Miriam Ruth (Sauers) Stewart, 94, of Brush Valley, completed her journey home when she died peacefully at her home in Brush Valley, on Monday, June 7, 2021.
She was born in 1927 in Armagh, PA to William Charles and Myrtle (Wadsworth) Sauers.
Miriam was a homemaker and lived her life from age 2 in Brush Valley Twp.
She was a member of the Brush Valley United Methodist Church where she was active in the Church Choir, the Women’s Society, a Sunday School teacher and helped to make apple butter.
Miriam loved to bake, cook, garden, quilt, and sew. Everyone enjoyed her peanut butter pies.
Surviving are five children, Carol (Bert) Moore, New Brighton; Kim (Cory) Chambers, Glenford, OH; Mark (Mona) Stewart, Brush Valley; Kevin (Susan) Stewart, Evergreen, CO and Lance Stewart, Brush Valley. She is also survived by four grandchildren, Chris Moore, Gavin, Aaron and Colin Stewart; her great-grandson Aidan Oneto, and her sister Edna Lentz, Honeybrook.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Harry Melvin Stewart, sisters Jenny Catherine Sauers, Edith Pruner, Geraldine Conrad and an infant brother and sister.
The family wishes to thank VNA Hospice and caregiver Barb Windows for their compassionate care.
Friends will be received Sunday, June 13, 2021 from 2:00 – 4:00 PM and 6:00 – 8:00 PM at the Bowser Minich Funeral Home in Indiana, PA. An additional viewing, at the church, will be held from 10:00 – 11:00 AM Monday followed by a celebration of life service at the Brush Valley United Methodist Church, 200 Valley View Rd, Homer City, PA 15748 with the Reverend Mark Griffith officiating. Interment will follow at the Brush Valley cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in Miriam’s honor to the Brush Valley United Methodist Women, 200 Valley View Rd, Homer City, PA 15748.
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