Wally Strabel
Wally Strabel, 53, of Harmony, formerly of Wexford and Smethport, McKean County, died Monday morning at the Good Samaritan Hospice House in Wexford.
He was born in Butler on April 23, 1959. He was the son of Clarence W. and Marlene Kerr Strabel Jr. of Valencia, former longtime residents of Smethport.
Wally was a graduate of Smethport High School and graduated from Grove City College in 1981 with a bachelor's in economics.
Wally was most recently the district sales representative for Western Pennsylvania for Black and Decker and DeWalt corporations,
He had attended St. John Lutheran Church in Mars.
In addition to his parents, he is survived by his brother, Cliff Strabel, currently living in Bourges, France.
STRABEL — Friends of Wally Strabel, who died Monday, March 18, 2013, will be received from 3 to 6 p.m. today at the MCDONALD-AEBERLI FUNERAL HOME, 238 Crowe Ave., Mars, and from 3 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at the HARTLE-TARBOX FUNERAL HOME, 2 Bank St., Smethport. Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at the Trinity Lutheran Church, Fulton Street, Smethport, with the Rev. Mark Bringman, pastor of St. John Lutheran Church of Mars, officiating. Burial will follow in Rose Hill Cemetery, Smethport.Memorials may be made to St. John Lutheran Church, P.O. Box 411, Mars, PA 16046; to Trinity Lutheran Church, Fulton Street, Smethport, PA 16749; or to Good Samaritan Hospice House, 146 Neely School Road, Wexford, PA 15090.Directions and condolences are available at www.mcdonald-aeberli.com.
