Mary Jane Mullen, 86, of Emlenton, Richland Township, Venango County, went to be with the Lord while in the company of her loving family, late Wednesday evening May 31, 2023 at home.

Mary Jane was born in Lamartine on February 23, 1937. She was the daughter of the late Lawrence E. and Dorothy Beals Dittman.

She was a 1955 graduate of Keystone High school in Knox and was a long-time member of the Fellowship Baptist Church in Emlenton. In her early years Mary Jane had been employed as a teller at Northwest Bank in Emlenton. She was later employed as a nurse's aide at Laurel Manor in Emlenton and as a school van driver. She enjoyed sitting on the porch visiting with family and friends, going to the flea market at Hazen, cooking, knitting, crocheting, and reading her Bible. Mary Jane's favorite sweet treat was chocolate covered cherries.

Mary Jane was preceded in death by her husband of more than 60 years, Daryl J. Mullen. Mr. Mullen passed away February 20, 2021.

She is survived by two sons, Dennis E. Mullen and his wife, Mary, and John D. Dittman; two grandchildren, James Mullen and his wife, Emily and Bethany Terwilliger and her husband, US Army SGT. Mathew Chase Terwilliger. two great grandchildren, Lacey Rae and Lana Rose terwilliger; a brother, Eugene Dittman and his wife, Shirley and John Dittman; a sister, Nancy McClintock and her husband, Robert; her brothers- in-law and sisters-in-law, Betty Dittman, Phyllis Dittman, Judy Dittman, Mary Frances Dittman, Kenneth Mullen, Gary and Charlene Mullen, and Janet and Lloyd Stephens, as well as a number of nieces, nephews, and cousins.

In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by a son, John K. Mullen; her siblings, Kenneth, Jim, Bob, Walt, Don, Bill, Harry, David, and Dorothy Belle Dittman and an infant sister, as well as a number of brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law.

Entombment will be in Sunset Hills Memorial Gardens.

Hile Funeral Home, Emlenton, Pa.