and Alexia and Eli Walters, both of Glenshaw; 10 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-granddaughter.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his first wife, Marjorie E. Chatburn Struble, who died Feb. 27, 1963; an infant son to his first wife, Baby Boy Struble; and two sisters, Miriam Gilson and Norma Jean Booth.
STRUBLE - Friends and relatives of Howard F. Struble, who died Thursday, Nov. 29, 2018, will be received from 1 to 3 and 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at A. Carl Kinsey-Ronald N. Volz Funeral Home, 328 W. Main St., Evans City.
Additional visitation will be from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.
Funeral services will follow at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.
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