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Martha E. Blewett

Martha Elizabeth Tinker Blewett, 101, of Butler, died Saturday at Butler Memorial Hospital.

Born Dec. 25, 1904, in Pittsburgh, she was the daughter of Wesley Rayner Tinker and Pearl Hoagland Tinker.

She was a member of the Covenant Presbyterian Church.

Mrs. Blewett was a 1928 graduate of Lake Erie College in Painesville, Ohio. In her younger days, she had worked at Mellon Bank in Pittsburgh.

Surviving are two sons and daughters-in-law, David and Nancy Blewett of Butler and Dale and Joanne Blewett of Cincinnati, Ohio; and a daughter and son-in-law, Lynne and Jamil Faridy of Levittown.

Also surviving are six grandchildren and spouses, Jeffrey Faridy of Levittown, Lisa and David Kutch of Levittown, David T. and Gina Blewett of Honolulu, Hawaii, Dana and Kyle Reitz of Pittsburgh and Laurel and Jeffrey Hemmelgarn and Cheryl and Greg Paquette, all of Dayton, Ohio; and six great-grandchildren, Austin and Courtney Hemmelgarn and Erin, Anne and Sean Paquette, all of Dayton, and Koa Reitz of Pittsburgh; a step-great-grandson Derek Ma of Honolulu.

Her husband, Guy Courtenay Blewett, whom she married Aug. 3, 1935, died Oct. 25, 1968. Four younger siblings also preceded her in death.

<B>BLEWETT</B> — Friends of Martha Elizabeth Tinker Blewett, who died Saturday, June 3, 2006, will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Friday at the <B>Young Funeral Home</B>, 127 W. Jefferson St. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Covenant Presbyterian Church, with the Rev. Dr. Jim Swanson officiating. Burial will be at William Penn Memorial Cemetery, Churchill.Contributions may be made to Covenant Presbyterian Church, 230 E. Jefferson St. Butler, PA 16001.Information also is available at www.youngfuneralhomes.com

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