Major Vernon Charles Schrecengost Obituary (1914

Major Vernon Charles Schrecengost, 100, died Tuesday, July 22, 2014 in Friendship Ridge. Born July 12, 1914 in Connellsville, PA, he was the son of the late Edgar and Laura Nell Edmunds Schrecengost. He was a Presbyterian, had retired from Westinghouse Corporation where he was in customer service as an order correspondent. He was also the owner and operator of Schreck's Flying Service at the Chippewa Airport. He had been a member of the American Legion, Beaver Falls Lions Club, and the Kiwanis Club where his nickname was Sky King. He was a pilot in the U.S. Air Force in both World War II and the Korean War and retired from the U.S. Air Force Reserves with 20 years of service with the rank of Major. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Danielle Benitez Schrecengost in 1974, his son, Robert E. Schrecengost in 2011, his grandson, Matthew James Osman in 2007, his son-in-law, William John Osman in 2002, a sister, Eleanor Quinlan, and three brothers, Edmund Schrecengost, J. Lester Schrecengost, and Robert Eugene Schrecengost, killed in action in World War II. He is survived by a daughter and son-in-law, Laura Osman Crawford and Merle Crawford, Chippewa Township, two grandsons, Sgt. Christopher William Osman, Washington State National Guard, Ft. Lewis, WA, Adam Schrecengost, McKees Rocks, a granddaughter, Danielle Schrecengost, Cuddy, PA, two great-grandsons, Brandon Micheal Osman, Renton, WA, Regis Eugene Donahue, Cuddy, PA, two nieces and two nephews, Joanne Guseman, Farmington Hills, MI, Sandra Jean Schrecengost, Dover, PA, Tom Schrecengost, Summerfield, FL, and Donald Quinlan, Prineville, OR. Friends will be received Friday from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. in the Hill & Kunselman Funeral Home, www.hillandkunselman.com., 3801 Fourth Ave., College Hill, Beaver Falls, where the service will be held Saturday at 10 a.m. with Rev. Chris Curtis officiating. Entombment will follow in Sylvania Hills Mausoleum, Daugherty Twp. The Vietnam Veterans, Chapter 862, will meet at Sylvania Hills Mausoleum on Saturday at 10:30 a.m. to conduct full military honors. The family would like to thank Dr. Robert Grieco and the nursing staff at Friendship Ridge and Heritage Valley Beaver and Jake and Pam Barsottini for all of their loving care and support. Memorial contributions may be made, if desired, to Beaver Falls American Legion, P.O. Box 226, Beaver Falls, PA 15010.