Broad

Della Mae Broad, 85, of East Brewster Road, Butler, went home to be with her Lord and Savior at 3:10 a.m. Monday in the VNA Inpatient Hospice.

She was born March 16, 1927, in Cabot, to the late Ellsworth Ulysses Moser and Mildred Klingensmith Moser.

Della had to leave school after the 8th grade to care for her ailing mother. She was a homemaker for the majority of her life and a mentor to her children. Della was a devoted wife and mother. She was a member of the First Baptist Church, where she was a member of the Berean Sunday school class.

She was a salesperson at Miller's Shoes, Kmart and J.C. Penney.

Della is survived by her husband, William Broad, who she married Feb. 16, 1946; two daughters, Janice Petsinger and Cindy Oesterling and her husband, Ray, of Butler; one son, Samuel Broad and his wife, Debbie, of Butler; six grandchildren, Aaron Petsinger and his wife, Kiersten, Eric Oesterling and his wife, Ann, Ginger Gall and her husband, Andy, Amanda Vaughan and her husband, Greg, Darcie Marshall and her husband, Phil, and Joel Broad; 13 great-grandchildren; two nephews; and two nieces.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by one sister, Betty Hilton; her son-in-law, Bill Petsinger; two nephews, John Lynwood Broad and Thomas Eric Broad; and two brothers-in-law, John Ralph Broad and Donald Hilton.

<B>BROAD</B> — Friends of Della Mae Broad, who passed away Monday, May 7, 2012, will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the <B>Thompson-Miller Funeral Home</B>, 124 E. North St., Butler.Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home with Pastor David Maitland and Pastor Todd Wentworth of the First Baptist Church officiating. The burial will be in the Northside Cemetery.VNA Inpatient Hospice, 115 Technology Drive, Butler, PA 16001, is suggested for donations in her memory.Online condolences can be given at www.thompson-miller.com.