Beatrice E. (Hentschel) Lawson

Beatrice E. Lawson, age 92, of Evans City, formerly of New Sewickley Twp., passed away on Friday morning, January 14, 2022 at St. John Specialty Care Center in Mars.

Born in Pittsburgh, PA, she was the daughter of the late Edward and Edith Mempes Hentschel.

Beatrice had worked for 43 years as a nurses aid at Elsie Miller Nursing Home and Pineview Manor in Wexford, before retiring in 1970.

She was a member of the First Lutheran Church of Zelienople and the Evans City Senior Center.

Surviving are three sons, Jerry Lawson of Tionesta, David Lawson of Zelienople and William Lawson (Luling) in Florida, 12 grandchildren, ten great grandkids and 3 great-great grandkids and a brother, Embress “Andy” Hentschel of San Antonio, TX.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Harold “John” Lawson, who she married on December 7, 1947 and who died on May 3, 1994, by a son, Tom Lawson, by a sister, Edith Chilleo and three brothers, Edward Hentschel, Jr., James “Jim” Hentschel and Robert “Bob” Hentschel.

Friends will be received at the McDonald-Aeberli Funeral Home, Inc. 238 Crowe Ave. Mars, PA on Tuesday from Noon until 1:00 PM. A service will follow at 1:00 PM at the funeral home. Burial will be in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Warrendale, PA. Memorials may be made to the Evans City Public Library. Directions and condolences are available at www.mcdonald-aeberli.com.