Cary G. “Dutch” Wiley

Cary G. “Dutch” Wiley, 74, of Findley Township, Mercer, Pa., passed away Wednesday evening at Orchard Manor following an extended illness.

Dutch was born Dec. 26, 1941, in Grove City, to James W. and Ethel B. Wigton Wiley. He married Connie L. Felix on Aug. 30, 1970.

Dutch was a graduate of Slippery Rock High School, Class of 1959. Following high school, he served in the U.S. Army until 1962. He was raised a Methodist and was a member of the Grace United Methodist Church.

He retired in 2000 from Cooper Energy Service, Grove City, where he was a pipe fitter for 37 years. Following the plant closure, he graduated from New Castle School of Trade for electrical technology.

He enjoyed hunting, fishing, flint knapping and making and collecting arrowheads. He was a member of the Society for Pennsylvania Archaeology and Ohio Valley Chapter 22 of Butler.

Survivors include his wife, Connie L. at home; five daughters, Anjanette “Angie” Crall and her husband, Mike, of Forestville, Rebecca “Becky” King and her husband, Michael, of Grove City, Shannon Hedglin and her husband, Raymond, of Clarks Mills, Danielle Krasky of Melbourne, Fla., and Ginger Nucamendi and her husband, Victor, of Wesley Chapel, Fla.; 13 grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; one sister, Linda McGarvey and her husband, Merle, of Wickliffe, Ohio; and one aunt, Norma Daniels of Grove City.

Dutch was preceded in death by his parents, and his daughter, Christina Maria Wiley.

WILEY — Visitation hours for Cary G. “Dutch” Wiley, who died Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2016, will be from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday at the Cunningham Funeral Home, Grove City.The funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Monday at the funeral home with the Rev. Willard Morse, visitation pastor of the Grace United Methodist Church, officiating.Burial will take place at the Prairie Cemetery in Harrisville.