Individual Details
Ruth Irene KNARR
(8 APR 1907 - 18 MAY 2000)
Events
Families
Spouse | Russell Forrest SEARER (1905 - 1983) |
Child | Dolores Irene SEARER (1930 - 2007) |
Child | Living |
Father | William Jeremiah Montgomery KNARR ( - ) |
Mother | Bertha Agnes VAN GILDER ( - ) |
Sibling | Elsie Lucille "Lucy" KNARR (1910 - 2003) |
Sibling | Mildred KNARR ( - 2003) |
Sibling | David KNARR ( - 2003) |
Sibling | Donald KNARR ( - 2003) |
Sibling | Jerry KNARR ( - 2003) |
Sibling | Joe KNARR ( - 2003) |
Sibling | Jack KNARR ( - 2003) |
Sibling | Frank KNARR ( - 2003) |
Sibling | Robert "Bob" KNARR ( - ) |
Sibling | Cordelia KNARR ( - ) |
Sibling | Frances KNARR ( - ) |
Notes
Death
Ruth I. Searer
MCVEYTOWN - Ruth I. Searer, 93, of 7873 US Highway 522 S., McVeytown, died at 8:29 a.m. Thursday, May 18, 2000, in the emergency room of Lewistown Hospital.
Born April 8, 1907, in Danville, she was a daughter of the late William Montgomery and Bertha (Vangilder) Knarr. Her husband, Russell F. Searer, died Oct. 28, 1983.
Surviving are: children, Mrs. Bruce (Dolores) Long, Strodes Mills, and Terry Lee "Butch" Searer, 7873 US Highway 522S, McVeytown; sisters and brother, Lucille Bell, Geneva, Ohio, Frances Haas, Danville, Cordelia Rush, Granville, and Robert Knarr, Mifflinburg; six grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by five brothers and one sister.
Early in life, she worked for the American Viscose Corporation of FMC and was last employed by the Mifflin County School District as a cook in the cafeteria.
She was a member of Rhodes Memorial United Methodist Church.
Services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday at Hoenstine Funeral Home Inc., 75 Logan St., Lewistown, with the Rev. Thomas B. Morningstar officiating. Interment will be in Mt. Rock Cemetery.
Friends may call from 7-9 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.
Memorial contributions may be made to Rhodes Memorial United Methodist Church, 500 Highland Ave., Lewistown, PA 17044.
Endnotes
1. Frank Garfield Davis,
2. Obituary posted on the Internet, Ruth Irene Knarr Searer obituary.