Mary Frances ‘Billie’ Ryncosky – Belle Vernon
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March 24, 2022

Mary Frances ‘Billie’ Ryncosky – Belle Vernon

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Mary Frances “Billie” Ryncosky, 93, of Belle Vernon, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, March 22, 2022, in Penn Highlands Mon Valley Hospital. A daughter of the late Lloyd and Edna Meyers Younkin, she was born on Dec. 9, 1928, in Confluence. Mary resided in Jeannette and Greensburg prior to moving to Belle Vernon in 2010. She was a former member of Grace United Church of Christ in Jeannette for 65 years, where she was very active in the choir and served on various committees. Mary was employed by Elliott Company for a little over two years. Mary is survived by three daughters and sons-in-law, Linda (Jan) Schermerhorn of Alamogordo, N.M., Sherry (Tom) Keenan of Jeannette, and Brenda (Joe) Kennedy of Belle Vernon; four grandchildren, April (Jeremy) Thompson of Jeannette, Jon Schermerhorn of Albuquerque, N.M., Katie (Brian) Arndt of Albuquerque, N.M. and Heather (Brett) Penrose of Robinson; a granddaughter-in-law, Kaleena Kennedy of Belle Vernon; and 11 great-grandchildren, Jaquie, Katie and Dustin Thompson, Brady and Taylor Arndt, Savahanna and Bentley Penrose, Dominic and Cameron Kennedy and Evelynn and Kayleigh Schermerhorn; and her feline roommate, Peanut. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Robert G. Ryncosky, on May 18, 2014; a grandson, Joey Kennedy, on June 19, 2020; a sister, Maxine Weible; and a brother, Denny Younkin. Friends will be received from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday, March 24, 2022, at FERGUSON FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORY INC., Belle Vernon, 724-929-5300, www.FergusonFuneralHomeAndCrematory.com. A funeral service will be held in the funeral home at 10 a.m. Friday with the Rev. Mary Kay Glunt officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The officers and members of the First Presbyterian church will meet in the funeral home at 6:30 p.m. Thursday for a service. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the First Presbyterian Church in Belle Vernon.    

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