Phyllis Mole

Of Longwood at Oakmont, passed away at St. Margaret's Hospital on February 4, 2012, after a long illness. She was born in Oil City, Pennsylvania, on January 10, 1931 to Bertha Allena Baker, who was a registered nurse, and Earl Frost Mitchell, a US Navy Ensign, World War I veteran and hospital administrator. She married C. John Mole at the Southport Methodist Church, England, on August 28, 1959. She was a member of the Methodist Church. Phyllis graduated from Middleton High School in New York, in 1948. She then attended and graduated from the State University of New York Teacher's College at Brockport with at Bachelor of Science Cum Laude in 1952. In 1973, she graduated from the University of Pittsburgh with a Masters of Education Degree. She taught school in Huntington, New York for six years, and taught school for army dependents in Erlangen and Goeppingen, Germany in 1956-1957. Phyllis was a member of the PEO Sisterhood Chapter F, Monroeville for 28 years, where she held numerous board positions including serving as President. She was a volunteer counselor for Parents Anonymous for several years, a volunteer Vita tax counselor for Vintage Adult Care in East Liberty, a member of the Vintage Board of Directors, a member of the Westinghouse Sure Volunteer Organization and a founder contributor and volunteer for the Monroeville Public Library. She loved Monroeville. Phyllis loved her overall family and doted on her grandchildren. She said, "I have had a wonderful life and a wonderful family. I am grateful for it all. I admire my parents for all they did for their family. I especially value the sacrifices made by my parents and siblings so that I could go to college in the depression." She loved to travel and while she was in Germany teaching, she visited many countries in Europe, North Africa and the British Isles. During a visit to the Italian Riviera, she met her future husband, John. When the children were growing up she enjoyed visiting many beach resorts and relatives in the US and England. After retirement, Phyllis and John explored many Northern countries by expedition ships, including British Columbia, Alaska, The Columbia and Snake Rivers, circumnavigation of the British Isles, Greenland, Baffin Island Labrador, Newfoundland and the Baltic states including Russia just after the Berlin Wall fell. She is survived by her beloved husband C. John Mole; her loving children, Stephen John Mole and Thomas Lathrop Mole, both of Pittsburgh; and her loving grandchildren, John Thomas, Eric James and Carolyn Elizabeth Mole. She is the sister of Jean Louise Ball of Newport, NH, James Douglas Mitchell of Berlin, MD., and Barbara Jean Lavallee of Southbridge, MA. Friends received at the GENE H. CORL INC. FUNERAL CHAPEL & CREMATION CENTER OF MONROEVILLE, 4335 Northern Pike (1 block East of Mosside Blvd.-Rte. 48). A memorial visitation will be held on Thursday, February 9, 2012 from 7-9 p.m., and where a memorial service will be held on Friday at 11 a.m. with Rev. Miles Bradley, officiating. The family respectfully requests in lieu of flowers, donations be made to: Vintage Adult Day Care, 401 N. Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA., 15206. www.vintageseniorservices.org.