ELDRED, Pa. - Evelyn M. Childs, 91, of Shelby Lane passed away Saturday (May 19, 2012) in Olean (N.Y.) General Hospital.
Born June 30, 1920, in Jamestown, N.Y., she was a daughter of John A. and Anna Olson Hedberg. On Oct. 11, 1940, in Portville, N.Y. she married Gilbert M. Childs Sr., who died in March 1999.
She was a lifetime resident of the area and a member of the American Legion Auxiliary, Eldred, and American Association of Retired Persons.
Surviving are a daughter, Margaret Ann Childs of Eldred; a son, Gilbert M. (Caren) Childs Jr. of Richburg, N.Y.; five grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; a sister, Doris Lake of Rochester, N.Y.; and several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; five brothers, Lawrence, Arthur, Kenneth, Oscar and Carl Hedberg; and two sisters, Hilda Vahl and Helen Brown.
Burial will be in Lamphier Cemetery, Eldred.
Memorials can be made to the Eldred Ambulance or S.W. Smith Library.
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Published in The Olean Times Herald on May 21, 2012
ELDRED, Pa. - Evelyn M. Childs, 91, of Shelby Lane passed away Saturday (May 19, 2012) in Olean (N.Y.) General Hospital.
Born June 30, 1920, in Jamestown, N.Y., she was a daughter of John A. and Anna Olson Hedberg. On Oct. 11, 1940, in Portville, N.Y. she married Gilbert M. Childs Sr., who died in March 1999.
She was a lifetime resident of the area and a member of the American Legion Auxiliary, Eldred, and American Association of Retired Persons.
Surviving are a daughter, Margaret Ann Childs of Eldred; a son, Gilbert M. (Caren) Childs Jr. of Richburg, N.Y.; five grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; a sister, Doris Lake of Rochester, N.Y.; and several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; five brothers, Lawrence, Arthur, Kenneth, Oscar and Carl Hedberg; and two sisters, Hilda Vahl and Helen Brown.
Burial will be in Lamphier Cemetery, Eldred.
Memorials can be made to the Eldred Ambulance or S.W. Smith Library.
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Published in The Olean Times Herald on May 21, 2012
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