Jean W. Caruso

1924 - 02

Jean Wanda (Seyman) Caruso, 90, of Upper St. Clair, passed on the morning of Saturday, Dec. 27, 2014. Her home for 66 years had been Upper St. Clair. She was born Feb. 23, 1924, in Chicago, Ill., the daughter of the late Wanda and John Szymanski. Between 1944 and 1947, she was a fashion model and a singer with the Benny Strong Orchestra in Chicago. She moved to Pittsburgh in 1948 with her husband, the late Querino (Warren) Caruso. She worked as a supervisor of the table linen department at Joseph Horne Company/Macy's for 20 years prior to retirement in 1989. Her creative hobbies included flower arranging, baking, recipe collecting, gardening and painting. There was nothing Jean loved more than spending time with her family. She is survived by her loving children, Pamela Frost (Fred), Christopher Caruso (Lisa), Carolyn Kozlowski (Jim) and John Seyman (Mary Ann); and seven grandchildren, Fred Frost (Jennifer), Cara Caruso, David Caruso (Megan), Michael Caruso, Nicole Currivan (Christopher), Jake Kozlowski and Jesse Kozlowski. Visitation is from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at the WARCHOL FUNERAL HOME INC., 3060 Washington Pike, Bridgeville, PA 15017 (412-221-3333), where a service will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday. Interment to follow at Queen of Heaven Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association at http://www.heart.org or the Western Pennsylvania Humane Society at http://www.wpahumane.org. View and share condolences at http://www.warcholfuneralhome.com.