Naomi Ruth (Gaul) Adiska, 82, of Clarksburg, PA passed away on Friday, November 26, 2021 at St. Andrew’s Village, Indiana, PA.
The daughter of Joseph and Margaret (McMeans) Gaul, she was born September 24, 1939 in Sagamore, PA.
Mrs. Adiska was a member of the Sagamore Wesleyan Methodist Church. She was very active in women’s and youth ministry and president of Women’s Ministry Society of the Oregon Wesleyan Methodist Conference.
She graduated from Shannock Valley High School, Class of 1957, Jamestown College for Nursing and from God’s Bible School and College, Cincinnati, Ohio. She worked at Indiana Regional Medical Center for 14 years.
Surviving are her husband of 63 years, The Rev. Burton J. Adiska whom she married July 18, 1958, four children, The Rev. Stephen R. Adiska (Traci) of Fairview; David B. Adiska (Lori) of Towanda; Cynthia Ewing (Roger) of Clarksburg and Melody Reedy (Thomas) of Raleigh, NC; 14 grandchildren, Robert, Nicholas, Jordan, Davie, Heide, Joshua, Maura, Mariah, Mason, Brad, Greg, Lisa, Angela and Michael; five great-grandchildren, Sam, Brady, Josh, Beau and Austin; a brother, Gareth Gaul (LuAnn) of Rural Valley and a sister, Rebecca Brown (Robert) of Stuart, FL.
She was preceded in death by her parents; a brother, Donald Gaul; a grandson, Douglas Ewing and a granddaughter, Danae Ewing.
Revelation 21:4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
The family will receive friends on Tuesday from 12:00 to 2:00 P.M. at the Shoemaker Funeral Home, Inc., 49 N. Walnut St., Blairsville, PA. A funeral service will be held on Tuesday at 2:00 P.M. in the funeral home with her son, The Rev. Stephen R. Adiska officiating.
Interment will be in Ebenezer Cemetery, Clarksburg, PA.
In lieu of flowers, the family kindly suggests memorial contributions be made to a children’s ministry of your choice in memory of Naomi.
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