Glenna Faye (Hicks) Bleigh – Hookstown (Greene Twp.)

Glenna Faye (Hicks) Bleigh, 82 of Hookstown (Greene Twp.) went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Tuesday morning, June 2, 2020, in the comfort of her home surrounded by the love of her family.

Born at home on April 28, 1938, at Life Run, Jane Lew, West Virginia, a daughter of the late Walter Lambert and Cora Viola (Rogers) Hicks. She met the love of her life, Frederick Earl Bleigh in fifth grade and started dating when they were in high school. They married on June 4, 1956, with Rev. Claudius B. Davis officiating in Berlin West Virginia. In the spring of 1957, they moved from W.Va. to West Aliquippa, where they had two children.

Surviving are her beloved husband of 63 years, Fredrick E. Bleigh; her children, Cheryl Ann and her husband, Terry Stout of Georgetown and Mark Aaron Bleigh of Hookstown; a brother and sister-in-law, Douglas and Nancy Hicks Sr. of Hookstown; two sisters and brothers-in-law, Phyllis and Charles Ord of Morgantown and Sandra and Curtis Smith of Jane Lew; W.Va.; a sister-in-law, Jane Hicks of Hookstown; two grandchildren, Stacie Marie (Stout) and Mike Spankle of Monaca and Terry Lee Stout of Georgetown and two special and caring nieces, Judy and Ron Gareis of Hopewell Twp. and Sissy and Steve Marinkovic of Moon Twp.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a brother, Roger Hicks.

Glenna was a member of the Hookstown Free Methodist Church. She also enjoyed gardening and canning the fruits of her labor.

Family and friends are welcome to call at the MCCONNELL FUNERAL HOME, 447 Pine St., Hookstown, PA 15050 on Friday from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. where her service will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. Her pastor the Rev. Wilmer J. Olszewski officiating. She will be laid to rest in the Mill Creek Hill Cemetery, Georgetown.

Due to current conditions, the family request that visits be brief, and encourages social distancing and wearing of face coverings.

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