Waneda H. Weitzel, 91, of Butler, Pennsylvania, passed away on September 25, 2017 at the VNA Inpatient Hospice.
She was born July 3, 1926 in Sarver, Pennsylvania to the late Otto H. Sasse and the late Nancy Ray Sasse.
Mrs. Weitzel was a homemaker and Lutheran by faith. She enjoyed Bible study, playing Bingo, crafts, and reading.
She is survived by her four children, Judy Courtney of Prospect, PA; Gerald “Jerry” Weitzel and his fiance Lynda Byers of Sarver, PA, Janet Menchyk and her husband Frank of Prospect, PA, and Gary Weitzel and his wife Teri of Prospect, PA; five grandchildren; six great grandchildren; two great- great grandsons; two sisters, Jean Hunter, and Nancy Polkey; four brothers, Norman Sasse, John LeRoy Sasse, Charles Sasse, and Jay Sasse; and a number of nieces and nephews.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Jay C. Weitzel, whom she married on July 30, 1945 and who passed away on April 29, 2010; and her three brothers, Oscar Sasse, Francis E. Sasse, and Donald Sasse.
Friends will be received at Thompson – Miller Funeral Home, Inc., 124 East North Street Butler, PA on Friday, September 29, 2017 from 2 – 4 and 6 – 8 pm.
Funeral services will be held immediately following at 8:00 pm, with Pastor Roger Nuerge, Chaplain at Concordia Lutheran Ministries at Cabot, officiating.
Burial will take place in the Greenlawn Burial Estates.
Online condolences can be given at www.thompson-miller.com.