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Delores Jean Croyle Valek
Delores Jean (Croyle) Valek, 72, of 427 Fourth Ave., Ford City, Pa. died Monday,
February 18, 2002 at Armstrong County Memorial Hospital, East Franklin
Township.
She was born May 16, 1929 in Lower Burrell to Amos J. and Ivy G. (Tarr) Croyle.
She was a 1946 graduate of Worthington-West Franklin High School, Worthington,
Pa.
Mrs. Valek was the head cook at the C.U. Club in Ford City for 14 years and was
later a supervising cook for the Armstrong County Area Agency on Aging for eight
years.
Her memberships were VFW Post 4843 Ladies Auxiliary, where she was past
president; C.U. Ladies Auxiliary, where she was past president and secretary of
the Monsignor Joseph Tiso District (Alle-Kiski Valley) and Jednota Branch 200.
She was a Girl Scout Leader for the Keystone Tall Tree Girl Scout Council and
also was a volunteer for Divine Redeemer School for eight years.
Survivors include her husband of 51 years, Clement C. Valek, whom she married
Jan. 13, 1951; one son, Michael C. Valek of Newville, Pa.; one daughter, Linda
J. McNeal of Ford City; three grandchildren, Matthew E. McNeal, Michael P. Valek
and Maria Lynn Valek; one brother, Richard E. Croyle of Harleysville, Pa.; and
one sister, Bette E. Wallwork of Punxsutawney, Pa.
She was preceded in death by her parents; four brothers, William J. Croyle,
Albert B. Croyle, James "Tad" Miller Croyle, and infant brother Rayburn F.
Croyle; four sisters, Zelma E. Frankham, Jenny I. Campbell, Henrietta F.
Mikesell and infant sister Alice M. Croyle,
Friends of Delores Jean (Croyle) Valek, 72, of 427 Fourth Ave., Ford City, who
died Feb. 18, 2002, will be received from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday and 2 to 4 and 7
to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the Badura Funeral Home, A Forethought Member, 701 Fourth
Ave., Ford City, where funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday with
the Rev. Edward Volz, O.S.P. officiating.
Interment will be in Holy Trinity Cemetery, Ford City, Pa.
Arrangements by Badura Funeral Home, Ford City, Pa. |
