Marlene K. Young Mawhinney
Marlene K. Young Mawhinney, age 49, of Uniontown, Pa., and formerly of Ambridge, Pa., died Saturday, July 22, 2006, in the Uniontown Hospital. She was born on October 22, 1956, in Buckhannon, West Virginia, to Sanford Paul Young and Bettie Peck Young of Erie, Pa.
Marlene graduated from Tionesta High School with the Class of 1974.
She worked at the Diary Mart on Dixon Boulevard in Uniontown and was a housekeeper for many years.
She enjoyed crocheting.
In addition to her mother, her husband, Thomas S. Mawhinney Sr., and two infant sisters preceded her in death.
In addition to her father, she is survived by a daughter, Renee Kropff and her husband, Paul, of Scottdale, Pa.; a son, Paul Mawhinney of Uniontown, Pa.; a stepson, Thomas S. Mawhinney Jr. of Baltimore, Maryland; a brother, Richard Young of Bearport Harbor, Ohio; two sisters: Donna Sutton and her husband, Ronald, of Cochranton, Pa., and Nancy Young of Erie, Pa.; and a special friend, Gerald Wargo of Uniontown.
Arrangements have been entrusted to the ANDREW D. FERGUSON FUNERAL HOME INC., 80 Morgantown Street, Uniontown, Pa.
The family will receive friends in the funeral home on Wednesday, July 26, from 2 until 4 p.m. and 7 until 9 p.m.
Viewing will continue on Thursday, July 27, 2006, from 9 until 10 a.m. followed by a Celebration of her Life at 10 a.m. with the Rev. Paul N. Frank officiating.
Interment will follow at 1:30 p.m. in Sylvania Hills Memorial Park, Rochester, Pa.
The family suggests donations may be made in her memory to the American Cancer Society, 140 Beeson Boulevard, Room 410, Uniontown, PA 15401.
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