Martha “Marty” Schruise Mong, 83 of Warren, PA, died March 5, 2022, at St. Vincent Hospital, after a brief illness. She was born November 30, 1938, to Garrett and Henrietta Card Schruise.
She graduated from Panama Central High School in 1957. She married Harry Wade Mong August 30, 1958, in Panama NY. She is survived by three children, Susan, Harold, and Kim (companion Doug James).
She retired from Servomation Vending services and spent many years working beside her husband with their rental business and his plumbing/heating business. Together they spent many weekends with their kids camping/boating on the Kinzua reservoir and snowmobiling in the winter. They lived in the community of Hemlock on the Allegheny River and spent many hours enjoying the “activities” on the river. Anytime Mom was out with one of her kids, and someone said, “wow you have a great daughter/son”, Mom would always correct them and say, “I have three great kids.”
The Riverside Drive community will miss Mom out on her lawn mower. She was so proud that at 80, she had bought a new mower, because she had worn out the old one! She is now with Dad, and they are either square dancing, polka dancing, or on the “swing” looking over a heavenly river! You did good Mom!
She is survived by her three kids, her brother Robert (Bonnie) Schruise, Ransomville, NY; her sister Sandra (Howard) Pitt Jr, Zephyrhills, FL., and her sister-in-law Roberta (John) Schruise of Panama, NY.
She was also a caregiver to many family members for several years, especially her mother-in-law, Grace Mong and her brother-in-law George Mong.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Harry on October 5, 2005, and her brother, John Schruise.
Visitation will be held from 1-3PM, Sunday March 13 at the Donald E. Lewis Funeral Home Inc., 304 East St., Warren, PA.
Those wishing to place memorials may do so through the Allegheny Community Center, 42 Clark St., Warren PA 16365; Glade Township Volunteer Fire Dept., 14 Hohman Road, Warren PA 16365; or to the YMCA, 212 Lexington Ave., Warren PA 16365. E-mail condolences may be sent by visiting www.lewisfuneralhomeinc.com
It was with a great deal of regret I read of Marty’s passing. I always admired her and Harry . I did not see Marty too often the last few years but did have a nice long chat with her at the church in Tiona, and in Surfine. I always liked talking to Marty, she was such an upbeat person. Rest in peace Marty, you are now with your Harry.
Thank you! Mom always ran into someone she knew at Shurfine! And when we would go out for a meal, I was always checking out while she was chatting with someone, and frequently I would just go out and start the car and wait for her!
I was very sorry to hear of Marty’s passing.She was such an inspiration to everyone, very knowledgeable, even keeled, just a down right sweet woman ! I worked with her at Servomation and you couldn’t ask for a better person. She will be sadly missed by many . May she Rest In Peace. Please know you are all in my prayers.
I did a tribute to Mom and mentioned Servomation. It was the perfect job for her, as Mom never met a stranger, and she met so many people at the various plants she was located at due to the vending machines. Now that I have returned to Warren, when Mom and I were out, someone was always saying, I use to work at one of the various places she was at. I know employees enjoyed the efforts she made especially at Christmas to do something “extra” for the folks she say everyday. Thank you for the memory! Sue (daughter)
To Kim, Harold and Sue
It is with great sorrow that Vicki and I hear of the loss of your Mom. Yes, she is now with Harry your Dad. I’ll never forget them following all of your basketball games and being my favorite parents. They ever complained one bit. God Bless your whole family. Last time we saw Martha she was getting out of her car to go to bingo at the Eagles Club. She was such an active woman. I would sometimes cross her path at Shurfine and we would talk a bit there. What a pleasant lady. RIP Martha . You will be sadly missed by ALL who knew you.
My Mom and Dad spent many an hour on hard bleachers following the kids in their basketball careers. I also remember attending many a baseball game in the summer when Harold played little league. And yes, Mom and I went to the Eagles Club on Thursdays for dinner and Bingo. And she NEVER got out of Shurfine without running into someone she knew! Mom never met a stranger. Sue
Want to send my sincere condolences to Sue, Harold and Kim. I will surely miss her at exercise and bingo. Didn’t know her for long but knew she was a great lady!
Rest in peace
Sharon, thank you for the thoughts! Sue (daughter)
Yes Ginger, bingo is not the same without my mom visiting with you and asking the same questions each week. God bless you for your continued patience to answer the same questions each week!
Sue, Harold & Kim,
Was so sorry to hear about your moms passing. All through the years, she was like a second mom to me. If I wasn’t home, I was at your house! Your mom always had a chicken in the fridge from Lewis’s Market! She was truly a special lady and a good conversationalist, which I dearly loved about her. I hope you will find comfort in all the good memories you had with her. She will be missed by many…Love and comfort to you all.
Gwen, Where do I start! Yes, our families sure spent a lot of times together. I don’t remember mom getting chickens from Lewis’s Market, but I do remember one time, that you were up to the house and she had a whole chicken and was cutting it up, and not sure you had seen that before. (Is my memory correct on that??) Love you like a sister! Sue
It is with great sorry to hear of Aunt Marty’s sudden passing. She was a great woman who never knew a stranger. She and Harry embraced me back into the Mong family after being apart for many years. Explaining to me the family history and welcoming my family to the reunions. Our hearts and prayers go out to Harold, Sue, and Kim at this time of great loss. Her time on this earth is done and she is free to live in happiness with Harry again. RIP wonderful woman.
Dan, What fun times we had over the years at “Mong” reunions on the river at Hemlock. It’s been really hard the last 5 years or so, to realize so many of the “Mong’s” are gone, and that our family is shrinking! I remember many a trip to Akron for funerals for Great Aunt and Great Uncles (Aunt Nora, Uncle Howard, Uncle Jim, etc). At one of them, a comment was made that we need to stop getting together only for funerals. (That discussion must have included Buck, Uncle Clint and my Dad.) I was in 5th or 6th grade at the time. It wasn’t long before we started going to the 100 acres in Tionesta for “family gatherings” or everyone came to Hemlock, to spend time on the river. Wonderful memories. We miss seeing you, but so happy you have a new life in Florida!! Love ya, Sue
We will miss Marty’s constant presence on Riverside Drive. She always had a smile and a kind word. She never had a bad day! I would glance over while I was working in the yard and she would be working in her yard. In this way we were kindred spirits. As a newbie to the Hemlock community, it was comforting to know that she was always there and so very approachable. She is now as angel watching over all of us.
Mom commented several times, that she was the last of the “old” ones left in Hemlock. Mom moved to Hemlock in 1958 when she married Dad. She was so happy that when she downsized, that she was still able to live on the river. She never imagined it would be at the other end of the eddy. She sat on her swing by the hour watching river activity, or she was out on her mower!