A Wayne Conkle

A. Wayne Conkle, 92, our beloved father, grandfather, great-grandfather and great-great-grandfather, of Bentleyville, went home to be with his Lord on Wednesday, October 28, 2009 at his home.

A lifelong resident of Washington County, he was born March 9, 1917 in Lone Pine, a son of Homer and Hazel Elizabeth Hewitt Conkle.

Mr. Conkle was the owner and operator of A. Wayne Conkle and Son trucking company, dealing in agricultural lime and fertilizer.

Since 1938, he was a member of the Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Glyde. For many years he attended the First Baptist Church in Bentleyville.

On December 24, 1936 in Wellsburg, West Virg., he married Helen S. Huffman Conkle, who died February 19, 1999.

Surviving are five children, John W. Conkle (Vera) of Bentleyville, Francis Martin (Elden) of Elyria, Ohio, Dorothy Martin (Oliver) of Amherst, Ohio, Sylvia Foor (the late James M.) of Grindstone and Ocie Conkle, his beloved caretaker and with whom he resided, of Bentleyville; 10 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren; six great-great-grandchildren; a brother, Mack Conkle (Lois) of Scenery Hill; a sister-in-law, Dorothy Conkle of Washington and several nieces and nephews.

Deceased is a brother, Merldean Conkle.

Friends are welcomed from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday and 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at the Thompson-Marodi Funeral Home, Inc., 809 Main Street, Bentleyville (724-239-2255), where services will be held at 11 a.m., Saturday, October 31, 2009 with the Rev. Vernon Edwards, officiating. Interment will follow in Mon Valley Memorial Park, Donora. For those unable to attend, condolences can be sent at www.thompson-marodi.com.

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