Beaver County Times
Sunday, August 19, 2012
Joseph P. Weatherly, 89, of West Mayfield, died Friday, Aug. 17, 2012 in Rochester Manor.
Born Feb. 1, 1923, in Beaver Falls, he was the son of the late James and Mary Scherer Weatherly. He was a graduate of Beaver Falls High School, Class of 1941 and was a member of St. Philomena Catholic Parish. He was a World War II veteran and had served his country in the U.S. Army. He retired from the former Babcock & Wilcox Tubular Products Co. with 42 years of service where he had been a clerk in the East Works Department. He was a ham radio operator (N30JM), member of the West Mayfield Vets, and a former member of the Beaver Falls American Legion.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his three year old son, Billy Weatherly; two brothers, James Weatherly and Eugene ‘Jeep’ Weatherly, and two stepdaughters, Beth Ann Seybert and Sheila McHattie.
He is survived by his wife of 37 years, Hazel June Stanford Weatherly; a son and daughter-in-law, Larry and Carla Weatherly, Rochester; a daughter and son-in-law, Cindy and Mike Mickey, Somerset; four stepsons and a step daughter-in-law, Edwin Seybert, Portersville, Terry Lee and Terry Lynn Seybert, Wampum, Randy Seybert, Uniontown, Jeffrey Seybert, West Mayfield; a brother, Frank Weatherly, Lancaster, and three sisters, Sister Mary Weatherly, Pittsburgh, Patricia Sasic, White Township, and Rita Ruof, Lancaster; 16 grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren, and one great great-grandson.
Friends will be received Monday from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. in the HILL & KUNSELMAN FUNERAL HOME, http://www.hillandkunselman.com, 3801 Fourth Ave., College Hill, Beaver Falls, where prayers will be recited Tuesday at 9:30 a.m. followed by a Mass of Christian burial at 10 a.m. in St. Philomena Catholic Church with Father James B. Farnan as celebrant.
Interment will follow in Grandview Cemetery, Big Beaver.
The Veterans Honor Guard will meet at the cemetery on Tuesday at 10:45 a.m. to conduct full military rites.