Dec 22, 2013

Rices Landing resident enjoyed sewing, politics

Gloria L. Novotny, 67, of Rices Landing, died Saturday, December 21, 2013, in Monongahela Valley Hospital, Monongahela.

She was born April 16, 1946, in Glendale, Ariz.

Mrs. Novotny formerly worked as a real estate agent and at Kaufmann’s Department store.

She lived most of her life in the Clairton area and the last two years in Rices Landing.

Mrs. Novotny enjoyed sewing, reading, gardening, cooking, crocheting, painting and politics.

On October 27, 1967, she married Lawrence C. Novotny, who survives.

Also surviving are three children, Michelle Basinger and her husband, Earnest, of Rices Landing, Anthony Novotny and his wife, Lisa, and Annette Arizmendi and her husband, Joseph, both of Virginia Beach, Va.; eight grandchildren, James Basilone Jr. (Erica), Joshua Basilone (Cristen), Joseph Arizmendi, Aleczandri Arizmendi, Adrianna Arizmendi, Annette Luttrull (Dave), Michelle Marsh (Jamie), Maranda O’Neill (Sean); seven great-grandchildren; two sisters, Lydia Mallernee (Jerry) of San Antonio, Texas and Alice Garcia of Selma, Calif.; two brothers, Ralph Rascon (Isabelle) and Tony Barrazo, both of Fresco, Calif.; and several nieces and nephews.

Family and friends will be received from 4 to 5 p.m., the time of service, Friday, December 27, in Behm Funeral Homes Inc., 1477 Jefferson Road, Jefferson, Gregory P. Rohanna, supervisor. Condolences may be expressed online at www.behm-funeralhomes.com.