Dorothy A. (Thompson) Spence

Dorothy A. Spence, 95, of Harrisville, died at 9:50 a.m. Wednesday, January 29, 2013 at the VNA Inpatient Hospice, Butler. A daughter of James A. and Ruth A. Sloan Thompson she was born in Harrisville on September 10, 1918.��She was a 1937 graduate of Harrisville High School. Mrs. Spence retired from Slippery Rock University after 10 years of service as a library clerk.��Previously she had worked as a sales clerk at Burdick Clothing of Grove City. Dorothy was a member of the Harmony Presbyterian Church.��She was a member of the American Legion Auxiliary and was a former member of the Eastern Star in Grove City and the Grove City Country Club.��She was an avid golfer. On May 13, 1938 she married Ralph "Bub" Spence, he died on December 12, 1995.��Surviving are a daughter Machelle A. Spence Scott of Summerville, SC, a son R. James Spence and his wife Debra of West Sunbury, 3 grandchildren and a great-grandson.��Also surviving are a former daughter-in-law Mary Spence of Butler, a sister Marlene Davis and her husband James of Hot Springs Village, AR, two brothers Frederick E. Thompson of Butler and Glenn W. Thompson and his wife Margie of Meadville. She was preceded in death by a sister Thelma Durschlag. Friends will be received in the Jamison Funeral home, 117 N. Main St., Harrisville from 2-6 p.m. Friday.��Funeral services will be held in the funeral home at 11 a.m. Saturday with the Rev. Dr. Jeffrey W. Jones, pastor of Harmony Presbyterian Church officiating. Interment will follow in Prairie Cemetery. Memorial donations if desired may be sent to VNA Hospice, 154 Hindman Rd., Butler, PA 16001, The American Cancer society, 320 Bilmar Dr., Pittsburgh PA 15205 or��Special Olympics PA, 2570 Blvd. of the Generals, Ste 124, Norristown PA 19403.