Bauer

Joy Helen Bauer, 97, of Butler passed away at 8:30 p.m. Sunday at her home.

She was born Feb. 26, 1914, in West Kittanning, the daughter of the late Silas Marlin Sarvey and the late Effie (Bowser) Sarvey.

She was a member of the St. Paul Catholic Church.

She enjoyed gardening and flowers.

Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Cecil (Doris) Gold of Butler and Mrs. Howard (Mary) Skelley of Butler; 11 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; a great-great-grandchild; two sisters, Freda Atwell of Renfrew and Amy Murphy of Butler; three brothers, Marlin (Myrtle) Sarvey of Prospect, Walter (Mary) Sarvey of Butler and Earl (Lena) Sarvey of Renfrew; and a number of stepbrothers and stepsisters.

She was preceded in death by her stepmother, Bessie Aggas Sarvey; her husband, Clair G. Bauer, who passed away April 10, 1980; a daughter, Helen Byers Davis; three sisters; and three brothers.

<B>BAUER </B>— Friends of Joy Helen Bauer, who died Sunday, May 8, 2011, will be received at <B>Young Funeral Home</B>, 127 W. Jefferson St., Butler, from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday. A Mass of Christian Burial will be at the St. Paul Catholic Church, 128 N. McKean St., Butler, at 10 a.m. Thursday. Entombment will be in Calvary Cemetery, Butler.For more information, go to www.youngfuneralhomes.com.