Jean Greaves – North Versailles, formerly of White Oak
Obituaries
July 22, 2019

Jean Greaves – North Versailles, formerly of White Oak

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Jean Greaves, 89, of Point Pleasant Retirement Community, formerly of White Oak, died Saturday, July 20, 2019. She is the daughter of the late Robert Elsworth and Olive Sigler Shallenberger and was born in McKeesport on Feb. 10, 1930. She is the wife of the late Robert E. “Bob” Greaves, who died Jan. 13, 2013. Jean was the secretary for the former mayor of McKeesport, Jack Pribanic, and was also a legal secretary for various attorneys and judges in the Mon Valley. She was a former deacon for Central Presbyterian Church, and a current member of Sampson’s Mills Presbyterian Church. She was formerly a member of the McKeesport Hospital Junior Women’s Committee and a former member of the board of directors of the McKeesport Hospital Foundation. She loved the holidays, playing bingo and cards, cruising and having fun with family and friends. Jean is survived by her daughters, Sandy (Dennis) Liberatore of Worcester, Mass., Debbie (Mark) Sherer of Penn Township, Donna (Craig) Curran of Pittsford, N.Y., and Bobbi (Tim) Dunn of White Oak; grandchildren, Dennis (Lynne) Liberatore, Melissa (Mike) Butler, Ryan (Rachel) Mitchell, Ashley (Ryan) Quinton, Natalie (Thomas Pohmer) Curran, Christopher Curran and Brandon Dunn; great-grandchildren; Ethan and Ben Butler and Sarah and Danielle Liberatore, Abigail and Olivia Mitchell and Corbin Quinton. Family and friends will be received at STRIFFLERS OF WHITE OAK CREMATION AND MORTUARY SERVICES, 1100 Lincoln Way, White Oak, PA 15131, 412-678-6177, from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, July 23, 2019. Services will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, July 24, 2019, at Sampson’s Mills Presbyterian Church, 1665 Lincoln Way, White Oak, PA 15131 with Pastor Jessica McClure Archer officiating. Burial will follow.

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