Eichenlaub

Elmer F. Eichenlaub, 84, formerly of Geibel Road, died Monday at Butler Memorial Hospital.

Born March 19, 1922, in Herman, he was a son of Herman B. and Estella Heasley Eichenlaub.

He had been a control operator in the silicon department at Armco-Butler Works and retired in 1983 after 35 years.

Mr. Eichenlaub was a World War II veteran of the Army-Air Corps and a life member of the Disabled American Veterans.

He was a member of St. Mary of the Assumption Roman Catholic Church in Herman and a former member of St. John Roman Catholic Church in Coylesville.

He was a life member of the R.C. Men's Club in Herman, the Herman Volunteer Fire Department and the Armco Country Club.

Surviving are his wife, Agnes Varhola Eichenlaub, whom he married Dec. 30, 1942; two sons, Dr. David A. Eichenlaub of Lewistown and John V. Eichenlaub of Cabot; two daughters, Mrs. Richard (Carol) Smith and Mrs. Charles (Linda) McFadden, both of Butler; and a brother, Kenneth Eichenlaub of Butler.

He also is survived by nine grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.

A brother and a sister preceded him in death.

<B>EICHENLAUB </B>— Friends of Elmer F. Eichenlaub, who died Monday, Oct. 16, 2006, will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Friday at the <B>Geibel Funeral Home</B>, 201 E. Cunningham St. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, at the funeral home with Monsignor Russell Duker, pastor of the Holy Spirit Byzantine Catholic Church in Pittsburgh, officiating Burial will follow at St. Mary Cemetery, Herman.Information also is available at www.geibelfuneralhome.com.