Garnet E. Early Obituary (1906

Garnet E. Early, 102, of College Hill, died Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009, in her daughter's home in Coconut Creek, Florida. Born Dec. 25, 1906, in Beaver Falls, she was the daughter of the late Oliver and Elsie Lower Kyser. She was an active member of the College Hill Presbyterian Church and had been an avid quilter for over 40 years at her church. She graduated from the Columbiana, Ohio, High School, Class of 1924, and had attended Duff's Iron City Business College. She had been employed in the office of the former Union Drawn Steel Company in Beaver Falls and had also been a clerk at Davidson's 5 & 10 on College Hill. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 66 years, Leonard "Red" Early, in 1993; four brothers, a sister, and two grandchildren, David Early and Terry Howitt. She is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, Donald and Mary Rose Early, Camarillo, CA; two daughters and a son-in-law, Donna Schwadron, Cocoa Creek, FL, and Mary Louise and Robert Backer, Marlton, NJ; seven grandchildren, and twelve great-grandchildren. Friends will be received Saturday from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. in the HILL & KUNSELMAN FUNERAL HOME, www.hilland kunselman.com, 3801 Fourth Ave., College Hill, Beaver Falls, where a service will be held on Sunday at 3 p.m. with her pastor, the Rev. Dennis D. Burnett, officiating. Private interment in Sylvania Hills Memorial Park. Memorial contributions may be made, if desired, to the College Hill Presbyterian Church, 34th St. & 5th Ave., Beaver Falls, PA.