Paula Jean Frederick, 6156 Jacqueline Drive, Brookfield, Oh., passed away unexpectedly at 5:17 p.m. Sunday (7-25-10) in the hospital of Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh. She was 68.
She was born on October 12, 1941 in Warren, Ohio the daughter of Paul and Virginia Parent Armstrong.
A lifelong area resident, she was a graduate of Hickory High School.
She worked in her early years at the former Sharon Transformer Division of the Westinghouse Electric Corporation. She also worked for the Radisson Hotel in West Middlesex where she was the dining room supervisor and for the Globe Restaurant in Hubbard's Truck World. Her last employment was at Yankee Lake in both the party center and Inn for over twenty years.
Her true joy in life was sharing time with her husband, children and grandchildren. She loved to cook and bake for her family and friends. She was a wonderful wife, mother, grandmother and friend to many.
Her husband John 'Fred' Frederick whom she married July 12, 1985 survives at home.
She also leaves her daughters, Merilee Siege and her husband Tim, Sharpsville, Pamela Giroski and her husband John, West Middlesex, Karyn Welbaum and her husband Randy, Garrett, IN, Kelly Rodriguez and her husband Lou, Grand Forks Airforce Base, Grand Forks, ND, her son Robert Kapsa Jr., Naval Station San Diego, San Diego, CA, a son in law David Shuttleworth, her grandchildren, Jennifer, Joshua, Ryan and Timothy Jr. Siege, Darci, Erin, andLorigan Shuttleworth, Emma and Trent Welbaum, Amanda Blyth and her husband, Ian, her sisters Karen Maselli and her husband Fran of Westerville OH, Cheryl Odvar and her husband John, Farmville, Oh, and her three brothers, Dale Armstrong and his wife Brenda, Todd Armstrong and his wife Malinda, and Gary Armstrong and his wife Linda, all of Farmdale. She also leaves several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Virginia and Vince Phillips, and Paul and Ann Armstrong, two daughters, Wendy Shuttleworth, and Karen Renee Harsh, a brother, Paul Leslie Armstrong.
In lieu of flowers, Memorial contributions may be made in her memory to JDRF Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International 26 Broadway, 14th Floor New York, NY 10004.
Calling hours: 5 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday (7-28-10) in the J. Bradley McGonigle Funeral Home and Crematory Inc. 1090 E. State Street, Sharon.
Condolences may be sent to her family by visiting the web site www.McGonigleFuneralHomeandCrematory.com
Services: will be private.
Cremation: Cremation will take place following the funeral services.