Clementine McKenna Schofield died Saturday June 2, 2018. Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, she and her late husband, William J. Schofield III, who passed in 2005, raised a family of eight in Glenshaw, PA.
Clem was a woman ahead of her time. In 1944, she graduated from Carnegie Tech (now Carnegie Mellon University) in Pittsburgh. She went on to Pennsylvania State University for a Masters in textiles and clothing. After a year in Wales, UK following World War II, she returned to the United States and taught at Rutgers University and then Carnegie Tech. For many years while living in Glenshaw, she was a committed supporter of the Salvation Army and Shaler Area Activities for the Handicapped. In 2010, Mrs. Schofield moved to Annapolis, MD, where she lived until her death.
Mrs. Schofield was the loving mother of Michael (Gina) Schofield, Elizabeth (Tom) Slear and James (Ramona) Schofield of Annapolis, Maryland, Mary (Piers) Forsyth of Gerrards Cross, England, Margaret Schofield of Charlotte, North Carolina, Catherine (Gene) Taylor of Manhattan, Kansas, Barbara Flannery of Blandon, Pennsylvania, and Edward (Janet) Schofield of Maumee, Ohio. She had 32 grandchildren.
A funeral mass will be celebrated at 9:00 am on Wednesday June 6, at St. John Neumann Catholic Church, 620 N. Bestgate Rd, Annapolis, MD 21401. She will be laid to rest at 12 pm on Thursday June 7 at the family plot alongside her beloved husband Bill, her parents and siblings at the Calvary Cemetery, 718 Hazelwood Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15217. In lieu of sending flowers, the family requests that donations be made to the Salvation Army.
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