N. Lloyd Yelland, 90 of Slippery Rock (Worth Township) passed away at Grove Manor in Grove City on Saturday, Aug. 22, 2020.

He was born in Grove City on July 2, 1930, to Norman Yelland and Bertha Sankey Yelland.

He married the love of his life, Gwendolyn Jeanne Kiebler, on Aug. 14, 1953, and she preceded him in death after almost 65 years of marriage on Jan. 18, 2019.

Lloyd graduated from Plain Grove High School in 1948 with a graduating class of eight students.

He was very resourceful and hard working all his life. After high school, Lloyd began his career working at Cooper Bessemer in Grove City. Later, he worked for Howard Walker Trucking. He and Chuck Dickey later began their own trucking company "Yelland and Dickey Trucking." He helped his brother-in-law, George English, build and open the "Evening Star Motel" in Slippery Rock. He continued his work in trucking as an owner-operator leased to for TaJon Trucking and for Gary McKnight in maintenance at his strip mines. He retired as a truck-driver.

Lloyd was an elder and former Sunday school superintendent at North Liberty Presbyterian Church, where he was also active in the church choir. He loved his church family. Lloyd was called a "true man of God" and it was said of him that "he walked the walk."

Lloyd enjoyed boating and was excellent at water skiing. He was happy tinkering in his garage, repairing on lawn mowers. Most of all he loved his family.

Survivors include a son, Kenneth Norman (Ginny) Yelland of Oxford, Pennsylvania; granddaughter, Clover M. (Mike) Badger of New Castle; two grandsons, Adam C. Stewart of Hermitage and Marshall D. Stewart of Pittsburgh; four great-grandchildren, Julia, Mitchell, Ronan and Layne; and several nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Gwendolyn; daughter, Linda Darlene Stewart; and sister, Betty Yelland English.

Private funeral services will be held at North Liberty Presbyterian Church, 209 N. Liberty-Plaingrove Road, Grove City, Pa. 16127 on Friday, Aug. 28, 2020.

Private visitation hours will be observed at Smith Funeral Home, 421 New Castle St., Slippery Rock on Thursday, Aug. 27, 2020.

Interment will be in Crestview Memorial Park in Grove City.

Memorial contributions may be made to North Liberty Presbyterian Church.