Portrait of Alice Stella Reinhart
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Alice Stella Reinhart

October 23, 1929 – July 19, 2021
Lived 91 years
Homestead Cemetery · Munhall, Pennsylvania
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Alice S. (Podlaski) Reinhart, age 91, of West Homestead, peacefully passed away on July 19, 2021. Alice was the daughter of the late John and Mary (Ciarkowski) Podlaski and the wife of the late John E. Reinhart. Besides her parents and her husband, she was preceded in death by her sister Helen Vehec and her brother John A. Podlaski. Alice is survived by her children, Matthew (Andrea) Harkins, Lynn (Ken) Smith and Marion (Jason) Webster. She was the beloved grandma to Chris Harkins, Jen (Gene) Poeppert, Katie Smith, Wyatt and Miranda Webster. Her grandchildren were her pride and joy and she loved them so very much. Alice worked for PPG Industries and Masterworks as a bookkeeper, clerk and manager from 1947 until her retirement in 1995 at locations in Homestead, McKeesport and Mt. Lebanon. She was a devout catholic who loved her church, St. Maximilian Kolbe Parish in Homestead, very much. Besides her children and grandchildren. Alice is also survived by many nieces, nephews, cousins, friends and her fur grand babies, Dixie, Buddy and Toby. She will be greatly missed. Rest in Peace. We all love you very much. Friends received at the William R. Welsh Funeral Home, 309 East 10th Avenue, Homestead on Wednesday 1:00 to 9:00 PM. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at at St. Thomas the Apostle - St. Maximilian Kolbe Church, Homestead, on Thursday 10:00 AM, with Fr. E. Daniel Sweeney officiating. In leu of flowers, the family has requested donations sent to St. Maximilian Kolbe in her name as per her wishes. Interment Homestead Cemetery.

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1929
Born October 23
1929
Mom’s Birth Certificate
1939
Alice was 10 when World War II began in Europe
1945
Alice was 16 when the war in Europe ended on V-E Day
1958
Alice was 29 when the Hula Hoop craze swept the country
1969
Mom’s Marriage Certificate to John
1969
Alice was 40 when the Woodstock music festival opened
1977
Alice was 48 when Elvis Presley died
1982
Alice was 53 when "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" opened in theaters
1998
Alice was 69 when Google was founded
2004
Alice was 75 when Facebook was launched
2017
Alice was 88 when "Fortnite" became a video game phenomenon
2020
Alice was 91 when SpaceX launched astronauts into orbit for the first time
2021
Mom’s Death Certificate
2021
Jen’s Eulogy to Grandma
2021
Passed away July 19, age 91
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To My Grandma

My grandma was a one-of-a-kind woman who I will forever miss dearly. She was always there for me and I know that she continues to look down on me from Heaven. I love you Grandma..till we see each other again one day ❤️.

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