Mrs. Sally Ann Stefus Bailey, age 66 years, died on Tuesday, September 11, 2018 in the Monongahela Valley Hospital. She was born on May 14, 1952, into the Italian and Hungarian Protestant and Roman Catholic steelworker heritage of George and Virginia Pellegrini Stefus; graduated from Monongahela High School in 1970; worked as a teller in Equibank across her adult years; and was a member of First Presbyterian Church, Monongahela; in which she was the youngest woman to be ordained to the Presbyterian Eldership in that congregation; married Rev. James B. Bailey there on February 23, 1980; becoming "The Minister's Wife" until 1996, and thereafter, until 2016, in Calvary United Presbyterian Church, Donora. She served on the church Session, the Pulpit Nominating Committee, the Funeral Preparation Committee, the Women's Bible Class, the Gibson Girl's Group, and Alphas Adult Group; was active in Washington Presbytery; Secretary of the Pittsburgh Engelbert Humperdinck Fan Club; and enjoyed travel across Pennsylvania, Buffalo, Iowa, Arizona, Florida, Germany, Italy, France, Alaska, Manitoulin Island in Canada, and Hawaii.
Mrs. Bailey was preceded in death by her parents, and Aunts Laura and Irene Pellegrini.
She is survived by her husband; brother, Gary Stefus and his wife Kim of Coatesville; her husband's children, Jonathan and his wife Carla Bailey of Denver, Colorado; and Bonnie Danni of Buffalo, New York; granddaughter, Danelle Augustynek and her husband Daniel, and great grandchildren, Michael and Madelyn; many nieces and nephews; friends and former colleagues in the Mid Mon Valley; other more distant relatives and in-laws; and many Brothers and Sisters in Christ in First Presbyterian Church, Monongahela, and Calvary United Presbyterian Church, Donora.
Memorial contributions may be shared to one of the above noted congregations, or Monongahela Valley Hospital.
Friends will be received at the First Presbyterian Church, 609 Chess Street, Monongahela on Sunday, September 16, 2018 from 2-4 and 6:30-8 PM; with a memorial worship service there at 11:00 AM on Monday, September 17, 2018 followed by a luncheon at noon.
The Frye Funeral Home Inc. is in charge of the arrangements.