Anne Bowersox Mclean

Anne Bowersox McLean, 84, formerly of Chautauqua, NY and a resident of Wesbury United Methodist Community since October of 2010, died there Saturday, July 21, 2012.

She was born in Shrewsbury, PA January 6, 1928, a daughter of George E. and Anna Hankey Bowersox, Sr.  She married Rev. Norman McLean June 9, 1950 and he survives.

She was a 1946 graduate of Leechburg (PA) High School and a 1950 graduate of Thiel College, Greenville with a B.A. degree in Education.  She worked as an assistant librarian at the Morris Plains (NJ) Public Library while her husband was in the seminary.  She then assisted her husband in the various churches he served in the Chautauqua, NY region.  Anne was an avid knitter and had an amazing collection of camel figurines of all different shapes and sizes, inspired by her trip to Afghanistan in 1973.  Since the mid-1940’s Anne also worked during the season, first at the former Cary Hotel and then the Tally Ho Hotel at The Chautauqua Institution.

In addition to her husband, Norman of 62 years, she is survived by a nephew, G. Edward Bowersox III of Somerset, PA; two nieces, Marilyn Faris of Bryn Mawr, PA and Marjorie Fiebinger of Vienna, Austria; a sister-in-law, Virginia Bowersox of Somerset, PA; two great nephews, three great nieces, two great great nieces and one great great nephew.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by two brothers, George Bowersox, Jr. and Glen Bowersox and a sister, Mary Whisler.

The memorial service will be Monday, August 27, 2012 at the Barco Chapel of Wesbury United Methodist Community, 31 N. Park Ave., Meadville with the Rev. Sarah Roncolato, Pastor of Stone United Methodist Church, officiating.

The family suggests memorials be made to Thiel College, Office of College Advancement, 75 College Avenue, Greenville, PA 16125

Arrangements are under the direction of the Robert W. Waid Funeral Home, Inc., 581 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA.

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