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Lois A. Stafford Zilhaver, age 84, a lifelong resident of Cambridge Springs, died peacefully Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010, at the home of her daughter and son-in-law, Linda and Jeff Sayers, Waterford, surrounded by her loving family.
Born in Erie, Lois was a daughter of the late H. LeRoy Stafford and Laura Brask Bunting. On Nov. 21, 1945, she married Ray M. Zilhaver, who preceded her in death on April 7, 2008.
Lois graduated from Cambridge Springs High School in 1944 and after her marriage in 1945, she and her husband, Ray, owned and operated a dairy farm in Cambridge Springs. Over the years she was employed as a school bus driver, a cafeteria worker and eventually retired from the General Telephone Co. After selling the farm in 1977, she and her husband enjoyed many, many winters in Florida. Lois enjoyed her family and took special notice of their needs, providing the highest quality of one-to-one attention that was unique for each person. She enjoyed traveling, golf and embroidery. She was a member of St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church in Drakes Mills.
In addition to her parents and husband, Lois was preceded in death by an infant son, Dale; and a grandson, Jeremy Atkin.
Surviving family members include daughters, Sandra Mook of Cambridge Springs and her friend, Doug Bensink, of Clymer, N.Y., Linda Sayers and her husband, Jeffry, of Waterford, and Valerie Atkin and her husband, Dennis, of Cambridge Springs; sons, Jeffry Zilhaver of Meadville, and Keith Zilhaver and his wife, Judy, of Cambridge Springs; and a sister-in-law, Ida May Right of Cambridge Springs. Her grandchildren include Jay Mook and his wife, Roseann, Brian Zilhaver and his wife, Heather, Shane Machacek and his fiancée, Wendy Rotkovecz, Scott Zilhaver and his wife, Stephanie, Carmen McElfresh and her husband, Ehren, Kina Atkin and Logan Atkin; great-grandchildren, J.D., Caylee, Raven, Kenny, McKayla, George, Zack, J.T., Isaac, Sydney, Sophia, Shannon and Rylin.
Friends may call at Van Matre Family Funeral Home, 335 Venango Ave., Cambridge Springs, on Sunday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.
The funeral will be conducted there on Monday morning at 11, with Vicar Brian Riddle of St. Paul's Evangelical Church of Drakes Mills officiating.
Private interment will be in Mitchell Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be given to the Jeremy Atkin Memorial Scholarship Fund, c/o Edinboro University Development Office, Edinboro, Pa. 16422; Hospice of Crawford County, 464 Pine St., Meadville, Pa., 16335; or to St. Paul's Evangelical Church, 25812 Mt. Pleasant Road, Cambridge Springs, Pa. 16403. To send condolences, please visit www.vanmatrefunerlhome.com.
(Meadville Tribune, September 24, 2010)
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1926 - 2010 (84 years)
