Rose M. Matsook

March 21, 1915 - December 16, 2017

Rose M. Matsook passed away peacefully on December 16, 2017. She had been a longtime resident of Rochester Township and most recently resided at the McNitt Apartments, New Brighton, and the Beaver Valley Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, South Beaver Twp. She was 102 years young and was born on March 21, 1915, in Ellwood City. She was the daughter of the late Michael and Josephine Buccelli Pistacchio. She was preceded in death by her husband, Marien A. Matsook, in 1974; a sister, Caroline Perrotta; a brother, Michael C. Pistacchio; a sister, Catherine “Katy” Nocera, and an infant brother, Dennis. She was a longtime member of St. Cecilia Roman Catholic Parish, Rochester, where she was active in the Christian Mothers Association. She was also active in the Senior Citizens Association and loved to dance and spend Saturday evenings at the SOI dances. Rose was a graduate of Ellwood City’s Lincoln High School, class of 1934, and of Pittsburgh’s Maisons Fredrick’s Beauty School. She was employed at Ann’s Beauty Salon in New Brighton, and was a member of the Rochester Township Sons of Italy, Lodge 1070, and an honorary member of the Rochester Township Firemen’s Auxiliary. Rose leaves behind her son, Gary D. Matsook and his wife, Sue, Daugherty Township; two daughters, Marilyn M. Hall, Conway, and Janice M. Bodley and her husband, Lane, Doylestown, Pa.; grandchildren, Martine Matsook Vacar and her husband, Vaughn, Beaver Falls; Dean Matsook, Las Vegas, Nev.; Laura Sonnentag and her husband, Michael, Feasterville, Pa.; John Bodley and his wife, Lisa, and Alyssa Bodley, both of Doylestown, Pa.; great-grandson, Brody Matsook Las Vegas, Nev.; a great-granddaughter, Caroline Rose Sonnentag, Feasterville, Pa.; sisters, Josephine Malagise, New Brighton, and Matilda Santo and her husband, Dom, Ellwood City; a brother-in-law, Joseph Nocera, Ellwood City; a sister-in-law, Teresa Pistacchio Flora, Boardman, Ohio, and many beloved nieces and nephews. Friends will be received Wednesday from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. in the WILLIAM MURPHY FUNERAL HOME INC., 349 Adams St., Rochester, where prayers will be offered on Thursday at 9:30 a.m. followed by a mass of Christian burial at 10 a.m. in St. Cecilia Roman Catholic Church, Rochester Twp. Inurnment will be in St. Cecilia Cemetery. The family wishes memorial contributions be made to St. Cecilia Church, 628 Virginia Avenue, Rochester, PA 15074.