Obituaries
September 27, 2020

Mary E. Hough – Belle Vernon

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Mary E. Hough, 74, of Belle Vernon, Washington Township, passed away Saturday, Sept. 26, 2020, at Mon Valley Care Center. Born March 14, 1946, in North Charleroi, she was the daughter of the late Raymond Hough Sr. and Edna Oleta Higbee Hough. A lifelong resident of Washington Township, Mary was Presbyterian by faith, enjoyed cooking, baking and gardening and most of all taking care of her family and spending time with her nieces, nephews, great-niece and great-nephews. The last surviving member of her family she is survived by nephews and niece, Eric R. Miller and wife Cheris Carrozzo-Miller, Daniel Miller, Christine Cole and husband Mike; great-niece, McKenna Miller; great nephews Michael Cole and Georgie Cole; and sister-in-law, Pattie Hough-Leone and husband John. She was preceded in death by three brothers, George Hough, Paul Hough and Raymond Hough Jr.; sister, Navona Miller; brother-in-law, Daniel Miller; and a nephew, George W. Hough II. Visitation will be held from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the PARZYNSKI FUNERAL HOME & CREMATIONS LLC, family owned and operated, 626 Broad Ave., Belle Vernon, 724-929-6183. Funeral services will be held 10 a.m. Wednesday at Parzynski Funeral Home & Cremations LLC. Interment will take place in Rehoboth Cemetery. Face masks must be worn in the funeral home. Condolences accepted at the funeral home’s website, www.parzynskifuneralhome.com.

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