Martha D. "Marty" Brown, 72, of Monongahela, died Saturday, October 12, 2019 in Mercy Hospital, Pittsburgh. She was born August 3, 1947 in New Eagle, the daughter of the late Andy and Mary Kevech Matus.
Marty was a graduate of Monongahela High School, class of 1965. For over thirty years, she owned and operated Hair's To Ya beauty salon in Crookham and Carroll Township. She was a member of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary Orthodox Church in Monongahela, where she was a past treasurer, a member of the former Ladies Guild and a pirogi and potato pancake maker. Marty loved cooking and baking for family and friends. She and her husband, Ed, loved traveling in their motor home and going on cruises.
She is survived by her husband, Joseph Edward Brown with whom she celebrated fifty two years of marriage on December 29, 2018; daughter, Denise R. Brown of Pleasant Hills; two sons, Norman E. Brown and wife Susan of New Eagle, Aaron A. Brown and wife Nicole of Monongahela; six
grandchildren, Chelsea M., Hadleigh, Colton, Mitchell, Riley and Regan Brown; brother, Larry Matus and wife Lois of Van Voorhis; sister, Mary Carol Matus of Houston.
Friends will be received on Tuesday, October 15, 2019 from 6-8 PM and Wednesday, October 16, 2019 from 2-4 and 6-8 PM in the Frye Funeral Home Inc., 427 West Main Street, Monongahela. A funeral service will be held on Thursday, October 17, 2019 at 10:00 AM in The Nativity of the Virgin Mary Orthodox Church. Interment will follow in the Monongahela Cemetery.
The family suggests memorial contributions in Marty's name be made to the Lewy Body Dementia Association, 912 Killian Hill Rd. SW, Suite 205, Lilburn, GA 30047 (wwww.lbda.org)