GAYLE MARIE WATRING STRAWDERMAN, age 85 years, a resident of St. George, WV departed this life early Saturday morning March 30, 2013 at the Garrett County Memorial Hospital at Oakland, MD.
She was born Sunday October 9, 1927 at Job, WV, a daughter of the late Artenis Woodford Watring and Mary Jane Cunningham. On June 8, 1955 at Pennsylvania, she was married to Morris Gay Strawderman, who preceded her in death October 26, 2001.
Surviving are one son, Steve Strawderman of Pennscola, FL; two daughters, Gabriella “Gabby” Mary Knotts and husband Norman and Renee Deniece Shaffer and husband Steve all of Horseshoe Run; one brother, Ralph Watring and wife Joann of Aurora, WV; two sisters, Sarah “Kathryn” Knotts of Shaffertown, Betty “Jane” Lipscomb of Morgantown, WV; eight grandchildren and sixteen great grandchildren.
Preceding her in death are two brothers, Jimmy Brooks Watring and Paul Woodford Watring and three sisters, Meredith “Hope” Cramer, Ruby Louise Summerville and Ruth Ann Watring Hauser.
She was a graduate of Parsons High School with the Class of 1945. She was former waitress for Hinebaugh’s Restaurant and various restaurants in Warren, OH. She worked at Barb’s Drug Store at the Soda Fountain, and she was a former Insurance Agent for Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. She was a member of the Leadmine United Methodist Church. She loved to dance and sing.
The family will receive friends at the Lohr & Barb Funeral Home of Parsons on Monday from 5 to 8 PM. Final rites will be conducted at the funeral home parlor on Tuesday April 2, 2013 at 1:30 PM. The Rev. Robert Leard will officiate and interment will follow at the Watring Cemetery at Shafertown, WV.
