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Sandy (Sandra) L. Zelno
Obituaries | The Tube City Almanac | July 17, 2022
Sandy (Sandra) L. Zelno, 74, of North Huntingdon, formerly of Scranton, Pa., passed away unexpectedly Saturday, July 16, 2022 at her home. She was born September 20, 1947 and was raised by her grandmother, uncles and aunt. Sandy was an advocate for children, served as a State Certified Lobbyist for the Education Law Center, where she was an expert in public school state funding reform and co-founded the PA School Reform Project. Also as an expert in school funding, she played a critical role in getting the state to do a costing out study for public education. This study continues to be relied upon as the battle for an adequate and equitable continuous in PA state courts and in the legislature. Previously she worked for Mon Valley Education Consortium and Norwin School District. She served with the PTA on the local and state level and was regional vice president of the National PTA Chapter and past president of the state PTA. She also served as the state and national parliamentarian for the PTA. Locally she had been involved with Girl Scouts, Norwin Public Library and Norwin Band Aides. She was preceded in death by her uncles, Eugene Squires and Gordon Hughes; aunt, Alice Hughes, cousin, Gordon Hughes Jr., brothers-in-law John Galeano and Mitch Zelno and his wife Rosanne. She is survived by her husband of 54 years, Nicholas Zelno; daughter, Sherry Zelno; cousins, with whom she was raised, Martha Hughes Neary, Nancy Hughes Hodanich and Eugene Hughes; Gordon's wife, Mary Ann Hughes; and several nieces and nephews. Also survived by sisters-in-law, Frances Heaney and Gene, Marilyn (Rich) Charsky, and Denice Galeano. Friends will be received from 2-4 & 6-8 p.m. on Friday at the James W. Shirley Funeral Home, 176 Clay Pike, North Huntingdon, PA 15642. A funeral service will take place on Saturday at 11 a.m. in the funeral home chapel. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Norwin Public Library. www.shirleyfuneralhome.com
Originally published July 17, 2022.
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