Bell

Mary Elizabeth (Crouch) Klink Bell, 87, of Butler passed away Monday at Butler Memorial Hospital.

She was born May 9, 1925, in Clay Township, the daughter of the late Lawrence Everett and Isabelle (Thompson) Crouch.

Mary was a member of the United Church of Nazarene of West Sunbury. She attended Butler area schools. She had belonged to the American Legion Auxiliary, the Eastern Star and AARP.

Mary had worked at the American Bantam factory during World War II on the victory shift. She also worked for Pullman Standard for 12 years. Later, she worked as a nursing assistant at Oak Hills and Bashline hospitals in Grove City and at Sunnyview and the VA hospital in Butler, retiring from the VA in 1972.

Mary enjoyed baking, cooking and sewing. She also enjoyed reading, doing puzzle books, playing the guitar and spending time with her family.

Surviving are her daughter and son-in-law, Sally and Bob Slater of Karns City; her son and daughter-in-law, Bill and Chris Klink of Renfrew; seven grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; one step- granddaughter; four step- great-grandchildren; two sisters, Peg Reeder of Claytonia and Barbara Coffman of Colorado; and many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her first husband, Ford Eugene Klink, who she married in 1941 and who died in 1962; her second husband, William “Bud” Bell, who she married in 1965 and who died in 2001; five sisters; and three brothers.

BELL — Friends of Mary Elizabeth (Crouch) Klink Bell, who died Monday, Dec. 24, 2012, will be received at the Young Funeral Home, 127 W. Jefferson St., Butler, from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday.

Services will be at the funeral home at 11 a.m. Friday with her pastor, the Rev. Tim Britton, officiating. Interment will be in the West Sunbury Union Cemetery.

To leave an online condolence, visit www.youngfuneralhomes.com.