Vitals: Obits: Hitchings, Edna 1920-1997, Indiana Co Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Leslie Kammerdiener. lesliekamm@americanteleport.com USGENWEB NOTICE: Printing this file by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged, as long as all notices and submitter information is included. Any other use, including copying files to other sites requires permission from the submitters PRIOR to uploading to any other sites. We encourage links to the state and county table of contents. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Reprinted through the courtesy of the Indiana Gazette Edna Hitchings Edna Hitchings, 77, 580 North Ninth St., Indiana, died Saturday, Nov. 22, 1997, at the Indiana Hospi- tal. The daughter of Edgar and Drucil- la Boring Jamison, she was born May 11, 1920, in Homer City. Mrs. Hitchings was an active member of the Grace United Meth- odist Church, the Mary Circle, and the AARP Evergreen Chapter. She was the widow of James W. Hitchings who died in 1982. A 1938 graduate of the Homer City High School, she was a homemaker, mother and grandmother. She was employed by Federal Laboratories, Tunnelton, for several years. She enjoyed her many travels in recent years with friends and family. Surviving are three sons, James E. and his wife Betty, Rochester Mills; Even L. and his wife Barbara, Indiana; Robert W. and his wife Janet, Tndiana; one sister, Anna Marie Schell, Smethport; six grand- children: James, Jon and Jeffrey Hitchings; Evan "Skip" Snyder; Jessica and Joanna Hitchings; nine great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; one sister, Jean Neal; and an infant sister. Friends will be received from 2-4 and 7-9 Monday at the Bowser-Min- ich Funeral Home, Indiana, where funeral services will be held Tues- day at 11 a.m. with the Rev. Dr. Ferd B. Park officiating. Interment will be made in the Greenwood Cemetery, Indiana. Memorial contributions may be made to the Grace United Methodist Church, Seventh and Church Streets, Indiana, PA 15701.