Barbara J. Throckmorton Dean
Barbara J. Throckmorton Dean, 88, of Rogersville, died at 10:49 p.m. Sunday, November 19, 2017, in Family Hospice and Palliative Care, Mt. Lebanon.
She was born Thursday, December 20, 1928, in Greene County, a daughter of the late Samuel and Alice Crouse Throckmorton.
Mrs. Dean enjoyed painting, sketching and writing poetry, and she was an avid reader. She always loved animals.
During World War II, she worked in the tobacco fields in Connecticut and Massachusetts.
She was a homemaker.
Surviving are her husband, Donald R. Dean, whom she married Wednesday, December 14, 1949; two daughters, Marjorie Dawn (Dennis) Doran of Pittsburgh and Sherry (Daniel Dougherty) Dean of South Orange, N.J.; six grandchildren, Daron (Camden) Doran, Devon (LeAnne) Doran, Declan (Jessica) Doran, Darci (Adam) Ellsworth, Chelsea Dougherty and Taylor Dougherty; and five great-grandchildren.
Deceased are three sisters, Lillian Throckmorton, Ruth McDonald and a sister who died in infancy.
Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Friday in Milliken and Throckmorton Funeral Home, Inc., Daryl L. Throckmorton, owner/director, 197 North Maiden Street, Waynesburg, PA 15370, where services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday, November 25, with Pastor Cynthia Deter officiating. Burial will be in Rosemont Cemetery, Rogersville.
Additional information is available at www.milliken-throckmortonfh.com.