The Derrick, November 27, 2008: Phyllis Boyles, 841 15th St., Franklin Marie Olson Frasher, Leesville, La., formerly of Clarion Joseph S. Harvey, 6 Oakwood Drive, Oil City Robert Alford Proper, Pleasantville Phyllis Boyles, 66, of 841 15th Street, Franklin, died at 12:55 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2008, at UPMC Northwest. Born July 16, 1942, in Meadville, Mrs. Boyles was the daughter of Mary Wims. Mrs. Boyles was a housewife and enjoyed her grandchildren, drawing, woodworking and being a "handyman." She was married to Kenneth Boyles who preceded her in death in January 1977. Mrs. Boyles is survived by four children, Steve Deeter and his wife, Brenda, of Franklin; Grover Deeter and his wife, Nancy, of Oil City; Harold Deeter and his wife, Dawn, of Franklin; Wanda Stevens and her husband, Clarence, of Franklin; 11 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. She is also survived by two sisters, Wanda Hefferman and her husband, Dale, of Franklin; Shirley Grove of Franklin; four brothers, Nate Crawford and his wife, Peach, of Franklin; David Crawford and his wife, Barb, of Arkansas; Philip Crawford and his wife, Phyllis, of Franklin; Clarence Crawford and his wife, Janet, of Guys Mills; and a very special niece, Carol Grove and her husband, Wally, of Franklin. In addition to her husband, Mrs. Boyles was preceded in death by her parents and a brother, Gilbert Crawford. Friends may call at Robert W. Gardinier Funeral Home, 1315 Chestnut St., Franklin. Visitation hours will be from 2 to and 7 to 9 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. The funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home with Richard E. Cauvel Jr. of Franklin Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses officiating. A Christian Wake and interment will take place at Clintonville Methodist Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the VNA Foundation or the American Cancer Society. Condolences may be sent online at www.gardinierfuneralhome.com. Marie Olson Frasher, 70, of Leesville, La., formerly of Clarion, died Sunday, Nov. 23, 2008, at her residence. Born May 18, 1938, in Forest City, Iowa, Mrs. Frasher was the daughter of Sylvan and Evangeline Olson. She attended a one-room country school through the eighth grade and graduated from Forest City High School. She received an associate degree from Mason City Junior College and later studied at St. Louis University, the University of Iowa, Omaha University and Northwestern State University. Mrs. Frasher's first teaching position was in 1958 in Hampton, Iowa. She retired June 1, 2008, from the Vernon Parish School District after 22 years as a Head Start teacher. Her teaching career extended over a 50-year period, minus the years she was at home with her two daughters. Mrs. Frasher was married June 3, 1961, at Our Shepherds Lutheran Church in Mason City, Iowa, to George Frasher who survives. During her married years, Mrs. Frasher and her husband resided in Muscatine, Iowa; LaPorte, Ind.; Council Bluffs, Iowa; Fairfield, Iowa; Bloomington, Ind.; Clarion, Pa., and the last 23 years have been spent in Leesville, La. She was a member of Polk Memorial Episcopal Church where she was the secretary of the church council and president of the Alter Society. Mrs. Frasher is survived by her husband of 47 years, George Frasher of Leesville, La.; two daughters, Mary Kathleen Breitkreutz and her husband, Robert, of DeRidder, La.; and Elizabeth Ann VanNatta and her husband, Phillip, of Manhattan, Kan.; four grandchildren, Andrew Robert and Kathleen Marie Breitkreutz of DeRidder, La., and Emily Katherine and Sean Frasher VanNatta of Manhattan, Kan.; a brother, LeRoy Olson and his wife, Colleen, of Mason City, Iowa; a sister, Betty Held and her husband, Bryon, of Longview, Wash.; and a number of nieces, nephews and friends. Mrs. Frasher was preceded in death by her parents. Friends may visit from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday and from 9 a.m. to noon Friday at the Labby Memorial Funeral Home, 601 South Fourth St., Leesville, La., 71446. Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Friday at the Polk Memorial Episcopal Church in Leesville, La., with the Rev. Aaron Evans officiating. Burial will follow in Leesville Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the Polk Memorial Episcopal Church in Leesville. Services are under the direction of the Labby Memorial Funeral Home in Leesville. Words of comfort may be expressed to the Frasher family at www.labbymemorial.com Joseph S. Harvey, 88, of 6 Oakwood Drive, Oil City, a retired banker who also was active in many community organizations, died at 5:08 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2008, at UPMC Northwest, following an extended illness. He was born July 17, 1920, in Titusville, the son of John J. and Alice Gertrude Seep Harvey. He grew up in Titusville and graduated from Titusville High School in 1937. His