Patricia L. Stimmell – Rostraver Township
Patricia L. Stimmell, loving wife, mother and grandmother, of Rostraver Township, died suddenly on Saturday, Feb. 2, 2019, at the age of 86. She was the daughter of the late Oscar and Ethel Strenske of Belle Vernon, Rostraver Township. She was a graduate of California State Teaching College, California, Pa. She taught first grade in West Newton for five years and then married John R. Stimmell of Fayette City, to whom she was married for 44 years. Patricia taught Head Start in the Belle Vernon Area School District and was a member of the Rehoboth Presbyterian Church. She liked to play bridge, travel, go to Pittsburgh Broadway musicals and watch Pittsburgh Steelers football games. She is survived by one daughter, Tamara Stimmell, Ph.D., of Rostraver Township, with whom she lived; a son and daughter-in-law, Robert R.Ph. and Mary Ann Stimmell of Smock, Pa.; two granddaughters, Caitlin Stimmell of Smock and Cassie (Keith) Dillinger of Brownsville; and many nieces, nephews and cousins. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, John, in 2001; two brothers and five sisters, Oscar Strenske of Belle Vernon, David Strenske of Florida, Doris Wilson of West Mifflin, Helen Hart of Charleroi, Hilda Cummings of Belle Vernon, Betty Stotler of Florida and Edith Jones of Florida. Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at FERGUSON FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORY INC., 724-929-5300, 700 Broad Ave., Belle Vernon, www.FergusonFuneralHomeAndCrematory.com. Funeral services will be in the funeral home at 10 a.m. Wednesday with the Rev. Donald Glunt officiating. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery.
