Margaret ‘Annabelle’ Mathias Walters – Monongahela
Margaret “Annabelle” Mathias Walters, 95, of Monongahela, died Friday, March 1, 2019, in her home. She was born Feb. 9, 1924, in Finleyville, the daughter of F. Lloyd Mathias and Laverna Davis Mathias Farnsworth. Annabelle graduated from Monongahela High School, Class of 1942. After high school, she was employed at Joseph Matthews Bronze during the World War II years. On Jan. 10, 1943, she married Harold K. Walters at the “family home” in Homestead and enjoyed 55 beautiful years of marriage. Annabelle worked for many years at several grocery stores in the Mon Valley area and retired from Acutran in Donora. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church, where she was a former Sunday school teacher and also a member of the Ladies of GAR No. 173. She enjoyed reading, watching movies about the Civil War and World War II and loved to travel with her husband touring the United States. She is survived by her children: daughter, Carole Pengiel of Monongahela, son, Mark Allan Walters and wife Roxann of Greensburg, and daughter, Lois Stoops of Mt. Lebanon; special granddaughter, Leigh Harding and husband Randy Covey of Monessen; three grandsons, Anthony Walters and wife Jennifer of Greensburg, Shawn Walters of San Francisco, Calif., Captain Mark Walters and wife Kathryn of Townsville, Australia; five great-grandchildren; half-brother, James Mathias and wife Patty of the state of Washington; three special nephews, Scott Harkovich, Don Walters and Greg Dacko; three nieces, Karen Harkovich and husband Regis, Billy Rae Walters and Vicki Gallo. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Harold K. “Dinks” Walters, who died March 30, 1998; sister, Jane Mathias Hoffman and her husband, Joseph Hoffman who both died in 2001; and her brother, Robert Mathias who died in 1950. Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, March 5, 2019, at Frye Funeral Home Inc., 427 W. Main St., Monongahela, where services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, March 6, 2019, with the Rev. Jude Urso officiating. Interment will follow in the Monongahela Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to OSPTA Hospice, 4325 SR 51 North, Belle Vernon, PA 15012 or to the Washington Area Humane Society, P.O. Box 66, Eighty Four, PA 15330. Online condolences may be made to the family at www.fryefuneralhome.com.
