John F. Reiner, 86, of Chicora died at 1:18 p.m. Tuesday in Butler Memorial Hospital.

He was born in Glenshaw, Allegheny County, July 29, 1924, the son of the late John F. Reiner and the late Molly Stromski Reiner.

A retired carpenter, Mr. Reiner had worked for 50 years for the Carpenters Union out of Butler Local 500.

John was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II.

He was a member of Mater Dolorosa Roman Catholic Church, Chicora.

Surviving are his wife of 50 years, Mary F. Rettig Reiner, who he married Nov. 24, 1960; a daughter, Mary Ann Hilderbrand and her husband, Tim, of Chicora; two grandchildren, Theresa and Charles Hilderband of Chicora; and a sister, Betty Valenti and her husband, Armond, of Lakeland, Fla.

She was preceded in death by three sisters, Margaret Reiner, Catherine Bowser and AnaMae Jedlanek; and two infant brothers.

<B>REINER</B> — Friends of John F. Reiner, who died Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2011, will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Friday at <B>STEIGHNER FUNERAL HOME</B>, 111 E. Slippery Rock and Main streets in Chicora. A Mass of Christian burial will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Mater Dolorosa Catholic Church, 409 N. Main St., Chicora, with the Rev. Joseph Pudichery, pastor, officiating. Burial will follow in St. Eusebius Cemetery, East Brady.Military honors will be conducted by the Chicora VFW and the American Legion posts.For information, directions or to extend condolences to his family, go to www.steighnerfuneralhome.com.