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Robert Melvin Flick
Robert Melvin Flick, 89, of 623 E. Brady St. died Tuesday, July 17, 2007, at
Butler Memorial Hospital.
Born September 8, 1917, in East Butler, he was a son of Frank Prossor and Grace
(Ross) Flick.
He was a 1935 graduate of Worthington West Franklin High School.
He worked in the strip shears and the silicon departments at Armco-Butler Works
for 33 years before retiring in 1979.
During World War II, he served as an Army medic at Camp Picket, Va., and in
North Africa and Italy. He was a past commander and a life member of the Dexter
Leroy Donaldson VFW Post 7876 and a life member of the American Legion Post 962,
both of Chicora.
He enjoyed hunting, fishing and spending time with his family. He was a life
member of the Happy Hunters Sportsmen's Club in Fenelton and a member of the
NRA, National Wildlife Federation, AARP, NAPO, COPS, Retirees Association of
Armco, Defenders of Wildlife Association, National Humane Society, American
Cancer Society, MS, MD, the Alzheimer Association and the Macular Degeneration
and Glaucoma associations. He was a 50-year life member of the Loyal Order of
Moose Lodge 962 in Chicora.
He was a member of St Peter Roman Catholic Church and the Catholic Golden Age
Association.
Surviving are three sons, Harley Edward Flick and his companion, Patricia Dietz,
of Chicora, Robert Melvin Flick Jr. and his wife, Kimberly Stroup Flick, of
Karns City and Randall Franklin Flick and his wife, Elizabeth Butler Flick, of
Fenelton; two daughters, Beverly Leona Miller and her husband, Richard Miller,
and Kathleen Elaine Elder, all of Butler; a son-in-law, Rickey J. Elder of
Butler; nine grandchildren, Robert D. Miller of Mercer, Alan J. Miller of
Butler, Amber C. and Robert K. Flick, both of Karns City, Abby E. and Anna M.
Flick of Fenelton and David H., Amy R. and Cory L. Elder, all of Butler; and
five great-grandchildren, Jacob, Thomas and Alyssa Miller, Jeffrey Bergbigler
and Nathan Miller. A sister-in-law, Gertrude Flick, also survives.
His wife, Leona Esther Hilderbrand Flick, whom he married Nov. 7, 1945, at St.
Patrick Catholic Church in Sugarcreek, died May 5, 1999. Two sisters, Dorothy
Priscilla Southworth Swain and Sarah Elizabeth Swigart; five brothers, Alex,
Harley, Grant, Frank and Norman Flick; and an infant sister also preceded him in
death.
Friends of Robert M. Flick, who died Tuesday, July 17, 2007, will be received
from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday at the Geibel Funeral Home, 201 E.
Cunningham St. A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Friday
at St. Peter Roman Catholic Church with the Rev. Victor Kriley officiating.
Interment in Saint John Roman Catholic Cemetery, Fenelton, Pa.
Graveside military honors will be accorded by VFW Post 7876 of Chicora.
Arrangements by Geibel Funeral Home, Butler, Pa.
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