Shirley Kadash
The gates of heaven opened up for Shirley Ann Kubitza Kadash, 85, of Bentleyville, Tuesday, October 31, 2023.
Shirley was born April 19, 1938, in Brownsville, a daughter of Thomas Kubitza Jr. and Mary Seach Kubitza.
She grew up in Daisytown, where she was a member of St Mary’s Roman Catholic Church.
As a teenager, she worked as a clerk / delivery person at Berkman’s Market. She graduated from California High School in 1957.
She lived most of her life in Ellsworth. She worked at the Bentleyville Foodland, Carmen’s Fruit Market and Village Flower Shop.
She was a long-time member and officer at the Bentworth Senior Center and a member of the Women’s Guild at the former Ave Maria Parish.
She was a devoted housewife and mother to her children. She served as a troop leader for the Girl Scouts and was active with the St. George Junior Tamburitzans. She traveled to Canada, Croatia, Italy and the Vatican. She also traveled the U.S. with her family.
Shirley was a creative person, making clothes and costumes for her children, making and painting ceramics for family members and friends, and decorating her home for the holidays. Shirley was an excellent cook and baker and did an excellent job keeping the Slovak traditions that were passed down from her parents.
She was always quick to lend a helping hand to anyone in need. There were never any walls or barriers in her life; she loved everyone.
For the last eight years, she lived at the Bentley Towers and had many friends. She was a member of the Ladies Puzzle Group, which she enjoyed so much.
Shirley was predeceased by her husband, John “Yunko” Kadash; her brothers, Joseph Richard Kubitza, Charles Ronald Seach, John Kubitza and Robert Kubitza; and her sister-in-law, Betty Shanahan.
She is survived by her brother, Bernard Kubitza; her daughters, Deb (Roger) Pompermeyer, Yvonne (Steve) Ruffing; and son, John (Kimberly) Kadash; her grandchildren, Justin McKeta, James Fidazzo, Ariel Kadash, Zachary Kadash, Sarah Ruffing, Alex Ruffing and Lauren Ruffing; and great- grandchildren, Cassidy McKeta, Colby McKeta, Cailyn McKeta and Bella Fidazzo.
Shirley had a full life and was loved dearly by her family and friends. She will be greatly missed. She now rests in the peace and love of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
Friends will be received from 9 a.m. to 12 noon, when Prayers of Transition will be offered, Monday, November 6, in Greenlee’s Bentleyville Funeral Home, 619 Main Street, Bentleyville, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 12:30 in St. Katharine Drexel Parish, Bentleyville Campus, with Fr. Dilio Onyejiuwa officiating. Interment will follow in Sacred Heart Cemetery, Monongahela.
A guest book, where personal condolences may be shared with the Kadash family, is available at www.GreenleeFuneralHome.