Corbett

Orval L. "Orv" Corbett, 79, of Harvey Road, Foxburg, died at 1:35 a.m. Sunday at UPMC Seneca after a long illness.

Born in Petrolia, Dec. 30, 1926, he was a son of Frank P. and Grace Roudybush Corbett.

He was a Protestant.

Mr. Corbett was a 1944 graduate of the Karns City High School.

During World War II, he served as a Navy seaman first class. He was a member of the Miller Rankin American Legion Post 636 of St. Petersburg.

He retired in 1988 as a lab technician in the research laboratory at Witco Chemical Corp. in Petrolia after 42 years. He also was assistant rural mail carrier at the Parker Post Office, where he assisted his father-in-law, Alf Slagle, and Charles Adams on the rural routes.

He was a member of the Foxburg County Club and began golfing at the age of 60. He also enjoyed hunting. He was a member of the Witco baseball team when the team won the championship in the 1940s.

Surviving are his wife, Marcia L. Slagle Corbett, to whom he was married Dec. 25, 1947, in Templeton, by the Rev. Walter Kennedy.

Also surviving are two daughters, Coleen L. Michael of Erie and Cindy L. Rapp and her husband, James E., of Parker; two grandchildren who lovingly called him "Gangy," Kelly L. Roofner and her husband, Matt, of Butler and Mitchell D. Emery of Foxburg; and a brother, Herman W. Corbett Sr. and his wife, Peg, of Butler.

He was preceded in death by a brother, Frank Corbett, who died May 24, 1991.

<B>CORBETT </B>— Friends of Orval L. "Orv" Corbett, who died Sunday, June 18, 2006, will be received from 10 to 11 a.m. Tuesday at the <B>Richard D. Hillis Funeral Home</B>, 102 Argyle St., Petrolia. A memorial service will follow at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the funeral home with the Rev. Lonnie Wolford, pastor of the Park Hill Church of God, West Freedom, officiating.Memorial contributions may be made to the Emlenton Ambulance Association; or to the Park Hill Church Of God, West Freedom.