Dorothy P. “Dotty” Lucas, 79, of Mars died Saturday morning at UPMC Passavant Hospital in McCandless Township.

Born in Chicora on June 14, 1935, she was the daughter of the late Francis and Elizabeth Hunsberger Ford.

Dotty had worked as a hostess for the Pines Tavern in Gibsonia for 14 years.

She was a member of St. Kilian Church, where she was a member and past president of the Christian Mothers. She had been active with the Girl and Boy Scouts, the Mars AARP and the Mars Senior Center.

Surviving are her husband, Joseph R. Lucas, who she married on May 25, 1957; three daughters, Elaine Gray and her husband, Allen, of Canonsburg, Laurel Leitzel and her husband, Matthew, of Mechanicsburg and Catherine Baxter of Mars; one son, Joseph E. Lucas of Greensburg; her grandchildren, William, Nathaniel and Christopher Baxter, Lucas and Joshua Gray and Jonathan Leitzel; and her great-granddaughter, Peyton Baxter. She also is survived by nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by three sisters, Mary McCall, Irene Porter and Henrietta Doctor, and one brother, Francis Ford.

LUCAS — Friends of Dorothy P. “Dotty” Lucas, who died Saturday, July, 5, 2014, will be received at the McDonald-Aeberli Funeral Home, 238 Crowe Ave., Mars, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. SundayA funeral mass is being planned for 10:00 a.m. Monday at St. Kilian Church.Burial will be in the National Cemetery of the Alleghenies, Bridgeville.Memorials may be made to St. Vincent DePaul Society c/o St. Kilian Church, 7076 Franklin Road, Cranberry Township, PA 16066.Directions and condolences are available at www.mcdonald-aeberli.com.