Obituaries
March 31, 2019

Josephine D. Troth – Coal Center, formerly of Fayette City

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Josephine D. Troth, 84, of Coal Center, formerly of Fayette City, passed away Saturday, March 30, 2019, in Mon Valley Hospital. She was born Sept. 27, 1934, in Monessen, daughter of Wesley Beeman and Ella Schaffer Beeman. She is survived by daughter, Joann Troth Lambert and son, Bernard (Bernie) Troth both of Coal Center and daughter, Kim Marie Troth Stuyvesant of Fayette City; five grandchildren, George Arnold (Georgie) Stuyvesant, Kayla Marie Stuyvesant, Bernie Troth, Allen Troth and Sara Laird. She is also survived by nine great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, Kenneth Troth; grandson, Shane Louis Grant Stuyvesant; three brothers, Bernard (Buster) Beeman, Herbert Beeman and Henry Beeman; and one sister, Theresa Luska. Friends will be received from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, April 2, 2019, and from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, April 3, 2019, at ELEY-MCCRORY FUNERAL HOME INC., 334 Main St., Fayette City, www.eleymccroryfuneralhome.com. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, April 4, 2019, in the funeral home. Interment will follow in the Mon Valley Memorial Park, Donora, PA 15033.

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