Grace M. Waple, 88, of Clearfield, PA; went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, June 28, 2017 at the home of her daughter, Jane and her son-in-law, Jim.

She was born on April 10, 1929 in Broad Top Township, PA; a daughter of the late Benjamin and Jane (Rhodes) Conaway.

Mrs. Waple was a homemaker and a member and Sunday School teacher at the St. John Lutheran Church, in Clearfield. She enjoyed working her gardens, planting and caring for strawberries, apples, sweet corn and other fruits and vegetables that she was known to give away. These gardens were also where Mrs. Waple tended her flowers that she would often bring to church for the altar or give away as arrangements. She was affectionately known as 'The Flower Lady' and will certainly be remembered for her generosity. She loved to wear hats and made delicious pies. Mrs. Waple was a Cub Scout Den Mother as well as a Girl Scout Leader. She graduated in 1948 from the Cooper Township High School in Winburne, PA.

She is survived by her husband, Chester A. Waple whom she married on April 14, 1950 in Union, NJ; her two children, Jane Davis and husband Jim of Clearfield and Curtis Waple and wife Vicki of Selma, OR; her two grandchildren, Evan and Brett Davis; and her two sisters, Betty Wise and Dorothy McGinnis.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by five sisters, Sara Seitz, Doris Spangler, Inez McGovern, Cecily Navadowski and Janice Roelke; and six brothers, George, Benjamin, Robert, James, Samuel and Patrick Conaway.

Funeral services will be held at the St. John Lutheran Church, in Clearfield on Saturday, July 1, 2017 at 11 AM with Rev. Robert J. Way officiating. Interment will be at the Bigler Cemetery.

Friends will be received at St. John Lutheran Church, in Clearfield on Saturday July 1, 2017 from 10-11 AM.

The family suggests that memorial contributions be made to the St. John Lutheran Church, PO Box 1454, Clearfield, PA 16830.

The Kevin A. Beardsley Funeral Home, in Clearfield is in charge of arrangements.

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