Sally Jean Beisler

Wojciechowski Funeral Home

Obituaries | The Tube City Almanac | June 12, 2023

Sally Jean Beisler, born Sally Jean Arnold, in Pittsburgh August 14, 1945, daughter of the late Rexford and Sue Arnold, died May 24, 2023 at her home in Heathrow, near Orlando, FL, after a long battle with breast cancer.  Her husband Joseph was by her side.  She donated her body to science, to help find a cure for this disease.  Raised in Pittsburgh, Sally graduated from Westinghouse High School, then graduated from the University of Pittsburgh with a Bachelor's degree in Math and Engineering, and later, in 1978, an MBA.  She is the mother of two children, Susan Franciscus and Michael Mangan, and helped raise the four children of her husband; James, Michael, Karl and daughter Vandy Lucko.  Together, they have eight grandchildren.  She started her career at Westinghouse Nuclear Energy division.  Later, when she moved to Parkersburg, WV, she worked for Borg Warner in its plastics and chemical division.  She moved back to Pittsburgh in 1978 and worked for Mobay Corporation, later named Bayer, and quickly rose to the position of Director of Purchasing.  She retired in 1997, and moved to Florida with her husband.  She became an active member of The Heathrow Women's Club, raising considerable money for many charities, and making many good friends.  Sally loved to snow ski in Colorado, water ski in the Allegheny River, and travel the world, especially to Thailand and Europe.  She was an amazing woman, admired by all who knew her.  She will be greatly missed.

Originally published June 12, 2023.

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