Ruth Stahlman was born on 13 June 1920 in Baxter, Pennsylvania.
2,1 She and
Eli R. Fabian were married on 15 July 1941 in Alcola, Pennsylvania.
1 She died on 23 August 2002, at age 82, in Martinsburg, Blair, Pennsylvania.
1,2 She was buried in Salem Cemetery, Frogtown, Clarion, Pennsylvania.
1 Ruth Stahlman was a Stroke.
1 Ruth Stahlman Fabian, Martinsburg, formerly of Huntingdon and Knox
Ruth Stahlman Fabian, 82, of 430 S. Market St., Martinsburg, formerly of 16 Warm Springs Acres, Huntingdon, died a 7:30 a.m. Friday, Aug. 23, 2002, at Homewood at Martinsburg after suffering a massive stroke Aug. 17. Born June 13, 1920, in Baxter, she was the daughter of Merle and Cora Miller Stahlman. She was a 1938 graduate of Clarion-Limestone High School.
Mrs. Fabian was married in Trinity United Church of Christ in Alcola on July 15, 1941, to the Rev. Ell R. Fabian, who survives. Officiating ministers were the Rev. Roy Frazier and Dr. Charles F. Freeman. She and her husband ministered in the United Church of Christ, serving the following congregations: Redbank Charge, Clarion County; New Hamburg and Transfer Charge, Mercer County; Zion Charge, Somerset County; Salem and Belnap Charge, Armstrong County; Mifflinburg Charge, Union County; Beaver Charge, Clarion County. Mrs. Fabian was a member of the Abbey Reformed United Church of Christ, Huntingdon. She also was a member of the Order of Eastern Star of Clarion and was a former member of the Standing Stone Senior Citizens Center, Huntingdon. Mrs. Fabian sold Avon Products and was employed by Jordan Hardware while residing in Knox.
She loved music and passed her love of music onto her entire family. Surviving, in addition to her husband, are two sons, Ronald M. Fabian of Leesport and Charles E. Fabian of Lewistown; a daughter, Miriam F. Slicker of Huntingdon; four grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. She also is survived by a brother, Everett Stahlman of Mayport RD 1. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Fabian was preceded in death by two brothers, Myron Stahlman and Mark Stahlman; and a sister, Anna Patterson.
Friends may call from 3 to 5 and 7 to 7:30 p.m. today in the John B. Brown Funeral Home, 417 Washington St., Huntingdon. Funeral and committal services will be held at 7:30 p.m. today in the funeral home with the Rev. Gary H. Marcy and the Rev. Gerald McCuller of Huntingdon and the Rev. Raymond Faulds of Knox, officiating. Interment will be in Salem Cemetery, Clarion County. In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial contributions be sent to the American Cancer Society, Huntingdon County Unit, RD 1, Box 33 D, Huntingdon; the American Heart Association, P.O. Box 810, Huntingdon; or to the Abbey Reformed United Church of Christ, Sixth and Church streets, Huntingdon, 16652.