Dorothy Smargie, 97, formerly of Masontown, passed away January 14, 2024 at Woodhaven Health & Rehab Center, Monroeville, Pa.

She was born in West Leisenring, PA on December 2, 1926, the daughter of the late Michael and Anna (Kekic) Cindric.

After graduating from North Union High School, she attended Mason Frederic Beauty School and worked for many years as a hairdresser at Fran and Marcie’s Beauty Salon in Uniontown, PA.

It was at a Croatian picnic where she met her future husband, Pete. They were married November 18, 1950 and celebrated 60 years of marriage prior to Pete’s passing in 2011.

Dorothy was a member of the St. George Serbian Orthodox Church of Masontown/Carmichaels. She was an active member of the Kolo, Circle of Serbian Sisters and the Croatian Fraternal Union Lodge 354 of Cokeburg, PA.

In addition to her husband Pete, she was predeceased by a brother Joseph.

Left to cherish her memory are her daughter Janice Smargie of Pittsburgh, sister Martha Luketich of Cokeburg, PA. and numerous nieces and nephews, great nieces and nephews and great great nieces and nephews

Many thanks to the Woodhaven Health & Rehab Center and Bridges Hospice for the care given to Dorothy.

Friends will be received in THE JOHN S. MAYKUTH JR. FUNERAL HOME, 7 River Ave., Masontown, Pa, Friday, January 19, 2024 from 2 to 7 p.m. Pomen Service will be at 6 p.m. at the funeral home. Viewing Saturday at 9:30 a.m. at St. George Serbian Orthodox Church, Carmichaels, PA with service beginning at 10 a.m.

Interment follows at Sylvan Heights Cemetery, Uniontown, PA.