Behanna achieves her longtime dream to be a funeral director
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April 4, 2023

Behanna achieves her longtime dream to be a funeral director

By Mon Valley Independent

By MATT PETRAS

For the MVI

One day in elementary school, Olivia DeRose Behanna drew a picture of her mother’s business, Frye Funeral Home in Monongahela. The drawing had birds in a blue sky, a big brown building, trees and one major difference from its real-life counterpart: a sign up front that read “Director: Olivia Behanna.” 

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