Dolores A. Ridgway –  Rostraver Township
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October 1, 2021

Dolores A. Ridgway – Rostraver Township

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Dolores A. Ridgway, 93, of Rostraver Township, died Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2021. Born in Perryopolis on Feb. 12, 1928, she was the daughter of the late Paul and Matilda Schnitzler Novak. Dolores was the valedictorian of her 1946 graduating class at Perryopolis High School. She was a member of Church of St. Anne in Rostraver, where she was active in the Confraternity of Christian Mothers. She is survived by her sons, John D. (Wendy) Ridgway and Jeffery M. (Kay) Ridgway, all of Valencia, Pa.; grandchildren, Ashley and Kyle Ridgway; brother, Tom (Karen) Novak of Rochester, N.Y.; sister, Shirley Koster of Michigan; sister-in-law, Constance Novak of Norfolk, Va.; as well as numerous nieces and nephews. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, John E. Ridgway; and brother, Robert Novak. Friends will be received from 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 3, 2021, at JAMES C. STUMP FUNERAL HOME INC., 580 Circle Drive, Rostraver Township, 724-929-7934, www.jamesstumpfuneralhome.com, where a blessing service will be held at 9:15 a.m. Monday, Oct. 4, followed by a funeral Mass at 10 a.m. in Holy Family Church, 225 North Second St., West Newton, with the Rev. James F. Bump presiding. Interment will follow in Monongahela Cemetery.

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