Obituaries
August 11, 2020

Bonnie McNab Bertini – Warminster, Pa., formerly of Monongahela

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Bonnie McNab Bertini, 80, of Warminster, Pa., formerly of Monongahela, died Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020, at home surrounded by her loving family. Born Oct. 7, 1939, in Monongahela, she was the daughter of Hugh and Lillian Craig McNab. Bonnie most recently worked at Presbyterian Senior Care in Washington, Pa., as an administrator until her retirement. She was a 1957 graduate of the former Donora High School and later in her adult life earned both her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from California University of Pennsylvania in gerontology. Surviving are a son and daughter-in-law, Scott and Diana Webster of New Britian, Pa.; and a daughter and son-in-law, Trudi and Ken Sandri of East Stroudsburg, Pa.; a sister, Lillian Hudson of Virginia; eight grandchildren, Theresa, Tara, Emily, Owen, Kiera and Brady Webster and Lee and Katy Timko; as well as many nieces, nephews and cousins. Preceding her in death were her husband, Geno L. Bertini, who died Sept. 5, 2005; three brothers, Archibald, Hugh and William McNab; and four sisters, Violet Thompson, Madge Shelby, Nancy Low and Ellen Hixenbaugh. Friends will be received at MARSHALL MARRA FUNERAL HOME, 216 Chess St., Monongahela, 724-258-6767, marshallmarrafuneralhome.com, from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, Aug. 14, 2020, and services will begin at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 15, 2020. Interment will follow in Sacred Heart Cemetery in Carroll Township.

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