Janet Frances Parry
Orr Center volunteer
Janet Frances Parry, 70, of Waynesburg, died Friday, November 15, 2013, in Washington Hospital.
She was born October 20, 1943, in Green Tree, a daughter of the late Frank E. and Viola DePaolo Cinker.
Mrs. Parry worked as a paramedic and security officer for U.S. Steel at Edgar J. Thompson Works. She helped organize ambulance service in Clairton and West Mifflin and volunteered as a paramedic. Mrs. Parry was a paramedic instructor for the Community College of Allegheny County South Campus. She had also served as a volunteer, working with homeless people at the Orr Center in Pittsburgh.
She enjoyed hunting, fishing and gardening.
Surviving are her husband, Henry J. Parry, whom she married October 15, 1982; a son, Robert Sobczak of Washington; a daughter, Shari Crothers of Tidioute; and two brothers, Bill Gibellino of Tucson, Ariz., and Butch Gibellino of Harrisburg.
Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Monday in Behm Funeral Homes Inc., 182 West High Street, Waynesburg, where a blessing service will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, November 19, with the Rev. Richard J. Thompson officiating. Interment will be in Holy Souls Catholic Cemetery, Campbell’s Run Road, Coraopolis.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to National Kidney Foundation at www.kidney.org.
Condolences may be offered at www.behmfh.com.