The Derrick, December 15, 2007: Grace Luella Hummel Bashline, formerly of Shannon Drive, Clarion Cecilia P. Dolecki, formerly of Hillcrest Ave, Oil City Mildred Rayetta Flockerzi, Flockerzi Road, Oil City, K. Lucille "Lucy" Hoover, 1114 Old Mercer Road, Franklin Donald E. McKinney, 30 West Main St., Youngsville Carmella Louise Parisse, 95 Beech Drive, Franklin Edith L. (Edie) Riggs, Knox, formerly of Canonsburg William Richard Turner, 432 N. Front St., Rocky Grove Anthony E. "Andy" Yoch, Tionesta Grace Luella Hummel Bashline, 85, formerly of Shannon Drive, Clarion, died Thursday afternoon, Dec. 13, 2007, in the Golden Living Center, Clarion. Born Oct. 5, 1922, in Summerville, she was the daughter of Charles A. and Lorena Lowers Hummel. Mrs. Bashline taught school for a few years and was a telephone operator for Bell Telephone in Clarion for many years. She was a member of the Pioneers of Bell Telephone. For more than 60 years, Mrs. Bashline was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Clarion, where she married her beloved husband, Russell C. Bashline, June 2, 1945, and they renewed their vows to celebrate their 50th anniversary together amongst family and friends. He preceded her in death April 2, 2002. Mrs. Bashline will be remembered for her enjoyment of singing and playing the piano and her ability to play the piano "by ear." She was a devoted and loving wife, a caring mother, sister and aunt and a very loving grandmother and great-grandmother, called "Nana." She faced challenges in her later years with charm and determination. Mrs. Bashline will be sadly missed by her children, Barbara J. Wynkoop and her husband, Robert, of Enterprise, Ala., Gary W. Bashline and his wife, Kathleen, of Seabrook Beach, N.H., Kimberly A. Leith and her husband, William Douglas, of Clarion and Lisa Bashline of Clarion; her grandchildren, Traci Wynkoop and her husband Scott, of Birmingham, Ala., Kelli Wynkoop Blessey and husband, Peter, of Mandeville, La.., Austin Bashline, of Seabrook Beach, N.H., Jennifer Leith, of Allison Park, Pittsburgh, and Jenessa Leith, of Clarion; and great-grandchildren, Emily, Elizabeth and William Blessey of Mandeville, La., Turner, Cooper, Gabe and Addison Grace of Birmingham, Ala., and Alexis and Rebecca Leith, of Clarion. She also is survived by one sister, Mrs. Deloris Caldwell, of Brookville; her only brother, Charles Hummel and wife, Nancy, of Delphi, Ind.; brothers-in-law, Fred Wise, of Clarion, Gene Master, of Cranberry, and Raymond Bashline and wife, Pat, of Kittanning; and a sister-in-law, Nylene Kerr, of Clarion; plus numerous nieces, nephews, friends and former neighbors. In addition to her parents and husband, Mrs. Bashline was preceded in death by an infant son, Terry Russell, on June 23, 1953; a grandson, Bryan Russell; and sisters, Emma Hollenbaugh, Esther Gulnac, Jessie Lindenau, LaGene Wise, Marian Master and Helen Slaugenhaupt. The family will receive friends from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 Monday at Goble Funeral Home and Crematory, 330 Wood St., Clarion. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the First United Methodist Church in Clarion with the Rev. Deryl Larsen officiating. Interment will be in Clarion Cemetery. The family suggests memorial donations be made to the First United Methodist Church, Wood Street, Clarion, 16214. Cecilia P. Dolecki, 91, formerly of Hillcrest Ave, Oil City, died at 11:15 pm Thursday, Dec. 13, 2007, at the Oil City Presbyterian Home. Born March 11, 1916, in Oil City, she was a daughter of Joseph and Agnes Siembieda. Mrs. Dolecki was a 1934 graduate of Oil City High School. She was a member of St. Joseph Church, the Catholic Daughters of America and the St. Joseph Rosary Altar Society. She was married May 21, 1935, to Sigmund J. Dolecki, who preceded her in death March 21, 1992. Mrs. Dolecki was a long time waitress at Chacona's and the Holiday Inn. Surviving are a son, Robert S. Dolecki of Oil City; several nieces and nephews; and two caregivers, Isabelle Osenider and Patty Feroz, both of Oil City. In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by a brother, John Siembieda; and a sister, Veronica Bienko. Friends will be received in the gathering area at St. Joseph Church from 10 to 11 a.m. Tuesday. