Dorothy L. Fynes Baxter
Dorothy L. Fynes Baxter, 97, of New Eagle, went to be with the Lord on Friday March 3, 2023 at the Penn Highlands Mon-Valley Hospital.
Born May 16, 1925 in Monongahela, she was a daughter of the late Howard and Gertrude Cater Fynes.
She attended Monongahela High School and shortly after during WWII worked as a welder on LST Ships in Beaver and the former Liggetts Spring and Axle in Monongahela. She was part of the original team that opened Eat n Park in Monongahela and over 25 years she worked in the Quality Control Department of Corning Glass in Charleroi until her retirement.
A member of the First Baptist Church in Monongahela, Dorothy loved taking trips to Atlantic City with her girlfriends and late husband Tom and was looking forward to the 74th annual Baxter family reunion.
She is survived by her daughter, Vickie Shurgott (Keith Haynes) of New Eagle; a daughter-in-law, Carol Baxter of Monongahela; seven grandchildren, Stephanie (Roger) Wineland of Monongahela, Jennifer (Vincent) Scalzo of Bethel Park, Thomas Baxter IV (Steve Varabkanich) of Monongahela, Samuel Shurgott (Trish Lyons) of Wildwood, N.J., Nicholas (Kristin) Shurgott of New Stanton, Stephen (Nicole) Shurgott of McMurray, Keith Haynes II (Becky Moody) of Monongahela; six great-grandchildren, Rhiannon Wineland, Logan, Maddox, Savannah, Brooklyn and Jaxson Shurgott.
Preceding her in death was her Thomas E. Baxter Jr. who died March 18, 2010; and a son, Thomas E. Baxter III who died May 6, 2017; brother, Howard Fynes; and two sisters, Harriet Marek and Esther Huffsticker.
Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. on Monday at the Marshall Marra Funeral Home, 216 Chess Street, Monongahela, 724-258-6767 marshallmarrafuneralhome.com where services will be held on Tuesday March 7 at 11 a.m. with Rev. Mark Schollaert officiating. Interment will be held in Monongahela Cemetery. Memorial Contributions can be made to the Charity of ones choice in Dorothys’ name.