Obituaries
March 15, 2019

Rose F. Leyda – Fallowfield Township

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Rose F. Leyda, 86, of Fallowfield Township, died Friday, March 15, 2019. She was born June 27, 1932, in Canonsburg, daughter of the late Frank and Mary Lombardi Zampan. Mrs. Leyda was a 1950 graduate of Chartiers-Houston High School and also a graduate of Penn Commercial Business School. She co-owned along with her husband, R. Leyda Trucking in Charleroi for over 40 years. She had been a longtime member of the Grace United Methodist Church in Coal Center and she love to crochet, cross stitch, garden but most of all she loved spending time with her great-granddaughters. Surviving are one daughter, Felicia Harkins of Fallowfield Township; one sister, Frances Kromoff of North Charleroi; one grandson, Donald (D.J.) Harkins; and four great-granddaughters, Savannah, Samantha, Victoria, and Raelynne Harkins. Deceased in addition to her parents is her husband, Randall “Lefty” Leyda; a son-in-law, Donald Harkins Jr.; and a brother-in-law, Nick Kromoff. Friends will be received from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday, March 19, 2019, 1 p.m. the hour of services at JOHN B. GREENLEE FUNERAL HOME LTD., 2830 Main St., Beallsville, with Pastor Ken Custer officiating. Interment will be in LaFayette Memorial Park, Brier Hill. An online guestbook and personal condolences may be accessed at www.greenleefuneralhome.com.

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