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June 15, 2019

GoFundMe page for Rosensteel hits goal within hours

By Mon Valley Independent

By JOE NAPSHA

An online fundraising tool created to help cover the funeral expenses of one of two lightning strike victims killed Thursday at Mammoth Park lake in Mt. Pleasant Township topped its $10,000 goal in less than nine hours.

About $14,380 had been pledged from 265 donors to help pay for the funeral of Kaitlyn E. “Moe” Rosensteel, 18, of Donora, who was struck and killed by lightning at 4 p.m. while fishing at the park with her friend, Brendan A. McGowan, 18, of North Huntingdon.

After surpassing the $10,000 goal, a new goal was set at $20,000.

“Moe was enjoying her first week off of school, graduating just recently, at Mammoth Park in Mount Pleasant,” according to the GoFundMe page.

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