Pamela LeClair

June 27, 1956 - November 17, 2009

visitation

Simpson Funeral & Cremation Services

1119 Washington Avenue

MONACA, PA 15061

Thursday 11/19

service

St. John the Baptist Catholic Church

1409 Pennsylvania Avenue

MONACA, PA 15061

Saturday 11/20, 10:00 am

St. John the Baptist Catholic Cemetery

1270 Chapel Road

MONACA, PA 15061

Pamela (Russin) LeClair, 53, of Monaca, passed away early Tuesday morning, Nov. 17, 2009, at Friendship Ridge after two courageous battles with cancer which she handled with grace and dignity.

Born June 27, 1956, in Rochester, she was a daughter of the late Alexander and Dorothy (Wilczek) Russin. A graduate of Monaca High School, Class of 1974, Pam served as a cheerleader for the high school teams. She was proud of her hometown and never lost her love for the community. She was previously employed as a manager for The Limited clothing store and later as a receptionist for Dr. Nancy Wiggins of Hopewell. Pam was a NASCAR racing enthusiast.

She leaves two daughters, Lindsey and Amanda LeClair of North Versailles; a brother, Randall S. Russin and his wife, Lynda, in Fla.; a sister-in-law, Susan Russin of Sewickley; four uncles, Andrew and Chester Wilczek of Monaca, Edward Wilczek, of Rockport, Mo. and Robert Wilczek, Grand Junction, Colo.; several nieces, nephews and cousins and a special friend, Patty Majors, who faithfully stood by Pam as she battled her illness. The family is eternally grateful to Patty for her dedication.

Friends will be received on Wednesday and Thursday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. in the Simpson Funeral & Cremation Services, 1119 Washington Ave., Monaca, where prayers will be offered Friday at 9:30 a.m. followed by a mass of Christian burial at 10 a.m. in St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, Monaca.

Interment will follow in the parish cemetery.

Contributions may be made, if desired, to the Beaver County Cancer & Heart Association, 3582 Brodhead Rd., Suite 104, Monaca, PA 15061.

The family wishes to extend their deep appreciation to Dr. Monica Farland and Dr. Stewart Lancaster and their staffs and Friendship Ridge Annex 2 for the compassionate care Pam received during her illness.

For online condolences, directions and other information, please visit www.simpsonfuneralhome.com.

Pamela (Russin) LeClair, 53, of Monaca, passed away early Tuesday morning, Nov. 17, 2009, at Friendship Ridge after two courageous battles with cancer which she handled with grace and dignity. Born June 27, 1956, in Rochester, she was a daughter of the late Alexander and Dorothy (Wilczek) Russin. A graduate of Monaca High School, ClassContinue Reading

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Your dad and my dad were brothers yet we did not know each other well. We recently chatted on Facebook. How I wish the families were closer. Even though that never happened, you will be missed. You will be in my prayers as will your daughters and your brother. You are with your parents now, all resting in the loving arms of God! All pain and suffering gone. May your soul and the souls of all the faithful departed through the mercy of God rest in peace. Amen!+

Pam ... we were just getting to know each other through Facebook. First cousins but never really knew one another. I enjoyed our chatting back and forth and am so sad that we never got to have that lunch date that we talked about. You fought the good fight with such a great attitude. I will miss you. You are free now ... FLY!!!!! This is for you and you family : I am standing upon the seashore. A ship at my side spreads her white sails to the ocean. She is an object of beauty and strength. I stand and watch her until at length she hangs like a speck of white cloud just where the sea and sky come to mingle with each other. Then someone at my side says: “There, she is gone!” “Gone where?” Gone from my sight. That is all. Her diminished size is in me, not in her. And just at the moment when someone at my side says: “There, she is gone!” there are other eyes watching her coming, and other voices ready to take up the glad shout: “Here she comes!” And that is dying. ~ Henry Scott Holland ~

It was great sorrow that I was told about Pam's passing. I can still remember her as a very little girl. The smile that she brought to her mother and father. Pam always wore a smile, no matter what she was going through she would smile that big smile and her bright eyes would just gleam. She will be so missed by all.

I was a year ahead of Pam in high school and remember her as a happy, young lady with a good heart and a lot of spunk and zest for life. We are having a memorial service for my mother today so the pain of losing a loved one is very fresh right now. My sympathies to all of Pam's family and loved ones.

Please accept our deepest condolences for your family's loss.