Born May 31, 1909, in Fulton County, she was the daughter of the late John and Louise Hess Truax and the widow of R. Leslie Spade who died December 2, 1985. She attended the Pleasant Grove School.
She had been employed with the former Jacobs Brothers in Hancock as a seamstress and had worked for Dillon Orchards and Hepburn Orchards in Hancock. She was a Protestant.
She is survived by five daughters: Viola Weigle and Georgia DeShong, both of Hedgesville, WV; Elda Mertz, Martinsburg, WV; Nancy Shives, Bear, DE, and Phyllis Thompson, Hancock; four sons: Bernard Spade, Delmar Spade and Arlie Spade, all of Hancock; Jerald Spade, New Castle, PA; a sister, Flo Rotz, Pennsylvania; a number of grandchildren, a number of step-grandchildren, a number of great-grandchildren and a number of great-great-grandchildren.
In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by a daughter, Estalene Ritz; three sons: Walter, Kenneth and James Spade.
Services were held Wednesday, November 28 at 1:00 p.m. at the Grove Funeral Home, Hancock. Rev. Steve Dawson officiated. Burial was made in the Pleasant Grove Christian Cemetery, Warfordsburg.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Pleasant Grove Christian Cemetery Association, 1311 Mountain Road, Warfordsburg, PA 17267.
Born May 31, 1909, in Fulton County, she was the daughter of the late John and Louise Hess Truax and the widow of R. Leslie Spade who died December 2, 1985. She attended the Pleasant Grove School.
She had been employed with the former Jacobs Brothers in Hancock as a seamstress and had worked for Dillon Orchards and Hepburn Orchards in Hancock. She was a Protestant.
She is survived by five daughters: Viola Weigle and Georgia DeShong, both of Hedgesville, WV; Elda Mertz, Martinsburg, WV; Nancy Shives, Bear, DE, and Phyllis Thompson, Hancock; four sons: Bernard Spade, Delmar Spade and Arlie Spade, all of Hancock; Jerald Spade, New Castle, PA; a sister, Flo Rotz, Pennsylvania; a number of grandchildren, a number of step-grandchildren, a number of great-grandchildren and a number of great-great-grandchildren.
In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by a daughter, Estalene Ritz; three sons: Walter, Kenneth and James Spade.
Services were held Wednesday, November 28 at 1:00 p.m. at the Grove Funeral Home, Hancock. Rev. Steve Dawson officiated. Burial was made in the Pleasant Grove Christian Cemetery, Warfordsburg.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Pleasant Grove Christian Cemetery Association, 1311 Mountain Road, Warfordsburg, PA 17267.
Family Members
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Viola Floe Spade Weigle
1925–2015
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Elda Odessa "Pinky" Spade Mertz
1926–2012
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Estalene Minnie Spade
1928–1949
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Georgia Marion Spade DeShong
1930–2010
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Bernard Lewis Spade
1931–2010
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Walter Russell Spade
1934–1954
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Delmar Lawrence Spade
1934–2009
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Nancy Louise Spade Shives
1937–2004
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James Trone Spade
1949–1949
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