Gladys E. (Lehman) Hites

Gladys E. Hites, 91, formerly of Rouseville, PA., passed away Sunday Oct. 27, 2024 at Oil City Healthcare and Rehab.

            Born August 2, 1933 in Franklin, on the family farm  she was the daughter of Ephraim and Nellie Doerr Lehman.

She attended Graham Elementary School and  was a graduate of Franklin High School.

She was married on March 12, 1953 at the Congress Hill Church of God to David F. Hites and he preceded her in death on April 24, 2004. They celebrated 50 years of marriage together, before his passing.

A homemaker, Gladys enjoyed quilting, baking wedding cakes and also made sugar cookies at Halloween time and worked fish fries and bingo for the Rouseville Volunteer Fire Dept., where she enjoyed working with everyone.

She was a member of the Sandycreek Grange and enjoyed making sauerkraut with the Lehman brothers and sisters.

Mrs. Hites was a member of the Rouseville United Methodist Church.

Glady is survived by the following children

Robin Theuret of Oil City,

Melissa Schiffer and her husband Greg of Oil City,

Denise McFerrin of S. Augusta, SC.,

Andrew Hites and his significant other Judy  Diperna of Rouseville

Close friends

Lisa and Bobbie Wilcher and their daughter Miranda of GA.

She is also survived by 6 grandchildren

Melanie Schiffer Garbark  and her husband Daniel

Scott Schiffer

Meghan Schiffer Stetsko and her husband Keith

Joshua  Theuret and his wife Danielle

William McFerrin

Timothy McFerren and his wife Stephanie

And great grandchildren

Haylee, Theodore and  Benjamin Garbark

Charity Theuret

Seth Theuret

And one great great grandchild

Emberly Theuret

She is also survived by sisters

Mildred Cozad

Dorothy Sopher

Alice Nuefield

Lucy Ratzlaff

And sister-in-law

Beatrice Hites and her children Becky, and Robert and is wife Lydia

In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by a grandson

Christopher Theuret and by sisters  Kathleen Harrington , Ethel Orlando and Florence Ross and by brothers David, Paul, Glenn, Roy Lehman and brother -in-law Robert Hites

Funeral Services will be held  on Friday at 11:00 A.M. in the Reinsel Funeral Home.

Interment will be in Plumer Cemetery.

The family would like to thank the staff at Oil City Healthcare for their care and support of Gladys.

Condolences may be sent at www.reinselfuneralhome.com

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Rouseville Volunteer Fire Dept. or to Asera Care Hospice

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