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Rachel Maxine Hogg Motter
Rachel Maxine (Hogg) Motter, 86, of Venus, Pa. (Venango County) passed away
December 4, 2013 surrounded by her family at the home of her granddaughter,
Heather Comstock, after lengthy illness.
Born August 17, 1927 she was the daughter of James F. and Hattie A. (Lewis)
Hogg.
Mrs. Motter graduated in 1945 from Worthington-West Franklin High School,
Worthington, Pa. She graduated from Fellers Beauty School in Oil City, Pa. in
1946. She also received her cosmetology teachers certificate in 1969.
Mrs. Motter was married to Donald W. Motter, the love of her life, in 1946 who
preceded her in death on January 9, 2003.
She was a member of Faith Lutheran Church in Venus.
Mrs. Motter operated a Beauty shop at her home in Hampton Station, Pa. (Venango
County) from 1956 to 1969. She then went to work for General Telephone for 3
years. Mrs. Motter also worked for 10 years for National Fuel until her
retirement.
Prior to their retirement she and her husband had a home built on Pine Island in
Florida and had many friends there.
After her retirement Rachel and her husband enjoyed spending their winters in
Hawaii with their daughter Teresa and also with their son Tom in North
Carolina.
She was an avid gardener and enjoyed traveling with her husband. She and her
husband also enjoyed square dancing and were members of the Lucky Twirlers.
Rachel also enjoyed hunting. In her later years Rachel enjoyed riding with her
son-in-law on his Harley-Davidson.
Rachel was a member of the Ruth Circle at Faith Lutheran Church and also was a
quilter at the church. She was a honorary member of the 159th Combat Engineers
of the US Army.
Rachel is survived by a son Thomas L. (Mary Ellen) Motter of Lexington
NC, a daughter Cynthia M. (James F.) Coogan of Madisonville Tenn. and
their summer home in Ahrensville, Pa. (Venango County), a daughter Teresa Maxine
(Alan J.) Wrhen of Deland, Florida, and a daughter-in-law Judy Mae Knight of
Clayton NC. Also surviving are nine grandchildren, fifteen great-grandchildren
and a great-great-grandchild along with numerous nieces and nephews.
Rachel was preceded in death by her parents and her husband, sisters: Emma
Louisa Campbell and Nora Winifred Stroup and a foster son Timothy Alan Knight.
Rachel was the last surviving member of her immediate family.
Friends will be received on Saturday, December 7, 2013 from 9 to 11 a.m. at
Faller Funeral Home, Inc. in Fryburg, Pa.
Funeral services will be conducted at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, December 7, 2013
at the Faith Lutheran Church in Venus with Rev. John A. Wood pastor presiding.
Burial will be in the Venus Cemetery, Fryburg, Pa.
The family suggests that memorials be made to Faith Lutheran Church in Venus.
Arrangements by Faller Funeral Home, Fryburg, Pa.
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