Erma Ryen

RYEN, ERMA, 81, OF WORCESTER TOWNSHIP, FORMERLY OF NEW WASHINGTON, DIED NOVEMBER 20, 2002 AT MERCY SUBURBAN HOSPITAL IN EAST NORRISTOWN. BORN SEPTEMBER 6, 1921, IN BURNSIDE TOWNSHIP, DAUGHTER OF THE LATE ADA GALLAHER BECK. PRECEEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS, HUSBAND ELLSWORTH, BROTHER LLOYD WILSON AND SISTER JEAN DANT. SURVIVED BY SONS RONALD OF SWEDELAND, AND ALVIN OF PERKIOMENVILLE, AND DAUGHTERS SANDRA RYEN OF NORRISTOWN AND DONNA McMASTERS OF HARLEYSVILLE. ALSO SURVIVED BY 9 GRANDCHILDREN, AND 5 GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN. SISTER OF SUE HARRIS OF PITTSBURGH, HELEN BUTLER OF MAHAFFEY, AND JOANNE SMITH OF HUBBARD, OH. GRADUATE OF MAHAFFEY HIGH SCHOOL. RETIRED HOUSEKEEPER FOR VALLEY FORGE MEDICAL CENTER (FORMERLY VALLEY FORGE HEART HOSPITAL). FRIENDS RECEIVED FROM 7-9 P.M. SUNDAY AT LONG-CONTRES FUNERAL HOME, INC., NORTHERN CAMBRIA, AND FROM 10:00 A.M. UNTIL TIME OF SERVICE AT 11:00 A.M. MONDAY, AT THE NEW WASHINGTON UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, REV. JOHN WHITE. INTERMENT NEW WASHINGTON CEMETERY. CONTRIBUTIONS MAY BE MADE TO THE NEW WASHINGTON UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, IN MRS. RYEN'S MEMORY, C/O HARRY MITCHELL, TOWN ROAD, MAHAFFEY, PA 15757.

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