Myrtle “Mert” Gaye (Laney) Ober, 86, of Commodore, PA went home to be with the Lord on Friday, April 8, 2022 at Embassy of Hillsdale Park in Hillsdale, PA.
The daughter of Theodore H. and Lovell G. (Stiffler) Laney, she was born on July 5, 1935 in Kinport, PA.
Mert loved children. She devoted many hours of her life as a babysitter providing childcare.
A loving mother and grandmother, she is survived by her three children: Nancy Barlow and husband James of Troy, MI; Ruby Tabacsko of Commodore, PA; Suzanne Fish and husband Irwin of Utica, MI, her daughter-in-law: Colleen Ober of MI; her brother: Ted Laney and wife Wanda of Northern Cambria, PA; her ten grandchildren; twenty great-grandchildren, seven great-great grandchildren and many nieces and nephews.
Mert was preceded in death by her parents; her husband: William Harvey Ober, Sr. in 2018; her son: William Harvey Ober, Jr.; her three sisters: Margaret Adkins; Sarah Conner; Bertha Kitchen and her infant siblings: Marlene and Darlene Laney and Gary Lee Laney; her brother: Harold Laney, her son-in-law: Charles Tobacsko and her special friend: Bob Turner.
Family and friends will be received from 11:00 a.m. until the time of the 1:00 p.m. funeral service on Monday, April 11, 2022 at the Rairigh Funeral Home, Ltd. in Hillsdale, PA. Pastor Steve Lecorchick will officiate. Interment will take place at Uniontown Cemetery in Cherry Tree, PA.
Visit www.rairighfh.com to sign Mert’s online guestbook and share a condolence message.
