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PITTSBURGH – Jerilyn Ruth Jeffreys McDowell of Slippery Rock Borough, Butler County, passed away Thursday, Aug. 17, 2012, in UPMC Presbyterian, Pittsburgh. She was 69.
Ms. McDowell was born Oct. 19, 1942, in Painter Hospital, McKeesport, Allegheny County, and was a resident of Slippery Rock since 1949. She was a daughter of W. Lee Jeffreys and Rebecca Elizabeth Backstrom Jeffreys.
She was transportation manager for Slippery Rock Area School District from 1974 until 2005, 31è years, and was pupil transportation consultant for Wilmington Area School District from 2005 to 2008.
She was a member of Center Presbyterian Church of Slippery Rock and a former Sunday school teacher.
Through the years, she had served the community in various capacities including being a Brownie leader, girls softball coach, member of the Slippery Rock Women’s Club, board member of Parks and Recreation and an active member of the Slippery Rock Volunteer Rescue/Ambulance team for nine years, serving as an emergency medical technician (EMT).
She was a CPR and first-aid instructor and a state evaluator of EMTs. Jerilyn had been active in developing local, county and state guidelines for emergency medical services.
Prior to her retirement, she served as a member of the Butler County Crisis Team, president of Midwestern Pupil Transportation Association and western director of the Pennsylvania Pupil Transportation Association.
More recently, she served as a volunteer in computerizing the records of the Slippery Rock Old and New cemeteries as well as five other cemeteries in the area. She served as president of the Slippery Rock Cemetery Association from 2007.
She belonged to the National Rifle Association, Slippery Rock Sportsmen Club and the Slippery Rock High School Alumni Association; served as president of the Slippery Rock Heritage Association; and was co-editor of the Oral History of Northern Butler County, “The Way We Were,” published in 2012.
Her hobbies included genealogy, knitting, crocheting and sewing. She loved history and reading.
Survivors include: her daughter, Teri Lynn Sanderson Hensel and her husband Christopher, Newfoundland, Pa.; a son, Thomas Ray Sanderson and his wife Vicky Ripley Sanderson, Slippery Rock; five grandchildren, Autumn Allison, Tommy Sanderson and Lori, Jim Sanderson and Christine, Travis Sanderson and Ashley Hensel; a great-granddaughter, Annabelle; her sister-in-law, Denise McDeavitt and her husband Thomas; and her former husband, John A. McDowell, all Slippery Rock; two sisters, Audrey L. Devey, Clarion; and Phyllis G. Lanham, West Newton, Pa.; twin brothers, William L. Jeffreys and his wife Thelma, Slippery Rock; and Willis G. Jeffreys and his wife Mary Elizabeth, Erie; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Memorial contributions may be made to Slippery Rock Cemetery Association in care of Bill Martin, 208 E. Cooper St.; or Slippery Rock Heritage Association, Box 511, both Slippery Rock, PA 16057; or Lung Cancer Foundation, Industrial Road No. 1, San Carlos, CA 94070.
McDOWELL
Jerilyn Ruth Jeffreys, 69, Slippery Rock Borough, Butler County.
Calling hours: Family will receive friends from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Monday (8-20-12) and 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday (8-21-12) in SMITH FUNERAL HOME, 421 New Castle St., Slippery Rock.
Service: Funeral service at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Center Presbyterian Church, 211 Center St., Slippery Rock, with the Rev. William Mumaw II, pastor of Center Presbyterian Church; the Rev. James Lewis, pastor of West Liberty United Methodist Church and a family friend, presiding.
Interment: Will follow in Slippery Rock Cemetery.
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