Sunday's Obituary: Ann Horblinski Leveille

This past week our Parish Family lost a dear woman, Ann Horblinski Leveille. I felt horrible about missing her funeral. I do not read the Daily Local often so I did not see her obituary until after the fact. No email went out like it normally does from our parish. I found out from a friend's Facebook status. ... Vichnaya Pamyat.

Her obituary, as it was printed in the Daily Local:

Ann Horblinski Leveille, 91, of Coatesville passed peacefully Tuesday, September 16, 2014 with her family by her side at Neighborhood Hospice Inpatient Unit, West Chester. Born in Philadelphia, she was the daughter of the late Elias Alex and Catherine Hawrylyk Horblinski and the wife of the late William Joseph Leveille with whom she shared 45 years of marriage before his death in 1999. Ann was a devout member of The Holy Ghost Ukrainian Orthodox Church where she was a member of the Senior UOL Chapter and the Sisterhood. Ann loved her church and church family. Ann attended S. Horace Scott Senior High School. During WWII, Ann worked for Triumph Explosives, Elkton, Md. She worked briefly for Norcross Card Company, West Chester. Ann is survived by her daughter, Karen Lewis and her husband Gregory; her grandson Gregory, Jr. and his wife Charlene; and her two great-grandchildren, Gregory III and Gianna all of Coatesville; her two brothers Peter and John Horblinski, many nieces and nephews and her life-long best friend, Vera Hatcher. In addition to her husband and parents, Ann was predeceased by her sisters Mary Chenger and Janet Bireley and her sister-in-law Arline Leveille Gibson. Ann's funeral service will be held Saturday, September 20, 2014 at 10 a.m. at the Holy Ghost Ukrainian Orthodox Church with visitation beginning at 9 a.m. Interment will be in The Ukrainian Cemetery, Coatesville. In lieu of flowers, memorials in Ann's honor may be made to The Holy Ghost Ukrainian Orthodox Church, 392 Charles Street, Coatesville, PA 19320. Arrangements are being handled by Wentz Funeral Home, Coatesville 610-384-0318 To send online condolences, please visit www. wentzfuneralhome.com

Published in The Daily Local on 18 September 2014Sunday's Obituary is a GeneaBloggers prompt encouraging bloggers to post obituaries along with other information about that person.

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