Minnie J. Sum
Minnie J. Sum, 93, of Middlesex Township, Valencia, died Monday morning at her daughter's home in Hollidaysburg, Pa.
Born July 9, 1923, in Birdville, Pa., now Natrona Heights, she was the daughter of the late George A. and Laura Rhodes Baker Bash.
Minnie and her late husband, Daniel, had been dairy farmers and owned Hidden Valley Farm Dairy, and she had been a custodian at Pine-Richland Middle School.
She was a member of the Glade Run United Presbyterian Church in Middlesex Township and was a lifetime member of the Middlesex Volunteer Fire Co. She loved to dance.
Surviving are her daughter, Gloria Hickox, and her husband, Randall, of Hollidaysburg; her son, Daniel Sum Jr. of Valencia; her grandchildren, Amber, Jessica, Kenneth, Daniel, Lauren and Kelly; seven great-grandchildren; three sisters, Violet Hunter of Cheswick, Connie Hoak of Brackenridge and Mary Sager and her husband, George, of Homer City; and nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Daniel A. Sum, who she married Dec. 15, 1944; her daughter-in-law, Holly Sum; her sister, Margaret Love; and four brothers, Chester Gibson, George John Andrew “Andy” Bash Jr., Martin “Bud” Bash and Thomas (Elaine) Bash.
SUM — Friends of Minnie J. Sum, who died Monday, Feb. 6, 2017, will be received from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday at the McDonald-Aeberli Funeral Home, 238 Crowe Ave., Mars.Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at the Glade Run United Presbyterian Church, 1091 Pittsburgh Road, Valencia, with the Rev. Greg Wiest, pastor, officiating. Please meet at the church. Burial will be at Plum Creek Cemetery, Plum Borough.Memorials may be made to the church.Directions and condolences are available at www.mcdonald-aeberli.com.
