Edith Louise Groves, 90, formerly of Wagner Avenue, Butler, died Friday at the Chicora Medical Center.

She was born April 13, 1918, in Emlenton, a daughter of William Crispin and Mary Summerville.

Mrs. Groves was a homemaker and a Protestant.

She is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Pauline and her husband, Carl, Hays of East Butler; a son, Richard and his wife, Nancy, Groves of Chicora; a daughter-in-law, Mrs. Sophia Groves of New Castle; and a number of grandchildren, great-grandchildren, great-great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Benjamin I.F. Groves; four brothers; seven sisters; and two sons.

<B>GROVES — </B>Friends of Edith Louise Groves, who died Friday, Oct. 17, 2008, will be received from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday at the <B>THOMPSON-MILLER FUNERAL HOME,</B> 124 E. North St., Butler. Services will be held at 5 p.m. Sunday, at the funeral home with the Rev. Mary J. Kitchen of East Butler Presbyterian Church, officiating. Burial will be in the Butler County Memorial Park.Memorial donations may be made to the Visiting Nurses Association of Western Pennsylvania, 154 Hindman Road, Butler, PA 16001, or to the Chicora Medical Center, Medical Center Road, Chicora, PA 16025.Information and a private guest book are available at www.thompson-miller.com.