Carolyne Dennis Rush Speer Lowery
1943 – 2013
Carolyne “Sis” Dennis Rush Speer Lowery, 70, of Washington, died at 9:15 p.m. Tuesday, November 19, 2013, in Donnell House, Washington.
She was born July 24, 1943, in Wheeling, W.Va., a daughter of the late John L. and Rebecca E. Hollaway Dennis.
Mrs. Lowery attended Wellsburg High School. She was a Home Interiors sales representative for 15 years and was also employed at Arc Human Services of Washington.
She was Methodist and lived in Washington since 2006.
Mrs. Lowery loved her two dogs, Trudy and Bella.
On September 18, 1962, she married Robert P. “Butch” Rush, who died April 29, 1984.
On June 22, 2002, she married Tom Lowery, who survives.
Also surviving are two sons, Robert L. “Butch” Rush of Avella and Gary W. Rush of Avella; two brothers, John L. Dennis Jr. of Massillon, Ohio, and Timothy Dennis of Brilliant, Ohio; two sisters, Barbara (Rich) Dennis of Washington and Sandra (Ken) Rush of Wellsburg, W.Va.; four half-sisters, Dianna, Selma, Ronda and Alicia, all of Canton, Ohio; a half-brother, Jerry Dennis of Tennessee; stepmother, Sylvia Dennis of Canton; and a stepbrother, Elmer Bywaters of Dover, Ohio.
Deceased, in addition to her first husband and parents, are a sister, Linda Arnold, and a brother, Donald Ray Dennis
Friends and family will be received from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday and 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Friday in Jerome A. Stefkovich Funeral Home Inc., 18 Campbell Street, Avella, PA 15312, where services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, November 23, with the Rev. Carl Tribett officiating. Burial will be in Independence Cemetery, Avella.
Online condolences can be expressed at www.stefkovichfuneralhome.com.