Janet Rae Matteucci

She was born November 22, 1929 in Allison, a daughter of the late Orville “Skinny” and Mary Zivny Welling.

Mrs. Matteucci grew up in Mather and graduated from Jefferson High School in 1947.

On April 5, 1949 she married Renardo A. Matteucci, who died April 24, 1994.

After her marriage she lived most of her life in Rices Landing where she and her husband owned and operated R.A. Matteucci Beer Distributor for forty years. She had also worked in her husband’s Jefferson Township Tax Office for twelve years.

Janet and her husband were active in many veterans, fraternal, and civic organizations in Greene County.

She was a member of the former St. Thomas/St. Marcellus Roman Catholic Church and the Catholic Women’s Guild, a former President of the Town and Country Garden Club of Rices Landing, a member of the American Legion Auxiliary Unit #816 of Rices Landing, the Dry Tavern Card Club for over fifty years, the Brownsville Sons of Italy Rosa Garibaldi Lodge, the Greene County Country Club, the Jessop Boat Club, and the former member of the Community Foundation of Greene County, who administers the Renardo Matteucci Family Scholarship Fund at the Jefferson-Morgan High School.

Janet enjoyed traveling and did so extensively throughout the United States, Asia, Australia, Africa and Europe. She traveled with her husband and later alone or with each of her daughters, and with each of her eleven grandchildren. She also enjoyed dancing to “Big Band” music, playing cards, her garden and socializing with her family and friends and telling stories.

She has spent the last few years at Redstone Highlands Senior Community in North Huntingdon, where she enjoyed making a lot of new friends, playing cards, Wii bowling, shooting pool, serving on various committees and still telling her stories.

Surviving are four daughters, Reneé Matteucci of Millsboro, DE, Richelle Marini of Dry Tavern, Regina Davis and her husband Keith of North Huntingdon, and Robin Matteucci of Leesburg, VA. Also surviving are eleven grandchildren; she was a very proud grandma of Megan (Jeremy) Smith, Rennie (Sarah) Barchiesi, Marc (Jamie), Nick, Dane (Lisa Vetere) Marini, Elizabeth (Jesús) Torres, Hilary Davis, Brecken, Marek, Reid, and Gillian Auchterlonie; and five great grandchildren, William and Alexander Smith, Leo and Lucy Marini and Isla Torres.

Deceased are a sister, Hazel Muscavitch, four brothers, Richard Welling, Jessie Welling, Frank Welling and Thomas Welling.

Friends will be received from 1 to 6 p.m. on Sunday, January 5, 2020, in the Behm Funeral Home, 1477 Jefferson Rd., Jefferson, PA 15344, Gregory P. Rohanna, supervisor, where a Blessing Service will be held on Monday, January 6, 2020 at 10:30 am, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 11:00 am in St. Matthias Parish, St. Marcellus Worship site, Jefferson, PA, with Fr. J. Francis Frazer officiating. Entombment will follow in Greene County Memorial Park, Waynesburg. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to the Renardo Matteucci Family Scholarship Fund, Community Foundation of Greene County, 108 E. High St., Waynesburg, PA 15370, www.cfgcpa.org. Condolences may be expressed online at www.behm-funeralhomes.com.