Allegheny-Armstrong County PA Archives Obituaries.....Ball, Elizabeth Redette (Ross) February 21, 1954 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/allegheny ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Clarke Ross rross@fuse.net November 2, 2008, 5:43 pm http://files.usgwarchives.net/pa/allegheny/obits/ball-elizabeth.txt Valley Dailey News - Tarentum, PA - February 22, 1954 - Page 8 Mrs. Ball, 57, Dies; Church, Lodge Leader Mrs. Elizabeth R. Ball, 57, wife of James W. Ball, of 1517 First street, Natrona Heights, died in Allegheny Valley Hospital at 2:35 Sunday afternoon. Although she was in ill health for several years, her death was unexpected. She was admitted to the hospital Friday. Mrs. Ball, daughter of T. K. and the late Minnie E. Ross, was born in Ford City. Her family moved to Tarentum when she was about a year old and she has resided in this community since that time. Mrs. Ball was active in church and lodge work. She was a member of Grace Methodist Church, Natrona Heights, Order of Eastern Star in Tarentum and a past matron of Amaranth in New Kensington. She was also a member of First Ward YMCA Auxiliary and Blue Star Mothers in Tarentum. Mrs. Ball was chairman of the social committee of Tarentum Camp Grounds for several summer seasons and was a member of Progressive Class of Grace Church. Surviving are her husband; three daughters: Mrs. Harry (Jeanne) Meckey, Jr. and Mrs. Leonard (Ruth) Jendrey, Natrona Heights, and Mrs. Wylie (Doris) Oldham, Harrisburg; her father, T. K. Ross, Tarentum; four sisters: Mrs. Ralph (Dora) Sims, Tarentum; Mrs. Vyda Reynolds, Richmond, Ind.; Mrs. Willavene Imms, Weirton, W. Va., and Mrs. Leonard (Vivian) Knabelkamp, Buffalo, N.Y.; one brother. Rev. L. Laverne Ross, Shawnee, Okla., and nine grandchildren. Friends are being received in Ferver Funeral Home, Wood street and Fourth avenue, Tarentum, where funeral service will be held at 2 Wednesday afternoon by Rev. Robert Harlan Cairns. Burial will follow in Mount Airy Cemetery. This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/pafiles/ File size: 2.2 Kb