Obituaries
November 23, 2020

Mary Agnes ‘Aggie’ Salyers Sinclair – Perryopolis, formerly of Uniontown

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Mary Agnes “Aggie” Salyers Sinclair, 95, of Perryopolis, formerly of Uniontown, passed away Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2020. She was born in Charleroi, daughter of the late Robert and Lenora Salyers. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Robert Sinclair; siblings, Helen Manzola, Robert Salyers II and Margaret Dean; and son-in-law Brian Cope. Aggie is survived by her sister, Virginia “Jean” Bubnash; daughters, Lenora Palonder and husband Robert and Marybeth Cope; stepchildren, Robert Sinclair and wife Sue and Rebecca Ann Sinclair; grandchildren, Heather Palonder and husband Steve Green, Owen Palonder and wife Carrie, Joshua Cope and wife Jaclyn, Michael Cope and wife Lauren, David Hall and Emily Hall Davis; and her beloved great-grandchildren, Forrest Green, Sawyer, Emily and Sarah Jane Palonder, Brian Cope, Lenora Cope and Bailey and Brandon Davis; and numerous nieces and nephews. Due to the pandemic, private family funeral services were held Monday followed by entombment at Sylvan Heights Cemetery.  Funeral arrangements are entrusted to PARZYNSKI FUNERAL HOME & CREMATIONS LLC, 191 Liberty St., Perryopolis. Memorial donations in memory of Mary Sinclair can be made to Perryopolis United Methodist Church. Condolences are accepted at the funeral home’s website, www.parzynskifuneralhome.com.

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