Snead

Ethel Jean Skillen Snead, 93, passed away peacefully Sunday, Dec. 22, 2024, at the Concordia Oertel Care Center in Cabot.

Jean was born Sept. 16, 1931, in Avella, Pa., and was the daughter of the late Benjamin Franklin and Ethel Ginter Skillen.

Jean graduated in 1949 from Washington High School and in 1953 from Grove City College, where she met her future husband. She retired from Montour School District where she was a business teacher. Jean married her husband Paul in 1954 after he returned from Army service in Korea. Paul passed away in 2013 after almost 60 years of marriage. Jean's daughter Rebecca Jean died at age 20 in 1981.

Jean and Paul were active members of Union Presbyterian Church in Robinson Township for many years before they moved to Concordia in Cabot. Jean loved baking and welcoming family for visits, rooting for the Pittsburgh Steelers and collecting Hummels and other art pieces.

Jean is survived by a son, Stephen Snead, and his wife, Anne Granieri. Also surviving are three granddaughters and six great-grandchildren, Amanda Courtney and husband, Desta, and their children, Chay, Ellie, Emsley and Carley; Michelle Migliaccio and husband, Mark, and their children, Toby and Ezra; and Remy Snead.

The family would like to express their thanks to the staff at Concordia Lutheran Ministries for their many years of support and care and for making Jean feel like part of their family.

SNEAD — Relatives and friends of Ethel Jean Skillen Snead, who died Sunday, Dec. 22, 2024, will be received from 10 a.m. until time of the funeral service at noon Monday, Jan. 6, 2025, at MCDERMOTT FUNERAL HOME, 334 Forest Grove Road, Coraopolis, Kennedy Township.

Interment to follow in Mount Calvary Cemetery, Kennedy Township.

In lieu of flowers, contributions in Jean's memory may be made to Breakthrough T1D (formerly the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation), P.O. Box 5042, Hagerstown, MD 21741-5042 or https://www.breakthrought1d.org

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