Funeral Mass for Carolyn S. McHale, 83, of Painesville Township, will be 11 a.m. Thursday at St. Bede the Venerable Church, 9114 Lakeshore Blvd., Mentor. Fr. Tim Plavac will officiate the Mass.
Mrs. McHale passed away Saturday, July 11, 2015, at Hillcrest Hospital in Mayfield Heights.
Born Jan. 11, 1932, in Terre Haute, Ind., she had been a resident of Lake County for 51 years, living in Mentor and Willowick before moving to Painesville Township.
She was a member of the Maple Mountain Chorus “Sweet Adelines,” for 25 years and St. Bede the Venerable Church in Mentor, where she was also a member of the widow’s group and played Bocce.
She was the loving mother of Deborah S. McHale, Cynthia M. (Dale) Beavin, Amy C. (Michael) Guild, Mary E. (Todd) Foster, and Laura J. (Norman) Shimko; cherished grandmother of Matthew, Allison, Andrew, Alex, John, Meghan, Claire, Emily, Jake, Katie and Kelly; great-grandmother of seven; sister of Mary C. Zimmerman; and aunt of many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her beloved husband, John T. McHale in 2003; daughter, Rebecca A. Heil in 1999; parents, Robert J. and Catherine L. (nee Kuykendall) Chisler; and brother-in-law, Tom Zimmerman.
Family will receive friends from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at McMahon-Coyne-Vitantonio Funeral Home, 6330 Center St. (Route 615, north of Route 2), Mentor. Burial will be in Mentor Cemetery.
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