Wendy E. Vincent
Wendy E. Vincent, 57, of Houston, passed away Thursday, January 9, 2020, in West Penn Hospital, following a valiant battle with multiple myeloma, with her devoted husband at her side.
She was born April 5, 1962, in Washington, a daughter of Rosalie Gregg Eckels of Houston and the late Edward Eckels.
Mrs. Vincent was a 1980 graduate of Chartiers-Houston High School and received her Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing from the University of Pittsburgh in 1984 and followed with her Master’s in Education, also from Pitt.
Wendy was a member of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal Church in Meadow Lands, where she was a Eucharistic Minister, reader, on the Bishop’s Pastoral Council, involved with the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine program and was on the Miraculous Medal Parish Council.
She was employed by KPMG in Pittsburgh, where she was the director of management consulting.
Wendy loved skiing and golfing.
On April 25, 1988, she married David B. Vincent, who survives.
Surviving in addition to her husband and mother are a son, Dr. Patrick David Vincent, M.D. of Weirton, W.Va.; a daughter, Natalie Brooke Vincent of Houston; a brother, Edward Eckels (Lisa) of Hamilton, N.J.; a nephew, Evan Warner Eckels; her mother-in-law, Ann Vincent (the late Kenneth); and many aunts, uncles and cousins.
She also leaves her three cats, Holly, Gabbie and Baby, and her dog, Zoe.
Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, January 14, in the McIlvaine-Speakman Funeral Home Ltd., Robert K. McIlvaine, owner / supervisor, 27 Cherry Avenue, Houston, PA 15342. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Wednesday, January 15, in Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal Church, 300 Pike Street, Meadow Lands, PA 15347. Entombment will follow in Queen of Heaven Cemetery.
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