Mar 4, 2014

An all-around homemaker

Anna M. Lowther Sonson, 91, of Washington, died Monday March 3, 2014, at Humbert Lane Health Care Center after a brief illness.

She was born April 26, 1922, in Washington, a daughter of the late Steve and Mary McMaster Miller.

Mrs. Sonson was a former member of Broad Street Baptist Church. She was a graduate of Trinity High School. Mrs. Sonson was employed at Washington Hospital’s business office for more than 15 years until her retirement.

She loved cooking, sewing, was an avid Steelers fan and an all-around homemaker, enjoying her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

In 1941, she married Oscar Lowther, who died in 1965. In 1972, she married Samuel A. Sonson, who died in 2010.

Surviving are a daughter, Peggy J. McCullough of Lincoln, Mass. (formerly of Washington); a son, Kevin O. (Patty) Lowther of Washington; a stepson, Christopher (Rhonda) Sonson of Avon Lake, Ohio; five grandchildren, Beth (Gerard) duToit, Jason McCullough, and Jessica, Kassi and Grant Lowther; two great-grandchildren, Alexander and Ashley duToit; three stepgrandchildren, Joseph Sonson, Anthony (Wynter) Sonson and Christine (Collin) Flack; five stepgreat-grandchildren, Hallie, Jayscn, Kallie, Conner and Olivia Sonson; and several nieces and nephews.

Deceased are three brothers, Wylie, Kenneth and George Miller, and a sister, Mary Jane Harton.

Friends will be received from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. Friday in Warco-Falvo Funeral Home Inc., Wilson at East Katherine Avenues, Washington; S. Timothy Warco, supervisor/director, Susan Falvo Warco, director, S. Timothy Warco II, director. A funeral service will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 8, 2014, in the funeral home. Burial will follow in the Washington Cemetery.

Condolences may be expressed at www.WarcoFalvoFuneralHome.com.