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Virginia Eileen Young Franko
Virginia Eileen Franko, 90, formerly of Butler, died January 18, 2017, at the
Copperfield Estates Retirement Facility in Houston, Texas.
She was born December 19, 1926, in Worthington, a daughter of the late Daniel
and Olive (Hindman) Young.
She graduated from Worthington High School, class of 1945, then received her
nursing degree from the Butler Nursing School and had worked for Butler Memorial
Hospital.
She was a member of St. John the Baptist Byzantine Catholic Church in Lyndora,
the Ladies Guild at St. John's and the Nursing Guild of Butler County.
Surviving is her daughter, June A. Sneed; her grandsons, Joey (Danielle) Sneed
and Chris (Brooklyn) Sneed; her great-granddaughters, Savannah, Khloe and Emarie
Sneed, and her great-grandson, Mason Sneed, all of Houston, Texas; one sister,
Frances McAfoose of Aliquippa; her son-in-law, Rick Sarver of Hollister, Mo.;
and a number of nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Harry Franko Jr., who she married
Sept. 25, 1949, and who died Sept. 4, 2015; her daughter, Janice Sarver; her
granddaughter, Gwen Sneed; her great-grandson, Mekih; and her sisters, Helen
Goephart and Ester Ray.
Friends of Virginia E. Franko, who died Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017, will be
received from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday at the Geibel Funeral Home, 201 E.
Cunningham St., Butler. Funeral services will follow at 11:30 a.m. at the
funeral home. The Rev. Leo Schlosser, pastor of St. John the Baptist Byzantine
Catholic Church in Lyndora, will officiate.
Interment will be at the Greenlawn Burial Estates, Butler, Pa.
Arrangements by Geibel Funeral Home, Butler, Pa. |
