Deborah June (Shonsky) Stewart, 63, of Clymer, PA died on Saturday, July 14, 2018 at Indiana Regional Medical Center.
The daughter of Paul and Kathryn Elizabeth (Barrett) Shonsky, she was born on June 18, 1955 in Johnstown, PA.
She married Robert “Bob” Eugene Stewart on June 28, 1975. Deb was very proud of achieving forty-one years of marriage.
Deb had a lifelong love for all animals, especially her horses.
Deb is survived by her son: Christopher Robert Stewart and wife Katie of Indiana, PA; her three much loved grandchildren: Karys; Kalin & Coulter Stewart; her two brothers: Robert Shonsky and wife Alice of Northern Cambria, PA and Nick Shonsky and wife Joanne of Ephrata, PA; her in-laws: Carl Stewart of Indiana, PA; Murray and Howard Stewart, both of Barr Slope, PA and Cindy Turnbull and Sandy Stewart, both of Clymer, PA and her nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband Bob, who passed away on September 9, 2016; her daughter: Bobbie Marie Kathryn Stewart on October 17, 2016; her brother: Paul Shonsky; her husband’s parents, Robert Carl and Margaret Louise (Learn) Stewart and sister-in-law, Marjorie Kerestesy.
Family and friends are invited to an 11:00 a.m. service to be held on Saturday, June 21, 2018 at the East Mahoning Cemetery in Purchase Line, PA. Local preacher, Darl Dishong will officiate.
Arrangements are with the assistance of the Rairigh Funeral Home, Ltd. in Hillsdale, PA.
DEBORAH STEWART, 63
Jul 17, 2018 | 5:22 AM

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