Bauer Family Funeral Home

She was born Jan. 20, 1930, in Plumcreek Township, Armstrong County, and was the daughter of Homer and Ilone (Blystone) Leightley.Beverly was a resident of South Bend since 1949 and lived in the house built by her husband.She devoted her life to her family and they were very proud of her devotion to Clair. She lived her faith in God and was a long-time member of the St. Jacobs Lutheran Church and more recently the West Lebanon Church of God.Beverly volunteered her time as a Meals on Wheels driver, 4-H leader, and with Helping Hands and Homemakers.She loved painting ceramics, pretty shoes, scrapbooks, puzzles, family pictures and flowers, but hated the weeds.She enjoyed writing letters to her grandchildren and great-grandchildren and sending them her delicious cookies.She also enjoyed making homemade noodles for every holiday, applesauce and pies from her own apples, and deviled eggs she served in her collection of egg dishes.Throughout her life, she traveled with her husband in a conversion van to all 50 states, except Hawaii, and even took a six-week trip through Canada to Alaska. Beverly was happiest when with her family and her gentle spirit and positive “can do” attitude will always be remembered.She will be remembered with love by her four children, Vicki Suchar and husband Jim, of Springdale; Randy Jamison and wife Pamela Sparling, of Stratham, N.H.; Marsha Luckett and husband James, of Fredericksburg, Va.; and Barry Jamison and wife Debbie, of Avonmore; seven grandchildren, Melissa (Suchar) and husband Greg Williamson, Stephanie (Suchar) and husband Joe Sabot, Dave Jamison, Greg Jamison and wife Brittany, Jonathan Ladeau and wife Tracie, Barbara (Luckett) and husband Eric Johnson, and Daniel Luckett; eight great-grandchildren Ethan, Evan and Emma Clair Williamson; Adriana and Logan Sabot; Braydon and Cameron John Jamison; and Abel Ladeau; her sisters, Ruth Rearick and Kathleen “Sis” Boyle and husband Bob; and a sister-in-law, Barb Leightley-Girt.Beverly was preceded in death by her parents; her loving husband, John “Clair” Jamiso... (Indiana Gazette)

Jennifer Dailey told WTAE she had a stillborn baby and her daughter, Jerrica Sky, was cremated in April 2015 at the Bauer Funeral Home in Kittanning. The funeral home gave the grieving mother a white box with a bag that was supposed to contain the cremains. "It’s like a nightmare I can’t wake up from," Dailey told the news site about the ordeal. GRANDMOTHER, 50, DIES FROM BLOOD CLOT AFTER MARRYING CONVICTED US KILLERDailey said she held on to the cremains for two years, not looking inside the box once until recently when her husband suggested they spread the ashes somewhere they felt would hold some meaning for their family. "I finally worked up the nerve to look into her urn and look at her ashes and there was a metal plate in there and I read it and it said Butler Pet Cremation and when I seen that I knew something was wrong," Dailey recalled. The funeral home immediately apologized to Dailey and said the mix-up happened when Thompson-Miller Funeral Home, who it works with, had accidentally swapped the cremains. "They told me a mistake had been made and I was given somebody’s pet and they were given my daughter. It turned the worst thing that could possibly happen to me in my life into a thousand times worse," Dailey said. GERMAN POLICE HUNT FOR NUTELLA, TRUCK CARRYING 22 TONS OF THE SPREADGlenn Miller, the owner of Thompson-Miller Funeral Home that operates as a pet and human crematory, also issued a personal apology."The mistake is mine. Quite honestly, I made a mistake," Miller told WTAE. "I had two identical containers. I just simply put the wrong label on the wrong container. The Bauers and the Bauer family and the Bauer funeral home are not at fault." 'The mistake is mine. Quite honestly, I made a mistake.'- Glenn Miller, of Thompson-Miller Funeral HomeJennifer Bauer Eroh, from Bauer Funeral Home, also apologized and said she was "deeply saddened" about the mistake, calling it a "human error."The two funeral homes were able to locate the correct cremains and return them to the Daileys. However, the couple is still "horrified" by... (Fox News)