Mary Belle (Davison) McMillen

MARY BELLE DAVISON McMILLEN, AGE 90, OF EVANS CITY, DIED FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 17, 2023 AT PASSAVANT RETIREMENT CENTER IN ZELIENOPLE. SHE WAS THE ONLY CHILD OF THE LATE PERRY D DAVISON & FRANCES M CHOURA DAVISON.

SHE WAS BORN DECEMBER 9, 1932 IN MARS, PA  AND GRADUATED FROM MARS HIGH SCHOOL, CLASS OF 1950. SHE ATTENDED SLIPPERY ROCK COLLEGE IN CONJUNCTION WITH BUTLER MEMORIAL HOSPITAL NURSING SCHOOL. SHE GRADUATED FROM PITTSBURGH COMPTOMETER SCHOOL. SHE WORKED FOR REICK McJUNKIN DAIRY IN PITTSBURGH. SHE ALSO WORKED FOR BELTONE HEARING AID CENTER IN THE ZELIENOPLE AND BUTLER OFFICES FOR 12 YEARS, RETIRING IN 1994.

SHE WAS A MEMBER OF ST PETER'S LUTHERAN CHURCH IN EVANS CITY, A MEMBER AND PAST MATRON OF MARS CHAPTER #271 O.E.S., PAST PRESIDENT OF PAST MATRONS CLUB IN MARS AND A MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN LEGION AUXILLARY POST IN EVANS CITY.

SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER HUSBAND, DEAN R. McMILLEN, WHOM SHE MARRIED ON DECEMBER 6, 1950 IN WINCHESTER, VA AND WHO PASSED AWAY ON MARCH 2, 2018.

SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER FOUR CHILDREN, ELDEST SON, LARRY AND HIS WIFE, JOYCE OF PITTSBURGH AND THEIR CHILDREN, RYAN AND HIS WIFE, ANYA AND THEIR CHILDREN, CORA AND JONAS; MICHAEL AND HIS WIFE, JULIE AND THEIR SONS, CHRISTIAN AND BRADY; AND ANDREW AND HIS WIFE REBECCA; SECOND SON, CRAIG OF NORTH WASHINGTON, AND HIS DAUGHTERS, KELLEY THOMPSON AND HER HUSBAND, ZACKARY AND THEIR CHILDREN, CAELYNN, CAMERON AND CARSON; KRISTIN McMILLEN AND HER FIANCE, GREGORY BEACH, HEATHER McMILLEN AND HER FIANCE NATHAN HOSHAK; THIRD SON, SCOTT AND HIS WIFE, ROBERTA OF SANDSTON, VIRGINIA AND THEIR CHILDREN, TABATHA  ZARKAUSKAS AND HER HUSBAND (JOE OR JOSEPH), THEIR DAUGHTER, ALEXA; JASON McMILLEN AND HIS WIFE, KRYSTAL, AND ANDREA  MILLER AND HER HUSBAND, TROY  AND THEIR SONS, HENRIK AND OSKAR, AND HER DAUGHTER, COLLEEN HIMMELWRIGHT AND HER HUSBAND, GARY OF ZELIENOPLE. SHE IS ALSO SURVIVED BY THREE NIECES, CAROL (LOUIS) SHORT, DEBORAH REED AND LISA (KENNETH) LLOYD; AND THREE GREAT-NIECES, ONE GREAT NEPHEW AND MANY COUSINS.
 

IN ADDITION TO HER HUSBAND, SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER DAUGHTER-IN-LAW, MITZI McMILLEN AND HER SISTER-IN-LAW AND BROTHER-IN-LAW, ARDELLE AND VERNON REED.  

MARY BELLE TRULY ENJOYED HER FAMILY AND ATTENDED ALL THE ACTIVITIES THAT HER CHILDREN, GRANDCHILDREN AND GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN PARTICIPATED IN. SHE ENJOYED TRAVELING AND HAD VISITED ALL 50 STATES. THERE WERE MANY SPECIALTIES, BUT HER PINEAPPLE UPSIDE DOWN CAKE AND MEATLOAF WERE TWO OF THE BEST.

FRIENDS WILL BE RECEIVED AT McDONALD-AEBERLI FUNERAL HOME, INC.,  238 CROWE AVENUE, MARS, PA ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2023 FROM 2-4 & 6-8 PM. FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD ON WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2023 AT 10:30 AM AT THE FUNERAL HOME. SHE WILL BE LAID TO REST IN EVANS CITY CEMETERY.  IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, THE FAMILY REQUESTS MEMORIAL DONATIONS BE MADE TO ST. PETER'S LUTHERAN CHURCH OR THE EVANS CITY LIBRARY. DIRECTIONS AND CONDOLENCES ARE AVAILABLE AT WWW.McDONALD-AEBERLI.COM.