Obituary of Marjory H. Sgroi

Marjory Sgroi (née Harlan), age 87, wife of George McKnight of Orchard Park, died Wednesday, October 25 at Orchard Heights Senior Living. She is survived by her daughter Victoria (Michael) Carlin and their children, Maxwell and Elizabeth of Riva, Maryland and her sister, June (Melvin) Booher of Hubbard, Ohio. She is also survived by George's children Timothy, Holly (David) Clark, Laurel Windrum, Kristen (Mark) Stephens, David, Brian (Kenneth) McKnight and his many grandchildren and great grandchildren. Marjory was preceded in death by her parents, Charles and Helen (Ashton) Harlan and her husbands' Salvatore L. Sgroi (father of Victoria) and Peter E. Geis. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Alzheimer's Foundation of America at https://alzfdn.org. Marjory had a successful professional career with Westinghouse, rising from an assistant in the East Pittsburgh plant in the 1950s to Vice President and Controller at West Valley Nuclear Services at the time of her retirement. She accomplished this while being a single mother to Victoria and attending night school at the University of Pittsburgh and obtaining her degree in Accounting. After her retirement, she started Ashton-Drye Associates with her friend Joan Drye Stipetic, providing custom European tours for family groups and non-profit associations and greatly enjoyed the research and travel. She was also an avid fan of the Arts and Crafts movement, a supporter of the Roycroft Renaissance and board member of the Foundation for the Study of Arts and Crafts at Roycroft. Marjory was a wonderful wife, mother, grandmother, worker, mentor and friend and will be greatly missed in her family and friends' lives.