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June 11, 2012

Donald Edward Underhill

Anonymous Meadville Tribune The Meadville Tribune Mon Jun 11, 2012, 08:24 PM EDT

CENTERVILLE — Donald Edward Underhill, 99, of McGeetown Road, Centerville, passed away Sunday, June 10, 2012, at 12:35 p.m. at his residence.

He was born Aug. 6, 1912, in Norwalk, Ohio, a son of Clarence Underhill and Gertrude Larrow Underhill. He married Neva McCrillis on April 15, 1939; she passed away Dec. 7, 1992.

He was a graduate of Monroeville High School and also Detroit Institute of Technology where he studied welding.

Donald worked for Ellis Day Machine Shop, Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, where he helped build Route 8 from Union City to Titusville, and Universal Cyclopes Steel Company, for 26 years until his retirement in 1979.

He was of the Catholic faith.

From the time Donald was born, he shared his thoughts and love of nature with the woods. The influence he had, made the world a better place, because he always enjoyed lending a helping hand to those in need.

He enjoyed raising and working with foxhounds, was an avid fox hunter, a Boy Scout leader and will be known for being the “neighborhood repairman,” always fixing farm equipment and automobiles for his friends and family.

Donald is survived by three daughters, Doneva Hyde and her husband, Kenneth, of Titusville, Pat Hopkins and her husband, Bill, of Greenville and Judith Falvey of Meadville; a son, David Underhill and his wife, Loretta, of Centerville; 16 grandchildren, Lon Hyde and his companion, Julie, of Saegertown, Regina Pilewski and her husband, Tim, of McKean, Shawn Hyde and his wife, Susan, of Guys Mills, Kelly Hyde and his wife, Sue, of Saegertown, Andrew Hyde and his wife, Connie, of Guys Mills, Jill Meszaros and her husband, Dan, of Cambridge Springs, Lisa Crago and her husband, David, of Townville, Paige Solomon and her husband, David, of Edinboro, Autumn Fraiser and her husband, Tracey, of Centerville, Ryan Underhill and his companion, Jessie, of Titusville, Teo Underhill and his companion, Lyza, of Pittsburgh, Kimberly Billings and her husband, Mark, of Sharpsville, Arron Falvey and his wife, Lee, of Phoenix, Ariz., Isaac Falvey of Pittsburgh, Ethan Falvey of Meadville and Joel Falvey of Erie.

In addition to his loving wife, Neva, he was preceded in death by his parents; two grandsons, Clayton Hopkins and Will Reagle; three brothers, Arthur, Robert and Dean Underhill; and two sisters, Margaret Diebel and Marylou Warner who passed away the same day at 8:20 a.m. in Sullivan, Ohio.

Family and friends may call on Wednesday from 4 to 8 p.m. at Willis L. Arnold Funeral Home, 33353 N. Main St., Townville.

The funeral and committal service will be Thursday at 10 a.m. at the funeral home, with Father Walter E. Packard of Saint Titus Roman Catholic Church, officiating.

Burial will take place in Kingsley Cemetery, Townville.

Please take a moment to share a condolence, memory or to order flowers for the family on Donald’s Book of Memories online at roofnercollinswarrenfh.com.

Arrangements are in the care of Willis L. Arnold Funeral Home, branch firm of Roofner-Collins-Warren Funeral Home and Cremation Services Inc., Meadville.

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