Harold R. “Dutch” Elicker

January 06, 2018 Last Updated: January 06, 2018 09:00 AM Death Notice

Harold R. “Dutch” Elicker, 89, of Emlenton, a well known longtime Scrubgrass Township farmer, passed away Monday afternoon at Grove Manor Nursing

Home in Grove City, following a period of declining health.

Harold was born in Pittsburgh April 1, 1928. He was the son of the late Howard R. and Holda Sommers Elicker.

Mr. Elicker was a 1946 graduate of Penn Hills High School.

He was a U.S. Army veteran.

He attended Penn State University and graduated following his military service from the University of Pittsburgh with a master's degree in education.

Mr. Elicker was a respected guidance counselor and football coach in the Penn Hills School District for more than 34 years and retired in 1986.

In 1987, Mr. Elicker was inducted into the Penn Hills Sports Hall of Fame. He was an avid sports enthusiast and enjoyed working on the family farm.

Dutch was preceded in death by his wife, Shirley Black Elicker, whom he married in Wilkinsburg on Nov. 19, 1955.

He is survived by three children, G. Reed Elicker, Ronald G. Elicker and his wife, Theresa, and Lee Ann E. Carr and her husband, Todd, all of Emlenton; six grandchildren, Ben Elicker of Mercer, Sadie Cohlhepp and her husband, Justin, of Knox and Anna Carr, Russ Carr, Melissa Elicker and Daniel Elicker, all of Emlenton; two great-grandsons, Carter and Carson Cohlhepp; two sisters, Mr. Jean Jacobs of Grove City and Mrs. Virginia Flynn of Pittsburgh; a sister-in-law, Carol Fraley of Pittsburgh; as well as a number of nieces, nephews and cousins.

In addition to his parents and wife, Mr. Elicker was preceded in death by a brother, Howard Glenn Elicker; and a number of brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law.

ELICKER — Friends of Harold R. “Dutch” Elicker, who died Monday, Dec. 4, 2017, will be received from 10 until 11 a.m. Thursday at Scrubgrass Stone Church, 258 Stone Church Road, Emlenton.A funeral service will follow at 11 a.m. from the church with the Rev. Dennis Barger officiating.Interment will follow at Scrubgrass Cemetery.Arrangements are under the direction of Hile Funeral Home, 1204 Kerr Ave., Emlenton.Memorial contributions may be made to the Scrubgrass Stone Church, c/o Marlene McNany, 106 Quick Lane, Emlenton, PA 16373.For additional information or to send a condolence, please visit www.hilefh.com.