Clementine May Steighner of Forestville went home to our Heavenly Father on Thursday after a 25-year battle with multiple myeloma.

She obliterated her odds of survival with a boundless energy and fierce will to survive. She lived for her family, who she worried about far more than she did her own self.

Clementine was born May 9, 1932, the first child of Frank and Angeline Colosimo, who preceded her in death.

She is survived by her husband, Louis “Corky” Steighner of Slippery Rock; two sons, Don Kelly of Slavutych, Ukraine, and Todd Kelly and his wife, Sandra, of Rio Rancho, N.M.; four grandchildren, Abigail Inloes-Kelly of Fort Collins, Colo., Brier Kelly of Butte, Mont., and Aiden and Mason Kelly of Phoenix, Ariz.; her sisters, Rose Vengilio of Rocky Point, N.Y., and Jane Colosimo of Grove City; her brothers, Thomas Colosimo and his wife, Elva, of Boyers and Frank Colosimo Jr. and his wife, Judy of Renfrew; nieces, Tammy Ritts and Alisha Ellis; nephews, Mark Colosimo and Louis, Paul and John Vengilio; and a number of great-nieces and great-nephews.

She was also preceded in death by her nephew, Frank “Frankie” Colosimo III.

She thanks her husband, “Corky,” for his unfailing love and devotion through thick and thin, for better or worse, over the past 26 years as well as their annual rite of wintering in the warm climes of Florida. They were married Oct. 21, 1989.

Clem and Corky were longtime members of St. Anthony Catholic Church in Forestville where she sang alto in the choir. She thanks the members of her beloved choir for getting her windows washed when she could no longer do it herself and Lorrain for singing “How Great Thou Art,” “Hallelujah” and “Amazing Grace” at her bedside.

She loved music and could play popular songs and hymns at the piano. She was a past accompanist and choir member at the Forestville United Methodist Church.

Clem had a recurring dream throughout her life of being on stage in a great concert hall, performing in front of a large audience.

She retired in 1992 after earning a stellar reputation as a hard worker and an expert in her field as a claims examiner for the U.S. Office of Personnel Management.

She wanted to thank her sister, Rose, and nephew, Paul, for one last visit this past August.

She thanks Jane for the strength of their sisterly bond, and her brothers and their wives, to whom she was affectionately known as “Poochie,” for bringing in hot meals and doing household chores, when it became too difficult for her to do herself.

She particularly thanks her niece, Tammy Ritts, who she loved like a daughter, for her countless selfless efforts over the years and her ability to light up a room.

She also thanks Donald S. Kelly and his wife, Dianna, for their kind care in bringing in hot meals too, and for the many visits, phone calls and concerns for her well being.

She thanks her sister-in-law, Becky Shearer of Butler, Helen Eshelman of Grove City, Marianne Payne of Grove City, Kay and Bill Magee of Butler and especially Sue and Mark Shultz of Grove City, for their countless trips to the grocery store and doctors offices and holding a round-the-clock vigil at her bedside during her final days.

She thanks her doctors and nurses, who by their wisdom and skill were vital to her living an extra quarter century.

Even though she never met the children of her daughter-in-law, Sandra, Danita, Leroy and her grandson, Ethan, she loved each one of them from across the miles.

If you look up “unconditional” in the dictionary, you could find no better definition than the example of unconditional love she had for her family.

In her more than 83 years on this Earth, she deeply impacted the meaning of love for all those who knew her. She was a survivor of the highest caliber, and her will to live inspired all who knew her.

Her legacy remains alive in her children and grandchildren, Abigail, Brier, Aiden and Mason, who are odds beaters themselves.

When all is said and done, Clementine believed in Jesus Christ as her Lord and Savior, and today we are assured to be together again in heaven.

You are deeply missed.

Rest in peace beloved mother.

STEIGHNER — A Mass of Christian burial for Clementine May Steighner, who died Thursday, Sept. 17, 2015, is set for 10 a.m. Friday at St. Anthony Catholic Church, Forestville.Funeral arrangements are entrusted to the Geibel Funeral Home, Butler.