Carla Ann Hamson

Carla Ann Hamson, 80, of Cochranville, passed away on Friday, November 23, 2018 at the Jennersville Regional Hospital of West Grove.  She was the beloved wife of Kenneth Dale Hamson, Sr., with whom he shared 57 years of marriage.

Born in Philadelphia, Carla was the daughter of the late Carla Dorothy (Eggart) and Clark Newcomb Rice.

She was a 1957 graduate of Marple Newtown High School, and attended Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Va. from 1957 to 1960.

Carla had belonged to the Marple Presbyterian Church, and was currently a member of Cochranville United Methodist Church.

She was a loving mother, cub scout den mother, girl scout leader, and a middle school field hockey coach at Octorara School District.

Carla is survived, in addition to her husband, by her five children: Kenneth Dale Hamson, Jr., husband of Teresa M. (Hamilton) Hamson of Cochranville, Douglas Clark Hamson, husband of Gosia (Pawelec) Hamson, of Cochranville, Dwayne Scott Hamson of Cochranville, Carla Kay (Hamson) Wright, wife of Edwin R. Wright, of Annville, Pa., and Constance "Connie" Lynn (Hamson) Cacciola, wife of Thomas Cacciola of Gap; 10 grandchildren, Amber Lynn Hamson, Kenneth Dale Hamson III, Kurt Austin Hamson, Makayla Lynn Cacciola, Lydia Ann Cacciola, Alexa Catherine Cacciola, Clarissa Josephine Cacciola, Jakob Troy Wright, Bennett Montgomery Wright, and Owen Nathaniel Wright; and her sisters, Gail Williamson (Rice), wife of Barrie Williamson of Oley, and Linda Harkins (Rice), wife of Dr. Charles Harkins, Jr. of Exton.

The Funeral Service will be held on Saturday, December 1, 2018 at 11 AM at Cochranville Methodist Church, 92 Church St., Cochranville, PA 19330, with a viewing from 9 until 11 AM.  Interment will take place in the adjoining cemetery following the funeral service.