Betty Ann Rhodes, 86, of Monongahela, died Wednesday, March 27, 2024, at Grandview Estates in Elizabeth. She was born April 15, 1937, in New Eagle, the daughter of Frank B. and Ann Zuranski O’Lexa. Betty was employed by the Ringgold School District in the dietary department. She later retired from Mon Valley Hospital’s dietary department in 2001. She was a licensed cosmetologist, having attended the Pittsburgh Beauty Academy. Betty owned and operated her own in-home salon, Bobette’s Boutique, since the early 1980s. Betty was a member of St. Andrew the Apostle Parish and a very spiritual woman. She enjoyed playing cards with the girls from the club and spending time with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She is survived by three sons, David Rhodes of Monongahela, Dennis (Tracy) Rhodes of Sarasota, Fla., and Dan Rhodes of Pittsburgh; daughter, Patricia (David) Suydam of New Bloomfield; eight grandchildren, Erin Suydam, Brian (Fiona) Suydam, Brandon Suydam, Katherine (Jon) Koop, Jacqueline (Ken) Harper, Kelly (Slavic) Kolomiychenko, Kristy (Eric) Petersen and Tim (Hannah) Nixon; nine great-grandchildren, Blake and Hailey Richards, Eli and Thomas Suydam, Timothy Nixon, Sierra and Luke Harper, and Cole and Grant Petersen. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Robert E. Rhodes; four brothers, Frank O’Lexa Jr. and John, Ronald and Robert O’Lexa; and a sister, Ruth Cutright. Friends will be received from 9 to 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, April 2, 2024, at FRYE FUNERAL HOME INC., 427 W. Main St., Monongahela. Funeral prayers will begin at 10:30 a.m., followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 11 a.m. at St. Andrew the Apostle Parish, Monongahela. Interment will follow in Mon Valley Memorial Park, Donora. Memorial contributions may be made to St. Andrew the Apostle Parish Food Bank, 772 W. Main St., Monongahela, PA 15063. Expressions of sympathy may be made to the family at www.fryefuneralhome.com.
