Rottman

Mary Jane Rottman, 95, of Willow Road, Karns City, passed away at 3:05 p.m. Monday at the Good Samaritan Hospice Unit at Concordia in Cabot, following failing health.

She was born in Perry Township, Armstrong County, June 8, 1914, and was a daughter of the late Abner C. Shakley and Rena L. Barger Shakley.

She was a Protestant.

She married Ludwig "Lou" Rottman on Aug. 21, 1940, in Winchester, Va., and he preceded her in death on Nov. 24, 1995.

Surviving are a daughter, Peggy Lou Michael and her husband, Bernard L., of Fairview in Butler County; a son, Robert A. Rottman and his wife, Catherine, of Willow Road, Karns City; eight grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; four step-grandchildren; three step-great-grandchildren; and a number of nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by a great-granddaughter, Emma Faith Rottman in 2002; five brothers, Dale Shakley, Samuel Shakley, William Shakley, Abner Shakley and Edgar Shakley; and three sisters, Mrs. Bertha Morris, Mrs. Pauline Ray and Mrs. Martha Barger.

<B>ROTTMAN</B> — Friends of Mary Jane Rottman, who died Monday, June 15, 2009, will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at <B>Richard D. Hillis Funeral Home </B>in Petrolia. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home with the Rev. James A. Higgins, pastor of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, Chicora, officiating. Interment will follow in Bear Creek Cemetery, Petrolia.Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.hillisfuneralhome.com.