Armstrong-Butler County PA Archives Obituaries.....BARBER, Wanda "LaWave" (BEATTY) April 21, 1997 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Lynn Beatty klbeatty@redrivernet.com August 14, 2006, 10:59 am Valley News Dispatch, Tarentum, Pa. W. LAWAVE BARBER, formerly of Vandergrift. W. LaWave Barber, 85 of Grove Manor Nursing Home, Grove City, Died Monday in United Community Hospital, Pine. Born Oct. 31, 1911, in Vandergrift, she lived in the Grove Manor the past year. Previously, she lived in Slippery Rock. Mrs. Barber taught private piano, voice and organ lessons, and was the organist at Slippery Rock United Methodist Church before retiring. She was a member of Slippery Rock United Methodist Church, Slippery Rock Camera Club and a former member of the Mendelsohn Choir, Pittsburgh, and the Slippery Rock Women's Club. Survivors include a son, Walter F. Barber of Liberty Township; three grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Walter D. F. Barber, in 1982; an infant son, John M. Barber, and her parents Ellis Calhoun and Hulda Williams Beatty. Friends will be received from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday and from 1:30 until services at 2:30 p.m. Thursday in the Smith Funeral Home, 421 New Castle St., Slippery Rock, with her pastor, the Rev. H. Rand Edwards, officiating. Burial will be in North Liberty Cemetery, Liberty Township. The family suggests memorial contributions be made to her church. This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/pafiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb