Elvira Mazza Roth passes away

Long-time Monongah High teacher Elvira Mazza Roth, Class of 1944, passed away Thursday, April 26.

Her brother, John Mazza, Class of 1948, lives in Cocoa Beach, Florida.

Her sister, Teresa Mazza Slamick, Class of 1941, Carmella Mazza Davis, Class of 1942, and Jimmy Mazza, Class of 1946, predeceased her.

Their parents were Domenick and Genevieve Casuccio Mazza.

There was a Mazza’s Grocery in Everson.

Diana Conner Alger, Class of 1972, who lives in Bryantown, Maryland and was in Hutchinson during her Monongah High days, wrote:

“One of my favorite teachers at MHS. She got me started on my path to becoming a CPA."

Diana was at the 2012 Monongah High Alumni Reunion in Fairmont. 

The dozens of similar tributes to Elvira "Pete" on Facebook speak volumes about what a fantastic teacher she was at Monongah High, which has a long history or great instructors.

Elvira's obituary:

Elvira "Pete" Barbara Mazza Roth

April 8, 1926 ~ April 26, 2018 (age 92)

Elvira “Pete” Barbara Mazza Roth, 92, of Fairmont passed away Thursday morning April 26, 2018 at Fairmont Health and Rehabilitation. She was born in Everson  on April 8, 1926 daughter of the late Domenick and Genevieve Casuccio Mazza.

Elvira retired from the Marion County Board of Education. She taught Business Education for 28 years at Monongah High School and Marion County Vo-Tech Center.  She graduated from Monongah High School and West Virginia University. She was a member of the West Virginia retired school employees, Life member of the Marion County Senior Citizens and the Sunshine Chapter – Multiple Sclerosis support group.

Elvira was a member of St. Peter the Fisherman Catholic Church and formerly attended the Newman Center, and was a member of the Catholic Daughters of America Court Joan of Arc 341.

She is survived by one son and daughter-in-law, David and Deborah Lovett Roth of Fairmont, and one daughter and son-in-law, LeeAnn and Greg Narog, all of Fairmont, and one granddaughter, Mariah Roth. She is also survived by one brother, John Mazza, of Cocoa Beach, Florida.

In addition to her parents she is preceded in death by her husband Jerome Leo Roth, one infant son Charles Michael Roth, and one infant daughter Mary Roth, one brother James Mazza, and two sisters Teresa Slamick and Carmella Davis.

Friends may call on Sunday from 1-8:00 p.m. at Ross Funeral Home 801 Fairmont Avenue Fairmont. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Monday, at 10:00 a.m. at St. Peter the Fisherman Catholic Church with Fr. Joseph Konikattil as celebrant. Interment will follow at Mt. Carmel Cemetery.

Condolences may be sent to www.rossfh.com .