Mary Elizabeth Severns Eakin, 96, passed peacefully on October 10, 2014, with her family by her side. She was born in Birmingham, Ohio on March4, 1918 daughter of the late William and Ora (Stewart) Severns.
She graduated from Madison high School and the Cambridge Business College. She married the love of her life, Brooks H. Eakin on December 25, 1941. They were married for 68 years.
Mary Lib retired from Sears where she loved working and talking to her customers. She was a member of the Ninth Street United Methodist Church where she was a member of the Mary Reed Circle. She was a First Family of Guernsey County on three sides of her family. She enjoyed reading, knitting, crocheting and traveling, especially the family vacations to Myrtle Beach.
In additions to her parents, she was preceded in death by husband, Brooks H. Eakin; two brothers, Harry and Curtis Severns; and brother-in-law, James Eakin.
She is survived by a son, Tim (Ruth) Eakin of Zanesville; three daughters, Linda McFadden of Columbus, Sherry (Michael) Oatney of Sugar Grove and Marilyn (Chuck) Gibson of Cambridge; grandchildren, Lisa (Kevin) McClatchy, Derik (Carrie) Hertel, Neil (Molly) Gibson, Annie (John) Hastings, Erik (Amy) Gibson, Allison Eakin, Leslie Sean) Eakin, Brad (Diana) Eakin, Sarah (Wirley) Weller and Sean (Tammie) Oatney; 15 great-grandchildren, and nephews, Tom and Bill Severns, Jeff, Larry and Ken Eakin; special cousin; Bill Armstrong.
Visitation will be on Tuesday, October 14, 2014 from 11 a.m. until time of service at 1 p.m. at Thorn-Black Funeral Home, Cambridge. Burial will follow in Greenwood Cemetery, Byesville.
Because of her love of animals, reading and the church, memorial contributions are requested to be made to Humane Society of Guernsey County, 108A Franklin Ave, Cambridge, OH 43725 or to The Ninth Street United Methodist Church, 129 N. 9th Street, Cambridge, Ohio 43725.
She graduated from Madison high School and the Cambridge Business College. She married the love of her life, Brooks H. Eakin on December 25, 1941. They were married for 68 years.
Mary Lib retired from Sears where she loved working and talking to her customers. She was a member of the Ninth Street United Methodist Church where she was a member of the Mary Reed Circle. She was a First Family of Guernsey County on three sides of her family. She enjoyed reading, knitting, crocheting and traveling, especially the family vacations to Myrtle Beach.
In additions to her parents, she was preceded in death by husband, Brooks H. Eakin; two brothers, Harry and Curtis Severns; and brother-in-law, James Eakin.
She is survived by a son, Tim (Ruth) Eakin of Zanesville; three daughters, Linda McFadden of Columbus, Sherry (Michael) Oatney of Sugar Grove and Marilyn (Chuck) Gibson of Cambridge; grandchildren, Lisa (Kevin) McClatchy, Derik (Carrie) Hertel, Neil (Molly) Gibson, Annie (John) Hastings, Erik (Amy) Gibson, Allison Eakin, Leslie Sean) Eakin, Brad (Diana) Eakin, Sarah (Wirley) Weller and Sean (Tammie) Oatney; 15 great-grandchildren, and nephews, Tom and Bill Severns, Jeff, Larry and Ken Eakin; special cousin; Bill Armstrong.
Visitation will be on Tuesday, October 14, 2014 from 11 a.m. until time of service at 1 p.m. at Thorn-Black Funeral Home, Cambridge. Burial will follow in Greenwood Cemetery, Byesville.
Because of her love of animals, reading and the church, memorial contributions are requested to be made to Humane Society of Guernsey County, 108A Franklin Ave, Cambridge, OH 43725 or to The Ninth Street United Methodist Church, 129 N. 9th Street, Cambridge, Ohio 43725.
Mary Elizabeth Severns Eakin, 96, passed peacefully on October 10, 2014, with her family by her side. She was born in Birmingham, Ohio on March4, 1918 daughter of the late William and Ora (Stewart) Severns.
She graduated from Madison high School and the Cambridge Business College. She married the love of her life, Brooks H. Eakin on December 25, 1941. They were married for 68 years.
Mary Lib retired from Sears where she loved working and talking to her customers. She was a member of the Ninth Street United Methodist Church where she was a member of the Mary Reed Circle. She was a First Family of Guernsey County on three sides of her family. She enjoyed reading, knitting, crocheting and traveling, especially the family vacations to Myrtle Beach.
In additions to her parents, she was preceded in death by husband, Brooks H. Eakin; two brothers, Harry and Curtis Severns; and brother-in-law, James Eakin.
She is survived by a son, Tim (Ruth) Eakin of Zanesville; three daughters, Linda McFadden of Columbus, Sherry (Michael) Oatney of Sugar Grove and Marilyn (Chuck) Gibson of Cambridge; grandchildren, Lisa (Kevin) McClatchy, Derik (Carrie) Hertel, Neil (Molly) Gibson, Annie (John) Hastings, Erik (Amy) Gibson, Allison Eakin, Leslie Sean) Eakin, Brad (Diana) Eakin, Sarah (Wirley) Weller and Sean (Tammie) Oatney; 15 great-grandchildren, and nephews, Tom and Bill Severns, Jeff, Larry and Ken Eakin; special cousin; Bill Armstrong.
Visitation will be on Tuesday, October 14, 2014 from 11 a.m. until time of service at 1 p.m. at Thorn-Black Funeral Home, Cambridge. Burial will follow in Greenwood Cemetery, Byesville.
Because of her love of animals, reading and the church, memorial contributions are requested to be made to Humane Society of Guernsey County, 108A Franklin Ave, Cambridge, OH 43725 or to The Ninth Street United Methodist Church, 129 N. 9th Street, Cambridge, Ohio 43725.
She graduated from Madison high School and the Cambridge Business College. She married the love of her life, Brooks H. Eakin on December 25, 1941. They were married for 68 years.
Mary Lib retired from Sears where she loved working and talking to her customers. She was a member of the Ninth Street United Methodist Church where she was a member of the Mary Reed Circle. She was a First Family of Guernsey County on three sides of her family. She enjoyed reading, knitting, crocheting and traveling, especially the family vacations to Myrtle Beach.
In additions to her parents, she was preceded in death by husband, Brooks H. Eakin; two brothers, Harry and Curtis Severns; and brother-in-law, James Eakin.
She is survived by a son, Tim (Ruth) Eakin of Zanesville; three daughters, Linda McFadden of Columbus, Sherry (Michael) Oatney of Sugar Grove and Marilyn (Chuck) Gibson of Cambridge; grandchildren, Lisa (Kevin) McClatchy, Derik (Carrie) Hertel, Neil (Molly) Gibson, Annie (John) Hastings, Erik (Amy) Gibson, Allison Eakin, Leslie Sean) Eakin, Brad (Diana) Eakin, Sarah (Wirley) Weller and Sean (Tammie) Oatney; 15 great-grandchildren, and nephews, Tom and Bill Severns, Jeff, Larry and Ken Eakin; special cousin; Bill Armstrong.
Visitation will be on Tuesday, October 14, 2014 from 11 a.m. until time of service at 1 p.m. at Thorn-Black Funeral Home, Cambridge. Burial will follow in Greenwood Cemetery, Byesville.
Because of her love of animals, reading and the church, memorial contributions are requested to be made to Humane Society of Guernsey County, 108A Franklin Ave, Cambridge, OH 43725 or to The Ninth Street United Methodist Church, 129 N. 9th Street, Cambridge, Ohio 43725.
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