Wesley Brainerd McCall

| November 21, 2014

OI1833820840_WestMcCall001Wesley Brainerd “Wes” McCALL, 86, of Sligo, Pa. passed away at 10:25 AM Wednesday morning (11-19-14) at Golden Living Care Center at Shippenville following a lengthy illness.
Born in Piney Township (Huckleberry Ridge) Clarion Co., Pa. on January 7, 1928, he was the son of the late Brainerd B. and Kathryn Kriebel McCall.
He served in the U. S. Army during World War II from April of 1946 to honorable discharge in August of 1947. He was a member of both the VFW and American Legion.
Wes was employed by the former Koppers Chemical Co. at Petrolia for over forty two years. He retired in 1988 as boiler room supervisor.
He was a lifelong United Methodist by faith.
At the time of his passing, he was a member of the IOOF Lodge of Clarion where he had received his fifty-five year membership medal.
Wes represented Perry Township as a member of the Allegheny-Clarion Valley School Board for many years when he lived in that school district. He also served as a member of Sligo Borough Council for a period of time. Wes also served as a driver for Southern Clarion County Ambulance as long as health permitted.
He was married July 16, 1950 in Sligo to the former Helen Murray who survives, and they celebrated sixty-four years of marriage this past summer. Also surviving are one daughter and husband, Betty K. and Ben Petersen of Port Clinton, OH and one son and wife, Jeffrey and Carole McCall of Franklin. He is survived by two grandchildren, April (Jim) Prattt of Amherst, OH and Jeremy Shumaker of Sligo, and two great-grandchildren, Emily and Rachel Pratt. Wes is also survived by one sister, Kaye (Eugene) Hillis of Rimersburg, and two brothers, Carl (Barbara) McCall of West Freedom and Ronald McCall of Butler, as well as a number of nieces and nephews.

Friends may call from 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM Saturday at H. Jack Buzard Funeral Home, 201 So. Wayne Ave., Parker, where funeral services will be conducted at 2:00 PM. Interment will follow at Sligo Cemetery.

Members of VFW and American Legion Posts of Parker will conduct services at 1:45 PM Saturday in the funeral home.

In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorials to the Alzheimer’s Unit of donors choice.


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