Bertha Elizabeth Nibert Smeltzer
Birth date: Aug 29, 1928 - Death date: Mar 8, 2013
Mrs. Bertha Elizabeth Nibert Smeltzer, age 84, formerly of Indiana, PA passed away in the Pine Ridge Care Center, Elizabethton, TN following an extended illness. A native of White Township, Indiana County, PA she was the daughter of the late John O. and Marie Blakley Nibert. Mrs. Smeltzer was a member of St. Bernard’s Roman Catholic Church in Indiana, PA and attended St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Johnson City, TN. She was a homemaker. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a brother, John J. Nibert, a sister, Anna Marie Sheesley and a son-in-law, Michael Chicka. Survivors include her husband of sixty-five years, Harolde J. Smeltzer, of the home; six children, Delores Chicka, Punxsutawney, PA, David Smeltzer and wife Jane, Leesburg, VA, Denise Papier and husband Joe, Monroeville, PA, Richard Smeltzer and wife Nancy, Elk View, WV, Deborah Fairman and husband Roger, Elizabethton, TN and Donald Smeltzer, Rossiter, PA; eight grandchildren, Michael, Samantha, Katherine, Rebecca, Sarah, Lynn, James and Brandy; two great-grandchildren, Ava Huffman and Tyler Coates; step-grandchildren, Andy Papier and Michael Chicka Jr. and a sister, Ruth Carfagna, Pittsburgh, PA. Several nieces and nephews also survive. Funeral Mass for Mrs. Bertha Elizabeth Nibert Smeltzer will be conducted at 10:00 A.M. Monday, March 11, 2013 in St. Bernard’s Roman Catholic Church with Father William Kiel officiating. The committal and entombment service will follow the funeral mass in the mausoleum of St. Bernard’s Roman Catholic Church Cemetery. Active pallbearers will be selected from family and friends. The family will receive friends at John A. Lefdahl Funeral Home, Indiana, PA on Sunday, March 10, 2013 from 7:00 – 9:00 P.M. Those who prefer memorials in lieu of flowers may make donations to the Alzheimer’s Association.Read Obituary
