Mary "Josephine" Smigel, of Hermitage, passed away peacefully at 3:28 a.m. Wednesday, May 17, 2017 , in her residence.  She was 87.

Mrs. Smigel was born March 28, 1930, in Saegertown, PA, a daughter of John and Veronica Malewski Truchan. She was a 1948 graduate of Hickory High School.

Josephine was a stay at home mother and very involved in her children's activities.  Early in her life she worked as a telephone operator at the Bell Telephone Co.  A homemaker, she was a member of Church of Notre Dame, Hermitage.

Her husband, Leo W. Smigel, whom she married on October 22, 1949 passed away on January 21, 2017.

She is survived by four daughters, Joan K. Gottuso and her husband Robert, Cranberry Township, Butler County; Constance M. Falvey and her husband Thomas, Erie; Marcia A. Alongi and her husband Paul, Hermitage; Mary C. Tate and her husband Larry, Hubbard, OH; five sons, James L. Smigel and his wife Lilly, Millerton, PA; Daniel M. Smigel and his wife Kathy, Pilesgrove, NJ; Leo F. Smigel and Georgie, Harmony, PA; Michael J. Smigel, Hermitage; William T. Smigel, Jamestown, NY; one sister-in-law Stephanie Truchan, Hermitage; and eleven grandchildren, six great grandchildren.

In addition to her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by one sister, Helen August and four brothers, Joseph, Thomas, Arthur and Henry Truchan.

The family suggests memorial contribution may be made to Church of Notre Dame, 2325 Highland Road, Hermitage, PA, 16148.

Calling hours: 1:00 p.m. until time of Mass Friday (4/19/17) in the Church of Notre Dame, Hermitage.

Funeral Mass: 2:00 p.m. Friday (4/19/17) in the Church, with Very Rev. Richard J. Allen, V.F., pastor, as celebrant.

Interment: St. Rose Cemetery, Hermitage.

Arrangements by J. Bradley McGonigle Funeral Home and Crematory, Inc., 1090 East State St., Sharon.