CHAMPION — Leva U. Harper, age 99, passed away peacefully Sunday, March 8, 2020, at Windsor House of Champion.
She was born Sept. 24, 1920, in Riverton, W. Va., the daughter of Jason and Nela Day Harper, moving to Ohio in 1941.
A member of Champion Christian Church, where she taught Sunday school for 38 years, Leva was active in the choir, the Christian Women’s Fellowship and was appointed to the honor of Life Diaconate for her decades of selfless service. She was a devoted homemaker and a “down-to-earth” good mom who also worked in the school cafeteria. She enjoyed crochet, cooking and volunteer work.
Precious memories of Leva live on with her two sons, James R. Harper (Pam Maki) of Champion and Jerry A. Harper (Carol) of Hubbard; nine grandchildren; 29 great-grandchildren; 19 great-great-grandchildren; one sister, Roberta Weese of Riverton, W. Va.; and many nieces and nephews and their families.
Preceding her in death are her parents; her loving husband, Clem R. Harper, whom she married in 1938 and who passed in 1987; her daughter-in-law, Patricia Harper; three sisters, Elsie, Gayle and Lona; and one brother, Edsel.
Services are 10 a.m. Saturday, March 14, 2020, at Champion Christian Church, with the Rev. Ken Hopkins officiating. Interment will follow in Champion Township Cemetery. Friends may call 5 to 7 p.m. Friday and 9 to 10 a.m. Saturday at the church.
Material contributions may be made to Champion Christian Church, 151 Center St. W, Warren, Ohio 44481.
Arrangements have been entrusted to the care of the Staton-Borowski Funeral Home.
Contributor: FantasyTouch (48194223) • [email protected]
Marriage records state Leva U. Harper married Clem R. Harper 31 December 1941 in Follensbee, West Virginia
She was born Sept. 24, 1920, in Riverton, W. Va., the daughter of Jason and Nela Day Harper, moving to Ohio in 1941.
A member of Champion Christian Church, where she taught Sunday school for 38 years, Leva was active in the choir, the Christian Women’s Fellowship and was appointed to the honor of Life Diaconate for her decades of selfless service. She was a devoted homemaker and a “down-to-earth” good mom who also worked in the school cafeteria. She enjoyed crochet, cooking and volunteer work.
Precious memories of Leva live on with her two sons, James R. Harper (Pam Maki) of Champion and Jerry A. Harper (Carol) of Hubbard; nine grandchildren; 29 great-grandchildren; 19 great-great-grandchildren; one sister, Roberta Weese of Riverton, W. Va.; and many nieces and nephews and their families.
Preceding her in death are her parents; her loving husband, Clem R. Harper, whom she married in 1938 and who passed in 1987; her daughter-in-law, Patricia Harper; three sisters, Elsie, Gayle and Lona; and one brother, Edsel.
Services are 10 a.m. Saturday, March 14, 2020, at Champion Christian Church, with the Rev. Ken Hopkins officiating. Interment will follow in Champion Township Cemetery. Friends may call 5 to 7 p.m. Friday and 9 to 10 a.m. Saturday at the church.
Material contributions may be made to Champion Christian Church, 151 Center St. W, Warren, Ohio 44481.
Arrangements have been entrusted to the care of the Staton-Borowski Funeral Home.
Contributor: FantasyTouch (48194223) • [email protected]
Marriage records state Leva U. Harper married Clem R. Harper 31 December 1941 in Follensbee, West Virginia
CHAMPION — Leva U. Harper, age 99, passed away peacefully Sunday, March 8, 2020, at Windsor House of Champion.
She was born Sept. 24, 1920, in Riverton, W. Va., the daughter of Jason and Nela Day Harper, moving to Ohio in 1941.
A member of Champion Christian Church, where she taught Sunday school for 38 years, Leva was active in the choir, the Christian Women’s Fellowship and was appointed to the honor of Life Diaconate for her decades of selfless service. She was a devoted homemaker and a “down-to-earth” good mom who also worked in the school cafeteria. She enjoyed crochet, cooking and volunteer work.
Precious memories of Leva live on with her two sons, James R. Harper (Pam Maki) of Champion and Jerry A. Harper (Carol) of Hubbard; nine grandchildren; 29 great-grandchildren; 19 great-great-grandchildren; one sister, Roberta Weese of Riverton, W. Va.; and many nieces and nephews and their families.
Preceding her in death are her parents; her loving husband, Clem R. Harper, whom she married in 1938 and who passed in 1987; her daughter-in-law, Patricia Harper; three sisters, Elsie, Gayle and Lona; and one brother, Edsel.
Services are 10 a.m. Saturday, March 14, 2020, at Champion Christian Church, with the Rev. Ken Hopkins officiating. Interment will follow in Champion Township Cemetery. Friends may call 5 to 7 p.m. Friday and 9 to 10 a.m. Saturday at the church.
Material contributions may be made to Champion Christian Church, 151 Center St. W, Warren, Ohio 44481.
Arrangements have been entrusted to the care of the Staton-Borowski Funeral Home.
Contributor: FantasyTouch (48194223) • [email protected]
Marriage records state Leva U. Harper married Clem R. Harper 31 December 1941 in Follensbee, West Virginia
She was born Sept. 24, 1920, in Riverton, W. Va., the daughter of Jason and Nela Day Harper, moving to Ohio in 1941.
A member of Champion Christian Church, where she taught Sunday school for 38 years, Leva was active in the choir, the Christian Women’s Fellowship and was appointed to the honor of Life Diaconate for her decades of selfless service. She was a devoted homemaker and a “down-to-earth” good mom who also worked in the school cafeteria. She enjoyed crochet, cooking and volunteer work.
Precious memories of Leva live on with her two sons, James R. Harper (Pam Maki) of Champion and Jerry A. Harper (Carol) of Hubbard; nine grandchildren; 29 great-grandchildren; 19 great-great-grandchildren; one sister, Roberta Weese of Riverton, W. Va.; and many nieces and nephews and their families.
Preceding her in death are her parents; her loving husband, Clem R. Harper, whom she married in 1938 and who passed in 1987; her daughter-in-law, Patricia Harper; three sisters, Elsie, Gayle and Lona; and one brother, Edsel.
Services are 10 a.m. Saturday, March 14, 2020, at Champion Christian Church, with the Rev. Ken Hopkins officiating. Interment will follow in Champion Township Cemetery. Friends may call 5 to 7 p.m. Friday and 9 to 10 a.m. Saturday at the church.
Material contributions may be made to Champion Christian Church, 151 Center St. W, Warren, Ohio 44481.
Arrangements have been entrusted to the care of the Staton-Borowski Funeral Home.
Contributor: FantasyTouch (48194223) • [email protected]
Marriage records state Leva U. Harper married Clem R. Harper 31 December 1941 in Follensbee, West Virginia
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Leva and Clem were married in Ohio County, West Virginia.
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