Gloria J. Harvison

February 19, 1931 - May 28, 2017

Gloria J. Harvison, 86, of Rochester, passed away Sunday, May 28, 2017, at home. Born February 19, 1931, in South Huntingdon Township, Pa., a daughter of the late Joseph and Mary Horne Dietz, she was a retired employee for the former Rochester General Hospital and was also a former beautician in Beaver for 30 years. She was formerly employed with the Meals on Wheels Program, Rochester. She attended the First Baptist Church, Rochester, and served on various church committees. She was preceded in death by her husband, Wilson E. Harvison in 1986. Surviving are one daughter and son-in-law, Bettina Harvison Welch and William P. Oldaker of Temperance, Mich.; two grandsons, Eric Walpole of Royce City, Texas; and Chad Walpole Sr. of Rockwall, Texas; three great-grandchildren, James, Ebany and Chad Walpole Jr.; three sisters and one brother-in-law, Josephine Yokiel of Grindstone, Pa.; Bertha Dietz of Smithton, Pa., and Margaret Herron and Ray, Belle Vernon, Pa.; two brothers and one sister-in-law, John Dietz and Josie of Elyria, Ohio, and Joseph Dietz of Smithton, Pa. Friends will be received Thursday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the WILLIAM MURPHY FUNERAL HOME, INC., 349 Adams St., Rochester, where a service will held Thursday at 3:30 p.m. Her pastor, the Rev. Dr. Phil Huggins, will officiate. Interment will be at Beaver Cemetery. The family wishes memorial contributions be given to the First Baptist Church, 301 Adams St., Rochester, PA 15074.