Patricia Ann (Cazin) Yandrich

PATRICIA ANN (CAZIN) YANDRICH, 93, of Colliers, WV died peacefully on Sunday, April 27, 2025, at the Donnell House in Washington, PA. She was born on April 3, 1932, in Warwood, WV a daughter of the late Mary (Hascak) and John “Jack” Cazin. In addition to her parents, Pat is preceded in death by her husband, John “Jake’ Yandrich; three brothers, John ‘Jack” Cazin, Jr., Robert “Bob” Cazin, and Kenny Cazin; and one sister, Carole. Pat graduated from Wellsburg High School in 1950 where she loved to sing and participate in school plays. She sang “Ave Maria” at her class commencement. She and her parents then moved to Follansbee, WV and operated the Bil-Mar on Eldersville Road for many years. This is where she met her husband Jake, who worked at Climax Molybdenum in Burgettstown, PA. Pat and Jake married and welcomed a daughter Terry and a son Eric “Rick”. Pat worked at Follansbee Steel, Citizens Bank, Atlantic Financial, and as a telephone operator above the police station. She retired as a bank teller at Wesbanco Bank in Wellsburg, WV. Pat and her family moved to Olympic Drive in Colliers, WV where she lived for many years after her husband passed. Neighbors and family could always find her outside in the yard planting flowers and cutting grass on her riding lawn mower. She also loved doing puzzles, crafts, shopping, and playing keno at the casino. Later, Pat moved to a home near Highland Hills in Follansbee, WV and after a brief hospitalization she moved to Concordia of Bridgeville, PA to be closer to her children. She is survived by two children, her daughter, Terry Yandrich, MSN, RN, ESQ and companion, Michael Fosnot of Bridgeville, PA, and Eric Yandrich, ESQ and companion, Charlene Baker of Greentree, PA; one sister, Carole Jellots and companion, Don Lemasters of Follansbee, WV; one brother, Kenneth (Mary Ann) Cazin of Lakewood Ranch, FL; and several nieces and nephews. Visitation will be held on Friday, May 9, 2025 from 4-7 p.m. and again on Saturday, May 10, 2025 from 10 a.m. until the time of Funeral Liturgy of the Word at 11 a.m. at Mullenbach Funeral Home, Follansbee, with the Rev. Father Gerald Muoka officiating. Entombment will follow in St. Paul Cemetery, Weirton. The family would like to thank the nurses and staff at Concordia of Bridgeville, PA where she lived for four months, and especially the nurses and staff at Concordia Hospice and the Donnell House in Washington, PA who took excellent care of our mother and family during this difficult time. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to Concordia Hospice of Washington PA and the Brooke County Animal Shelter in Beech Bottom.