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Tuesday in St. Joseph Church with Msgr. John W. Swoger, pastor, presiding. Interment will be in Calvary Cemetery. The family suggests memorials be made to Oil City Presbyterian Home or a charity of one's choice The Morrison Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mildred Rayetta Flockerzi, 96, of Flockerzi Road, Oil City, died Friday, Dec. 14, 2007, at her niece's home, where she resided for the past four months. Miss Flockerzi lived on the Flockerzi Road farm, where she was born, until February of this year. Born August 17, 1911, in Coal Hill, she was the daughter of Martin and Minnie Kapp Flockerzi. Miss Flockerzi attended the one-room Gilson School, which was also on Flockerzi Road near her home. Even though she spent most of her life on one country road, her kindness touched many. Her quiet steady demeanor made her a favorite aunt to three generations of nieces and nephews, who loved to spend time with her on the farm baking cookies, helping with chores, feeding animals and planting and tending the garden. Miss Flockerzi was a long-standing member of the Heckathorn United Methodist Church, where she worshipped regularly. For many years, she arrived early, took a seat in the back pew with her family and greeted others as they arrived. She is survived by seven nieces and nephews, Delores (Perry) Goodman and husband, Glenn, with whom she lived of Oil City, Judith (Perry) Stahlman of Seneca, Marjorie (Perry) Fye and husband, Howard, of Knox, Donna (Flockerzi) Webster and husband, Ron, of Oil City, Janet (Mattson) Swanson and husband, William, of Sharpsville, Marilyn (Mattson) Charney and husband, Andrew, of State College, and William Mattson and wife, Peggy, of South Carolina. Surviving as well are two more generations of nieces and nephews, who were a consistent source of joy in her life. As the last surviving member of her immediate family, she was preceded in death by her parents and seven siblings, brothers, Homer, Glenn and Frank Flockerzi, and sisters, Gladys Mattson, Grace Perry, and Ella and Frances Flockerzi. Two nephews, Eugene and Daryl Flockerzi, and her beloved cat, Martha, also preceded her in death. The family will receive friends from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday at Morrison Funeral Home. Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Monday in the funeral home with the Rev. Pat Ellis, pastor of Heckathorn United Methodist Church, officiating. Interment will be in Heckathorn Cemetery. K. Lucille "Lucy" Hoover, 81, of 1114 Old Mercer Road, Franklin, died at 1:12 p.m. Friday, Dec. 14, 2007, at Select Specialty Hospital, Erie, surrounded by her loving family. Born May 5, 1926, in Utica, she was a daughter of Elmer "Jim" and Edith Crawford Eakin. She was a 1943 graduate of Franklin High School. Mrs. Hoover graduated from beautician school and for several years, she worked for Parks Furniture store. A homemaker, she was a member of St. John Episcopal Church and attended Uniontown Church and Sunday school. She enjoyed golfing and along with her husband, was a member of the Oil City VFW. She had been a volunteer for Meals on Wheels. She was married March 25, 1961, to Eugene Hoover, who survives. Survivors also include a son, Timothy E. Deemer and his wife, Jennifer, and two grandchildren, Dustin Deemer and Brandi Deemer, all of San Antonio, Texas. Also surviving are two sisters, Sara Jane Barnes and her husband, Arthur, of Sandy Lake, and Mary Murdock of Cochranton; three brothers, Harry "Gene" Eakin and his wife, Barbara, of Utica, Lawrence Eakin and his wife, Adah, of Erie, and Robert Eakin and his wife, Carol, of Franklin; a sister-in-law, Patricia Eakin of Franklin; and many nieces and nephews. Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 Monday in Huff Chapel, 312 W. Park St., Franklin. