Mary Lynne Wyant, Jefferson Township, formerly of Sweetbriar Place, Pittsburgh, passed away of natural causes at 10:20 p.m. Friday (10-28-11) in UPMC Horizon Hospital, Farrell. She was 72.

Lynne was born September 29, 1939 in New Kensington, PA a daughter of the late Devon Chester and Alice Lucille Roche Wyant.

She was a graduate of Greensburg (PA) High School and the University of Pittsburgh.

Lynne was a playwright with the Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Co. and attended St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Pittsburgh.

Surviving are: three sisters, Joan W. Hooks, Sharon, PA; Janice L. Parfitt and her husband Noble, Salisbury, MD; and Joy E. Sander and her husband Dale, Warminster, PA; and an extended loving family.

Besides her parents, Lynne was preceded in death by a son, Edward L. Saverborn; and her former husband, P. Leroy Saverborn.

There are no calling hours.

Friends may email condolences by visiting www.McGonigleFuneralHomeandCrematory.com.

Memorial service will be 1 p.m. Monday (11-7-11) in J. Bradley McGonigle Funeral Home and Crematory, Inc., 1090 E. State St., Sharon.

Interment: Greenwood Memorial Park, Lower Burrell, PA.

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