Gary Deavers

Gary J. Deavers, 62, of Roscoe, died suddenly on Monday, Sept. 15, 2008, in the emergency room at Mon Valley Hospital. He was born Dec. 30, 1945, in North Charleroi, a son of the late Willard and Ann Strelecky Deavers. Gary was a 1962 graduate of California Area High School. He served in the Signal Corps with the U.S. Army from 1964 to 1966. After Vietnam, he was employed by Union Switch & Signal from 1967 to 1969. In 1982 he retired from Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel as a machinist, going to work for Roscoe Borough until 1988. Gary served as a director of the Roscoe Sportsman Association and was on the executive board of the Roscoe American Legion Post No. 801. He also was a member of the Roscoe Slovak Club and an avid fisherman, hunter and gardener. Survivors include his step mother, Margaret Patsick Deavers, of Fayette City; his wife of 39 years, Laura Lytle Deavers, of Roscoe; a son, Robert Deavers, of Ellsworth; a daughter, Tammy Deavers and friend Brian Griffith, of Newell; grandson, Trevor Griffith, of Newell; one sister, Mrs. William (Patricia) Weld, of Malden; two step sisters, Mrs. Frank (Pamela) Thomas, of Fayette City, and Mrs. Michael (Candice) Ornot, of Bentleyville; one step brother, William Deavers, of Plato, Mo.; and several nieces and nephews. Friends will be received Wednesday from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. in the ED MELENYZER FUNERAL HOMES INC., Roscoe, where American Legion services will be held at 7:30 p.m. A funeral service will be held Thursday, Sept. 18, at 10 a.m. in the funeral home with Fr. George Moneck officiating. Interment will follow in Mon Valley Memorial Park, Donora.