Colleen Morgan Salai passes away

Colleen Delvera Morgan Salai, Class of 1948, passed away Wednesday, June 12.

She was the widow of Frank Salai. Their children are another Frank Salai, Class of 1973; Garnett Mickey Salai Satterfield, Class of 1967; Debra Salai Rush, Class of 1975; and 1982 North Marion graduate Bryan Salai.

Colleen Morgan Salai

There's also a Jim Salai, Class of 1966, among Salai MHS graduates.

Donald Kerns, who attended Monongah High before graduating from North Marion in 1982, remembers “spending many times in the Salai home. She was a very nice lady.”

Colleen’s obituary:

Colleen Delvera Salai

January 27, 1930 - June 12, 2019

Colleen Delvera Salai, 89, passed away on Wednesday, June 12, 2019. She was born January 27, 1930, daughter of the late Dale Earnest Morgan and Georgia Harter Morgan.

Colleen was a loving mother, sister, and grandmother. She graduated from Monongah High School in 1948. She was employed by Sears at the Middletown Mall, Mosebach Electric, and Middletown Mall House of Cards.

Colleen is survived by her children, Mickey (Michael) Satterfield, Frank (Sherry) Salai, Debbie (Jack) Rush, and Bryan (Catherine) Salai; grandchildren, Cami (Jody) Handlan, John McDougal, Clay Satterfield, Andrew Rush, Rebecca (Benjamin) Ratliff, Alexander Salai and fiancée Amy Zembroksi, and Victoria Salai; great grandchildren, Tristan, Brendan, Joslyn, Haleigh, Nicholas, and Eliana; great great grandchildren, David, Oliver, Tyler, Desmond and Lennox;  a sister-in-law, Carol Hosmer Morgan; a brother-in-law, Ralph Eugene Fouse; and many loved nieces and nephews.

In addition to her parents, Colleen was preceded in death by her husband of 35 years, Frank Salai; her brother, Michael “Bud” Morgan; her sisters, Barbara Dale Morgan Kochka and Carolyn Sue Fouse; and her granddaughter, Megan Satterfield.

Colleen chose cremation for her final disposition. A celebration of her life will be held at a later date. The arrangements are under the care of Domico Funeral Home in Fairmont. Online condolences may be sent to the funeral home at www.domicofh.com. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial donations be made to the Shack Neighborhood House, PO Box 600 Pursglove, WV 26546.