Hollis A. O'Neil

June 8, 1917 - March 3, 2017

Hollis Alma O’Neil, 99, a long-time resident of Point Marion, Pa., passed away Friday, March 3, 2017, in the Point Manor Personal Care Home. Born in Uniontown on June 8, 1917, she was a daughter of the late Fritz and Pauline (Wilson) Nehls. She was a member of the former Trinity Methodist Church, and currently a member of the Point Marion United Methodist Church, where she had been active in the Women’s Society, the Sylvia Baker Circle, and served on many committees of the church. You could always find her in the kitchen with her “circle friends”. Over the years, she was employed with her husband at O’Neil’s Garage, department manager at S.S. Kresge’s in Uniontown, and retired as Manager of the WVU Evansdale Campus Engineering Bookstore. A fan of the WVU Mountaineers and the Pittsburgh Pirates, she enjoyed playing cards with her Uniontown Card Club, and especially spending time with her children and grandchildren. Left to cherish her memory are her three sons and their wives, Scott and Peggy O’Neil of Waynesburg, Terry and Mary Jo O’Neil and Shawn and Jodie O’Neil, all of Point Marion; six grandchildren, Bret O’Neil of Point Marion, Brandon O’Neil and fiancé Lyndi of San Angelo, TX, Patrick and Richelle O’Neil of McKinney, TX, Michael and Tierza O’Neil of Venetia, Pa., Kristen and Tom Adams of Kingwood, WV, and Brian O’Neil and fiancé Sara of Fairmont, WV; and five great-grandchildren, Josie and Bailey O’Neil, Nathan and Logan Adams and Seamus O’Neil. Deceased is her husband, Bruce O’Neil, who she married on June 8, 1939 in the Trinity Methodist Church. Also deceased are sisters, Jackie, Phyllis, Lois and Ruth; a brother, Fred; and a granddaughter, Maureen. Friends will be received in the Richard R. Herod Funeral Home, Point Marion, on Sunday from 3 – 7 PM, and Monday from 10 until the 11:00 AM hour of service, with Pastor Beverly Roscoe officiating. Interment follows in Evergreen Memorial Park, Point Marion. Memorials may be offered to the Point Marion United Methodist Church, 500 Morgantown St., Point Marion, PA 15474. The family is grateful to the workers of the Point Manor Personal Care Home and Amedisys Hospice for the loving care given to Hollis.