Mary Lou Gillespie

Mary Lou Gillespie, 77, of Wyoming, passed away peacefully Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022, at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, surrounded by her loving family.

Born in Pittston, Mary Lou was the daughter of the late Edward Ruane and Mary Kearns Ruane. She graduated from Wyoming High School and later attended McCann School of Business & Technology. She was proudly employed as the secretary for the biology/psychology department at Wilkes University for 26 years where she was also a notary public. She was a member of St. Cecilia's Church and St. Barbara's Parish. Mary Lou will be remembered as a kind and gentle woman who radiated warmth to everyone she met. She was a devoted wife, adoring mother and loving nana to her beloved grandchildren, Evan and Liam, who were the light of her life.

Mary Lou is survived by her husband of 51 years, Joseph; her children, Mary Beth Allen and husband, Bernard, Dallas; Edward Gillespie and Michelle Welgosh, West Pittston; Joe Gillespie and Kate Young, South Lake Tahoe; John Gillespie, West Pittston; brother, Edward Ruane and wife, Janine, West Pittston; and grandchildren, Evan and Liam Allen. Mary Lou is also survived by her loving nieces and nephews and many friends.

Funeral services will be held at 9:30 a.m. Monday from Metcalfe Shaver Kopcza Funeral Home, 504 Wyoming Ave., Wyoming, with a Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m. in St. Anthony's Church of the Parish of St. Barbara, 224 Memorial St., Exeter, Msgr. John J. Sempa as celebrant.

Interment will be in St. Cecilia's Cemetery, Exeter.

Friends may call from 3 to 6 p.m. Sunday at Metcalfe Shaver Kopcza Funeral Home, 504 Wyoming Ave., Wyoming.

For information or to send condolences, please visit us at www.MetcalfeShaver.com.