Odessa V. Shannahan

1928 - 2019

Odessa V. Gillispie Shannahan, 90, peacefully went home to be with her Lord Friday, November 29, 2019. She was born Decemeber 3, 1928, a daughter of the late Huey A. and Maude Ora McCardle Gillispie.

She was the beloved wife for almost 70 years of the late Thomas Francis Shanahan; loving mother of the late Linda Lee Shanahan, Patricia (Frank) Challinor, Sandra (Al) Pizzuti, Thomas J. (Shelly) Shanahan and Michelle (Jeff) Antantis; cherished grandmother of Jessica Hritz, Jonathan Pizzuti, Melissa Mechtel, Thomas N. Shanahan and Matthew Antantis; and stepgrandmother of Jacob, Joshua and Jessica Darling; also 12 great-grandchildren; sister of the late Huey Gillispie, the late Wanda Lee (the late Walter) Lynch; and sister-in-law of Greta Gillispie; also many nieces and nephews.

Odessa was a longtime member of Upper St. Clair Christian and Missionary Alliance Church and worked as a private duty nurse. She was a wonderful homemaker, she loved her family and enjoyed cooking and baking.

Family and friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday in the Warchol Funeral Home Inc., 3060 Washington Pike, Bridgeville, 412-221-3333, where a service will be held 11:30 a.m. Thursday, December 5. Interment at the National Cemetery of the Alleghenies.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Upper St. Clair Christian and Missionary Alliance Church or the Alzheimer's Association. View and share condolences at www.warcholfuneralhome.com.