Mary Beth McLaughlin Freeble, South Pymatuning Township, passed away at 4:36 a.m. Monday (12-07-2015) in Clepper Manor, Sharon, following a brief illness. She was 65.

She was born July 18, 1950 in Sharon one of two daughters born to Arthur Henry and Mary Elizabeth Thompson McLaughlin. A lifelong area resident, she was raised in Sharon and graduated in 1968 from Sharon High School.

She worked in several capacities in the banking industry at the former Sky Bank and its predecessor First Federal Bank, Hermitage.

She also worked at one time for the former Reville Wholesale Distribution company in Hermitage.She was of the Methodist Faith.

Mary Beth enjoyed needle work and she crafted many Afghans and had mastered tatting, a technique for handcrafting lace from a series of knots and loops.

She was also good at whittling and woodworking.

Mary Beth leaves her sister, Shirley A. McLean and her husband Don, Sharpsville, her niece, Amanda Kelly and her husband James, and her great niece and nephew, Violet Ann, and Henry Donald Kelly, all of the north side of Pittsburgh.

She was preceded in death by her parents. C

alling hours: 10:00 a.m. until the time of service Friday (12-11-15) in the J. Bradley McGonigle Funeral Home and Crematory Inc. 1090 E. State St. Sharon.

Services: 11:00 a.m. in the funeral home chapel with the Rev. C. Charles Eckles, pastor of I H S Gospel Ministries, Hermitage, officiating. Successor

Inurnment: America's Cemetery, Hermitage.