Obituaries
January 25, 2022

Edna Mae Rook – Buena Vista

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Edna Mae Rook, 89, of Buena Vista, passed away Sunday, Jan. 23, 2022. She was born June 15, 1932, in Frank and was the daughter of the late Christ and Annie Elizabeth Thompson Winkelvoss. She is survived by her husband, Robert Rook; daughter, Krisann (Thomas) Kitas of Glassport; son, David Robert (Denise) Rook of Versailles; sisters, Ruth Smith of Delmont and Martha Jean Bird of Cranberry; grandchildren, Chris (Heather) Kitas, Steven (Melissa Detman) Kitas, Lindsay Elizabeth Rook and Amy Marie Rook; great-grandchildren, Krolyn, Blake and Briley; and nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her brother, Edward Winkelvoss; and sisters, Helen Billick, Rosella Faust and Sylvia Sebest. Friends are welcome from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2022, at GILBERT FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORY INC., 6028 Smithfield St., Boston, Elizabeth Township, 412-751-5000, Drew J. Gilbert, director. A service will be held in the funeral home chapel at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022. The Rev. Paul Walter will officiate. Interment will follow in Mount Vernon Cemetery, Elizabeth Township. Condolences may be made at Gilbertfuneralhomeandcrematory.com.

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