Obituaries
September 18, 2019

Maxine Gregorini – Monongahela

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Maxine Gregorini, 93, of Monongahela, died Sept. 18, 2019, in the Mon Valley Care Center, Monongahela. She was born on Dec. 29, 1925, in Rochester, the daughter of Maxwell and Cecelia Matteo Otley. Maxine was a 1943 graduate of Monongahela High School, where she was later active with the reunion committee. She was a member of the Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church of Monongahela and its choir. She was also a lifetime member of the Monongahela Valley Hospital Ladies Auxiliary. In her younger years, Maxine loved to sew, especially clothes for her children and grandchildren. She enjoyed bingo and ceramics and played cards in several card clubs. She is survived by two daughters, Vicki Crawford and her husband Brian of Wheeling, and Janet Byers and her husband William of Fallowfield Township; six grandchildren, Heidi Higgins and her husband Michael, Jason Bennett and his wife Julie, Grant Crawford, Bob Byers and his wife Evelyn, Craig and Leah Byers; seven great-grandchildren, Mackenzie and Connor Higgins, Grace and Aubrey Bennett, Will and Alyssa Byers, Colton Vail. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Guido Gregorini, who died June 13, 1999; grandson, Ian Moore; and a brother, Harold Otley. Friends will be received from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 19, 2019, at FRYE FUNERAL HOME INC., 427 W. Main St., Monongahela. A funeral service will be held 1 p.m. Friday, Sept. 20, 2019, in the Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church with the Rev. Matthew Stabe officiating. Interment will follow in the Monongahela Cemetery. Online condolences may be made to the family at www.fryefuneralhome.com.

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