ELLWOOD CITY, Pa. - Patricia M Schweikert, 72, of 1012 Patricia Drive died at 11 a.m. Monday in the skilled unit of the Ellwood City Hospital.

Mrs. Schweikert was born July 7, 1937 in Salem, a daughter of the late Logan Lease SR. and Dorothy Forney Lease.

She was married Nov.1, 1977 to Lawrence J. Schweikert who survives. A Catholic by faith, she had worked as an executive secretary for an electrical company in Georgia.

She is survived by a stepdaughter; Elaine (William) Huber of New Castle; two sons, Michael (Rose Marie) Capalbo of Ellwood City, and James (Stefanie) Capalbo of New Castle; one stepson, Paul (Rebecca) Schweikert of New Castle; one brother, Gerald Lease of Salem; and three grandchildren.

There will be no visitation.

Her family requests that memorial donations please be made to the American Diabetes Association, 4075 Monroeville Blvd., Suite 225, Monroeville, Pa. 15146

12/1/09