Louise Mccormick

Louise B. McCormick, 94, formerly of Westover, Suncrest, and the Point Marion Road, passed away December 15, 2017 at Madison Nursing Home. She was born November 25, 1923 in Morgantown, a daughter of the late G. Lester and Alice Laverne DeWitt Bircher. She was the first of 11 Children. She was a Methodist by faith. Louise and her husband, John, operated a well-known Amoco Service Station at the bridge Corner of University and Pleasant Street where she was a bookkeeper and also served as a bookkeeper for the Cowan Bakery. She is survived by her son, John and his wife Belinda McCormick II of Barboursville, WV; granddaughter, Durasha and her husband Brandon Smith; two great-grandchildren, Selby and Morgan Smith; Three sisters, Alice St. Clair, Ruth Darocha, Betty Hershman; and brother George L. Bircher. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband John “Paul” McCormick; brothers, Jack L. Bircher, Donald L. Bircher, Robert L. Bircher, and William L. Bircher; and sister, Margaret L. Smyth and Elsie L. Bircher. Graveside services are private and will be provided by Hastings Funeral Home. Interment will take place at Beverly Hills Memorial Gardens.