Marcella Orban, 93, of Bobtown, passed away peacefully Thursday evening, Aug. 19, 2021, at her home. Born in Denbo, Pa. on May 21, 1928, she was a daughter of the late Frank and Cora (Benlock) Kovalcheck.
In her youth, she had worked at Houze Glass in Point Marion, Pa., the paper mill in Waynesburg, Pa. and especially enjoyed working at the Pittsburgh Merchantile “company store” in Bobtown, Pa.
Surviving are her two sons, John Orban Jr. and wife Cathy, of Fort Martin, and Gary Orban, of Bobtown, Pa., who was her caregiver for the past seven years; two grandsons, Nicholas Orban and wife Kim and Corey Orban; and one great-granddaughter, Adalynn Rose Orban.
She was the oldest of five children, Robert, Frank “Fritz” Mike and Bertha.
Her husband, John Orban Sr., passed away on Jan. 7, 2005. Also deceased is one grandson, John Christopher “J.C.” Orban, in 2004.
Friends will be received in the Richard R. Herod Funeral Home, Point Marion, Pa., from 2-4 p.m. and 7-9 p.m., Monday, and from 10 a.m. until the 11 a.m. hour of service, Tuesday, with Pastor Mike Lyons officiating. Interment follows in Evergreen Memorial Park, Point Marion, Pa.
Condolences:
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