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2020
Mary Gruver
August 8, 1937 — August 12, 2020
Mary Alice Gruver, 83, departed this life after a thirty year battle with lupus, on the afternoon of Wednesday, August 12, 2020, at UPMC Pinnacle-Carlisle Hospital.
She was born on August 8, 1937, in the village of Tinkerville, Glasgow, VA, a daughter of the late John F. and Susie (Earhart) McFaddin and was a graduate of Natural Bridge High School in Natural Bridge, VA. Mary Alice married John R. Gruver on May 1, 1960. He preceded her in death on October 5, 2006.
Mary Alice held several jobs over her life. She worked for the Commissioner of Revenue of Rockbridge County in Lexington, VA; as a babysitter and housekeeper; at the Musselman Apple Plant in Gardners; and retired from the Fehl Awning Company in Walnut Bottom, in 1999.
She was a member of the Trinity United Methodist Church, Walnut Bottom, and also served as a Sunday School Secretary and was a lifetime member of the South Newton Township Volunteer Fire Company and Auxiliary. In her free time, Mary Alice loved canning; baking pies, cookies, and bread; watching NASCAR; and reading.
She is survived by two daughters, Danielle Renee Gruver and Gigi Gale Hasten and husband Lawrence, both of Walnut Bottom; two grandsons, Christopher J. Hasten and fiancé Rosemarie Morris of Newville and Anthony G. Hasten and companion Michaela Berman of Chicago, IL; great granddaughter, Cecilia Ray; one sister, Norma J. Longo and husband Ray of Durham, NC; three sisters-in-law, Shirley McFaddin of Natural Bridge, VA, Anita McFaddin of Tallassee, AL, and Alma Golden of Shippensburg; and many nieces and nephews.
In addition to her parents and husband, Mary Alice was preceded in death by two brothers, Ralph O. and John A. McFaddin, and one sister, Elizabeth B. Drumheller.
Her funeral service will be held at 11:30 a.m., on Monday, August 17, 2020, at the Fogelsanger-Bricker Funeral Home & Crematorium, Inc. Pastor Robert Stump will officiate. Interment will follow in the Spring Hill Cemetery. Viewing will be from 10:00 a.m. until 11:30 a.m. on Monday, at the funeral home.
She was born on August 8, 1937, in the village of Tinkerville, Glasgow, VA, a daughter of the late John F. and Susie (Earhart) McFaddin and was a graduate of Natural Bridge High School in Natural Bridge, VA. Mary Alice married John R. Gruver on May 1, 1960. He preceded her in death on October 5, 2006.
Mary Alice held several jobs over her life. She worked for the Commissioner of Revenue of Rockbridge County in Lexington, VA; as a babysitter and housekeeper; at the Musselman Apple Plant in Gardners; and retired from the Fehl Awning Company in Walnut Bottom, in 1999.
She was a member of the Trinity United Methodist Church, Walnut Bottom, and also served as a Sunday School Secretary and was a lifetime member of the South Newton Township Volunteer Fire Company and Auxiliary. In her free time, Mary Alice loved canning; baking pies, cookies, and bread; watching NASCAR; and reading.
She is survived by two daughters, Danielle Renee Gruver and Gigi Gale Hasten and husband Lawrence, both of Walnut Bottom; two grandsons, Christopher J. Hasten and fiancé Rosemarie Morris of Newville and Anthony G. Hasten and companion Michaela Berman of Chicago, IL; great granddaughter, Cecilia Ray; one sister, Norma J. Longo and husband Ray of Durham, NC; three sisters-in-law, Shirley McFaddin of Natural Bridge, VA, Anita McFaddin of Tallassee, AL, and Alma Golden of Shippensburg; and many nieces and nephews.
In addition to her parents and husband, Mary Alice was preceded in death by two brothers, Ralph O. and John A. McFaddin, and one sister, Elizabeth B. Drumheller.
Her funeral service will be held at 11:30 a.m., on Monday, August 17, 2020, at the Fogelsanger-Bricker Funeral Home & Crematorium, Inc. Pastor Robert Stump will officiate. Interment will follow in the Spring Hill Cemetery. Viewing will be from 10:00 a.m. until 11:30 a.m. on Monday, at the funeral home.
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