Matthew William Yount
Matthew William Yount, 37, of Butler passed away at 3:46 a.m. Wednesday at the Butler Memorial Hospital.
He was born on July 24, 1976, in Rochester, Pa., to Carl Yount and Louise (Quesenberry) Yount.
Matthew was a 1995 graduate of Freedom Area High School. He graduated in 2000 from Edinboro University. He then went on to the University of Pittsburgh, graduating in 2002, with a Master of Library and Information Sciences. He worked at U.S. Steel as a supervisor and mine storage foreman of the Annandale Archives. Matthew was a member of the Calvary Baptist Church. He enjoyed playing the bagpipes, cooking and baking, studying Civil War and World War II history and hunting.
Matthew is survived by his wife, Rebecca L. (Walker) Yount, who he married Aug. 12, 2011; his parents, Carl and Louise Yount; his maternal grandmother, Dorothy Quesenberry; his brother, Michael Yount and his wife, Amy, of Odessa, Fla.; his father and mother-in-law, Robert and Kathleen Walker of Butler; his two sisters-in-law, Amy Coleman and her husband, Aaron, of Valencia and Colleen Sexton and her husband, Larry, of Cleveland, Tenn.; his eight nieces and nephews, Aidan, Kathleen, Lindsay and Claire Yount of Odessa, Fla., Chase and Leanna Sexton of Cleveland, Tenn., and Reed and Allison Coleman of Valencia; and several aunts and uncles.
He was preceded in death by his maternal grandfather, William Quesenberry, and his paternal grandparents, Howard and Anne Yount.
YOUNT — The friends of Matthew William Yount, who passed away Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014, will be received from 1 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday at the Thompson-Miller Funeral Home, 124 E. North St., Butler.The funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at the Calvary Baptist Church, 199 Great Belt Road, Butler, with Pastor Joel Ward of the Calvary Baptist Church officiating.Burial will take place in the Greenlawn Burial Estates.Memorial donations are suggested to the Calvary Baptist Church, 199 Great Belt Road, Butler, PA 16002.Online condolences can be given at www.thompson-miller.com.
