CHRISTINA (LOWRY) HUGHES

Christina (Lowry) Hughes, 90, of Smithfield, PA , passed away, Saturday, April 1, 2023, in her daughter’s home, in Crucible, PA.

She was born May 11, 1932,  in Dunbar, PA, to the late John Henry Lowry and the late Rosy Ellen (Bryner) Lowry Shaffer. 

Christina was a homemaker and, during her working days,  a custodian for the Plano ISD in Plano, TX. 

She attended Valley Chapel Church in Holbrook, PA. 

Christina loved her babies dearly; adored Ferguson Hollow and thoroughly enjoyed country music, especially that of Sammy Kershaw. 

She is survived by her children, Joanne (Wilson) Snyder, Melina (Elmer) Swindle, James Hughes, Lynda “Angie” McManis, Deborah “Debbie” Bate, John Ray Hughes and his significant other, Sherri, Duane Hughes; 48 grandchildren, 32 great grandchildren, 9 great great grandchildren, many step grandchildren and step great grandchildren; sister, Florence “Flo” Lowry; numerous nieces and nephews and special family friend, Sheldon “Little Bobby” Murphy. 

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Elmer Roy Hughes and her second husband, Eugene Hughes; her children, Martin “Marty” Hughes, and Donna Yeager; grandchildren, Vanessa Smith, Dustin Oswald and Jason Hughes, a great great granddaughter, Precious Hughes and siblings, Irvin Bryner, Charles “Chuck” Lowry, Jack Lowry, Dale Shaffer, Charlotte Grow, Bessie May “Annie” Hughes, Gertrude “Gertie” Dalton, Rosella “Doll” Decker and “Nib” Lowry. 

Friends will be received at Burhans-Crouse Funeral Home, 28 Connellsville Street, Dunbar, PA on Tuesday, April 4, 2023, from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., the hour of service with Pastor Lee Maley officiating. 

Interment to follow in Laurel Point Cemetery, Carmichaels, PA. 

Condolences for the family may be left at www.burhanscrousefunerlhome.com or, the funeral home’s Facebook page, @burhanscrouse.

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