Anna Mae Carpenter

Anna, also kown as Bunny was a loving wife and mother. She devoted her life to her husband, Andy, and raising her family. She was a wonderful home maker, cook, and role model. Always putting others needs above her own, she raised her children to be respectful, caring, and loyal. She taught us to be patient, kind, and compassionate. She worked hard all her life to make a home that we all felt safe, secure,and happy to be part of. She had a wonderful sense of humor, was generous to all and gave guidence to many. She touched so many lives in so many ways. Anyone who knew her will never forget her beautiful smile and thoughtful nature. She never thought of herself as helpless, weak of growing old. She had a youthful spirit and was young at heart and mind. She had many interests over the years, taking dancing and music classes, real estate course,reading, crocheting, sewing,home improvement, playing cards, and building puzzles with the fammily and later in life she enjoyed relaxing and gaming establishments with her children.

Anna was born, Anna May Oprisko, daughter of Michael and Olga on October 18,1930, in her childhood home in Ambridge, PA. She was the oldest of five children and had two brothers, Sam and Raymond, and two sisters, Elizabeth and Mary. She was a beautiful, spirited girl who was full of life. She was outgoing and adventurous as she left Pennsylvania and moved to washington D.C. with her Aunt Jean, where she worked as a waitress and met and married her future husband, Andrew. They returned to Ambridge where they lived and raised six children, Andrew, Anabel, Darlene, Susan, Michael, and Joan. Anna was a wonderful mother and homemaker. She also had a few jobs outside the home over the years, she was a cook at Isley's, she volenteered at the Sportsman's Club, worked at Holiday Inn, and Holmes Hospital.

She was thrilled with the birth of each of the 23 grandchildren, Andrew, Amy, Ralph, Christine, George, Rene, eric, Christopher, Elizabeth, Jennifer, Kathryn, Alyson, Lewis, Jessica, Jeffery, Shawn, Michael,Thomas,Joseph, Alisha , Daniel, Candice, and Richard. She was just as happy about the births of 26 great-grandchildren, Sierra, Sierra, Tristan, Travis, William, Christopher, William,Cheyenne, Taylor, Andrew, Danielle, Emily , Alyssa, Alexandra, Luca, Skylar, Shaina, Monica, Anika, Joseph, Micheal, Channing, Zander, Kairi, Nadiya, and Andrew.Last, she was able to view a picture of her recently born great great-grandson, Malakai.

She was very pleased and proud to have such a large family that loved her so much. She always watched out for the children and did whatever she could to give assistance in any way. She was very respected and appreciated by all. Anna will be missed extremely and be thought of lovingly always and forever.