Obituaries
December 17, 2019

Edrietta Harding – Bentleyville

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Edrietta Harding, 90, of Bentleyville, died Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2019, surrounded by her loving family. She was born July 25, 1929, in New Castle, the daughter of Everette and Martha Graham Young. Edrietta was an active member of Edwards Chapel UMC in Finleyville and its Ladies with Heart. She was formerly employed by the Bell Telephone Company and Blue Cross Blue Shield, both of Pittsburgh. She enjoyed traveling, especially with her husband, Howard, visiting all 50 states as well as abroad. She is survived by four sons, Thomas Harding and wife Kimberly of Bentleyville, Timothy Harding and wife Lucinda of Eighty Four, James Harding and wife Tena, and Kenneth Harding and wife Kris, all of Bentleyville; seven grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandson; three brothers, Gerald Young of Aliquippa, William Young and Joseph Young, both of New Castle; two sisters, Donna Douglas of Volant and Joyce Bobosky of Youngstown, Ohio. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Howard Harding, who died on Oct. 28, 2002; granddaughter, Danielle Harding; three brothers, Richard, Paul and Graham Young; and four sisters, Jean Travaline, Dorothy Roth, Betty Grieves and Joanne Schinsky. Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 19, 2019 in the FRYE FUNERAL HOME INC., 427 W. Main St., Monongahela. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Friday, Dec. 20, 2019 at Edwards Chapel UMC with the Rev. Richard Roberts officiating. Anyone that is planning on attending the funeral service is asked to go directly to the church. Interment will follow in Jefferson Memorial Park, Pittsburgh. Memorial contributions may be made to Edwards Chapel UMC. Online condolences may be made to the family at www.fryefuneralhome.com.

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