Posted on: Venango Co. Pa Obituaries Forum Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Pa/VenangoObits?read=392 Surname: Wade, Sloan, Rossman, McGinnis, Wood, Savage ------------------------- Oil City Derrick June 18,1993 ALONZO D. WADE Alonzo D. Wade, 100, of Big Bend, Scrubgrass Township, Emlenton RD3, died at 8:45 a.m. Sunday at his residence. Born April 13, 1893, in Lake Trade, Butler county, he was a son of the late Robert Morris and Margaret Louisa Sloan Wade. He was a member of St. Petersburg Church of the Nazarene. He also was a member of the National Rifle Association, and he enjoyed trapping, gardening and bird watching. Mr. Wade was a coal miner for many years. Later, he worked for the Quaker State refinery in Emlenton, retiring in 1958. Mr. Wade was preceded in death by his wife, Mary Milford Wade, whom he married September 16, 1914, in Crawford Corners, Venango county. Mrs. Wade died March 1, 1972. He is survived by a daughter, Mrs. C. Herbert (Ruth L.) Rossman of Emlenton RD3, with whom he made his home; 11 grandchildren; 39 great-grandchildren and 26 great-great-grandchildren. He was the last surviving member of his immediate family. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a son, Lester L. Wade, and a daughter, Alice McGinnis; five brothers, Harry H. Wade, Thomas S. Wade, Curtis M. Wade (Morris Curtis Wade ... Tim's note), Findley W. Wade, Philip W. Wade, and John L. Wade; a sister, Mrs. R.A. (Minnie) Wood; and two great-grandchildren, Mark Savage and Pamela Savage. Friends will be received from 7 to 9 p.m. today and from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at the Christopher M. Hile Funeral Home, Kerr Avenue, Emlenton. Fineral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Rev. Edward T. Reckner, pastor of the St. Petersburg Church of the Nazarene, will officiate. Interment will be in Scrubgrass Cemetery, Scrubgrass Township, Venango county. The family suggests memorials be made to the St. Petersburg Church of the Nazarene.