Florence Weaver
Florence Agnes (Thrower) Weaver, 97, of Largo, Fla., formerly of Saxonburg, passed away at 9:45 p.m. Monday at the Mount Vernon Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Alexandria, Va.
Born April 28, 1918, on the Gibson farm in Clinton Township, she was the daughter of Elmer L. and Goldie A. (Gibson) Thrower.
After the U.S. Marine Corps approved the creation of the U.S. Marine Corps Women's Reserve in February 1943 during World War II, Florence stepped up and enlisted in August 1943 as a finance specialist.
While she was stationed at Quantico Marine Base in Virginia, she met the lifelong love of her life, George. He was a tall, handsome U.S. Army lieutenant stationed at Fort Belvoir, Va. They were married in Washington, D.C.
Following her honorable discharge as a sergeant in 1945, Florence and George moved back to Pennsylvania to live and raise a family.
A longtime former member of the Westminster United Presbyterian Church, Sarver, Florence had recently been attending the Grace Presbyterian Church in Springfield, Va.
As a youth, Florence attended a one-room schoolhouse in Ivywood, Pa., and graduated in 1936 from Butler High School.
Before joining the Marines, Florence worked for Saxonburg Ceramics as a payroll clerk. Later, she was a cashier for Shop & Save grocery store and a line worker for Penn Champ. She also had been the organist for the Westminster United Presbyterian Church for more than 50 years.
Florence was a 70-year member and past post commander of American Legion Post 683. She was also a member of the U.S. Marine Corps Women Association, Butler Chapter 45, the Order of the Eastern Star and the Saxonburg Volunteer Fire Company.
Florence enjoyed playing bingo, crocheting, baking, traveling, mowing grass, doing word search puzzles and spending time with her family.
Surviving are her daughter, Joanne R. (Louis) Lucarelli of Bethel Park; her three sons, Malcolm G. (Cheryl) Weaver of Alexandria, Va., with whom she had been temporarily living, Roger A. (Vivian) Weaver of Kingsland, Ga., and Forrest E. (Debra) Weaver of Kenmore, N.Y.; her grandchildren, Christopher Weaver, Lauren (Timothy) Cantwell, Rachael (James) Quinn, David (Maraya) Weaver, Tricia (Craig) Turner, Stephen Lucarelli and Michael Lucarelli; and her great-grandchildren, Caleb Turner, Aiden Quinn and Riley Quinn.
Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, George M. Weaver, whom she married Nov. 13, 1944, and who died May 3, 2001; and her sister, Ethel Foster, who died April 30, 1999.
WEAVER — The friends of Florence Thrower Weaver, who died Monday, July 27, 2015, will be received from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday and 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at the Fox Funeral Home, 410 W. Main St., Saxonburg.Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home with the Rev. Deborah Huffmyer officiating. Interment with military honors conducted by American Legion Post 683 will follow at the Westminster United Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Sarver.For more information, visit www.foxfuneralhomeinc.com.
