Obituaries
July 19, 2019

Loretta Faye Nutt Mitchell – Charleroi

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Loretta Faye Nutt Mitchell, 92, of Charleroi, Fallowfield Township, passed away Wednesday, July 17, 2019, peacefully at her home. Born Dec. 24, 1926, in Star Junction, Pa., she was the daughter of the late Taylor T. and Margaret Ann Brown Nutt. A resident of Charleroi for the past 69 years, Mrs. Mitchell was Protestant by faith and a homemaker. The last surviving member of 11 children, Faye is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, Robert A. and Shannon Mitchell of Edgewater, Fla.; two daughters and sons-in-law, Loretta and Dave Stasicha of Charleroi and Nina and Ken Briggs of North Charleroi; daughter-in-law, Mary Jo DeRosa of Monongahela; seven grandchildren, Jennifer Leigh Mitchell, Robert A. Mitchell Jr., Suzanne Stasicha, Mark Stasicha, Cara Janke, Ken Briggs Jr. and  Jim Briggs; 13 great-grandchildren; and three great-great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Roy Mitchell; son, Roy R. Mitchell; three brothers and seven sisters. Visitation will be held Sunday from 2 to 6 p.m. at PARZYNSKI FUNERAL HOME & CREMATIONS, family owned and operated, 626 Broad Ave., Belle Vernon 724-929-6183. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Monday at PARZYNSKI FUNERAL HOME & CREMATIONS with the Rev. Melissa Snyder of Perryopolis First Christian Church officiating. Interment will take place in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Condolences accepted at the funeral home’s website, www.parzynskifuneralhome.com.

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