Bonnie Silipo

Bonnie Silipo obituary

Bonnie Silipo

Bonnie Silipo Obituary

Obituary published on Legacy.com by Burket-Truby Funeral Home Cremation & Alternative Services on Oct. 20, 2025.

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Bonnie Silipo, age 91 of Penn Hills, passed away peacefully on Monday October 20, 2025, at UPMC Passavant - McCandless. Daughter of the late Mae and Thomas Roland. Beloved wife for 68 years to Joseph (Slip) S. Silipo. Loving mother of Terri (Bruce) Shaffer, Joseph (Annie) Silipo, Lynda (Bill) Maxwell, Michael (Lisa) Silipo, and Anthony (Stacey) Silipo. Sister of Marie Kane, Edward (Annette) Roland, and the late Norman Roland.

She was a grandma of 14 and a great-grandmother of 8. Also survived by nieces, nephews, and cousins.

Bonnie will be remembered most of all as a wonderful wife and mother to her family. She was a skilled seamstress and babysat many families earlier in her life and considered them adoptive children.

A Celebration of Life will be held on Sunday Nov. 2, 2025, from 12p.m. - 3 p.m. Greater Pittsburgh Church of Christ at 11817 Frankstown Rd. in Penn Hills, PA 15235.

Bonnie's family suggests donations to The Alzheimer's Association, 1100 Liberty Ave. Suite E201, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, In Loving Memory of Bonnie.

Services entrusted to the BURKET-TRUBY FUNERAL HOME CREMATION AND ALTERNATIVE SERVICES, INC., Oakmont.

To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.

Burket-Truby Funeral Home Cremation & Alternative Services

421 Allegheny Avenue, Oakmont, PA 15139

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