Brenda L. Smith
November 22, 1949 - September 19, 2023 (Age 73)
Brenda Smith, age 73, of Monongahela, PA, passed away Tuesday, September 19, 2023, at Country Care Manor in Fayette City, PA.
She was born November 22, 1949 in Connellsville, PA the daughter of the late Leroy Shirey and the late Anna Snyder Shirey
Brenda was a wonderful, loving wife, mother, and grandmother. She was very strong-willed and determined, despite battling Multiple Sclerosis for almost fifty years. She had the courage to believe that darkness couldn’t hold her as long as she made her own light. She was loved and admired by so many.
Brenda was a typing teacher who taught at Ringgold High School for twenty-five years.
Surviving to cherish her memory are her husband James Smith; Daughter, Sonya (Brian Ralicki) Pollack; Grandchildren, Gavin Pollack and Leah Pollack; Sister, Barbara (Harold Scott) Lloyd; and a nephew Gareth (Colleen) Lloyd.
Arrangements have been entrusted to the Anthony L. Massafra Funeral Home and Cremation Service, Inc., 40 Second Street Extension, Donora, PA 15033 (724) 379-6900 where the family will receive friends from 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM, Thursday, September 21, 2023. Funeral services will be at 6:00 PM, in the funeral home with Rev. Jude Urso officiating.
Private interment will be at Mon Valley Memorial Park, Donora, PA