Maxine Becker Hollowood, 105, of Monongahela, died Monday, November 18, 2024 in Allegro Senior Living, Fleming Island, Florida surrounded by her great niece Rhonda Dobson, Rhonda's husband Chip and the wonderful caregivers from Haven Hospice and Allegro Senior Living. Born March 26, 1919 in Monongahela, she was the daughter of the Henry William and Ruth Mae McKenna Becker.

Maxine was a 1937 graduate of Monongahela High School. She was employed at Becker's Men Shop which her father started in 1932. Maxine married the love of her life, Donald Hollowood, in April of 1940 at the First Presbyterian Church in Monongahela. Donald was a Marine during World War II and served in the Pacific Theater. Maxine and Don took the store over and operated it for 50 years until its closing in 1982. In 2016 Maxine moved to Fleming Island, Florida to live near her great niece Rhonda Dobson.

Maxine had belonged to the Order of Eastern Star Monessen Chapter 205 and was a past member of the White Shrine and the Daughters of the Nile. She was Mother Advisory of the Rainbow Girls in Monongahela, past president of the American Legion Post 302 Ladies Auxiliary, and the first president of the Monongahela Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary. She was a member of AARP in New Eagle and MARC in Monongahela. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Monongahela and the United Methodist Women.

In addition to her parents, Maxine is preceded in death by her husband of sixty-two years, Donald S. Hollowood, who died October 28, 2002; her sister, Dorothy Mouldin and nephews Frank Horn and Donald Horn.

She is survived by a nephew, Richard B. Mouldin and wife Kathy of Alachua, Florida; Jacqueline Horn, the wife of her late nephew Frank Horn, of Hume, Virginia; Kay Horn Jordan, the wife of her late nephew Donald Horn, of Erie; numerous great and great-great nieces and nephews as well as many friends.

Friends will be received on Monday, November 25, 2024 from 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM in the Frye Funeral Home, Inc., 427 West Main Street, Monongahela, where a funeral service will be held at 12:00 PM with the Rev. Dr. Zayzay Kpadeh officiating. Interment will follow in the Monongahela Cemetery alongside her beloved husband.

Maxine's family would like to express their sincere appreciation to the staffs of Allegro Senior Living and Haven Hospice for the incredibly kind and caring support they provided to Maxine while she was living in Florida.

Memorial contributions may be made to the First United Methodist Church of Monongahela, 430 W. Main Street, Monongahela, PA 15063.