M. KENNETH PADEN, 75

SHARPSVILLE -- Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Donaldson-Mohoney Funeral Home for M. Kenneth Paden, 75, of 4509 Saranac Drive, who died at noon Sunday in Sharon Regional Hospital after a short illness.
Mr. Paden was born Oct. 3, 1925, in Lawrence County, a son of Milo D. and Florence Nold Paden.
He was a graduate of North Beaver Township High School and an Army veteran of World War II. He worked in the engineering department of the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for 25 years until retiring in 1985.
He was a member of 1st Methodist Church and the American Society of Highway Engineers.
He leaves his wife, the former C. Grace Byers, whom he married Dec. 3, 1947; two sons, Hugh K. and Gary L., both of Sharpsville; a sister, Erma Whittington of Durham, N.C.; five grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
A son Edwin F; three brothers, Wilbur, Dale and Fred; and two sisters, Grace Shehy and Ruth Musser, are deceased.
Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.
Donations may be made to the church.
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