Emma Jean Knechtel, 78, of Jeannette, died Monday, May 8, 2006, in Mercy Jeannette Hospital. She was born Jan. 27, 1928, in Penn Township, a daughter of the late Joseph and Sarah Laughner Loughner. Emma Jean was a member of Sacred Heart Church, Jeannette, and the Grandview Volunteer Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, William L. Knechtel; and five brothers, Joseph, John, George, Thomas and Harold Loughner. She is survived by four daughters, April Green and her husband, Ronald, of Greensburg, Diane Gargano, of Monroeville, Carol Evans and her husband, Keith, of Jeannette, and Janice Knechtel, of Greensburg; nine grandchildren, Ronald Green Jr., Brian Green, Julie Green, Lauren Price, Lindsay DiBeradin, Heather Burns, Chad Burns, Kimberli Green and Charles Witko; four great-grandchildren, Erik Rayman, Damein Rayman, Mea Price and Landon DiBeradin; two brothers, Alvin Loughner and his wife, Donna, of Jeannette, and Oliver Loughner and his wife, Marylee, of Youngwood; three sisters, Sara Jane Sager and Florence Mauro, both of Jeannette, and Bertha Kern, of Youngwood; two sisters-in-law, Rachel Loughner, of Derry, and Maybelle Loughner, of Jeannette; and numerous nieces and nephews.
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