Samuel J. O'Brien of Allison Park, a lover of nature, went quietly into the hands of the Lord Tuesday at the Vincentian Home in the North Hills.

Samuel was born April 13, 1921, in Oil City, to the late Samuel C. and Anna (Dugan) O'Brien.

He met the love of his life, the late Alice E. (Greer) O'Brien, while working at the A&P Tea Co. in Butler. Sam and Alice were married Sept. 13, 1949, at St. Paul's Roman Catholic Church.

Their 62 years of married life lives on in their children, Juanita (late Austin) O'Toole of Erie, Samuel (Rosemarie) of Ross Township, Karen (Tim) Pugh of Butler, David (Cheryll) of Loyalhanna and Stephen (Arlene) of Ross Township.

He was the brother of the late Juanita O'Brien, the late John and Mildred O'Brien and Della (late Robert) O'Brien; the grandfather of Kimberly, Amy, Brien Gulish, Christopher (Kim) O'Brien, Kelly (Mike) Stanton, Carey (Chris) Skelton, Erin Oliver and Matthew Pugh; the great-grandfather of Anna Gulish, Cody, Kayla and Kadence O'Brien, Autumn Ford, Michael and Patrick Stanton and Nathanial and Noah Oliver; the great-great-grandfather of Julian and Jordan Gulish.

Sam and Alice made their home in Butler until moving to Baden in 1962. There Sam was a member of St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, where he was active member in the St. Vincent DePaul Society and as a volunteer, making pierogies, cooking for pancake breakfasts and taking the elderly to appointments.

Sam worked as a store manager at the A&P Tea Co. throughout Beaver County. After moving to Cranberry Township, he was a member of St. Ferdinand Catholic Church.

Sam loved dancing with Alice, fishing, maintaining a lawn, garden and flowers. Most of all, he loved to be with his family and friends.

O'BRIEN — Visitation for Samuel J. O'Brien, who died Tuesday, June 9, 2015, will be from 1 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the DEVLIN'S FUNERAL HOME of Cranberry Township, 2678 Rochester Road.A Mass of Christian burial will be at 11:30 a.m. Friday at St. John the Baptist Church, 377 Linmore Ave., Baden. Interment will be private.