Floyd E. Aites Sr., 77, of Greenview Drive died Saturday night at his residence.

He was born in Hamler, Clarion County, on Aug. 11, 1928, a son of Amos H. and Vernice Anthony Aites.

He was retired from the John P. Keffalas Construction Co., where he had worked as a welder for more than 40 years. Following that, he worked for four years as a sales representative in the plumbing and hardware department of the Trader Horn Store in the Greater Butler Shopping Mart, and several times was named its Employee of the Month.

He was an active member of the Church of God of Prophecy in Karns City, where he had been superintendent of the Sunday school, and had been a member of the new church building committee when it was built in the late 1960s.

Mr. Aites served in the Army for 10 years during the Korean War.

Surviving are his wife, LaVaunna Jean "Bonnie" Wagner Aites, whom he married July 16, 1955; a son, Floyd E. Aites Jr., and his wife, Kelli, of Papillion, Neb.; two daughters, Valerie Hill and her husband, Richard, and Kimberly Tavares and her companion, Thomas Schulte, all of Butler; four grandchildren, Richard Hill, Jr., and his wife, Julie, of Butler, and Michelle and Ashley Kee and Allison Aites, all of Papillion, Neb.; four brothers, Wayne Aites of Richland, Pa., Robert Aites of Weaver, Ala., Richard Aites of Carson, Calif., and Ronald Aites of West Kittanning; three sisters, Elva Fair of New Kensington, Shirley Flick of Cowansville and Doris Marie Venesky of Hermitage; and numerous nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by two sisters, two brothers and a son-in-law.

<B>AIDES</B> — Friends of Floyd E. Aites Sr., who died Saturday, June 17, 2006, will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at the <B>GEIBEL FUNERAL HOME</B>, 201 E. Cunningham St., Butler. Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Roy Tilton, pastor of the Church of God of Prophecy in Karns City, officiating.Additional information can be found and condolence messages placed at www.geibelfuneralhome.com.