Martha Wandrisco Neff
October 01, 1920 - July 07, 2025
Visitation: Friends will be received Monday July 21, 2025 from 10:30 until 11:30 AM at Devlin Funeral Home, 806 Perry Hwy.
Service: Mass of Christian Burial to follow at 12 at St. Teresa Church, Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish.
Martha Wandrisco Neff passed away on July 7, 2025 at age 104. She was born October 1, 1920 in Pittsburgh PA. She was the daughter of Marcella Augusta Martin and Gustave Joseph Wandrisco.
Martha was co-valedictorian of the Perry High School Class of 1938. She was an outstanding tennis player and a WIAL champion in archery. She regularly rode horses in Riverview Park. She modeled for Horne’s and Boggs and Buhl. Martha attended the University of Pittsburgh on a full scholarship and graduated with a degree in Mathematics in 1942. While in college, she was a member of Mortar Board honor society and Zeta Tau Alpha sorority. Her first job was with Gulf Oil Corporation transcribing seismic and gravitational data to the maps used for oil exploration.
She married her college sweetheart, Philip Emerson Neff, in 1944. Their first home was in Detroit Ml where the army stationed Phil. There, Martha worked for Clayton and Lambert making artillery shell casings. Then she was a stay-at-home mother of four. She was a beautiful seamstress who also loved needlepoint, knitting and playing bridge. She raised her children mostly in Ross Twp., but did live for 15 years in Greenville SC. Martha and Phil returned to Ross about 35 yrs ago. He died in 1991 and she lived in her home to age 101. Martha received excellent care from Vincentian Personal Care home in her final years.
Martha was also predeceased by her brothers, Joseph (Helen, Gerry) Wandrisco and Thomas (Nancy) Wandrisco, and sister Jeanne (William) Daly. She leaves behind a brother John (the late Ginnie) Wandrisco of Latrobe PA, her children Philip (Jody) E. Neff, Jr of Randolph VT, Cindy (and the late Ken) Bishop of Wauwatosa WI, Ginny (Reed) Campbell of Gibsonia PA and Nancy (Marlow) Madeoy of McCandless Twp PA. She has 3 grandchildren, Benjamin (Kim) Campbell of Wexford PA, Sandra Bishop (Bryan) Menard of Southwick MA and Becky Campbell (Lt. Col Tim USAF) Voigt of Alexandria VA. Martha’s eight great grandchildren are Zoey, Sydney, and Connor Campbell, Alyssa and Mason Menard, and Emily, Lauren, and Ella Voigt.
In lieu of flowers, kindly make a donation to University of Pittsburgh and include a note that it is for “Martha Wandrisco Neff Research Award in Macular Degeneration” and mail to University of Pittsburgh, P O Box 640093, Pittsburgh PA 15264-0093
Friends will be received Monday July 21, 2025 from 10:30 until 11:30 AM at Devlin Funeral Home, 806 Perry Hwy. Mass of Christian Burial to follow at 12 at St. Teresa Church, Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish.
