Margaret G. "Babe" Vlanich, 95, of New Eagle, died Tuesday, December 10, 2024 in the Penn Highlands Mon Valley Hospital. She was born December 29, 1928 in Elizabeth, the daughter of Gerald and Laura Garvin Metcalf.

Margaret was a member of Riverview Baptist Church, where she served as a Deacon, on the Mission Board, and as a Sunday School Teacher for the Joy Bearers Class, and loved all church activities. She was employed  in the dietary department at the former Monongahela Memorial Hospital in New Eagle, and retired from the lab department at Mon Valley Hospital in Monongahela.

She was young at heart, spirited, and adventurous. Margaret loved to travel, enjoying everything from mushing a dog sled on a glacier in Alaska to sailing on a catamaran in the Caribbean.

She is survived by three children, John M. MacFarlane of New Eagle, Beth E. (Darl) Shipe of Carroll Township, Paul A. (Laurie) MacFarlane of New Eagle; fourteen grandchildren, Loretta (Brian) McConnell, Wendy (Gary) Little, Pamela (Mike) Lesner, Walter (Stacy) Kotecki, Dayna MacFarlane, Deana MacFarlane Honeycut, Sean MacFarlane, Tina (Tony) Davis, Amanda (Jon) Dermont, Amy (James) Rich, Maggie (Tim) Keeton, Cole (Patty) MacFarlane, Josie MacFarlane, Amber Berkich; thirty great grandchildren; several great great grandchildren; and sister-in-law, Pat Metcalf of Belle Vernon.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Stephen Vlanich, and former husband, James MacFarlane; two children, Daniel J. MacFarlane and Linda B. Beresford; and five siblings, Garvin, Donald, N. Robert, Richard, and Clifford Metcalf.

Friends will be received on Monday, December 16, 2024 from 2-6 PM in the Frye Funeral Home, Inc., 427 West Main Street, Monongahela, where closing prayers will be at 6:00 PM with the Rev. Donald Dague. A Celebration of Life will be scheduled for a later date. Inurnment will be in the Monongahela Cemetery.

Memorial contributions may be made to Wildlife Works, Inc., P.O Box 113, Youngwood, PA 15697.