Sep 12, 2018

Carmel Ross DeLattre, 93, of Monongahela, died Tuesday, September 11, 2018, surrounded by her loving family.

She was born September 13, 1924, in East Monongahela, a daughter of James Ross and Susan Revetta Ross Coulter (stepfather James L. Coulter).

Carmel was a 1942 graduate of Monongahela High School. During World War II, she was an operator for Bell Telephone Co.

She was an active member of Monongahela Woman’s Club for 52 years, serving as club president from 1968 to 1970.

Carmel was married to the late Eugene Julien DeLattre for 63 years. She and Gene resided for many years at 214 Diane Drive in Monongahela, then retired to Spring Grove Condos in Rostraver, where Carmel was a member of Spring Grove Book Club.

She was a member of Church of St. Anne in Rostraver and its Confraternity of Christian Mothers.

Carmel loved spending weekends with her husband at their country getaway in Somerset. There, she entertained friends and family, tended her cherished flower garden and was a member of Somerset Garden Club. Throughout her long life, Carmel was a busy and multitalented homemaker. She was the baker for all occasions and a skilled seamstress. In the 1950s and ’60s, she sewed and tailored clothes and coats for herself and her daughter. Later in life, she loved making stuffed animals for her grandchildren.

Carmel was a self-taught artist. For the past 20 years, she enjoyed painting on home-grown gourds of all shapes and sizes, turning them into penguins, Santas, snowmen, jack-o-lanterns and miniature people, then gifting them to family and friends.

Recently, Carmel wrote a book about her life for her family and entitled it, “Yesteryears.”

Surviving are three sons and a daughter, James (Beverly) DeLattre of Donora, Catherine (Gerrit) DeLattre Vandermeer of New York City, N.Y., Robert “Boe” DeLattre of Colstrip, Mont., and Martin (Jeri) DeLattre of Monongahela; nine grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; sister Donna Coulter Lengyel of Monongahela; brother James Ross of Charleroi; stepbrother Jack Coulter of Monongahela; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Deceased, in addition to her parents, are her husband, Eugene Julien DeLattre, who died September 26, 2010; sister Gloria Grant; and brother John Ross.

Friends will be received from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday in Frye Funeral Home Inc., 427 West Main Street, Monongahela. Family and friends are asked to go directly to Church of St. Anne, 1870 Rostraver Road, Rostraver Township, for a Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m. Saturday, September 15, with the Rev. Vincent Gigliotti, pastor, as celebrant. Committal services and interment will follow in Monongahela Cemetery.

Memorial contributions may be made to Monongahela Cemetery Chapel Restoration Project, P.O. Box 164, Monongahela, PA 15063.

Condolences may be expressed to the family at www.fryefuneralhome.com.