Donna Denise Kurcsics, 60, of Blairsville, passed away on Friday, December 2, 2022, in her home surrounded by her loving family after a courageous battle with a very rare form of cancer. She was born on May 23, 1962, in DuBois to the late Angelo Rudolph and Lucy Rose (Ciccone) Stefanelli.
Donna graduated from the Indiana Area Senior High School in 1980, and then from IUP in 1984 with a degree in Elementary Education. She worked for Lockheed Martin in the billing department for several years, then for S&T Bank, and finally as a business manager for Blue Valley Dry Wall Inc., for 20 years, retiring in 2017.
Donna was a member of Our Lady of the Assumption Parish. She had a “green thumb” and enjoyed the great outdoors spending much time with her husband traveling the country on his Harley Davidson Motorcycle. She also enjoyed entertaining her family, especially her granddaughter Madison, who was very near and dear to her heart.
Donna is survived by her husband of 24 years Rick Kurcsics of Blairsville; Rick’s children, Rick (Eun) Kurcsics of Pittsburgh, Mandy (Mark) McKendrick of Belle Vernon, and Christopher (Emily) Kurcsics of DuBois; two granddaughters, Madison McKendrick and Zoey Kurcsics; sisters Joanne Stefanelli of Indiana, Nancy (Tim) Magill of Indiana, and Angela Ugarte of Downingtown, PA; nieces and nephews, Regina (Lance) Stefanelli-Neeper of VT, Angelo (Indira) Stefanelli of Philadelphia, Lisa Magill of Indiana, Matthew (Rachel Miller) Magill of Santa Fe, NM, Ivan and Lucia Ugarte of Downingtown, PA; as well as a great niece Lucy and nephew Leo.
In addition to her parents, Donna was preceded in death by a granddaughter, Olivia Kurcsics, and her puppy Dillon.
Friends will be received by the family on Tuesday, December 6, 2022, from 4-8 PM at the Bowser-Minich Funeral Home, Indiana. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 AM on Wednesday, December 7, 2022, in Our Lady of the Assumption Parish, Coral Worship Site, with Rev. Fr. John Pavlik O.F.M., Cap., as celebrant.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations be made in Donna’s memory to 365 Hospice, 115 South Main Street, Carrolltown PA, 15722 or the Relay for Life of Indiana County.
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