McElhinny

Samuel J. McElhinny, 72, of Evans City died Monday morning at UPMC Cranberry.

Born Aug. 26, 1933, in Forward Township, he was the son of Paul J. and Elizabeth Hutchison McElhinny.

He was a Christian.

Mr. McElhinny was an Army veteran and served in Germany during the Korean War.

He had retired from the McElhinny Farm.

Surviving are his wife, Mary Montgomery McElhinny, whom he married April 11, 1959, at the Buffalo Presbyterian Church, Sarver; six children and their spouses, John M. and Jan McElhinny and Dawn and Ray Turner, all of Evans City, Samuel R. and Jodi McElhinny, Pamela and Leroy James and Kelly and James Hixon, all of Renfrew and Jolienne and John Govan of Valencia; and eight brothers and sisters, Paul R. "Spike" and Helen McElhinny, Ronald and Millie McElhinny, Jerry and Marilyn McElhinny, Zeno and Becky McElhinny, John and Carol McElhinny and Rue and William Moore, all of Evans City, Betsy and Roy Darling of Scotia, N.Y., and Patrice and William Hughes of Seaford, Del.

Also surviving are 10 grandchildren, Tyler and Caris James, Bethany Turner, Caitlan, Olivia and Samantha Govan, Hannah and Bailey Hixon and Alex and Lilie McElhinny; and 36 nieces and nephews

He was preceded in death by a grandson, Travis Turner; a brother, Daniel McElhinny; and two sisters, Isabelle McElhinny and Nancy Bogan.

<B>McELHINNY</B> — Friends of Samuel J. McElhinny, who died Monday, March 6, 2006, will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the <B>A. CARL KINSEY-RONALD N. VOLZ FUNERAL HOME</B>, 328 W. Main St., Evans City. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at The Old Union Presbyterian Church, 200 Old Union Church Road, Mars, with the Rev. Peter DeVries officiating. Burial will be at the Brownsdale Cemetery, Renfrew.Memorial donations may be made to the Old Union Presbyterian Church Building Fund, 200 Old Union Church Road, Mars, PA 16046; the Evans City Food Cupboard, c/o St. Peter's Lutheran Church, 202 Van Buren St., Evans City, PA 16033; or the Evans City Library, 204 S. Jackson St., Evans City, PA 16033.Information also is available at www.kinsey-volzfuneralhome.com.