Richard Carothers
Richard Carothers, 87, of Gilmore, Cecil Township, died Friday, April 5, 2013, in Townview Nursing and Rehab Center, Canonsburg.
He was born November 24, 1925, in Beech Bottom, W.Va., a son of the late John and Marie Gerlach Carothers.
Mr. Carothers was an Army private, serving during World War II as a rifleman and military police in France and Germany.
He was a member of Venice Presbyterian Church, life member of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 191, Canonsburg, and United Steel Workers Union.
Mr. Carothers enjoyed tinkering to fix almost anything and was very mechanical. He rebuilt Volkswagen bugs. He loved to travel and visited 20 casinos across the country.
He worked as a crane operator for Universal Concrete Pipe, Presto.
Surviving are his wife, whom he just celebrated 60 years of marriage, Dorotha Carter Carothers of Gilmore; four daughters, Pamela (Dan) Maniecki of Bentleyville, Lorie (Vince) Macioge of Ellwood City, Lisa (Donnie) Garber of Greer, S.C., and Ricki (Greg) Paul of Beaver; nine grandchildren, Richard Horvath, Jennifer (David) Kuntch, Josh, Adam and Emily Franco, Justin and Sarah Garber, Rhyan and Jacquelyn Paul; a great-grandson, Carter Franco; and a brother, Harry Carothers and companion Eleanor Pantelly of Washington.
He was preceded in death by his parents, brother Charles Carothers and sister Mary Neil.
Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday and Monday in Coleman-Taylor Funeral Services, 3378 Millers Run Road (Route 50), Cecil, where services will be held at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, April 9, with Pastor Fred Soberg officiating. Interment will follow in National Cemetery of the Alleghenies, Cecil Township.