Freda Mae (Barr) Boocks, age 73, of Venus, died at 2:53 a.m. on Friday, October 22, 2010, at the Hospice House in Shippenville, where she most recently resided.
Born November 21, 1936, at home in Cranberry Township, Venango County, she was a daughter of the late Roy E. and Freda Lewis Barr. Mrs. Boocks was a 1955 graduate of Oil City High School.
In her earlier years, she was employed with the Purolator Corporation in Seneca.
She was a member of the United Evangelical Church in Venus. Mrs. Boocks was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star, the Ladies Auxiliary of the V.F.W. Post 464 in Oil City, and Acacia Grotto in Oil City. She was an avid bingo player, enjoyed sewing, and the company of her family.
She was married in Frewsburg, N.Y. on January 7, 1956 to Darwin E. "Red" Boocks, who preceded her in death on June 10, 2001.
Surviving are nine children, Dennis R. Boocks and wife Angela of Venus, Cindy A. Knight and husband Mark of Knox, Mary E. Cochran and husband Ed , Nancy J. Shreffler and husband Albert, Daniel E. Boocks and wife Dee all of Oil City, Sue L. Moorehead of Seneca, Richard E. Boocks and wife Cindy of Oil City, Barbara J. Myers and husband Robert of Knox, and Sandra L. Albaugh and husband James of Venus; twenty-one grandchildren, Brandon Boocks, Cameron Cochran, Kyle Boocks, Jacob Knight, Courtney Cochran, Ashley Knight, Brad, Colby and Shae Johnson, Amy Boocks, Amanda Perea and husband Diogenes Brandon, Joseph Shreffler, Michael Boocks and wife Stacey, Craig Moorehead, Jay Shreffler and wife Melissa, Eric Moorehead, Jaime Sherbine and husband Don, Brenda Brown and husband Mike, Beth Albaugh, Christine Cataldo and husband Russell, and Kimberlee Cherico and husband Fred; fifteen great-grandchildren, Madison Boocks, Gabriel and Noah Shreffler, Leroy and Gabriella Boocks, Taylor Sherbine, Jake Moorehead, Luca, Ava and Nicholas Cherico, Emily J. Brown, Brittany Smalley, Christian R. Brown, Seth Cataldo, and Blake Cataldo and wife Olivia.
Also surviving are five sisters, Claribel Bucholz, Janet Flannigan and husband Terry, Shirley Chatley and husband Lester, Dawn Butler and husband Vi, and Nancy Frank and husband Clinton; two brothers, William Barr and wife Pat and Larry Barr and wife Janice; two sisters-in-law, Shirley Barr and Peg Ortolla; and a brother-in-law, Bob Ream.
In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by two grandchildren, Erick D. Boocks and Gregory Becker; a brother, Roy Barr; a sister, Jean Ream; a son-in-law, Thomas J. Becker; a brother-in-law Paul Bucholz; a sister-in-law Montez Davis; a half-sister-in-law, Pat Chapin; her mother-in-law, Mary L. Hoover Beach Boocks and her father-in-law, Thomas Boocks.
Friends will be received Sunday (Oct. 24th) from 1-3 p.m. in the Hile-Best Funeral Home, Inc., 2781 Rte. 257 in Seneca, Cranberry Township. Funeral services will be held from the funeral home Sunday at 3 p.m., with Rev. Randy Evans, Clarion-Forest VNA Hospice Chaplain, officiating.
Born November 21, 1936, at home in Cranberry Township, Venango County, she was a daughter of the late Roy E. and Freda Lewis Barr. Mrs. Boocks was a 1955 graduate of Oil City High School.
In her earlier years, she was employed with the Purolator Corporation in Seneca.
She was a member of the United Evangelical Church in Venus. Mrs. Boocks was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star, the Ladies Auxiliary of the V.F.W. Post 464 in Oil City, and Acacia Grotto in Oil City. She was an avid bingo player, enjoyed sewing, and the company of her family.
She was married in Frewsburg, N.Y. on January 7, 1956 to Darwin E. "Red" Boocks, who preceded her in death on June 10, 2001.
