Edith "Deedie" Mostoller

Edith Mary (“Deedie”) Mostoller passed away September 12, 2011 in Tallahassee, FL at the age of 86, after a valiant seven year battle with colon cancer, with her family by her side. She was born in Pittsburgh, PA on December 21, 1924, the daughter of George Edward and Edith Maybelle Hart. She was raised in Connellsville, PA, and graduated from Connellsville High School in 1942. She attended Slippery Rock Teachers College and worked briefly at Anchor Hocking Glass Company. She married Webster (“Bud”) Mostoller, a WWII B-24 Bomber pilot veteran on July 3, 1947 in Connellsville, PA. In the early 1950s Deedie moved with her husband to Marianna, Florida where her husband worked as a flight instructor at Graham Air Base, and in 1960 moved to Tallahassee, FL where her husband worked as a professional pilot for the State of Florida until his retirement. She was a lifelong Presbyterian, and active in women’s fellowship and leadership activities, her Joy Bible study group, Christian Women’s Club, and Daughters of the American Revolution, Ft. San Luis Chapter. She loved being a wife, mother, grandparent, and homemaker. She was an avid reader, and enjoyed her home, crossword puzzles, solitaire, walking, sewing, music, friends and neighbors, and her beloved dogs. Edith was preceded in death by her husband, Webster Mostoller, in 1990. She is survived by her three daughters, Ann (Allan) Ragsdale, Mary Mostoller, and Jane Mostoller, three grandchildren, Robert (Cindy) Ragsdale, Elizabeth Timin, and Jennifer (Mike) Yon, and one great-grandchild, Caden Ragsdale, all of Tallahassee; a sister Florence Watson, of Phoenixville, PA and many cherished nieces and nephews. The family will receive friends at Bevis Funeral Home on Thursday, September 15, from 6:00 to 8:00 pm., and a funeral service will be held on Friday, September 16, at 10:00a.m. at First Presbyterian Church in Tallahassee, FL, followed with a brief burial service at Roselawn Cemetery in Tallahassee, FL. Memorial contributions may be made to the Tallahassee Memorial Foundation/Angie Deeb Cancer Unit, 1331 E. 6th Avenue, Tallahassee, FL 32303 or to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society at www.nationalmssociety.org. or National MS Society, P.O. Box 4527, New York, NY 10163.

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Edith "Deedie" Mostoller

December 21, 1924 - September 12, 2011