Mary I. Heitzenrater

Mary I. Heitzenrater obituary, Glenshaw, PA

Mary I. Heitzenrater

Mary Heitzenrater Obituary

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Mary Irene Heitzenrater (McGee), age 92, of Etna, born May 17, 1933, died peacefully on Wednesday, July 2, 2025. Predeceased by her loving husband William Keith Heitzenrater; parents Telford and Blanche McGee (Stiffler); and infant son Richard; loving mother to Randy, Rene (the late John) Lang, and Rhonda; loving grandmother of the late Erik Von Heitzenrater, Rachel Snyder, (Steven Justus), Andrew Snyder, John A (Liberty) Lang, Great Grandmother to JJ (Alyssa) Lang and Tommy (Morgan) Lang, and Great, Great Grandmother to Easton and Jackson Lang. Dear sister of the late Samuel (Ruby) McGee, the late Jane (Earl) Condron, Arlene (Norm) LaPiene, and Annie (John) Gorski. She was an aunt to nine nieces and nephews. She was a 1951 graduate of Dayton High School in Dayton, Pa. She worked at Honeywell Corporation when she first moved to Pittsburgh. She was a secretary to the late Dr. George Zitner, and her final job she worked and retired from was St. Francis Medical Center. Throughout life she loved to garden and read books. Services will be private. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to the Alzheimer’s Association in Mary’s name. Arr. by Bock Funeral Home, Ltd. Glenshaw

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