She was born on February 12, 1941, in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, the eldest child of the late John T. Carpenter, formerly of Pine Bank, Pennsylvania and the late Mary (Gump) Kodrin, formerly of Carmichaels, Pennsylvania.
Mrs. Vitarelli was a graduate of Waynesburg High School, obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology from Fairmont State University and a Master’s degree from West Virginia University in Guidance and Counseling.
She worked 32 years for the Marion County Board of Education as a school teacher and counselor. She also taught several years at Fairmont State University as an adjunct professor in Psychology and Sociology.
She was a lifelong member of the Oakwood Road Church of Christ, where she taught the ladies class and Sunday school classes. She loved children, specializing in the counseling of troubled teens, and she also served as a counselor at Mannington Middle School.
Peggy is survived by her loving husband of 51 years, Terry J. Vitarelli; three children, her sons, T. Jay Vitarelli and his wife, Robin and Jan M. Vitarelli and his wife, Theresa; her daughter, Joy (Vitarelli) Narmore and her husband, Brett and by her eight very special grandchildren, Megan, Matthew, Julianne, Mark, Jennifer, James, Isaiah and Benjamin.
She is also survived by a brother, John Carpenter and his wife, Micky; two sisters, Linda “Susie” Baer and her husband, Don and Debbie Bissett and many nieces and nephews.
Peggy’s family will receive friends at the Carpenter & Ford Funeral Home, 209 Merchant Street, Fairmont, on Thursday from 5 - 9 p.m. and Friday from 2 - 8 p.m. Funeral services will be on Saturday, September 17, 2011, at 11 a.m. at the Oakwood Road Church of Christ with Evangelist Brent Gallagher officiating. Interment will follow at Mt. Zion Cemetery.
Carpenter & Ford Funeral Home, Fairmont.
Exponent Telegram (Clarksburg, WV) - September 15, 2011
Thanks to contributor, awelliott, for links to her parents.
She was born on February 12, 1941, in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, the eldest child of the late John T. Carpenter, formerly of Pine Bank, Pennsylvania and the late Mary (Gump) Kodrin, formerly of Carmichaels, Pennsylvania.
Mrs. Vitarelli was a graduate of Waynesburg High School, obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology from Fairmont State University and a Master’s degree from West Virginia University in Guidance and Counseling.
She worked 32 years for the Marion County Board of Education as a school teacher and counselor. She also taught several years at Fairmont State University as an adjunct professor in Psychology and Sociology.
She was a lifelong member of the Oakwood Road Church of Christ, where she taught the ladies class and Sunday school classes. She loved children, specializing in the counseling of troubled teens, and she also served as a counselor at Mannington Middle School.
Peggy is survived by her loving husband of 51 years, Terry J. Vitarelli; three children, her sons, T. Jay Vitarelli and his wife, Robin and Jan M. Vitarelli and his wife, Theresa; her daughter, Joy (Vitarelli) Narmore and her husband, Brett and by her eight very special grandchildren, Megan, Matthew, Julianne, Mark, Jennifer, James, Isaiah and Benjamin.
She is also survived by a brother, John Carpenter and his wife, Micky; two sisters, Linda “Susie” Baer and her husband, Don and Debbie Bissett and many nieces and nephews.
Peggy’s family will receive friends at the Carpenter & Ford Funeral Home, 209 Merchant Street, Fairmont, on Thursday from 5 - 9 p.m. and Friday from 2 - 8 p.m. Funeral services will be on Saturday, September 17, 2011, at 11 a.m. at the Oakwood Road Church of Christ with Evangelist Brent Gallagher officiating. Interment will follow at Mt. Zion Cemetery.
Carpenter & Ford Funeral Home, Fairmont.
Exponent Telegram (Clarksburg, WV) - September 15, 2011
Thanks to contributor, awelliott, for links to her parents.
Family Members
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
Advertisement