Mary Emma Horgan

Mary E. Horgan, 78, of Beaver Falls, passed away at home, surrounded by her family Thursday, August 14, 2025.

Born May 6, 1947, in Beaver Falls, she is the daughter of the late Clarence and Hughannie J. (Gehring) Young.  She attendedBeaver Falls High School, Mary was known for her warmth, devotion to family, and her quiet joy in life’s simple pleasures.  Mary was retired from Armstrong World Industries, where she was an inspector after 30 plus years.  She was a proud member of the New Brighton Croatian Club and Eagles, where she cherished the friendships and camaraderie shared there. She had a love for bingo and the familiar faces it brought together, often finding joy in the games and the stories exchanged. Her true happiness, however, was found at home and around the table. Family dinners were sacred to Mary—especially during the holidays and on Thursday nights, which became a tradition of laughter, conversation, and love.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Andrew J. Horgan, brothers, Junior, Ronald, Thomas Young and Melvin Parsons; sisters, Betty Jean Udell, Veda Senior, Susan Hickman, two grandchildren, Burton W. Claypool and Andrew B. Harris, a great granddaughter, Amilya J. Young.

Mary is survived by a son, John (Linda) McKenzie, Sr.; daughters, Lisa DeBaker, Kellie (Russell) Claypool, Dana (Larry) Norman, Krista (Fred) Brandenburg; brothers, Robert Young, Louis “Butch” Young and Maryann Dreyer, John (Dianna) Young, David (Sandy) Parsons, Jay (Karen) Parsons; sister Ardell (Bill) Watson, grandchildren, John, Britni, Cody, Jesse, Kory McKenzie, Brandon (Erin) Young, Shyanne (Jason) Adams, Eli DeBaker, Robert Harris, Mary Claypool, William(Leeanna) Norman, Ian and Lake Brandenburg, great grandchildren, Remington McKenzie, Ryden and Renson Soppick, Isabelle Young, Finn Adams, Bryson and Brooke Harris, Hope Davis, Robert, Shawna, and Sophie Claypool, Ethan Herschbach, Koda Riffle, Raylan Norman, and two more coming in 2026, a host of nieces and nephews, special nieces, Shenandoah Hoskinson, Penny Clawson, longtime friends, Gerri Brown and Gloria Parsons.

Friends will be received Thursday, August 21, 2025 from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. in J&J Spratt Funeral Home, 1612 Third Ave, New Brighton. Additional viewing will be held Friday, August 22, 2025 in the funeral home from 10 a.m. until time of Mary’s Celebration of Life service at 11 a.m.  Chaplain Thomas Whipple, officiating.

A luncheon of fellowship at the New Brighton Croatian Club will follow.