Minnie J. Sum, age 93, of Middlesex Twp., Valencia, died Monday morning, February 6, 2017 at the home of her daughter in Hollidaysburg.

Born in Birdville, PA, now Natrona Heights on July 9, 1923, she was the daughter of the late George A. and Laura Rhodes Baker Bash.

Minnie and her late husband, Daniel, had been dairy farmers and owned Hidden Valley Farm Dairy and she had been a custodian at Pine-Richland Middle School.

She was a member of Glade Run United Presbyterian Church in Middlesex Twp. and was a lifetime member of the Middlesex Volunteer Fire Company.  She loved to dance.

Surviving are a daughter, Gloria Hickox and her husband, Randall of Hollidaysburg, a son, Daniel Sum, Jr. of Valencia, her grandchildren, Amber, Jessica, Kenneth, Daniel, Lauren and Kelly, seven great grandchildren, three sisters, Violet Hunter of Cheswick, Connie Hoak of Brackenridge and Mary Sager and her husband, George of Homer City, and nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Daniel A. Sum, who she married on December 15, 1944, a daughter-in-law, Holly Sum, by a sister, Margaret Love, and four brothers, Chester Gibson, George John Andrew “Andy” Bash, Jr., Martin “Bud” Bash and Thomas Bash (Elaine).

Friends will be received at the McDonald-Aeberli Funeral Home, Inc., 238 Crowe Ave. Mars, PA on Wednesday and Thursday from 2-4 & 7-9 PM.  Services will be held in Glade Run U.P. Church, 1091 Pittsburgh Rd. Valencia, PA 16059 on Friday at 11:00 AM, with Rev. Greg Wiest, pastor, officiating. Please meet at the church. Burial will be in Plum Creek Cemetery, Plum Boro. Memorials may be made to the church. Directions and condolences are available at www.mcdonald-aeberli.com.

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