Madelynn W. “Mitzie” Staaf, age 94, of Richland Twp., formerly of Mars, died on Sunday afternoon, November 6, 2016 at UPMC Passavant Hospital in McCandless Twp.

Born in Penn Twp., PA on September 14, 1922, she was the daughter of the late James and Florence Lloyd Wilson.

Mitzie had worked as a bank teller at Mars National Bank for 18 years.  Prior to that she had worked in the metallurgical lab at Armco for 5 years.

She was a member of Crestview Community Church, the Mars Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star and the Mars AARP.

Surviving are a daughter, Annetta Setzenfand of Gibsonia, a son, Robert C. Staaf, of Mars, her grandchildren, John (Beth), Jeff, Dale (Meghan) and Robert, her great grandchildren, Nichole, Amber, Sarah and Rylan, and many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert C. Staaf, who she married on August 8, 1944 and who died on January 27, 1996, by her sister, Dorothy “Dot” Kline and her brother, Lloyd “Cy” Wilson.

Friends are invited to a Memorial Service in the Crestview Community Church, Callery, PA on  Saturday, November 26, 2016 at 1:00 PM. Rev. Robert Goossen, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Brownsdale Cemetery, Penn Twp., PA. Memorials may be made to the Church in her memory. Arrangements are under the direction of the McDonald-Aeberli Funeral Home, Inc., 238 Crowe Ave. Mars, PA and condolences are available at www.mcdonald-aeberli.com.

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