Audrey A. Root

Age 82 of Gillett, PA died at Arnot Ogden Medical Center on Thursday, May 16, 2002.The beloved daughter of the late James and Maria Hammersley Anderson, Audrey is survived by her husband, the Rev. Charles R. Root, who she married on June 6, 1942 in Newport, NY, her son, Charles Thomas (Tom) Root and daughter-in-law, Patricia, of Gillett; daughter, Linda C. Welch of Gillett; daughters and sons-in-law, Mary E. (Edward) Horning of Brimfield, OH, and Suzan M. (Antonio) McLaughlin of Vandenburg AFB, CA; 7 grandchildren, Charles Allen (Sharla) Root, Abraham (Abe) Root of Gillett, Heather (Andrew) Chorney of MD; Kenneth (Gidget Wolff) Horning and Kimberly Horning of OH, Jeremiah (Keeley) Johnson of NM, and Elizabeth Johnson of CA; 3 great-grandchildren, Daisey Wolff, Brooke Losey-Root, and Jacob Johnson. Family and friends will be received at the Olthof Funeral Home, Inc., 1050 Pennsylvania Ave., Elmira, NY on Sunday, May 19, 2002 from 2 to 4 PM and 6 to 8 PM.Funeral services will be held Monday, May 20, 2002 at 11 AM in the Gillett Baptist Church, Gillett, PA with Rev. James Belt and Rev. Donald Rockwell officiating.Interment will follow in the Gillett Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made in Audrey?s name to the Gillett Baptist Church Memorial Fund, RR #4 Box 9, Gillett, PA 16925. Those wishing may leave a ?Candle of Remembrance? at www.olthof.com.