Anna Mae Pavlic – Bentleyville
Anna Mae Pavlic, 88, of Bentleyville, passed away peacefully in her sleep on Friday, March 31, 2023, at McMurray Hills Manor. She was born in Somerset Township on July 4, 1934, daughter of Joseph and Violet Vukotich Rozich. Ann was a graduate of Ellsworth High School, Class of 1952. After graduation she moved to Oakland, where she worked at the National Office of the Croatian Fraternal Union of America as the secretary to the English editor of its newspaper, the Zajednicar. In 1955, on Croatian Day at Kennywood, she met the love of her life, Leonard M. Pavlic, and they were married Oct. 20, 1956. In 1963, they moved to Bentleyville and opened the Leonard M. Pavlic Funeral Home. In 1977, they purchased the Francis C. Slezak Funeral Home in Charleroi and incorporated into Leonard M. Pavlic Funeral Homes Inc. In 1988, after the death of her husband, she continued to manage the funeral homes with their daughter, JoAnn Pavlic, and later on with their grandson, Marc J. Zmijowski, joining the firm. In February of 2014, her daughter, JoAnn, purchased the Melenzyer-DuBarr Funeral Homes in Roscoe and Charleroi, and she continued to work until her retirement at the end of 2014. Ann was a member of St. Katharine Drexel Parish Bentleyville and the Catholic Daughters of the Americas. She was a lifelong member of the Croatian Fraternal Union of America and St. George Lodge No. 354 inCokeburg, where she was a member of the first Kolo group that later became the St. George Junior Tamburitzans. Ann enjoyed traveling to many places such as Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Dominican Republic, Bahamas and Disney World. Every summer for over 25 years you would find her for a week or more at Ocean City, Md., with her family. Ann loved to cook and bake, especially her “ugly” chocolate peanut butter cookies that everyone loved, especially her grandchildren and their friends. She is survived by her two daughters, JoAnn Pavlic (Joseph Zmijowski, Charleroi) of Roscoe, and Dr. Lynn Pavlic and husband Andrew Frank of Carroll Township; her loving three grandchildren, Marc Joseph (Kylie) Zmijowski of Washington, Alexis Ann (Ryan) Lemerich of Charleroi and Amanda Jo Frank and fiancé Josh Melhorn of Meadowlands; a great-granddaughter, Monroe James Zmijowski; her “adopted” grandson, Timothy Paterra of Mt. Lebanon; a sister, Patricia (Fritz) Madera of Brookpark, Ohio; and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband, Leonard M. Pavlic, in March of 1988; a sister, Mildred Marinkovich; and nephew, Randy Madera. Ann’s family would like to thank the nurses and staff at McMurray Hills Manor for their kindness and care of their mother. Visitation will be held from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, April 5, 2023, at MELENYZER FUNERAL HOMES & CREMATION SERVICES INC., 1008 Furlong Ave., Roscoe, where a blessing service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday April 6, 2023, with the Rev. Kevin Dominik presiding. Entombment will follow at Sacred Heart Cemetery, Carroll Township. Leonard M. Pavlic Funeral Homes Inc. is in charge of arrangements. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorials be made in her name to the CFU Stephen Pavlic Scholarship Fund c/o CFU 100 Delaney Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15235 or St. Joseph’s Indian School P.O. Box 300, Chamberlain, SD 57325. Online condolences may be expressed at either of these sites; www.pavlicfuneralhomes.com or www.melenyzer.com.
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