Cumberland

Ethel Marie Cumberland, 84, of Newhaven Court in Center Township, formerly of Karns City, died at 8:15 a.m. Sunday at Butler Memorial Hospital after an illness.

Born in Millers Eddy, Armstrong County, Aug. 9, 1922, she was the daughter of Henry and Anna Moore Barger.

She was a member of the Faith Fellowship Alliance Church in Oakland Township, where she was a deaconess and she belonged to the Adult Sunday School Class. She also belonged to the Chicora Senior Center.

Mrs. Cumberland attended the Petrolia school and retired from the Karns City School District after 25 years.

She enjoyed crocheting, playing the organ, cooking, camping, gardening and spending time with her family and friends.

Surviving are four daughters, twins, Peggy Friend and her husband, Ray L., of Chicora and Patty Thompson and her husband, Robert K., of Tucson, Ariz., Sandra Povlick and her husband, William E., of Butler and Lisa Dunlap and her husband, Jeffrey W., of Chicora; two sons, Randy G. Cumberland of Mesa, Ariz., and Douglas R. Cumberland and his wife, Marci, of Butler; 15 grandchildren, and 19 great- grandchildren.

She also is survived by two sisters, Louise "Tootie" Slagle of Bruin and Shirley Andre of Chicora, and a number of nieces, nephews and cousins.

Her husband, George E. Cumberland, whom she married Sept. 7, 1942, died April 27, 2003. She also was preceded in death by two grandsons, Nathan Dunlap, who died May 3, 1985, and Nicholas Dunlap, who died Feb. 23, 2004; a brother, Byron Barger, who died Jan. 27, 1971, and a sister, Dorothy "Cricket" Kelly, who died Dec. 5, 2005.

<B>CUMBERLAND </B>— Friends of Ethel Marie Cumberland, who died Sunday, Aug. 20, 2006, will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at the <B>Richard D. Hillis Funeral Home</B>, 102 Argyle St., Petrolia. Visitation also will be from 10 to 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Faith Fellowship Alliance Church, Fared Drive, off the Chicora Road. Services will follow at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the church with the Rev. Richard Jenks officiating. Burial will follow at the Bear Creek Cemetery, Petrolia.Memorial contributions may be made to the Nicholas P. Dunlap Memorial Scholarship Fund, c/o Sky Bank, Chicora, PA 16025; or to the American Heart Association, 777 Penn Center Blvd., Suite 200, Pittsburgh, PA 15235.