Dorothy Jean (Rhodaback) Kostelac

Dorothy Jean  (Rhodaback) Kostelac, 99, of Brownstown, Fayette City joined the Lord May 19th 2025 from complications of Alzheimer’s Disease.   A daughter of the late Steve and Emma (Webb) Rhodaback. Dorothy was born at home on May 2, 1926 in the same home in which she passed.

A lifelong resident of Brownstown, she was the oldest living member of the First Christian Church of Fayette City, where she served as Sunday School treasurer and trustee. 
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her late husband, Thomas Kostelac, one brother Gerald Rhodaback, one sister Mavis Bertiaux and an infant brother.
She is survived by one brother-in-law Nicholas Kostelac of Monesson, PA;  nieces and nephew: Marion (Shaw) Tootsey of Frederick, MD, Patricia (Shaw) Maxwell of Hanover, PA, nephew James Shaw of Frankford, DE, Diane (George) Shaw of Fayette City, PA, Matthew Kostelac and Susan Turkovich of Bedford, PA, Yvette Kostelac of Carlisle, PA; great nieces  and nephews: Laura Lees of Baltimore, MD, Beth Hogg of Taneytown, MD, Mark Tootsey of Mount Airy, MD,  Frank Maxwell of Fairfield, PA, G. Scott Shaw of Columbia, MD, Julie (Shaw) Muro of Frederick, MD, John Shaw of  Greensburg, PA, Jason Shaw of   Belle Vernon, PA,  Ryan Shaw of Fayette City, PA and many  great- great and great-great-great nieces and nephews.
Friends will be received on Friday June 6th from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM in the Eley- McCrory Funeral Home Inc. 334 Main Street Fayette City. A funeral service will be held on Saturday, June  7th at 10:00 am in the First Christian Church, 316 2nd St., Fayette City, PA 15438 with retired Rev. Wayne Boring officiating.
Interment will follow in the Belle Vernon Cemetery. 
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the  First Christian Church in memory of Dorothy J. Kostelac.

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