Oliver B. West

Oliver B. West, Sr., 84, of Daiseytown, formerly of Charleroi died Tuesday, August 15, 2006 in his home. A son of the late Samuel E. and Alma Paulson West, he was born in Martins Ferry, WV on March 12, 1922. Until his recent illness, he had resided in Charleroi since 1975. He retired in 1982 from the Edgar Thompson Plant of U.S. Steel where he was a craneman. A U.S. Army, World War # II veteran, he was a life member of the Charleroi Legion, Post 22, VFW Post 699, the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association, the 25th Infantry Division Association and life member and past commander of VFW Post 167. Oliver also was a member of the Charleroi Sportsman's Association, the Belgium Club and the Perryopolis VFW. Survivors include 3 daughters and sons-in-law, Linda and William Johnson of Daiseytown, Norma Jean and Bradley Baker of Perryopolis and Barbara and Charles Moore of N. Charleroi, 2 sons and daughters-in-law, Oliver B., Jr. and Victoria West of Dawson and L. Gregg and Sharon West of Monongahela, 2 sisters, Sara Jean Wilbraham of Deland, FL and Dorothy Williams of Star Junction, 3 brothers, James West of N. Carlina, Howard (Red) West of Belle Vernon and David L. West of Marion, MI, 12 grandchildren, Rhonda Timlin, Brett Johnson, Amanda Puskar, Jeff and Noel Ranker, Dannelle Morris, Matthew Baker, Sean and Todd West, Erika Urban and Lauren and Chuck Moore and 8 great-grandchildren. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife of 48 years, Eleanor Gale Gregg West in 1993, 1 grandson, Oliver B. West III and 3 brothers, Paul, Charles and Robert West. Friends will be received Wednesday from 7 to 9 P.M. and Thursday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 P.M. in the Ferguson Funeral Home, Inc. and Cremation Service, a Golden Rule Member Firm, www.fergusonfuneralhome.net, (724-929-5300), 700 Broad Avenue, Belle Vernon. Funeral services will be in the funeral home on Friday at 12 P.M. with Rev. Bruce Northey officiating. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery with full military honors. The Legion Post 22 and VFW Post 167 will meet in the funeral home to hold services on Thursday at 8:00 P.M.

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Oliver B. West

March 12, 1922 - August 15, 2006