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday in the funeral home, with her former pastor, the Rev. John Sass Jr., pastor emeritus of Christ United Methodist Church, officiating. Interment will follow in Franklin Cemetery. The family suggests memorials be made to the charity of ones choice. Donald E. McKinney, 80, a prominent Warren County Funeral Director of 30 West Main St., Youngsville, died Friday, Dec. 14, 2007, after a courageous battle with Parkinson's disease. Born March 5, 1927, in Sligo, Clarion County, he was the son of the late John D. and Zelma McGinnis McKinney. Born of Irish decent, Mr. McKinney was proud of his heritage and enjoyed traveling several times to the county of Sligo, Ireland, his ancestral home. He graduated from Sligo High School, Sligo, in 1945, and immediately enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps. He served his country in the Pacific Theater and was stationed in Luzon in the Philippines from 1945 to 1947, where he attained the rank of sergeant major. He received the Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal, the Good Conduct Medal, the Philippines Independence Ribbon, and the World War II Victory Medal. After receiving his honorable discharge from the service, he enrolled at the Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science. He graduated and received his funeral director's license in 1950. He married the former Marilyn Loomis on June 1, 1951, in the Evangelical United Methodist Church in Youngsville. He was a practicing funeral director for more than 50 years and received the "50 Year Award" from the Pennsylvania Funeral Directors Association in June of 2000 at Harrisburg. Mr. McKinney was formerly employed by the Earl E. Young Funeral Home in Youngsville, where he served his internship. He then purchased the funeral home from Mr. and Mrs. Young in 1962, changing the name to McKinney Funeral Home. In 1996, he and his wife purchased the former Martin's Village Furniture Building in Sugar Grove and converted it into a branch funeral home to better serve the Sugar Grove community. Don considered it an honor and a privilege to serve the Youngsville and Sugar Grove communities, and will be remembered by the families he served in his funeral practice for his kindness and compassion during their time of bereavement. He retired from funeral service because of failing health in March of 2000, when his daughter, Cindy, whom he had employed for 20 years, purchased the funeral home business, which has now been in continuous operation for more than 100 years. After his retirement, Don and his wife, Marilyn, enjoyed spending time at their winter home in Palmetto, Fla., and summers at their home on Chautauqua Lake, N.Y. He enjoyed traveling with his family and had traveled extensively throughout United States and Europe, the Caribbean, Hawaii, and the British Isles. Don liked to reflect on the fact that he had made the trek to the top of Diamond Head in Hawaii with his wife and also to the top of Blarney Castle's many steps to kiss the Blarney Stone. He very much enjoyed time spent with his children and grandchildren and will be remembered as a generous and loving father, grandfather, and brother and friend who had an unfailing sense of fairness and a sense of humor and wit. He was a member of the Evangelical United Methodist Church in Youngsville for more than 50 years and served there in various capacities. He was a member of the Halgren-Wilcox Post 658 of the American Legion of Youngsville, a 50-year member of the Stillwater Lodge #758 of the Free and Accepted Masons of Youngsville where he was a 32nd degree mason, the Coudersport Consistory, and the Erie Zem Zem Shrine Temple. He was a former member of the National Funeral Directors Association and was fortunate to attend their annual conventions held each fall in various major U.S. cities for many years. He was a member of the Pennsylvania Funeral Directors Association and the Warren-Elk-McKean County Funeral Directors Association, where he served as past president and secretary and was instrumental in establishing health insurance coverage for funeral directors in the area. He was also a