Patricia Marie Franks

Patricia Marie Franks died peacefully on Monday, September 14, 2026, at the age of 90. At the time of her death she was a resident of Paramount Senior Living in Peters Township, Pennsylvania, having previously lived in Greensburg and Bridgeville. No cause of death has been made public in any of the reports available, and her family's obituary did not describe the circumstances of her passing beyond noting that she died peacefully.

Her death was announced through an obituary arranged by Pittsburgh Cremation and Funeral Care, serving Peters Township, and it was subsequently carried by The Valley News Dispatch. The notice named her surviving children, Janet Bucciarelli, Katharine Larkin and Robert Franks, along with her six grandchildren and two great grandsons, and noted that she had been predeceased by her parents, her husband of 58 years Robert S. Franks, her younger sister Margaret Adamcik, and an infant granddaughter, Avery Franks.

Public tributes have so far come mainly through the guestbook and condolence pages attached to her obituary listings rather than through wider public commentary, consistent with her having been a private individual rather than a public figure. Her family described her as someone who made those around her feel valued and who brought people together, and it is in those personal terms that she has been remembered publicly so far.

A Catholic memorial Mass in her honor is scheduled to be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, September 25, 2026, at St. Benedict the Abbot Church in McMurray, Pennsylvania. In lieu of flowers, her family asked that donations be directed to the Children's Museum of Pittsburgh or to the Baker Center for Children and Families, two organizations described in her obituary as close to the family's heart.

Daughter of John and Helen Palyo, Patricia married Robert S. Franks and shared fifty eight years with him. She lived in Greensburg and Bridgeville before her later years at Paramount Senior Living in Peters Township.

She was known for noticing both small details and big moments, for cooking meals that sent people home with leftovers, and for a warm, sometimes mischievous spirit that made others feel valued.

She took special joy in being Grammy to six grandchildren and two great grandsons, and is survived by daughters Janet and Katharine and son Robert.

She died peacefully on 14 September 2026, aged 90. A memorial Mass is set for 25 September 2026 at St. Benedict the Abbott Church in McMurray, with private interment at Queen of Heaven Mausoleum.