grandfather was Joseph Seep, an early oil and banking baron who worked for John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil Co. and later was president of Oil City Trust Co. Joe Harvey would later serve with distinction at that bank's successor, First Seneca Bank. Joe graduated from Georgetown University in 1941 and came home to Titusville to work as a chemist for Pennsylvania Refining Co., moving shortly thereafter to Pennzoil in Oil City. When World War II broke out, Mr. Harvey served as a captain in the Army Air Corps in the Pacific Theater in Iwo Jima and the Philippines. After he came home from the war, he went to work at the Oil City Trust Co. as a messenger. He liked to tell the story of the beautiful blonde who worked at Bache & Co. and came into the bank every day. He asked someone who she was and found out that she'd been asking about him, too. Joe Harvey and Barbara Morgan were married on April 30, 1949, in the St. Joseph Church rectory in Oil City. She preceded him on Nov. 1, 2002. Mr. Harvey worked his way up through the ranks at the bank his grandfather once led. In 1954, the year Oil City Trust Co. became First Seneca Bank and Trust Co., he was named assistant secretary and treasurer. Following several subsequent promotions, Mr. Harvey was named president and chief executive officer in 1966, a position he held until his retirement in 1985. On Dec. 31, 1983 , he became vice chairman and chief executive officer for Pennbancorp, a multibank holding company. First Seneca was one of three banks under the Pennbancorp umbrella. He also served as chairman of United Data Services, a Pennbank subsidiary, and as a director of Pennbank. Mr. Harvey was a member of the Pennsylvania Bankers Association and the American Bankers Association. In 1970, he was named by the Pennsylvania secretary of banking as one of two commonwealth representatives of the National Association of Supervisors of State Banks, an association of state bank supervisors organized to protect the dual system of banking. Under his leadership, First Seneca grew from 12 to 49 offices throughout western Pennsylvania, with holdings increasing from $100 million to $895 million. Widely respected for his devotion to the community, Mr. Harvey was one of the driving forces behind the development of Clarion University-Venango Campus in 1960, serving as treasurer of the campaign when community leaders raised more than $350,000 to purchase 62 acres of land in the West End of Oil City and build the first building, Frame Hall. In 1984, he was nominated by Gov. Dick Thornburgh to Clarion University's Council of Trustees, were he served for 13 years, as vice chairman from 1985-1987 and as chairman for 1988-1990. He also served as a Clarion University Foundation Board member from 1987 until 1992 and was a member of its Finance Committee. He remained an active member of the Venango Campus Advisory Council for many years, serving as its chair from 1986-1987. In 1994, Mr. Harvey joined the steering committee of the university's capital campaign, serving through the end of the campaign in 2000. He was actively involved in securing contributions for the university as well as providing generous, personal financial support. Following Mrs. Harvey's death, Mr. Harvey and his children established the Barbara Morgan Harvey Center for the Study of Oil Heritage in her memory in 2003 in the Charles L. Suhr Library at Venango Campus. The center serves as a repository for Mrs. Harvey's large collection of books, documents and historical memorabilia. It offers scholars, students and the community a place for discussion and study of Pennsylvania's oil region. In addition, the Harvey family created an endowment to support ongoing educational activities at the center to bring that history to life. Mr. Harvey served as president of the Oil City Chamber of Commerce, vice chairman of the Oil City Redevelopment Authority, incorporator of the Oil City Health Center and director, treasurer and chair of numerous fund drives for the United Fund. He was also a member of St. Joseph Church, the Oil City Club, Wanango Country Club, the Franklin Club and the Knights of Columbus . Mr. Harvey was elected chairman of the Board of Library Associates at his alma mater, Georgetown University, in 1986, an organization of which he was a founding member. Mr. Harvey used his banking acumen to help many area residents for generations to come. Because of his initiative, necessary steps were taken to transform the Samuel Justus Charitable Trust from a limited fund to one that aids many Venango County residents and organizations. Several other charitable trusts later followed that plan. Over the years, several organizations recognized Mr. Harvey for his outstanding civic involvement. In 1986, he received an honorary doctor of laws degree from Thiel College. The French Creek Council of the Boy Scouts of America honored him in 1987 with the Distinguished Citizens Award. