Alice Weidaw Shilling

Alice Weidaw Shilling, 93, formerly of Circle East, Meadville, died Thursday May 24, 2001, at Rolling Fields Nursing Home, Conneautville.

She was born in Phillipsburg, NJ, April 28, 1908, a daughter of John & Elizabeth Eick Young.  She was first married to James Brittian, she subsequently married Fred Weidaw, and later married Thurman Shilling, all of whom preceded her in death.

She was a homemaker, mother of ten children, teacher and nurse aid, having first worked for Macy's Department Store of Phillipsburg, NJ and later as a nursery school teacher in Washington, DC.  She then worked in the Pediatrics Department of the former Spencer Hospital, Meadville, as a nurse's aide.

She was a 50 year member of the First Presbyterian Church, a former church deacon, and taught the kindergarten class for 25 years.  She had received the Ace for Brace Award from the Crippled Children's Assn., and was a volunteer with the American Red Cross for 49 years.

Survivors include two sons, James Brittain of Etowha, TN and John Brittain of Pittsburgh; two daughters, Joanne Crawford of Flemington, NJ and Joy Link of Meadville; two step-daughters, Grace Eno of Honesdale and Joan Peery of Fresno, CA; twenty-six grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.  Also, several nieces, nephews and a daughter-in-law, Evelyn Weidaw of Meadville.

She was preceded in death by three daughters, Ruth Lorenzo, Betty Clark and Camilla Harrison; one son, Clarence Weidaw; one sister, Margaret Young and five brothers, John, Mitchell, Albert, Joseph and Paul Young.

Services were held at Waid Funeral Home.

Interment was in Roselawn Memorial Gardens.