Paula Cole

Paula Jean Cole, 65, of Connoquenessing passed away Saturday.

Born on Sept. 11, 1948, in Sewickley, she was the daughter of the late David Paul and Dolores (Morsillo) Wilson.

Paula was a faithful member of the St. John Lutheran Church in Mars for more than 40 years, where she taught Bible study and Sunday school and sang in the choir.

A 1966 graduate of Beaver High School, Paula went on to attend the Sewickley Valley School of X-Ray Technology and worked for Doctors On Call as an X-ray technician.

She was the district chairman for the Keystone Tall Tree Girl Scout Council in Brookville, and was awarded the Thanks Badge, which is the highest honor awarded to an adult Girl Scout leader.

Paula volunteered and supported numerous other charitable organizations that greatly helped the community and those in need. She will be dearly missed and lovingly remembered.

She is survived by her beloved husband of more than 40 years, Harry J. Cole; two children, Sherry Chupka and her husband, Brian, of Butler and Jennifer Cole of Butler; a brother, Scotty Wilson and his companion, Carol Witt, of Cranberry Township; an uncle, Pat Morsillo and his wife, Helen, of Middleburg, Ohio; her aunts, Irene Morsillo of Ambridge and Marie Gaborko of Butler; two nieces, Paula Jean and Penny Wilson, and four grandchildren, Andy, Trevor and Vincent Chupka, and Alex Cole.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a brother, David Wilson; an uncle, James Morsillo, and an aunt, Angie Falduto.

Cole — The family of Paula Jean Cole, who passed away Saturday, Aug. 9, 2014, will welcome friends from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the Boylan Funeral Home, 116 E. Main St., Evans City.A funeral ceremony will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at St. John Lutheran Church, 420 Beaver St., Mars. Friends are asked to please meet at the church. Paula will be laid to rest at Butler County Memorial Park.If desired, memorial contributions may be made in her honor in support of a charity of the donor's choice.Expressions of sympathy may be shared with Paula's family at www.boylanfuneralhome.com.