Floyd (Milt) Cover, 80, of Wilmington Road passed away the morning of January 1, 2014 in Jameson Hospital.
He was born September 27, 1933 in New Castle and was the son of the late Chester C. and Viola Mae Dodds Cover. He is survived by his loving wife, the former Joan Frickanish whom he married June 8, 1974.
Mr. Cover retired from Flowline in 1995 after 43 years working as a machine operator. He was a United States Army veteran; serving during the Korean War. He had a great interest in and enjoyed working with model trains; including setting up displays and reading train magazines especially Rail Pace Magazine. He enjoyed puzzle making and building frames for puzzles. He was a loving husband, father, grandfather and brother who will be sadly missed. Floyd was a member of Shenango Presbyterian Church.
In addition to his wife, Floyd is survived by two daughters and a son-in-law, Trudy L. Weakley of Sharon and Sonia J. Benson and husband C. Thomas of Volant; one brother, Robert Dale Cover and wife Monica of North Little Rock, AK; brother-in-law, Jack Frickanish and wife Ruth of Ellwood City; sisters-in-law, Anna Mae Nerti and husband Phil of Wampum and Joyce Dailey and husband Richard of Girard, OH; two grandchildren, two step grandchildren; three great grandchildren and two step great grandchildren and is also survived by several nieces, nephews, great nieces and great nephews.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a sister, Leta Cover McCoy.
Visitation will be Friday from 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM at the Ed and Don DeCarbo Funeral Home and Crematory, Inc., 3000 Wilmington Road. A service will be conducted on Saturday at 11:00 AM at the funeral home. Reverend Amy Na of Shenango Presbyterian Church will officiate. Military rites will be provided by the New Castle Area Honor Guard Saturday morning at the funeral home. Interment will be in Castle View Memorial Gardens. Memorial contributions may be made in Floyd’s name to the donor’s favorite charity.