WHEATLAND, Pennsylvania (MyValleyTributes) – Lorraine C. Roskie, age 88 of Wheatland, passed away peacefully on Monday, August 7, 2023 at Avalon Springs Place in Mercer, Pennsylvania.

Lorraine was born February 3, 1935 in Munderf, Pennsylvania, a daughter of Lemuel and Bertha Carlson Chamberlin.

She was a 1953 graduate of Brookville, Pennsylvania High School.

Lorraine had been a mail clerk at Westinghouse Electric and later a caregiver for various families in the Shenango Valley.

She had been a member of the former Wheatland United Methodist Church where she was an organist, United Methodist Women and other committees of the church and later a member of Corner House Christian Church in Hubbard and was a Girl Scout Leader while her daughters were in scouting.

Her husband, Raymond C. Roskie, whom she married April 15, 1955, passed away January 16, 2019.

She will be fondly remembered and sadly missed by her family: her daughters, Jennifer (Craig) Kelsey, Darlene (Paul) Joseph, Ellen (Gary) Cimo and Tracy (Mark) Colella; grandchildren, Lindsey (Dan) Hilton, John (Cassaundra) Falconi, James (Shanelle) Kaikis, Christopher (April) Kaikis, Victoria (Kevin) Shaughnessy, Gino (Krissy) Colella, Angela (Ante) Mesin and Mark (Gabrielle) Colella and great-grandchildren, Rylie, Nadia, Easton and Maverick. She also leaves her sister, Marilyn Thomas of Avon, Indiana and several nieces and nephews and great-nieces and great-nephews.

Beside her parents she was preceded in death by her husband and siblings, Helen, Ruth, Dorothy, Opal, Shirley, George, Jim, Francis and John.

There will be services held at 12:00 Noon on Thursday, August 10, 2023, with calling hours prior to the service from 10:00 a.m. – Noon, at Stewart-Kyle Funeral Home.

Lorraine will be laid to rest at Corner House Cemetery.

Special thanks to the loving caregivers at her home for many years and the wonderful staff  on the ground floor at Avalon Springs Place.

Memorial contributions may be made to the family.

Family and friends are invited to visit the funeral home’s website at www.stewart-kyle.com to share memories and condolences.

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A television tribute will air Tuesday, August 8 at the following approximate times: 7:10 a.m. on FOX, 12:22 p.m. on WKBN, 5:08 p.m. on MyYTV and 7:27 p.m. on WYTV. Video will be posted here the day of airing.