Foehringer

Martha J. Foehringer, 77, of Monaca, formerly of Zelienople, died Sunday evening at The Medical Center, Beaver.

Born Oct. 8, 1930, in Zelienople, she was a daughter of Charles and Bertha Kradel Hartzel.

Schooled in Zelienople, she was a 1948 high school graduate; and in her youth, she was a waitress at the Kaufmann House restaurant.

Mrs. Foehringer was a resident of Monaca since 1948 and was a member of the Lutheran Church of The Redeemer, Monaca. She had been a Girl Scout assistant leader during the early 1960s.

She leaves two children, Barbara Foehringer Lash and Jeffrey J. Foehringer, both of Monaca; two grandsons, Matthew Lash of New Brighton and Michael Lash of Monaca; several nieces and nephews; and three cousins, Erla Bernd, Shirley Beighey and Howard Kugel.

She was preceded in death by her beloved husband, John D. Foehringer, who died in 1994; an infant brother, Eugene Hartzel; and a son-in-law, David Lash, who died in 2005.

<B>FOEHRINGER </B>— Friends of Martha J. Foehringer, who died Sunday, Feb. 17, 2008, will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the <B>Simpson Funeral & Cremation Services</B>, 1119 Washington Ave., Monaca, 724-728-4000, where relatives and friends are invited to attend her funeral service at 11 a.m. Thursday with her pastor, the Rev. Mark Groves, officiating. Entombment will follow beside her beloved husband, John, in the Zelienople Cemetery Mausoleum.For online condolences, directions and other information, please visit www.simpsonfuneralhome.com.