Dec 6, 2013

Loved to travel and read

Rose Liberata Mancini, 98, of Sebastian, Fla., formerly of Elrama, Canonsburg and Washington, D.C., died Thursday, December 5, 2013, in Pelican Gardens Assisted Living Facility, Sebastian.

She was born May 2, 1915, in Shire Oaks, a daughter of Antonio and Nunziata Sebastiana Mancini.

Miss Mancini first went to school in Shire Oaks, walked to Coal Bluff to attend school and also attended Elrama School, Clairton High School and Duff’s Business School in Pittsburgh.

In 1942, she went to Washington, D.C., to work for the U.S. Army Foreign Science and Technology Center, retiring after 32 years of employment. Upon retirement, she resided in Palm Coast, Fla., and then moved back to Pennsylvania.

She loved to travel and has been all over the world, except to Alaska and Australia. She loved to read, go out to eat, keep house, plant flowers, visit and have people visit with her.

Miss Mancini was the last of her immediate family.

Surviving are numerous nieces, nephews, great- and great-great-nieces and nephews.

Deceased, in addition to her parents, are a brother, Vincenzio “Jim” Mancini, and four sisters, Mary Layton, Virginia Mancini, Concetta Centafonti and Antoinette “Toni” Neidermeyer.

Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Monday in Frye Funeral Home Inc., 427 West Main Street, Monongahela, where prayers will begin at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, December 10, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m. in St. Damien of Molokai Parish, Transfiguration Church, with the Rev. William Terza, as celebrant. Committal services and interment will follow in Monongahela Cemetery.

Memorial contributions may be made to St. Damien of Molokai Parish, 722 West Main Street, Monongahela, PA 15063, or St. Patrick Roman Catholic Parish, 317 West Pike Street, Canonsburg, PA 15317. Condolences may be made to the family at www.fryefuneralhome.com.