Beggs

Barbara L. Crawford Beggs, 67, of Prospect died Sunday in the Good Samaritan Hospice at Concordia in Cabot after a courageous 3½-year battle with ovarian cancer.

She was the devoted and dearly loved mother of three sons, Timothy and his wife, Lori, and granddaughter, Sarah, and Daniel and his wife, Christina, and granddaughter, Lauren, all of the Butler area, and Mark E. Beggs of Montgomery, Ala.

Barbara was the daughter of the late J. Delmar and Kaethe Strothman Crawford.

She is survived by her sister, Patricia Crawford Frey Gillespie of Sewickley; and her brother, James D. Crawford and his wife, Peggy, of Fort Myers, Fla. Also surviving are seven nieces and nephews and many supportive, helpful and loving friends of long years.

Barbara was a past member of the Butler County Mounted Sheriff's Posse, a past member of the Butler County Soccer Organization, a past member of Connoquenessing Meals on Wheels and a present member of the Sandycreek Conservancy Inc. of Franklin.

Ms. Beggs was a graduate of Perry High School in Pittsburgh, and she attended Butler County Community College.

Barbara was a wholesale florist supply sales representative for Keystone Ribbon & Floral Supply of Pittsburgh, retiring in 2008.

She was a member of the First English Lutheran Church in Butler.

We will always remember and honor Barby's cheerfulness and sense of humor, her devotion to her family and friends, her deep love of the outdoors — gardening of lovely flowers and wonderful homegrown vegetables, her gift for creating magnificent needlework, the great joy she found in cooking and baking for those she loved, and especially for always creating a cozy, welcoming home.

A truly, loving heart and soul has returned home to God. All of us remaining here will never be able to fill the void.

<B>BEGGS</B> — Friends of Barbara L. Crawford Beggs, who died Sunday, Oct. 4, 2009, will be received from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday and from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday at the <B>Thompson-Miller Funeral Home, </B>124 E. North St. Services will follow at noon Saturday at the First English Lutheran Church with Pastor James Dollhopf officiating.Memorial contributions may be made to the Lutherlyn Campground Camper Scholarship, P.O. Box 355, Prospect, PA 16052; Concordia Lutheran Ministries, 134 Marwood Road, Cabot, PA 16023; the American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 5037, New Castle, PA 15205; or Good Samaritan Hospice, 3400 Brooktree Road, Wexford, PA 15090.Information and a private guest book are available at www.thompson-miller.com.