Taggart

Clair Denniston Taggart, 93, of Slippery Rock, Worth Township, passed away at 10 a.m. Monday at the VNA Inpatient Hospice, Butler.

He was born on May 23, 1918, on the family farm on Taggart Road, Worth Township, to William John Taggart and Bertha Viola Moore Taggart. He married Helen Viola Wolfe Taggart on Aug. 18, 1947.

He was a self-employed farmer and worked for Slippery Rock Township as a heavy equipment operator for various jobs of the township. He retired in 1988 following 32 years of service. He was a lifetime member and elder of the West Liberty Presbyterian Church.

He graduated from Slippery Rock High School in 1937. He served on the Worth Township Election Board, and for 72 years he never missed voting in an election from the time he was 21. He was a member of the Unionville Grange, the Pennsylvania State Grange and the National Grange and a former member and master of the Slippery Rock Grange and the Butler Pomona Grange. He served on the board of directors of West Liberty Cemetery, was a member of the Slippery Rock AARP and an honorary member of the WCTU, Worth Township.

Surviving are his wife, Helen Taggart, at their home in Slippery Rock; three daughters, Carol E. Taggart and her husband, Michael McCoy, of Hanover, Pa., Kathleen A. Gildersleeve and her husband, Andrew, of Marshall Township and Connie A. Schmitt and her husband, Robert, of Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.; one son, Dennis C. Taggart and his wife, Tina, of Slippery Rock; one sister, M. Lucille Fergus of Slippery Rock; and one brother, Paul William Taggart of Harrisville. Also surviving are four grandchildren; one step-grandson; one great-granddaughter; and two step-great-granddaughters.

He was preceded in death by one sister, Eleanor Smith, and two brothers, Arthur and Clarence Taggart.

TAGGART — Services for Clair Denniston Taggart, who died Monday, April 2, 2012, will be at

Smith Funeral Home, 421 New Castle St., Slippery Rock, at 11 a.m. Thursday. The Rev. Diane Whitman of the Polk Presbyterian Church and the former pastor of the West Liberty Presbyterian Church, will officiate.Visitation will be from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Interment will be in West Liberty Cemetery.Contributions in memory of Clair Denniston Taggart can be made to the West Liberty Presbyterian Church, 833 Church Road, Slippery Rock or to VNA Inpatient Hospice 115 Technology Drive, Butler, PA 16001.