Miriam Tau, age 88, died Sunday, March 31, 2013 at Rolling Fields, Conneautville. She had been a resident there since December 0f 2007. Born on April 5, 1924 in Red Jacket, WV, she was the only child of the late Clinton Bloss and Virginia Smith Bloss. On March 25, 1949 she married Paul S. Tau and he preceded her in death on April 13, 2011. Following her marriage, she worked for several years at North West Rural Electric Association in Cambridge Springs as a clerk. She was an excellent home maker, enjoying cooking, sewing, and gardening . She enjoyed interaction she had with the children enrolled at the Rolling Fields day care program. Miriam was active with the New Beginnings Church in Meadville.
Miriam is survived by four daughters – Judy Pavlik and her husband, Tom of Meadville; Peggy Burline and her husband, Jay of Easton, WA; Virginia Mook and her husband, Jim of Magnolia, OH; and Paula Tau of Lake Wales, FL; nine grandchildren – Jason and his wife, Mary Pavlik; Amy Agredano and her husband, Eric ; Christopher, Michael, Melissa, and Emily Burline; and Jessey, Justyn, and Jaymee Mook; four great grandsons – Paul and Nathan Pavlik, and Evan and Andrew Agredano.
Friends may call at the Van Matre Family Funeral Home in Cambridge Springs on Friday from 2-4 and 7-9. Funeral services will be held there on Saturday at 10:00. Officiating is Reverend Harold Ferraro and Reverend Temple Jarrell, pastors of New Beginnings Church of Meadville. Burial will be in Venango Cemetery.
At this sad time for we who’ve been left behind, I send my deepest condolences. I will always remember both Paul & Miriam as the best of Christian examples to a young boy who came to know them in his early teenaged years at the First Church of God in Cambridge Springs, PA. It was because of their example that I chose to follow a calling to a life time of ministerial service both as a career as well as in a volunteer capacity. May you all be comforted at the thought of both Paul & Miriam now singing our Savior’s praise, now face-to-face with Jesus.
Rev. Bryan Matthew Phillips
Okotoks, Alberta, CANADA
Judy, Peggy, Virginia, Paula and families,
We are so sorry to hear of your mother’s passing. We will always remember her as a wonderful and dear person always willing to help out. Please know we are thinking of you and hoping that each day that passes will lessen the pain and sorrow you feel.
Iliene Wolfe, Beatrice Perry and famlies
May the God of Peace comfort you with His love and surround you with His Angels.