Mar 23, 2026

Adah

Elizabeth Lydia “Betty” Gorman, 84, of Adah, passed away Friday, March 20, 2026, in her home surrounded by her family following a courageous battle with ovarian cancer.

Betty was born June 15, 1941, in the same home where she had resided since 1976. She was the daughter of the late Walter and Margaret Tomecheck.

In addition to her parents, she was predeceased by her husband of 53 years, Thomas Marshall Gorman, Jr.; and her sister, Evelyn Marovic.

Betty was a member of St. Francis of Assisi Parish in Masontown. She was also a very active member of her former parishes, St. Albert’s in Palmer and Our Lady of Perpetual Help St. Mary’s in Leckrone. She was a member of the Christian Mother’s and enjoyed helping to make perogies for Lenten season fish dinners.

Betty was also a member of the Golden Group in Footedale. She enjoyed playing cards with her friends and previously bowled with leagues at Klondike Bowling Alley, Fairbank’s Bowling Alley and at the Adah VFD.

Betty graduated from German Township High School in 1959 and in 1961 moved to Washington DC, where she met the love of her life. She and Tom were married October 5, 1963 and then moved to Carthage, Ind. In 1975, they moved their family to Adah, where they remained. Tom and Betty were married 53 years before his passing in 2017.

Betty was employed by Ben Franklin 5 & 10 in Masontown from 1980 until 1990.

Left to cherish her memory are four daughters, Julia Dugan and husband Kerry of McClellandtown, Christine Hundertmark and husband Jay of Marianna, Tracy Gorman of Masontown, and Celeste Woods and fiance Jeff Jacobs of Bruceton Mills, W.Va. She had five grandchildren, who called her Gram: Kerry Dugan Jr. and wife Felicha of Jefferson, Amanda McKoy of Pittsburgh, Frank Magazine Jr. of Adah, Justine Hundertmark and Jayce Hundertmark, both of Marianna. Betty also had four great-grandchildren, who affectionately called her GiGi: Greyson and Ruby Miller and Gideon and Lily Dugan. She is also survived by a sister, Mary Shalek of Chardon, Ohio; a very special cousin, Rosemary Wilson and husband Ray of Elizabeth; her brothers- and sisters-in law, Brenda Merrell, Deanna Morgan and Mike Gorman of Indiana, Romona Cooper of Florida, and Bill Marovic of Uniontown; as well as many nieces, nephews, extended family and many friends.

Family and friends will be received in the TERRAVECCHIA-HAKY HOME FOR FUNERALS, 515 N. Main Street, Masontown, from 2 until 8 p.m. Wednesday, March 25, and Thursday, March 26, until 9:30 a.m., when prayers of transfer will be said. A Funeral Mass will follow at 10 a.m. in Saint Francis of Assisi Roman Catholic Church, 101 W. Church Avenue, Masontown.

Interment will be held in St. Mary Cemetery, Leckrone.

The family would like to thank her oncologist, Dr. Atluri, the nurses at the WVU Uniontown Cancer Center and Amedysis Home Health Care nurses, especially nurses Emilie Davis and Romona Torbich.

Donations may be made, in her memory, to the National Ovarian Cancer Coalition (ovarian.org) or Tunnel to Towers Foundation (t2t.org).

To leave a condolence for the family, visit www.terravecchiahakyfh.com