Obituaries
March 13, 2020

Mary Anne McCracken – Fallowfield Township

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Mary Anne McCracken
Fallowfield
Township
Mary Anne McCracken, 77, of Fallowfield Township, passed away Thursday, March 12, 2020, in Monongahela Valley Hospital. She was born April 14, 1942, in North Charleroi, the daughter of the late Hershel and Anne Kepich McFeely. Mary Anne was a graduate of Charleroi High School in the class of 1960. She was a member of Grace United Methodist Church and the United Methodist Women. Mary Anne is survived by her husband, Ronald C. McCracken; two daughters, Karen Brant of Fallowfield Township and Diane Duda and her husband Mike of Fallowfield Township; six grandchildren, Tim Brant and his wife Jessica, Veronica Brant, Robert Brant, Aaron Duda, Eli Duda and his wife Taylor and Joshua Duda; her brother, Robert McFeely and his wife Mary of Ohio. She was preceded in death by her brother, Richard. Friends and relatives will be received from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday, March 15, at SCHROCK-HOGAN FUNERAL HOME & CREMATION SERVICES INC., 226 Fallowfield Ave., Charleroi. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, March 16, at Grace United Methodist Church, 420 California Drive, Coal Center, PA 15423, with Pastor Kenneth Custer officiating. Family and friends attending the funeral services are asked to go directly to the church. Interment will follow in Maple Creek Cemetery. Online condolences may be sent to the family at our website www.schrock-hogan.com.

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