Rebecca H. “Becky” Connor
Age 97, of Penn Hills, passed away peacefully, Sunday, March 30, 2025. Wife of the late Dr. Samuel A. Connor, Sr.; mother of Robert Connor, Mary Alice (Gary) Taylor, Maggie (Denis) Deet, Becky Sue (Michael) Papurello, and the late Samuel A. Connor, Jr.; grandmother of Lauren (Josh Nohle) Taylor, Rebecca Taylor, Emily (Brian Weichert) Deet, Mary Susan (Aaron) Pickering, and Katelyn (Brian) Toth; great-grandmother of Cameron and Ellie Pickering. She is the last surviving of twelve children to the late Robert and Sarah Jackson. Also survived by numerous nieces and nephews. Rebecca was a proud United States Navy Flight Nurse. She worked for many years at the Highland Drive VA as a nurse. She was very involved in the Penn Hills Service Association and the Saint Susanna Ladies of Charity for many years. Her most outstanding trait was that she loved and cared for everyone. In lieu of flowers, please consider a memorial donation to the VA Medical Center, 1010 Delafield Rd., Pittsburgh, PA 15215 Attn: Center for Development and Civic Engagement 118V-A.
Friends received at William F. Gross Funeral Home 11735 Frankstown Rd. (at Rodi Rd.), Penn Hills on Thursday, April 3, 2025 from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. Funeral Prayers will be held at the funeral home on Friday, April 4. 2025 at 9:30 a.m. followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at Christ the Divine Shepherd Parish St. Susanna Church, 200 Stotler Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15235 at 10 a.m.