Shirley J. Kelichner, 80, of Sykesville died Monday, May 8, 2017 at Penn Highlands DuBois.
Born July 4, 1936 in DuBois, she was the daughter of the late Steven and Mary (Pinchok) Jacobs.
On Aug. 27, 1955, she married Allison J. “Jack” Kelichner Jr. They were married for 62 years, and he preceded her in death March 13, 2017.
She retired as a bookkeeper from Kovalchick Salvage Co. in Sykesville after more than 25 years of service.
She was a member of the Holy Trinity Byzantine Catholic Church where she worked on the bereavement lunch team.
She loved to watch television murder mysteries, but most of all she loved to take care of her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
She is survived by two daughters, Pamela Young and her husband, Chuck of Sykesville and Paula Stine and her husband, Patrick of DuBois; two grandchildren, Rebecca Bush and Scott Young; and five great-grandchildren, Kaden and Ryleigh Bush, Maddox and Ciana Young and Makayla Dyer.
Friends will be received from 2 p.m. – 4 p.m. and from 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. Thursday at the Baronick Funeral Home and Crematorium Inc. A Parastas service will be held at 4 p.m. at the funeral home.
A Divine Liturgy will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Friday at the Holy Trinity Byzantine Catholic Church with Fr. Vasyl Banyk as celebrant. Burial will be in Holy Trinity Byzantine Catholic Cemetery.
Memorials may be placed with the Gateway Humane Society, 1211 Airport Rd., Falls Creek, PA 15840 and or the Kidney Transplant of Pittsburgh, 4401 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15224.
Online condolences may be sent to www.baronickfuneralhome.com.