Surviving are nine children, Dennis R. Boocks and wife Angela of Venus, Cindy A. Knight and husband Mark of Knox, Mary E. Cochran and husband Ed , Nancy J. Shreffler and husband Albert, Daniel E. Boocks and wife Dee all of Oil City, Sue L. Moorehead of Seneca, Richard E. Boocks and wife Cindy of Oil City, Barbara J. Myers and husband Robert of Knox, and Sandra L. Albaugh and husband James of Venus; twenty-one grandchildren, Brandon Boocks, Cameron Cochran, Kyle Boocks, Jacob Knight, Courtney Cochran, Ashley Knight, Brad, Colby and Shae Johnson, Amy Boocks, Amanda Perea and husband Diogenes Brandon, Joseph Shreffler, Michael Boocks and wife Stacey, Craig Moorehead, Jay Shreffler and wife Melissa, Eric Moorehead, Jaime Sherbine and husband Don, Brenda Brown and husband Mike, Beth Albaugh, Christine Cataldo and husband Russell, and Kimberlee Cherico and husband Fred; fifteen great-grandchildren, Madison Boocks, Gabriel and Noah Shreffler, Leroy and Gabriella Boocks, Taylor Sherbine, Jake Moorehead, Luca, Ava and Nicholas Cherico, Emily J. Brown, Brittany Smalley, Christian R. Brown, Seth Cataldo, and Blake Cataldo and wife Olivia.
Also surviving are five sisters, Claribel Bucholz, Janet Flannigan and husband Terry, Shirley Chatley and husband Lester, Dawn Butler and husband Vi, and Nancy Frank and husband Clinton; two brothers, William Barr and wife Pat and Larry Barr and wife Janice; two sisters-in-law, Shirley Barr and Peg Ortolla; and a brother-in-law, Bob Ream.
In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by two grandchildren, Erick D. Boocks and Gregory Becker; a brother, Roy Barr; a sister, Jean Ream; a son-in-law, Thomas J. Becker; a brother-in-law Paul Bucholz; a sister-in-law Montez Davis; a half-sister-in-law, Pat Chapin; her mother-in-law, Mary L. Hoover Beach Boocks and her father-in-law, Thomas Boocks.
Friends will be received Sunday (Oct. 24th) from 1-3 p.m. in the Hile-Best Funeral Home, Inc., 2781 Rte. 257 in Seneca, Cranberry Township. Funeral services will be held from the funeral home Sunday at 3 p.m., with Rev. Randy Evans, Clarion-Forest VNA Hospice Chaplain, officiating.
Freda Mae (Barr) Boocks, age 73, of Venus, died at 2:53 a.m. on Friday, October 22, 2010, at the Hospice House in Shippenville, where she most recently resided.
Born November 21, 1936, at home in Cranberry Township, Venango County, she was a daughter of the late Roy E. and Freda Lewis Barr. Mrs. Boocks was a 1955 graduate of Oil City High School.
In her earlier years, she was employed with the Purolator Corporation in Seneca.
She was a member of the United Evangelical Church in Venus. Mrs. Boocks was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star, the Ladies Auxiliary of the V.F.W. Post 464 in Oil City, and Acacia Grotto in Oil City. She was an avid bingo player, enjoyed sewing, and the company of her family.
She was married in Frewsburg, N.Y. on January 7, 1956 to Darwin E. "Red" Boocks, who preceded her in death on June 10, 2001.
Surviving are nine children, Dennis R. Boocks and wife Angela of Venus, Cindy A. Knight and husband Mark of Knox, Mary E. Cochran and husband Ed , Nancy J. Shreffler and husband Albert, Daniel E. Boocks and wife Dee all of Oil City, Sue L. Moorehead of Seneca, Richard E. Boocks and wife Cindy of Oil City, Barbara J. Myers and husband Robert of Knox, and Sandra L. Albaugh and husband James of Venus; twenty-one grandchildren, Brandon Boocks, Cameron Cochran, Kyle Boocks, Jacob Knight, Courtney Cochran, Ashley Knight, Brad, Colby and Shae Johnson, Amy Boocks, Amanda Perea and husband Diogenes Brandon, Joseph Shreffler, Michael Boocks and wife Stacey, Craig Moorehead, Jay Shreffler and wife Melissa, Eric Moorehead, Jaime Sherbine and husband Don, Brenda Brown and husband Mike, Beth Albaugh, Christine Cataldo and husband Russell, and Kimberlee Cherico and husband Fred; fifteen great-grandchildren, Madison Boocks, Gabriel and Noah Shreffler, Leroy and Gabriella Boocks, Taylor Sherbine, Jake Moorehead, Luca, Ava and Nicholas Cherico, Emily J. Brown, Brittany Smalley, Christian R. Brown, Seth Cataldo, and Blake Cataldo and wife Olivia.