member of the Western Pennsylvania Funeral Directors Association, serving as past president and on the board of directors for 34 years, and the association awarded him with a plaque in 2001, recognizing his devoted service of more than 30 years. Don served as a Deputy Coroner in Warren County for many years. He was a former member of the Youngsville Library Association; the Youngsville Cemetery Association, where he served as president and on the board of directors for several years; the Garland Methodist Cemetery Association, where he was president for many years; and the Stilson Hill Cemetery Association. He was also co-president with Dr. Richard Peters on the Youngsville Procurement Committee, where he was able to assist in securing two new doctors to practice in Youngsville. He also served on the Don Mills Achievement Center board of directors and he belonged to the Library Theatre. His favorite hobby was designing "theme" monuments through his business, McKinney and Company Granite, which he operated for 35 years. In addition to his wife, Marilyn, he is survived by four daughters; Shelley Saunders and her husband, Robert, of Ashville, N.Y., Cindy McKinney and her husband, Richard Kemery, of Pittsfield, Stacey Simpson and her husband, Mark, of Warren and Melanie Lawrence and her husband, Chris, of Bethel Park. Survivors also include 10 grandchildren, Jeremy, Lacey, and Courtney Sliter, Ryan and Shayne Saunders, Christopher and Haley Hynes, and Lindsay, Nathan, and Bailey Lawrence; three sisters, Marion McNaughton of Palmetto, Fla., Dolores Kinkead of Wichita, Kan., and Carolyn Motter of Brookville. Also surviving are seven step-grandchildren; five step-great-grandchildren; and several nieces, nephews, and cousins. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a brother, Karle D. McKinney and his mother-in-law, Mildred Ebel, in June of 2007; and a brother-in-law, Wayne McNaughton. Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday at the McKinney Funeral Homes and Cremation Services, Inc. of Youngsville, where members of the Stillwater Lodge of the free and accepted masons will hold their ritual at the funeral home at 6:30 p.m. A funeral service and celebration of life will be held at 1 p.m. Monday at the Evangelical United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Don Russell, pastor, officiating, assisted by the Rev. Spurgeon Witherow, pastor emeritus of the Evangelical United Methodist Church, Rev. John Kunselman, former Brown Hill Wesleyan Methodist minister, and Don's niece, the Rev. Angela Gay Kinkead Dean of Chapel at West Virginia Wesleyan Chapel. A graveside service will follow the funeral service immediately in the Youngsville Cemetery, where full military honors will be held by the Warren-Sheffield VFW funeral detail. The family suggests memorial donations be made to the Donald E. McKinney Steeple Memorial Fund at the EUM church, Ascera Care, 1600 Peninsula Drive, Suite 14, Erie, 16505, the American Parkinson Disease Association, 490 E. North Ave., Suite 500, Pittsburgh, 15212-4946 , or to the Shiner's Crippled Children's Hospital. Family and friends may sign the on-line guestbook or send an e-condolence at www.mckinneyfuneral.com Carmella Louise Parisse Carmella Louise Parisse, 85, of 95 Beech Drive, Franklin, died a 4 p.m. Friday, Dec. 14, 2007, in her home, surrounded by her family. The Timothy E. Hartle Funeral Home, of 1328 Elk St, Franklin, is in charge of arrangements. A complete obituary will appear Monday in The News-Herald. Edith L. "Edie" Riggs, 80, of Knox, formerly of Canonsburg, died Friday morning, Dec. 14, 2007, at her residence. Born July 2, 1927, in Canonsburg, she was the daughter of William T. and Georgie Lowman Potts. She married Ronald H. Gossett, who preceded her in death in 1953. She then married George H. Riggs, who preceded her in death in 1987. Mrs. Riggs was a homemaker and in earlier years worked as a store clerk. She had also worked at the Transformer in Canonsburg. She was a lifelong member of the Canonsburg United Methodist Church, where she served faithfully in many capacities through many years. Survivors include a son, Wayne R. Gossett and his wife, Judy, of Canonsburg; a daughter, Nancy J. Thompson and her husband, Terry, of Knox; seven grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and a step-daughter, Debi Shaw and her husband, Kevin, of Philadelphia. In addition to her parents and husbands, she was preceded in death by a brother, William T. Potts, Jr. Friends will be received from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday at the Canonsburg United Methodist Church. