Margaret Carmelita (Lally) Rishel, R.N.
Margaret Carmelita (Lally) Rishel, R.N., of Uniontown, Pa., passed away peacefully Friday afternoon, April 18, 2014 in Uniontown Hospital.
She was born in Uniontown, Pa., daughter of the late Thomas M. Lally and Margaret E. (Connell) Lally.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Glenn ‘Pete’ Franklin Rishel; son, Timothy A. Rishel; brothers and sisters: Father Dennis J. Lally, M.M., Thomas M. Lally Jr., William A. Lally, John Lally, Mary Myers, Catherine Purner and Francis Lally.
She was a member of Saint John the Evangelist Roman Catholic Church.
She was a 1938 graduate of Uniontown High School.
She graduated from the Uniontown Hospital School of Nursing and California University.
She was the Assistant Director of Nursing at Uniontown Hospital.
She was a member of the Uniontown College Club and The California University Alumni Association.
She is survived by her son, Thomas V. Rishel and his wife Kathryn of Uniontown; daughter-in-law, Danielle Rishel of Orange Park, Florida; grandchildren: Thomas G. Rishel and his wife Emelia, Kathryn Rishel Cavalcante and husband Antony, Christian Rishel and wife Shiloh, Melissa Walls, Stephanie Hencin and her husband Patrick; great-grandchildren: Chloe Hencin, Calvin Hencin, Katheryn Walls, Mahalya Rishel and Jayden Rishel; sisters and brothers: Patricia Brown of Uniontown, Regina Lally, Uniontown, Bernadette Burke of Lincoln University, Pa., Charles Lally, Uniontown sister-in-law, Kathleen Lally, Strongsville, Ohio; and many loving nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews.
Friends will be received in KEZMARSKY FUNERAL HOME, 71 Pennsylvania Avenue, Uniontown, Pa., Tuesday, April 23, 2014 from 3 to 9 p.m. and on Wednesday morning until 9:30 a.m. when Parting Prayers will be said.
A Funeral Mass will follow at 10 a.m. in Saint John the Evangelist Roman Catholic Church with Rev. Father William J. Kiel as Celebrant.
Interment will follow in the Sylvan Heights Cemetery, Uniontown.