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey were honored by the Oil City Chamber of Commerce as the Outstanding Man and Woman of 1995. Clarion University recognized Mr. Harvey's more than four decades of dedicated advocacy for higher education in the region with the 2004 Distinguished Volunteer Award. Mr. Harvey was married Feb. 14, 2004, to the former Martha Autenrieth Sarver in Good Hope Lutheran Church, and she survives along with Joe's four children and spouses: Joseph and Susan Harvey of Bethel, Maine, Thomas and Patricia Harvey of Pleasanton, Calif., David and Jean Harvey of Slippery Rock and Judith Harvey of Sarasota, Fla.; six grandchildren and their spouses, Nathan and Kimberly Harvey of Glen, N.H., Brett and Hattie Harvey of Golden, Colo., Matthew and Kristen Harvey of Livermore, Calif., Michelle and Kyle Steffenhauer of Pleasanton, Calif., Johanna Harvey of Washington, D.C., and Caroline Harvey of Greensboro, N.C.; five step-children and their spouses, Philip Sarver and Rita Craig of Clarion, Beth and Joe Psalmonds of Shreveport, La., Rebecca and Walt Bloom of Oil City, Mark and Linda Sarver of Leheighton and Stephen and Kim Sarver of New Bern, N.C.; a sister-in-law, Barbara Harvey of Clemmons, N.C.; a special nieces, Lisa Raines of Clemmons, N.C., a special nephew, James Harvey of Titusville; and several other nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by three brothers, John, James and Paul Harvey, an infant sister, Mary and a sister-in-law, Jocelyn Morgan Kirkwood and her husband, Elmer. The family will receive friends from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Friday in the Reinsel Funeral Home, Oil City. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 1 p.m. Friday in St. Joseph Church. Monsignor John W. Swoger, pastor of St. Joseph, and the Rev. Philip H. Scherr, pastor of Good Hope Lutheran Church of Oil City, will preside. Internment will follow in St. Catharine's Cemetery near Titusville. Memorials may be made to the St. Joseph Church Development Fund or a charity of one's choice. Condolences may be sent to www.reinselfuneralhome.com Robert Alford Proper, 80, of Pleasantville, died at 12:10 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2008, at UPMC Presbyterian Hospital in Pittsburgh surrounded by his family. Born Nov. 9, 1928, in Oil City, he was the son of Porter Evan and Nellie Mae Shields Proper. He served in the U.S. Air Force as a radio engineer. Mr. Proper was an industrial engineer for Oilwell Supply for several years. He then branched out into establishing foundries on his own. He was serving as president for his foundry, Proper Iron Works, at the time of his death. He was a member of The American Foundry Society. He also was a member of Hasson Heights Community Church in Oil City, where he had served in the past as an elder, and was on several other committees. Mr. Proper was a former Scoutmaster for Boy Scouts of America Troop 6 in Oil City. He was a devoted husband and father who was kind and caring, and he will be missed by his family and many friends Mr. Proper was married Aug. 19, 2006, to Thelma Mae Atkins, who survives. Mr. Proper is also survived by one daughter, Pennie Fee and her husband, Jim, of Oil City; one daughter-in-law, Cathy Proper Kaltenbaugh of Sandy Lake; and five stepchildren, David Stopp of Lincoln, Neb., Linda Stopp of Denver, Colo., Kathleen Seuffert of Roselle, Ill., Cindy O'Brien and her husband, Patrick, of California, and Tammy Rodibaugh of Oil City. Also surviving are eight grandchildren and their spouses, Jim Platt, Shawn and Dawn Proper, Rod and Julie Fee, Chad and Tina Proper, Adam and Deanna Fee, Yvonne and Scott Hockman, Melinda and Rick Reither and Jennifer and Joe DeWoody; 13 great-grandchildren; 16 step-grandchildren, Christian, Aaron, Bryan, Bethany, Catherine, Dannielle, Marylynn, Carl, Paullynn, Nick, Justin, Heather, Heidi, Josh, Sheena and Roy; 11 step-great-grandchildren; one brother-in-law, Vernon Atkins of Fairfield, Ill.; and many nieces and nephews. In addition to his parents, Mr. Proper was preceded in death by his first wife, Geraldine Y. "Sue" Beers Proper; a second wife, Anna Marie Wilson Proper; one son, Robert A. Proper Jr.; one daughter, Debra F. Daly; one stepson, William Wilson; one stepdaughter, Deborah Gregory; three brothers, William Proper, Oliver Proper and Willard Proper; and five sisters, Alice Hogue, Arvella Porath, Mabel McMillen, Virginia Hanna and Avis Myers. Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Friday at the Morrison Funeral Home in Oil City. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home with the Rev. John Bower III, pastor of Hasson Heights Community Church, officiating. Entombment will follow at Sunset Hill Memorial Gardens. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that memorials be made to the Hasson Heights Community Church, the American Heart Association or the American Lung Association.