Marian M. Eicher
PORT ALLEGANY- Marian M. Eicher, 95, of Vine St., formerly of Elm St., passed away Saturday (July 5, 2014) peacefully at home.
Born September 26, 1918, in Port Allegany, she was a daughter of Albert E. and Christine Johnson Anderson. On June 7, 1941, in Port Allegany, she married James E. Eicher, who died Feb. 2, 2005.
Marian was a lifetime resident of the area and a graduate of Port Allegany High School, Class of 1936, and also from the Westbrook Academy, Olean, NY.
Mrs. Eicher had worked for North Penn Gas Co. as an accounting assist.
She was a member of the former Evangelical United Methodist Church and currently a member of the Sartwell Creek Union Church, Burtville. She was a member of the American Association of Retired Persons.
Surviving are a daughter, Karen E. (Butch) Bowers of Port Allegany, two sons, Alan D. (Janice) Eicher of Queensbury, NY, Richard J. (Cheryl) Eicher of Lake Frederick, VA; 9 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; a brother-in-law, Charles Smith of York, PA, and several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband James, a brother, H. Rudy Anderson and three sisters, Edna Smith, Emily Maddux, and Mildred Ferris.
Friends will be received from 11 to 1 p.m. Wednesday (July 9, 2014) in the Switzer Funeral Home, Port Allegany, where a funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. with Rev. LaVerne Howard, pastor of the Sartwell Creek Union Church, officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery, Port Allegany.
Memorials can be made to the Sartwell Creek Union Church, S.W. Smith Library, or Potter County Hospice.
Condolences can be made to: Karen Bowers
4 W. Vine St.
Port Allegany, PA 16743