Mary L. MacZura

June 17, 1931 - October 13, 2020

Mary Louise (White) MacZura Of O'Hara Township passed away on October 13, 2020, at age 89, at the Waters of Wexford Senior Community, Warrendale, PA. Mary was born on June 17, 1931, to Sherrod William and Georgia Elizabeth White. She lived with the family in Sturgeon, MO, until her father died when she was 11 and her mother moved the family to St. Louis, MO. Mary attended Rosati-Kain High School in St. Louis. After high school, she worked for a business that sold sprinkler systems. She met her future husband, George through her sister Jenny. George and Mary started dating in June of 1950 and married two years later on October 18, 1952, at the St. Louis Cathedral. They lived in Illinois until George was transferred for work to Pittsburgh in 1976. They were longtime residents of O'Hara and members of St. Edwards (now St. Pio) Parish in Blawnox. Preceded in death by her loving husband of 62 years, George MacZura (2015); her parents; her siblings; and her two sons, John Kevin (1985) and William Lawrence aka Larry (2017). She is survived by her children, George Jr. (Marie); Mary Gail Viadero; James (Vickie); Mary Alice (Larry) Celender (John Kevin's widow); Robert (Patricia); Janet (Peg Zwhalen); Lorene Fetchko (Bill); Richard (Karen); Lynn Asbury (Aaron). She is also survived by 17 grandchildren, Jennifer and John (Nickol) MacZura, George IV (fiancée Christine) and Raymond MacZura, Vanessa and Adriana Viadero, Nisha MacZura; Matthew (Lexie) and Mitchell MacZura, William and Emma Fetchko, Georgia, Eleonore, Josephine, and Katherine MacZura; Benjamin and Christopher Asbury; plus 7 great-grandchildren; John Carl, Mark, Emily, Ian, Piper, Grace and Blair. Mary worked as CEO of the MacZura Family Incorporated. She was the cherished mother of ten and an amazing cook who made mouth-watering roast beef. With her husband George, she loved to travel to see family, friends, and the world and to host large family, friends, and neighborhood gatherings. She and George welcomed any and all to their home. She was an avid reader, bridge player, accomplished wordsmith, and scrabble master. She loved to play games with both her children and her grandkids. She was a frequent writer of letters to the editor. She nourished not only our bodies but she fed our hearts, minds, and souls. She was an inspiration to all of us and to all those she met. She loved all and gave all of her love to us. She cherished her kids, her grandkids, her great-grandkids and all of her nieces and nephews, brothers and sisters, and most of all the love of her life, George, with whom she is now reunited with in heaven. May we all have the grace to love as Mary had loved. Visitation on Sunday, October 18, 2020, from 2:00-8:00 pm at the Thomas M. Smith Funeral Home and Crematory, Ltd., 930 Center Avenue, Blawnox, PA 15238. Family and friends to gather at the Funeral Home on Monday, October 19, 2020 at 9:30am for final prayers, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at St. Edward Church/St. Pio Parish, 450 Walnut Street, Blawnox, PA 15238 at 10:30am. Interment in Lakewood Memorial Park, Cheswick.