Also surviving are five sisters, Claribel Bucholz, Janet Flannigan and husband Terry, Shirley Chatley and husband Lester, Dawn Butler and husband Vi, and Nancy Frank and husband Clinton; two brothers, William Barr and wife Pat and Larry Barr and wife Janice; two sisters-in-law, Shirley Barr and Peg Ortolla; and a brother-in-law, Bob Ream.
In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by two grandchildren, Erick D. Boocks and Gregory Becker; a brother, Roy Barr; a sister, Jean Ream; a son-in-law, Thomas J. Becker; a brother-in-law Paul Bucholz; a sister-in-law Montez Davis; a half-sister-in-law, Pat Chapin; her mother-in-law, Mary L. Hoover Beach Boocks and her father-in-law, Thomas Boocks.
Friends will be received Sunday (Oct. 24th) from 1-3 p.m. in the Hile-Best Funeral Home, Inc., 2781 Rte. 257 in Seneca, Cranberry Township. Funeral services will be held from the funeral home Sunday at 3 p.m., with Rev. Randy Evans, Clarion-Forest VNA Hospice Chaplain, officiating.
Born November 21, 1936, at home in Cranberry Township, Venango County, she was a daughter of the late Roy E. and Freda Lewis Barr. Mrs. Boocks was a 1955 graduate of Oil City High School.
In her earlier years, she was employed with the Purolator Corporation in Seneca.
She was a member of the United Evangelical Church in Venus. Mrs. Boocks was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star, the Ladies Auxiliary of the V.F.W. Post 464 in Oil City, and Acacia Grotto in Oil City. She was an avid bingo player, enjoyed sewing, and the company of her family.
She was married in Frewsburg, N.Y. on January 7, 1956 to Darwin E. "Red" Boocks, who preceded her in death on June 10, 2001.
Surviving are nine children, Dennis R. Boocks and wife Angela of Venus, Cindy A. Knight and husband Mark of Knox, Mary E. Cochran and husband Ed , Nancy J. Shreffler and husband Albert, Daniel E. Boocks and wife Dee all of Oil City, Sue L. Moorehead of Seneca, Richard E. Boocks and wife Cindy of Oil City, Barbara J. Myers and husband Robert of Knox, and Sandra L. Albaugh and husband James of Venus; twenty-one grandchildren, Brandon Boocks, Cameron Cochran, Kyle Boocks, Jacob Knight, Courtney Cochran, Ashley Knight, Brad, Colby and Shae Johnson, Amy Boocks, Amanda Perea and husband Diogenes Brandon, Joseph Shreffler, Michael Boocks and wife Stacey, Craig Moorehead, Jay Shreffler and wife Melissa, Eric Moorehead, Jaime Sherbine and husband Don, Brenda Brown and husband Mike, Beth Albaugh, Christine Cataldo and husband Russell, and Kimberlee Cherico and husband Fred; fifteen great-grandchildren, Madison Boocks, Gabriel and Noah Shreffler, Leroy and Gabriella Boocks, Taylor Sherbine, Jake Moorehead, Luca, Ava and Nicholas Cherico, Emily J. Brown, Brittany Smalley, Christian R. Brown, Seth Cataldo, and Blake Cataldo and wife Olivia.
Also surviving are five sisters, Claribel Bucholz, Janet Flannigan and husband Terry, Shirley Chatley and husband Lester, Dawn Butler and husband Vi, and Nancy Frank and husband Clinton; two brothers, William Barr and wife Pat and Larry Barr and wife Janice; two sisters-in-law, Shirley Barr and Peg Ortolla; and a brother-in-law, Bob Ream.
In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by two grandchildren, Erick D. Boocks and Gregory Becker; a brother, Roy Barr; a sister, Jean Ream; a son-in-law, Thomas J. Becker; a brother-in-law Paul Bucholz; a sister-in-law Montez Davis; a half-sister-in-law, Pat Chapin; her mother-in-law, Mary L. Hoover Beach Boocks and her father-in-law, Thomas Boocks.
Friends will be received Sunday (Oct. 24th) from 1-3 p.m. in the Hile-Best Funeral Home, Inc., 2781 Rte. 257 in Seneca, Cranberry Township. Funeral services will be held from the funeral home Sunday at 3 p.m., with Rev. Randy Evans, Clarion-Forest VNA Hospice Chaplain, officiating.
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