OBIT: Olive May (WALK) POULLOS, 2001, Tyrone Forge, Blair County, PA

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Olive May Poullos, 
 
  Sunday school teacher, business owner Mrs. Olive May Poullos, 99, 
formerly of Tyrone Forge, RD 1 Box 22, Tyrone, and a resident of 
Moran's Home, Bellwood, died at 8:45 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 16, 2001 at the 
Moran's Home.  She was born Feb. 3, 1902 at Hannah Furnace, Taylor 
Township, a daughter of George and Leona (Price) Walk.  She was married 
on May 4, 1922 at Cumberland, Md. to Peter Poullos who died Feb. 15, 
1974.  
  She is survived by two daughters and one son: Dorothy Cowher, of RD 1 
Tyrone, Audrey Cowher, of RD 3 Tyrone, and William W. Poullos, also of 
RD 3 Tyrone; 15 grandchildren; 29 great-grandchildren and 17 great-
great-grandchildren.  She was the last of her immediate family, being 
preceded in death by six brothers: Howard, Wilbur, Gordon, Clayton, 
Blair, and Stanley; six sisters: Nellie, Mabel, Dortha, Alma, Ruth, and 
Josephine; two daughters: Kathryn Light and Infant Marie; a grandson, 
Rich Light, and a great granddaughter, Karen Cowher.  
  She attended the Tyrone First Assembly of God Church and was a former 
member of the Hannah Church where she taught Sunday school.  She 
enjoyed crocheting and playing the piano.  For many years, she and her 
husband were co-owners of various luncheonettes in the area, including 
The Sunshine Lunch and The Poullos Lunch in Tyrone, as well as one in 
Altoona and one in Port Matilda.  
  Funeral services will be held Thursday, Dec. 20, 2001 at 11 a.m. at 
the Derman Funeral Home, Inc., Tyrone, with Rev. P. William Glunt 
officiating.  Interment will be at Mount Pleasant Cemetery, RD Port 
Matilda.  Friends will be received at the funeral home on Wednesday 
from 2 until 4 p.m. and from 7 until 9 p.m. and from 10 until 11 a.m. 
on Thursday.  Contributions in her memory may be made to the First 
Assembly of God Church, 12th St. and Blair Avenue, Tyrone, Pa.

Tyrone Daily Herald, Tyrone, Pa., December 18, 2001