Robert Crist
June 3, 1924 — December 4, 2011
Robert S. Crist, 87 of Greensburg, passed away on Sunday, December 4, 2011 in the Walnut Ridge Memory Center in Hempfield Twp.
He was born in Jersey Shore, Pa. on June 3, 1924 and was the son of the late Guy E. and Nellie Shaffer Crist .
Bob had served in the army air Corp during WW II as an officer and co-pilot in the European Theatre.
Bob was a retired engineer with 37 years of service with West Penn Power Co.
He was a member of St. Matthias Lutheran Church and had served on the church council, was a Sunday School Teacher and a member of the church Choir. He also was a Volunteer at the Veteran's Center in Aspinwall and a volunteer for the Meals on Wheels in Greensburg and a member of Lake Glendale Sailing Club .
He was preceded in death besides his parents by his first wife, Helen Anderson Crist, a sister, Miriam J. Crist, and a brother, Walter Guy Crist.
Surviving are his wife, Eldora M. (Logan) Crist his children Robert Steven Crist and wife, Debra of Raleigh, NC , Roger Lee Crist and wife, Virginia of Frederick, Md. and Diane Louise Aldridge of Rogers Arkansas, 5 Grandchildren, 3 Great Grandchildren, his two sisters, Janet L. Ramm Stewart and Emily Jane Weaver both of Lock Haven and a sister-in-law Joanne Crist of Jersey Shore.
Family and Friends will be received Tuesday from 5 pm to 8 pm at the Kepple-Graft Funeral Home,(an authorized remembrance provider) 524 N. Main Street, Greensburg.
Funeral Services will be held at the St. Matthias Lutheran Church on Wednesday at 1:00 pm with Pastor Paul Gruesu officiating.
(Everyone please go directly to the church on Wednesday.)
Interment with full military honors accorded by the VFW Post #33 will follow in the Twin Valley Memorial Park.
In lieu of flowers the family has requested memorial
contributions be made to either the St. Matthias Lutheran Church 100 Chapel View Dr. Greensburg, PA 15601 or Heartland Hospice, 3520 Route 130 Building #3 Irwin, PA 15642.
Terence L. Graft funeral director entrusted with the arrangements. For online condolences and information please visit www.kepplegraft.com of www.remembranceprocess.com