1929
Elizabeth
2011
Elizabeth Weidlein
August 25, 1929 — June 17, 2011
Elizabeth Clement "Libbet" Weidlein, 81, of Greensburg, died peacefully at her home on Friday, June 17, 2011. She was born August 25, 1929 to Hugh O'Neal Clement and Elizabeth Boody Clement in Englewood, New Jersey. She was a 1947 graduate of the Dana Hall School in Wellesley, MA., began her university studies at Bennington Women's College in Bennington, VT., and earned a B.S. in Sociology from the University of Pittsburgh in 1978. Libbet's interests were many and varied: she was active for many years on the Women's committee at Christ Episcopal Church, Greensburg, and Church of the Good Shepherd in Lake Wales, FL. She was a volunteer with the Stephen Ministries. She participated in many programs of the Westmoreland Museum of American of Art, and the Westmoreland Garden Club. She supported many local charities, including the Southwest Pennsylvania School for Blind Children. An avid golfer, Libbet was a member of Rolling Rock Club in Ligonier, and Mountain Lake in Lake Wales amd a former member of the Pike Run Club and Greensburg Country Club. . In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 29 years, Robert Butts Weidlein, and by her previous husband, Robert Leonard Lewis, with whom she had her two surviving children, Peter James Lewis, and Elizabeth Pixley Schiciano. She is also survived by two grandchildren, Elizabeth Christina Schiciano and Nicholas Thomas Schiciano; three step-children, George M. Weidlein, William B. Weidlein and Hazel L. Carney; and five step-grandchildren, Karen E. and Elaine M. Carney, and Sarah E., Katherine A. and Emily M. Weidlein. Family and friends are welcome from 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at the KEPPLE-GRAFT FUNERAL HOME, 524 N. Main St., Greensburg . A funeral service will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday at Christ Episcopal Church, 145 N. Main St., Greensburg, with the Rev. Larry Knotts officiating. After a reception in the undercroft, private internment will be at the Ligonier Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, Libbet's family requests memorial donations to the Westmoreland Museum of American Art, 221 N. Main Street, Greensburg, Pa. 15601 or the Stephen Ministries, 221 South Fourth Street, Lake Wales, Fl. 33853
Terence L. Graft, funeral director, entrusted with arrangements. For online condolences and information, please visit www.kepple-graft.com.
In lieu of flowers, Libbet's family requests memorial donations to the Westmoreland Museum of American Art, 221 N. Main Street, Greensburg, Pa. 15601 or the Stephen Ministries, 221 South Fourth Street, Lake Wales, Fl. 33853
Terence L. Graft, funeral director, entrusted with arrangements. For online condolences and information, please visit www.kepple-graft.com.
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