Dolores S. (Packer) Shroyer Harding Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Dolores S. Shroyer Harding, of Rochester Twp., passed away Thursday, January 25, 2018, at the age of 89, in the Good Samaritan Hospice, Heritage Valley Beaver. She was born September 1, 1928, in Freedom. She was preceded in death by her mother, Gertrude (Packer) Hunt and husband, Harry A. Hunt, and her father, Howard F. Packer and his wife, Mildred. She was also preceded by her husbands, Glenn Shroyer and William V. Harding; both sons, Mark Shroyer, in 1966, at age 12, and Jerry Shroyer, in 2004, at age 56. Also preceding her was her sister, Marjorie (Packer) Scarsellone, and a favorite uncle, Roy Packer. She was a graduate of Rochester High School class of 1946 and looked forward to attending her class reunions held yearly. At an early age, she started working at Pettibon’s Dairy in Rochester and later held the office of secretary for the Women’s Auxiliary to VFW Post 128, Rochester. She was a member of SOAR Plantation Park Campers Association. She was her husband’s caretaker for 12 years preceding his death, who had suffered a stroke and together they were part of a national teleconference on stroke victims for Harmarville, where they had made a television tape. She was protestant by faith and had been a member of the former Zion United Methodist Church, Daugherty Twp. Later in life, she worked at the Rochester Hospital Laundry, Presto’s Pizza, Monaca, and the Northern Lounge in Baden, prior to going with Sears & Roebuck Company, Northern Lights, Baden, where she worked as a catalog sales representative, and then moved into the installation department at the Beaver Valley Mall, Monaca, where she retired after 20 years of service. Dolores and her husband Bill loved to fish in Canada, camping in Mercer and traveling through all 50 states and the world including countries of Nova Scotia, England and Scotland, to name just a few. Jigsaw puzzles were a favorite pastime for her until her eyesight diminished. She looked forward to her trips to the coffee shop at the Brighton Hot Dog Shoppe and had an occasional hot dog and fries. Surviving is her daughter, Gina (Shroyer) Sluder and her husband Robert of New Sewickley Twp.; two grandchildren, Robert Sluder Jr. and his wife Sheryl of Medina, Ohio, and Janine (Sluder) Nist and her husband Erin; six great-grandchildren, Matthew, Ryan and Benjamin Sluder, Medina, Ohio; Ethan, Gavin and Elizabeth Nist of New Sewickley Twp.; two sisters, Judith (Packer) Kear of California and Patricia (Packer) Marzke of Florida, and several nieces and nephews and the Shroyer, Kerlin and Harding families. Friends will be received Saturday from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. in the WILLIAM MURPHY FUNERAL HOME INC., 349 Adams St., Rochester, where a service will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. Her nephew, Pastor Peter Kerlin of Columbiana, Ohio, will officiate. Private interment will be in Sylvania Hills Memorial Park. In lieu of flowers, the family wishes memorial contributions be made to the Concord Lutheran Ministry Inc., Good Samaritan Hospice (Beaver Site c/o Beaver IPU), 134 Marwood Road, Cabot, PA 16023. The family wishes to thank the Concordia Visiting Nurses and the staff from Good Samaritan Hospice, Beaver, especially Peggy for all her help. A special thank you to her dear friend and neighbor, Cathy Borkovic, for always being there, all her help, caring and love. Dolores watched everyone around her pass away and said maybe God forgot her. She lived a long life in good health and said it was time to go.

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Dolores S. (Packer) Shroyer Harding

September 1, 1928 - January 25, 2018