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday in the church with the Rev. Keith Simmons, pastor of the church, officiating. Interment will follow at the Oak Spring Cemetery in Canonsburg. The family suggests memorial contributions be made to the Canonsburg United Methodist Church, 161 W. Pike Street, Canonsburg, 15317. The William N. Rupert Mortuary, Inc. of Knox is in charge of arrangements. William Richard Turner, 57, of 432 N. Front St., Rocky Grove, died at 10:35 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 13, 2007, at UPMC Northwest, Seneca, following an extended illness. Born May 14, 1950, in Chicago, Ill., he was a son of the late Irving Richard and Florence DuBois Turner. Mr. Turner attended and graduated from Chicago-area schools. For many years he was employed as a repair technician in the healthcare industry. He was a member of the VFW Jesse Greer Post No. 1835 of Franklin. Mr. Turner was an avid bowler, attaining the rank of a top amateur, and was a member of the United States Bowling Conference. He enjoyed the fun times he shared with family and friends, especially karaoke singing. He also enjoyed his tractor at home and relished the first snow so he could plow. Surviving are a daughter, Jennifer A. Turner and her friend, Ronnie Bertschi, of Peoria, Ill.; and a son, Dallas R. Turner of Costa Mesa, Calif. Survivors also include his fianc,e, Cindy L. Stull of Rocky Grove; a sister, Carol Berndt of Lombard, Ill.; and niece and nephew, Corine and Michael Berndt. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a brother-in-law, Walt Berndt. In accord with his wishes, there will be no public visitation. A memorial service celebrating his life will be held at 5 p.m. Sunday in the Utica Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Jennifer Haddox, pastor, officiating. The family suggests memorial contributions be made to the Howard H. Kirtland Cancer Foundation, P.O. Box 108, Franklin, 16323. The Timothy E. Hartle Funeral Home, of 1328 Elk St., Franklin, is in charge of arrangements. Anthony E. "Andy" Yoch, 92, of Tionesta, died Thursday, Dec. 13, 2007, in Pittsburgh. Born Oct. 8, 1915, in Claytonia, he was a son of the late Frank and Anna H. (Semzek) Yoch. He was a member of St. Anthony Roman Catholic Church of Tionesta. Andy was a former Boy Scout Leader in Tionesta and in Pittsburgh and was recipient of the Silver Beaver Award, the highest award a Boy Scout Leader can obtain. He will always be remembered for his passion for gardening. On Aug. 18, 1937, in West Sunbury, he married the love of his life, Grace I. (Keddie) Yoch, who died February 2, 2007. Andy had a speech impediment, and Grace was his trusting voice for many years. Surviving are three sons, Frank J. Yoch and his wife, Joyce C., of Pittsburgh, Dennis A. Yoch and his wife, Maureen, of Naperville, Ill., and Keith A. Yoch and his wife, Jennifer, of Richmond, Va.; 12 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. In addition to his wife and parents, he was preceded in death by a daughter, Carole Suchanek; two brothers, Thomas and George Yoch; two sisters, Sophie Vidic and Agnes Leon. Friends will be received from 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday at the Norman J. Wimer Funeral Home of Tionesta. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held 11 a.m. Monday, Dec. 17, 2007, at St. Anthony Roman Catholic Church of Tionesta, with the Rev. James A. Reardon as celebrant. Interment will be at Riverside Cemetery, Tionesta. The family suggests memorial contributions be made to the Boy Scouts of America.