Jean Dorothy Dyer Federkeil
Jean Dorothy Dyer Federkeil, 80, of Butler passed away following a brief illness early Thursday morning at Butler Memorial Hospital.
Born Feb. 2, 1937, in Pittsburgh, she was the daughter of the late Walter and Eleanor Spindler Dyer.
Jean had a special kind of love for children. She loved watching and helping to raise all of her grandchildren on the farm. She enjoyed driving a school bus for many years for Bryan Brothers Bus Line in Prospect, where she transported kids for the Special Education Program at Slippery Rock University.
She loved people and will be remembered for working in the deli and as a cashier at the former Bryan's General Store, now the Prospect Corner Store.
Her hobbies were her women's card clubs, reading, being a frequent patron at the Prospect Community Library, gardening, canning and helping on her family farm at Level Crest Farm on Dick Road.
She is survived by her husband of more than 60 years, Richard D. Federkeil, whom she married June 16, 1956; her children, Lynne S. Ellis of Cranberry Township, Cheri J. Newcomb of Butler, Richard D. (Sheri) Federkeil Jr. of Butler; her grandchildren, Jamie (Joshua) Green, Brian (Katie) Ellis, Jill (Patrick) McCurdy, Christopher (Melissa) Newcomb, Alyssa Newcomb, Thomas (Gail) Hineman and Megan Hineman; and her great-grandchildren, Mackenzie Green, Makayla Green, Riley Ellis, Stella Klein, Marin McCurdy, Maggie McCurdy and Colin Hineman.
FEDERKEIL — Visitation for Jean Dorothy Dyer Federkeil, who died Thursday, Dec. 7, 2017, will be from 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday at Edward L. Raisley Funeral Home, 387 Main St., Prospect.The funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday in the funeral home with the Rev. Ben Oesterling, pastor of Mount Zion Baptist Church, Prospect, officiating.Interment will follow in Greenlawn Burial Estates, Butler.Memorial contributions may be made to the Prospect Community Library, 357 Main St., Prospect.For more information or to leave an online tribute, please go to www.raisleyfuneralhome.com.
