Gagen

Pearl Marie Gagen, 72, of Butler, formerly of Meadowood, died Saturday at Butler Memorial Hospital.

Born May 6, 1935, in Ford City, she was a daughter of Edward Carl and Ruth Sadie Schnell Richard.

She was a graduate of Vandergrift High School and was a homemaker.

Mrs. Gagen was a member of St. Paul Roman Catholic Church. She also belonged to a card club, Going Home Greyhounds and Newhaven Court Committee. She always loved dogs.

Surviving are two sons, William Robert Gagen and Timothy Robert Gagen, both of Butler; a daughter, Susan Marie Gagen Nowicki of Greensburg; a sister, Mrs. Dennis (Patricia) DelleDonne of Vandergrift; nine grandchildren; and a great-grandchild.

Her husband, Robert Francis Gagen, whom she married Jan. 29, 1955, died June 29, 1998. She also was preceded in death by a son and daughter, Michael Robert Gagen and Barbara Marie Gagen.

<B>GAGEN</B> — There will be no visitation for Pearl Marie Gagen, who died Saturday, Dec. 15, 2007. A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at 1 p.m. Tuesday at St. Paul Roman Catholic Church, 128 N. McKean St. Entombment will follow in the Calvary Cemetery Mausoleum.Memorial donations may be made to Going Home Greyhounds Inc., P.O. Box 513, Wexford, PA 15096, www.goinghomegreyhounds.org; or to Butler County Humane Society, 1015 Evans City Road, Renfrew, PA 16053.Arrangements are being handled by <B>Geibel Funeral Home.</B>Information also is available at www.geibelfuneralhome.com.