Anna F. Himes

Anna F. Himes, 74, of Center Avenue, West Pittsburg, died Friday, Feb. 27, 2009, in Avalon Nursing Center following an extended illness.Born March 8, 1934, in Rathmel, Pa., she was a daughter of the late Edgar C. and Martha Cathers Reed.She married Keith E. Himes on June 30, 1956. He died May 11, 1997.Mrs. Himes was a member of Moravia Presbyterian Church.She was a devoted mother and grandmother who cherished time spent with her family.Survivors include a son and daughter-in-law, David and Janice Himes of New Castle; two daughters and a son-in-law, Debra and Alan McBride of Enon Valley, and Diana Heasley of Roscoe, Ill.; two sisters and brothers-in-law, Mary and Tony Principe of Salem, S.C., and Dorothy and Calvin Pierce of State College; three grandchildren, Trista Heasley, Nathaniel McBride and Natalie McBride; two stepgrandchildren, Rona Hilliard, and Lori Jones and her husband, Dennis; and three great-grandchildren, Wesley Jones, Kristi Jones and Kyle Jones.She was preceded in death by her parents and husband.Visitation is 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. today at the Marshall Funerall Home, 341 Main St., Wampum. Funeral services will be conducted at noon tomorrow at Mount Pleasant Presbyterian Church in Knoxdale, Jefferson County. The Rev. Frederick H. Gilbert of Independent Methodist Church will officiate.Interment will follow in Mount Pleasant Church Cemetery.Memorial contributions may be made to the Scleroderma Foundation, 300 Rosewood Drive, Suite 105, Danvers, Mass. 01923.Online condolences may be sent to www.marshallsfh.com.Please sign the guestbook at www.legacy.com/ncnewsonline/Obituaries.asp.