1929
Vesta
2023
Vesta Mae Murtha
July 30, 1929 — September 19, 2023
Vesta Mae Murtha, age 94, formerly of Chippewa, PA, died on Tuesday, September 19, 2023.
She was born in Akron, OH on July 30, 1929, to James Walter & Bessie Buck Harris and spent her childhood in Akron, OH, Oklahoma City, OK, and Beaver Falls, PA. She married John R. Murtha Jr. at the age of 18 and after a few years in Rochester, Pa., they settled in Chippewa to raise their family.
Vesta is survived by one brother and sister-in-law, Jack and Sara Harris of North Sewickley Twp., PA; one son and daughter-in-law, James A. Sr. and Elizabeth Murtha of Forest, VA.; two daughters and a son-in-law, Bette Murtha Newbury of New Wilmington, PA; Barbara A. and David Wax of Rogers, OH; seven grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her son, Thomas A Murtha, and her former husband, John R. Murtha Jr.
Family and friends will gather on Thursday, September 21, 2023 from 3:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. at Campbell's Chippewa Funeral Home Inc., 2618 Darlington Road, Chippewa, PA 15010 (Randy R. Wheeler, supervisor, 724-843-2500). Services will be held on Friday, September 22, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. in the funeral home chapel. Burial will follow at Sylvania Hills Memorial Park in Rochester, PA.
She was born in Akron, OH on July 30, 1929, to James Walter & Bessie Buck Harris and spent her childhood in Akron, OH, Oklahoma City, OK, and Beaver Falls, PA. She married John R. Murtha Jr. at the age of 18 and after a few years in Rochester, Pa., they settled in Chippewa to raise their family.
Vesta is survived by one brother and sister-in-law, Jack and Sara Harris of North Sewickley Twp., PA; one son and daughter-in-law, James A. Sr. and Elizabeth Murtha of Forest, VA.; two daughters and a son-in-law, Bette Murtha Newbury of New Wilmington, PA; Barbara A. and David Wax of Rogers, OH; seven grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her son, Thomas A Murtha, and her former husband, John R. Murtha Jr.
Family and friends will gather on Thursday, September 21, 2023 from 3:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. at Campbell's Chippewa Funeral Home Inc., 2618 Darlington Road, Chippewa, PA 15010 (Randy R. Wheeler, supervisor, 724-843-2500). Services will be held on Friday, September 22, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. in the funeral home chapel. Burial will follow at Sylvania Hills Memorial Park in Rochester, PA.
To order memorial trees or send flowers to the family in memory of Vesta Mae Murtha, please visit our flower store.
Service Schedule
Past Services
Gathering
Thursday, September 21, 2023
3:00 - 7:00 pm (Eastern time)
Campbell's Chippewa Funeral Home, Inc.
Service
Friday, September 22, 2023
10:00 - 10:30 am (Eastern time)
Campbell's Chippewa Funeral Home, Inc.
Guestbook
Visits: 560
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the
Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
Service map data © OpenStreetMap contributors