Lucy Newhouse Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Lucy Welty Newhouse, 87, of Belle Vernon, passed away at Victoria House in Monessen on February 22, 2015. Born June 26, 1927 in Herminie, she was the daughter of the late Frank Welty and Grace Lohr Welty. She was a graduate of the Presbyterian Hospital School of Nursing, Class of 1949. She was active in the Cancer Clinic at the former Charleroi Monessen Hospital. Employed as a visiting nurse for Mon Valley United Health Services, she served as Director of Visiting Nurses for ten years until her retirement in 1989. She also served as Secretary to the Western Pennsylvania Association of Home Health Agencies. Lucy was a member of the Board of Directors of the American Red Cross, Mon Valley Chapter, and a former member of the Board of Directors of the United Way of Mon Valley. She was on the Advisory Council of Professional Personnel for Health Plus, Inc.-Mon Valley United Health Services. In addition, she was active as a volunteer at bloodmobiles throughout the Mon Valley for many years, and participated in the flu shot clinics for Health Plus, Inc. Lucy was a member of Saint Sebastian Roman Catholic Church in Belle Vernon, and the Tuesday Evening Civic Club, where she served as Vice-President. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 45 years, Dr. Joseph J. Newhouse (1992), two brothers, Paul Welty (1996) and Robert Welty (2010), and one sister, Mary Welty Olfert (2007). She is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, Dr. Joseph R. Newhouse and Noreen Newhouse, granddaughters, Samantha Newhouse Dawson (Jonathan) and Audrey Halgas, and a great granddaughter, Gianna Virginia Dawson, all of Belle Vernon, along with nieces, nephews, and cousins. Friends will be received 10:30 A.M. until 12:30 P.M. Wednesday in the Ferguson Funeral Home and Crematory, Inc., 700 Broad Avenue, Belle Vernon. 724-929-5300 www.FergusonFuneralHomeAndCrematory.com A blessing service will be in the funeral home at 12:30 P.M. Wednesday followed by a funeral mass at 1:00 P.M. in St. Sebastian R.C. Church with Rev. Msgr. Roger A. Statnick as celebrant. Entombment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery.

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Lucy Newhouse

June 26, 1927 - February 22, 2015