Gwendolyn P. Locke, Port St. Lucie FL, formerly of Stuart, Fl, and Trace St., Hermitage, passed away peacefully at 9:55 a.m. Wednesday (2-8-12)with her daughters at her side in the Magdolna Home Care nursing facility, Port St. Lucie Fl. She was 83.
Mrs. Locke was born June 2, 1928 in Sharon the daughter of John Henry and Grace E. Hall Horseman.
She attended Sharon schools.
A homemaker, she worked for the former G. C. Murphy Department Store in downtown Sharon, the Little Shopper, Hermitage and also worked as a caregiver for several years.
She was a member of Lebanon United Presbyterian Church, Jefferson Township. She was an avid bowler and belonged to the Jinx League and the VFW Mixed League at Hickory Bowl, and the Tuesday Morning and the Mixed League at Mercer Bowling.
Her husband, William L. Locke, whom she married July 17, 1948, passed away July 11, 1998.
She is survived by two daughters, Linda L. Deel and her husband Daniel of Port St Lucie and Valerie 'Jean' Dovutovich and her husband Joseph of Stuart, FL, a sister, Paula Priester and her husband John, West Middlesex, and two grandchildren, Amy of Sharon,Pa.and William Dovutovich and his fiance' Jackeline Polania of Stuart,Fl.
In addition to her husband and her parents, she was preceded in death by two brothers, Raymond and Jack Horseman, and her sister, Thelma Addicott.
Her family suggust that any person wishing to make a memorial contribution in her memory to please consider the Treasure Coast Hospice 1201 South East Indian St. Stuart, FL 34997.
In keeping with her request there will be no public calling hours or funeral service.
Arrangements are under the direction of the J. Bradley McGonigle Funeral Home & Crematory, Inc., 1090 E. State Street, Sharon.
To post a tribute to her family or to view the obituary, visit the website www.McGonigleFuneralHomeandCrematory.com
Interment will be next to her husband in Morefield Cemetery, Hermitage.