Obituaries
June 7, 2024

Patricia Arlene Walker Earley – Vanderbilt, formerly of Charleroi and Donora

A Patricia Arlene Walker Earley, 71, of Vanderbilt, formerly of Charleroi and Donora, passed away Thursday, June 6, 2024, at WVU Medicine Uniontown Hospital in Uniontown. Born May 30, 1953, in North Charleroi, she was the daughter of the late George V. and Evelyn U. Hatton Walker. A resident of Vanderbilt for the past three years, Mrs. Earley was a retired nursing assistant at the Harmon House in Mt. Pleasant for 23 years. Patricia was an avid bingo player, enjoyed crocheting, quilting and reading, and most of all going camping and vacationing at the beach with her family. She is survived by her two daughters and a son-in-law, Margie and Robert Carocci Jr. of Vanderbilt and Tammy M. Hutchison of Charleroi; five grandchildren, Carlotta (Grant) Gush, Samantha (Robert) Tarr, Robert G. Carocci, Emily Hutchison and Trent I. Hutchison; eight great-grandchildren; three brothers and a sister-in-law, Joseph Walker of Charleroi, William Walker of Charleroi and Vernon and Ruth Walker of Dubois. She was preceded in death by her husband, James W. Earley Jr.; son James W. Earley III; three brothers, George A. Walker, David L. Walker and Barton R. Walker; and a sister, Evelyn F. Harris. Visitation will be held from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at PARZYNSKI FUNERAL HOMES AND CREMATIONS LLC, family owned and operated, 191 Liberty St., Perryopolis, 724-7362515. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Parzynski Funeral Home & Cremations LLC. Interment will take place in Dickerson Run Cemetery.

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