MATTER
CONSTANCE SOMERVELL
Age 85, of McCandless Township, on Monday, December 26, 2011. Beloved wife of E. Macdonald "Mac" Matter and last surviving daughter of General Brehon Somervell, father of the Pentagon, former chairman of Koppers and one of the founders of Pittsburgh's Civic Light Opera. Connie was at various times an equestrienne, pilot and airplane mechanic, avid skier, golfer and scuba diver. She and Mac lived all over the United States between their marriage in 1949 and their return to Pittsburgh in 1972 to become fixtures at the University Club in Oakland (where they met in 1948) and at Wildwood Golf Club in Allison Park. After Connie took up scuba diving at the age of 62, as "therapy" following two cancer operations, the Matters travelled the globe, diving everywhere from Borneo to Brazil. Connie is survived by daughter Jean-Anne Matter (Allen Humphrey); sons Bradley (Holly) and James (Caryn) Matter; grandchildren Alec and Brehon Humphrey and Elizabeth and Arthur Matter. Friends received Thursday 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. at GEORGE A. THOMA FUNERAL HOME, INC., 10418 Perry Highway, Wexford. Funeral services Friday at 11 a.m. in Christ Episcopal Church, North Hills. EVERYONE PLEASE MEET AT THE CHURCH. The family suggests memorials to the American Cancer Society , 320 Bilmar Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15205.
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Published in Pittsburgh Post-Gazette from Dec. 28 to Dec. 29, 2011
CONSTANCE SOMERVELL
Age 85, of McCandless Township, on Monday, December 26, 2011. Beloved wife of E. Macdonald "Mac" Matter and last surviving daughter of General Brehon Somervell, father of the Pentagon, former chairman of Koppers and one of the founders of Pittsburgh's Civic Light Opera. Connie was at various times an equestrienne, pilot and airplane mechanic, avid skier, golfer and scuba diver. She and Mac lived all over the United States between their marriage in 1949 and their return to Pittsburgh in 1972 to become fixtures at the University Club in Oakland (where they met in 1948) and at Wildwood Golf Club in Allison Park. After Connie took up scuba diving at the age of 62, as "therapy" following two cancer operations, the Matters travelled the globe, diving everywhere from Borneo to Brazil. Connie is survived by daughter Jean-Anne Matter (Allen Humphrey); sons Bradley (Holly) and James (Caryn) Matter; grandchildren Alec and Brehon Humphrey and Elizabeth and Arthur Matter. Friends received Thursday 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. at GEORGE A. THOMA FUNERAL HOME, INC., 10418 Perry Highway, Wexford. Funeral services Friday at 11 a.m. in Christ Episcopal Church, North Hills. EVERYONE PLEASE MEET AT THE CHURCH. The family suggests memorials to the American Cancer Society , 320 Bilmar Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15205.
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Published in Pittsburgh Post-Gazette from Dec. 28 to Dec. 29, 2011
MATTER
CONSTANCE SOMERVELL
Age 85, of McCandless Township, on Monday, December 26, 2011. Beloved wife of E. Macdonald "Mac" Matter and last surviving daughter of General Brehon Somervell, father of the Pentagon, former chairman of Koppers and one of the founders of Pittsburgh's Civic Light Opera. Connie was at various times an equestrienne, pilot and airplane mechanic, avid skier, golfer and scuba diver. She and Mac lived all over the United States between their marriage in 1949 and their return to Pittsburgh in 1972 to become fixtures at the University Club in Oakland (where they met in 1948) and at Wildwood Golf Club in Allison Park. After Connie took up scuba diving at the age of 62, as "therapy" following two cancer operations, the Matters travelled the globe, diving everywhere from Borneo to Brazil. Connie is survived by daughter Jean-Anne Matter (Allen Humphrey); sons Bradley (Holly) and James (Caryn) Matter; grandchildren Alec and Brehon Humphrey and Elizabeth and Arthur Matter. Friends received Thursday 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. at GEORGE A. THOMA FUNERAL HOME, INC., 10418 Perry Highway, Wexford. Funeral services Friday at 11 a.m. in Christ Episcopal Church, North Hills. EVERYONE PLEASE MEET AT THE CHURCH. The family suggests memorials to the American Cancer Society , 320 Bilmar Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15205.
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Published in Pittsburgh Post-Gazette from Dec. 28 to Dec. 29, 2011
CONSTANCE SOMERVELL
Age 85, of McCandless Township, on Monday, December 26, 2011. Beloved wife of E. Macdonald "Mac" Matter and last surviving daughter of General Brehon Somervell, father of the Pentagon, former chairman of Koppers and one of the founders of Pittsburgh's Civic Light Opera. Connie was at various times an equestrienne, pilot and airplane mechanic, avid skier, golfer and scuba diver. She and Mac lived all over the United States between their marriage in 1949 and their return to Pittsburgh in 1972 to become fixtures at the University Club in Oakland (where they met in 1948) and at Wildwood Golf Club in Allison Park. After Connie took up scuba diving at the age of 62, as "therapy" following two cancer operations, the Matters travelled the globe, diving everywhere from Borneo to Brazil. Connie is survived by daughter Jean-Anne Matter (Allen Humphrey); sons Bradley (Holly) and James (Caryn) Matter; grandchildren Alec and Brehon Humphrey and Elizabeth and Arthur Matter. Friends received Thursday 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. at GEORGE A. THOMA FUNERAL HOME, INC., 10418 Perry Highway, Wexford. Funeral services Friday at 11 a.m. in Christ Episcopal Church, North Hills. EVERYONE PLEASE MEET AT THE CHURCH. The family suggests memorials to the American Cancer Society , 320 Bilmar Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15205.
Send condolences at post-gazette.com/gb
Published in Pittsburgh Post-Gazette from Dec. 28 to Dec. 29, 2011
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