Beatrice F. Malloy

Beatrice F. Malloy, 97, former Shenandoah and Girardville resident passed away peacefully Friday evening at Ridgeview Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, Shenandoah Heights.

Born in Connerton, she was a daughter of the late Michael and Mary Schmidt Corrigan. She had been employed by Butler Township High School, having worked in the school office and cafeteria. She was also a waitress at Tony's Lunch, Girardville and the former Woolworths in Shenandoah.

She was a graduate of Girardville High School, where she was the star of the girs basketball team. After high school, she worked in the defense plants in Philadelphia during World War II.

She was a member of the former St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Girardville, now St. Charles Borromeo Parish and a member of both the Girardville and Shenandoah Senior Citizens.

She was preceded in death by her husband James Malloy in 1975 also by her son James L. Malloy

Beatrice is survived by her son Danny and his wife Debbie Malloy, Gilberton, her sister Peggy wife of Clyde Fetterolf, Fountain Springs, her daughter-in law Peggy Malloy, Allentown and her grandchildren; Kaitlynn, Allie, Danny and Jarrid, her great-granddaughter Fiona also by several nieces and nephews.

Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Thursday morning at 9:30 a.m. in St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church, Girardville, with Rev. Paul Rothermel, pastor, as the celebrant. Interment will be in Annunciation Cemetery, Shenandoah Heights. Friends may call at the church on Thursday morning from 8:30 a.m. until time of mass.