Mary Katherine Hall, 76, a resident of Murrysville, passed away Monday, Dec. 28, 2015, in UPMC East, Monroeville. She was born July 22, 1939, in New Eagle, a daughter of the late Elbert and Katherine Withers Harris. Mary was a 1959 graduate of Rochester High School and a 1962 graduate of the School of Nursing at the University of Pittsburgh. She held RN staff nursing positions at the VA, Magee and West Penn hospitals. From 1977 through 1983, Mary was an instructor at the Western Pennsylvania Hospital School of Nursing. She also taught remedial nursing courses and was an early member of the medical Rescue Company No. 4 of Murrysville. Mary was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Murrysville where for many years she taught Sunday school and helped organize a weekday youth program called Wa-Tu-Lif. She was also a Girl Scout Troop Leader and participated in many hikes, canoe trips and even a weeklong Scout river expedition down the Colorado River. Mary was an avid skier and taught many in her family and community how to ski. She not only skied at local resorts, but also in Utah and Colorado. Mary was preceded in death by a sister-in-law, Audrey Harris; a brother-in-law, George Hall III; and nephews, George Hall IV and Robert Harris. Mary is survived by her husband of 53 years, Charles Hall; two brothers, Tom Harris (Bobbie), of Pinon Hills, Calif., and Robert Harris, of Lillian, Ala.; two sons, Charles Hall Jr. (Michelle) and Eric Hall, of Murrysville; a daughter, Katherine Shedd (Tod), of Murrysville; nine grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and several nephews and nieces. Mary enjoyed traveling by tent, trailer and then RV with her family. Mary and her husband also toured in Europe and, most recently, Israel.

Friends will be received from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 2, 2016, and from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 3, 2016, at the HART FUNERAL HOME INC., 3103 Lillian Ave., Murrysville. A funeral service will be conducted at 10 a.m. Monday, Jan. 4, 2016, at the Community United Methodist Church, 3487 Route 130, Irwin, with the Rev. John Ciampa officiating. Everyone please meet at church. Interment will follow at the Murrysville Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, a donation may be made to Murrysville Medic One, 3237 Sardis Road, Murrysville, PA 15668.

www.hartfuneralhomeinc.com.

(Published in Greensburg Tribune Review on Dec. 30, 2015)
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