Clouse

Durfee L. Clouse, 85, of Butler died early Monday morning at the Good Samaritan Hospice at Concordia Lutheran Ministries in Cabot.

Born June 17, 1922, in Aroma, Westmoreland County, she was a daughter of James A. and Ella Baughman Kimmel.

She retired from the payroll/accounting department of the Marmon Keystone Corp. corporate office in Butler after more than 35 years.

Mrs. Clouse was a member of the St. Peter Catholic Church and was a former member of the Catholic Daughters of America Court in Butler.

Surviving are a niece, Durfee (Mrs. David) Burtner of Brookville; a nephew, James H. (Joyce) Keefer of Butler; and many other nieces and nephews.

Her husband, Leo T. Clouse, whom she married May 10, 1947, died Oct. 4, 1986. She also was preceded in death by her only sister, Thelma Keefer.

<B>CLOUSE</B> — Friends of Durfee L. Clouse, who died Monday, Jan. 21, 2008, will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the <B>Geibel Funeral Home</B>, 201 E. Cunningham St. A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Thursday at St. Peter Catholic Church, 127 Franklin St. Entombment will follow at the Chapel of Devotion Mausoleum, Butler County Memorial Park cemetery, Butler Township.The Women's Council of St. Peter will recite the rosary at 9:40 a.m. Thursday at the church.Memorial donations may be made to the American Heart Association, 777 Penn Center Blvd., Suite 200, Pittsburgh, PA 15235.Additional information can be found and condolence messages placed at www.geibelfuneralhome.com.