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Jaunita Lillian Claypoole Dickey
Juanita Lillian Claypoole Dickey, 97 of Freeport, passed away Thursday, March
23, 2023, at home surrounded by her family.
She was born December 24, 1925, in Worthington to the late Chamber H. and Edith
B. (Snyder) Claypoole.
She was a 1943 graduate of Worthington-West Franklin High School, Worthington,
Pa.
Juanita was an English and Reading tutor for the Armstrong School District, a
bookkeeper for Montgomery Wards, and worked for Willys Jeep in Butler during
World War 2.
She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Kittanning and previously was a
member of the Franklin Union Baptist Church in Worthington where she was very
involved as a Sunday School teacher and the Youth Fellowship.
Juanita loved spending time with and taking care of her family and comforting
friends in illness. She sang in the church choir and performed solos at many
church fuctions.
She is survived by her son Dennis “Denny” Dickey and his wife Deborah
“Deb” Dickey of Boiling Springs, PA; companion of 9 years William McCullogh
of Freeport, PA; two grandsons Christopher Dickey and his wife Taryn of
Plymouth, MA, and Bradley Dickey and his wife Heather of Cooksville, MD;
great-grandchildren Charlotte and Juliet Dickey of Plymouth, MA and Briar and
Lilly Dickey of Cooksville, MD; several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband Joseph H. Dickey; son H. Bruce
Dickey; 9 siblings, Clarence, June Williams, Roy, Genevieve Kueppers, Carl,
Marie Hepler, Randall, Lloyd, and Chambers.
Friends will be received on Friday, March 31, 2023, at the Snyder-Crissman
Funeral Home in Kittanning from 6:00 to 8:00 pm. A funeral service will be held
on Saturday, April 1, 2023, at the First Baptist Church in Kittanning at 11:00
am with Rev. Mark Brady officiating, additional visitation will be held at the
church from 10:00 am until the time of the service.
The interment is in Lawn Haven Burial Estates in Worthington, Pa.
Arrangements by Snyder-Crissman Funeral Home, Kittanning, Pa. |
