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Margaret F. Fleming

Margaret F. Kriess Fleming, 84, of Renfrew passed away Thursday afternoon at UPMC Passavant.

Born in Butler on June 28, 1928, she was the daughter of the late William H. and Gertrude Saylor Kriess.

She was of the Lutheran faith.

Margaret had been a bookkeeper for the G.C. Murphy Co. in Butler and Ames department store in Gibsonia.

She enjoyed bowling and was in the Monday Night “Bowlerette” Bowling League. She also was involved with Kids Day in America, the Meridian Fife and Drum Corps, the General Butler Vagabonds and the American International Drum Corps Show.

She loved doing crossword puzzles, reading, watching Nascar and gardening.

She was preceded in death by her husband, William G. Fleming in December 1982; two daughters, Jeanne E. Kroll and Kathleen K. Mitchell; one grandson, Greg Fleming; three sisters; and one brother.

She is survived by two daughters, Patricia (Ronald) Yaracs of Conshohocken and Deborah Vavro of Butler; one son, Glen (Mary) Fleming of Renfrew; one son-in-law, Marty Mitchell; three grandsons, Clint Fleming, Zachary Vavro and Christopher Yaracs; four sisters, Eleanor “Sis” Critchlow of Renfrew, Marlin Guest, Suzanne Weiland and Shirley (Bob) Barr, all of Butler; and six brothers, William Richard “Dick” (Shirley) Kriess of Indiana, Henry “Cork” Kriess of Butler, Larry (Patricia) Kriess of Butler, Ronald “Pete” (Sally) Kriess of Butler, Jack (Jane) Kriess of Renfrew and Gary “Butch” (Diane) Kriess of Connoquenessing.

FLEMING — Friends and relatives of Margaret F. Kriess Fleming, who died Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012, will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday at A. Carl Kinsey-Ronald N. Volz Funeral Home, 328 W. Main St., Evans City.

Services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at the funeral home.

If desired, donations may be made in her memory to Kids Day America, Attn. Dawn Surkosky, 837 Evans City Road, Renfrew, PA 16053, or March of Dimes, Attn. DRFR, 1275 Mamaroneck Ave., White Plains, NY 10605.

Additional information may be obtained at www.kinsey-volzfuneralhome.com.

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