Mary Ellen Donovan
Madonna Catholic School teacher
Mary Ellen Donovan, 65, of Charleroi, Fallowfield Township, died Tuesday, January 21, 2014, in Family Hospice and Palliative Care Center for Compassionate Care, Pittsburgh.
She was born March 31, 1948, in Uniontown, a daughter of Ramond and Anne Brehen Grote.
After graduating in 1966 from Uniontown High School, she received her teaching degree from California State University. She had worked as an elementary teacher in Albert-Gallatin School District for five years. She then taught for more than 20 years in Madonna Catholic School in Monongahela, where she retired in 2013.
Mrs. Donovan was a member of St. Damien of Molokai Parish (Transfiguration Church) in Monongahela.
Surviving are her husband, Harry Donovan, who she married June 22, 1974; two sons, William H. Donovan of Pittsburgh and Michael W. Donovan of California; twin daughters, Holly M. Donovan and Laura and husband Peter Perrier of Pittsburgh; two brothers, Gerard and wife Ceane Grote of Smock and Raymond and wife Amy Grote of Connellsville; two sisters, Nancy Volk of Grove City and Janet and husband Harry “Sonny” Musgrove of Uniontown; and her mother-in-law, Mary Donovan of Monongahela.
Preceding her in death were her parents, Ramond and Anne Brehen Grote; her stepmother, Eleanor (Catney) Grote; as well as numerous uncles, aunts, cousins, nieces and nephews.
Friends and relatives will be received from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Friday in Marshall Marra Funeral Home, 216 Chess Street, Monongahela, 724-258-6767, marshallmarrafuneralhome.com. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated in St. Damien of Molokai Parish (Transfiguration Church) at 10 a.m. Saturday, January 25. At the family’s request, interment will be private. In lieu of flowers, memorials or donations may be made to Monongahela Area Library, 813 Main Street, Monongahela.