Dolores R. McCabe
Dolores R. “Dorie” McCabe, 92, of Bessemer, Ala., formerly of Carmichaels, died Saturday, May 16, 2020, in the skilled nursing facility at “The Oaks on Parkwood,” where all the nurses and CNAs loved her beautiful smile.
Mrs. McCabe was born January 26, 1928, in Star Junction, a daughter of the late Ezra and Helen Pike.
Dolores met Robert C. McCabe on a blind date and they were married on June 28, 1955. They were married 30 years until his passing on September 19, 1985. They had two children, Barbara McCabe of Beckley, W.Va. (now Hoover, Ala.) and Robert J. McCabe of Hoover.
She was a wonderful wife, mother and baker. The entire family, including grandchildren, loved her fudge, sugar cookies, apricot rolls and gobs. She loved decorating the house and making beautiful flower arrangements. She loved her cocker spaniel dogs and Pittsburgh Steelers, but she especially loved being a homemaker and spending time with her family. Dolores was a longtime employee of the former Honsaker’s Foodland in Carmichaels.
Dolores is survived by her children; daughter-in-law, Kathleen McCabe; grandchildren, Jaclyn Mahoney and Jenna Elgie; along with five great-grandchildren, Caitlin, Thomas, Patrick and Erin Mahoney, and Danny Elgie.
Services are entrusted to Paul M. Lesako Funeral Home Inc., 204 Dowlin Avenue, Carmichaels, PA 15320, 724-966-5100. Viewing will be held from 10:30 a.m. to noon Friday, May 29, with a funeral Mass to follow at noon in St. Hugh Catholic Church. Interment will be in Laurel Point Cemetery, Carmichaels.