Jean B. Jeffries; 86; of Charleroi; died Thursday; Sept. 3;
1998; in Mon Valley Hospital.
Born May 11; 1912; in Charleroi; she was the daughter of
the late George T. and Florence
Kendrick Barger.
Mrs. Jeffries was a member
and elder of the Charleroi Presbyterian Church.
She was past president of the
Charthene Club cf Charleroi; a
member and past president of
the Athena Club of Charleroi; a
member and board member of
the John K. Tener Library of
Charleroi; a former member of
the Friends of the Library and a
member of the Charleroi Historical Society.
She was an avid bridge
player.
A graduate of Charleroi High
School; Mrs. Jeffries earned her
bachelor and masters degrees
in English and reading education from California University
of Pennsylvania. She was a retired school teacher in the Charleroi Area School District;
where she taught reading and
English.
In addition to her parents;
she was preceded in death by a
brother; Phillip Barger.
Surviving are her husband of
58 years; Alfred T. Jeffries; a
daughter and son-in-law; Susan
and Ronald Watkins of Carroll
Township; two sons and a
daughter-in-law; Alfred T. Jeffries in of Providence; R.I.; and
John P. and Rosemarie Slezak
Jeffries of Forest Hills; a
brother and sister-in-law; John
K. and Mary Barger of Lynnwood; and two grandsons; Graham W. Watkins and Curtis B.
Watkins.
Friends will be received Saturday from 7 to 9 p.m. and Sunday from noon to 4 and 7 to 9
p.m. in the Schrock-Hogan Funeral Home Inc.; 226 Fallowfield Ave.;Charleroi. Services will be held Monday at 11 a.m.in the funeral home with the Rev.Francis M.Blair officiating. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The family requests memorial contributions be made to the John K.Tener Library in memory of Jean B.Jeffries. Arrangements are being handled by the Schrock-Hogan Funeral Home Inc.