Mary Frances "Beansie" Bystry

Mary Frances "Beansie" Bystry, 91, of Carmichaels, Pa., passed away at 9:20 A.M. on Wednesday, November 18, 2020 at Waynesburg Health and Rehabilitation Center, Waynesburg, Pa. She was born July 8, 1929 in Nemacolin, Pa., a daughter of the late Eugene F. and Helen C. (Lewandowsky) Roller. Mrs. Bystry was a 1947 graduate of Cumberland Township High School and resided in Cumberland Township most of her life. She was a member of the St. Matthias Parish at St. Hugh in Carmichaels, Cumberland American Legion Post 400 Women's Auxiliary and was a charter member of the Greene Academy of Art. Mrs. Bystry had worked at the Berkowitz, Greenway Manufacturing and Flushing Shirt Factories retiring in 1991. On November 27, 1948, she married Andrew Bystry, Sr., who died May 26, 2010. Mrs. Bystry often spoke of her husband, Andy, as if they fell in love just the day before.

Surviving are two sons, Andrew Bystry, Jr. (Pamela) of Aliquippa, Pa. and David Bystry of Mentor, Ohio; a daughter, Patricia A. Plummer of Greensboro, Pa.; eight grandchildren, Christopher Plummer, Thomas Plummer, Stacy Bystry, Jason Bystry, Michael Bystry (Dolly), Matthew Bystry, Marc Bystry and Mitchell Bystry; six great grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.

Family and friends are welcome from 6 P.M. to 8 P.M. on Friday in the Yoskovich Funeral Home, Carmichaels, Pa.

Social distancing and face masks will be required inside the funeral home .

Additional visitation will take place from 9:30 A.M. until 10:30 A.M., the time of a blessing service in the funeral home on Saturday, November 21, 2020.

A Mass of the Resurrection will follow at 11:00 A.M. on Saturday at the St. Matthias Parish at St. Hugh, Carmichaels with the Rev. J. Francis Frazer as celebrant.

Interment will follow at Greene County Memorial Park.

A vigil service will be held at 7:30 P.M. on Friday in the funeral home.

The family suggests that memorial contributions be made to the Greene Academy of Art, P.O. Box 309, Carmichaels, PA 15320.