Mar 17, 2021
AUSTINTOWN Jean M. Puhalla, 88, passed away peacefully early Saturday afternoon, March 13, 2021, at Hospice House, with her family by her side.
Jean was born Jan. 31, 1933, in Warren, a daughter of the late Leo Schatzel and Edith Stein Schatzel, and lived her life in this area.
She was a graduate of St. Mary Elementary School and of St. Mary High School, both in Warren, and later in life was a 1986 graduate of Youngstown State University, earning a bachelor’s degree in applied science.
A loving wife, mother and homemaker, Jean worked outside the home as a medical technologist at Salem Hospital for 15 years, and for Van Huffel Tube Co. in Warren in the accounting department for five years.