A resident of St. Anne Home in Greensburg, formerly of Bessemer Terrace in East Pittsburgh, and also East McKeesport, age 97, died at St. Anne’s Home on Friday, February 26, 2021.
Beloved and treasured mother of Maurine Chadonic.
Loving grandmother of Christopher (Elizabeth) Peer of Mt. Lebanon, Christy (Thomas) Zimmerman of Mars and Cody (Christy) Peer of MD.
Proud great-grandmother of Cortland, Melia, Tessa and Savannah Peer; Nola Michael, T.J. and Aurora Zimmerman; Colton and Cayden Peer.
Barb was preceded in death by her sisters, Mary Obruba, Goldie Vucic and Ann Busija, and her brother, Stephen Busija.
Barb was the Head Teller at Mellon Bank in East Pittsburgh with over 20 years of service. She devoted much of her spare time as the caregiver for her mother. Barb was a member of the Christian Mothers of St. Agnes Church. She was a former officer of the Croatian Catholic Union lodge and a current member of the Croatian Fraternal Union, Lodge #141 of East Pittsburgh. Barbara deeply appreciated her Croatian culture and music and attended many Croatian picnics, dances, bowling tournaments and celebrations throughout her life.
Friends are welcome to her Mass of Christian Burial in St. Agnes Church, North Huntingdon, on Monday at 11 a.m.
Barb will be laid to rest in St. Joseph Cemetery, North Versailles.
Arrangements with Patrick T. Lanigan Funeral Home and Crematory Inc; 700 Linden Ave. at Cable; East Pittsburgh, 412-824-8800