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Dr. Lynn Marie Simko

Alfieri Funeral Home

Obituaries | The Tube City Almanac | August 29, 2022

Dr. Lynn Marie Simko, 66, of North Versailles, PA joined her lost loved ones in heaven on Thursday, August 25th, 2022.  Lynn, the daughter of Emil and Marion Coletta was born April 7th, 1956. 

She is survived by her children Dr. Bethany and Derek Kamis; John and Dr. Rachelle Simko; four beloved grandchildren, Owen and Gabriel Kamis; Brynn and Emilia Simko. 

She also left behind three siblings; Frank Coletta (Deb Coletta), Dr. Susan Coletta, Amy Lizza (Walter Lizza), and numerous nieces and nephews. 

Lynn devoted her life to caring for others. Caring for her family, friends, and countless others in her work as a critical care nurse at West Penn Hospital. 

Lynn valued education earning several master’s degrees and a PhD. in nursing.  She passed on her knowledge working as a professor of nursing at Duquesne University for nearly thirty years.  She also fought for the mistreated, working in the area of legal nurse consulting.  

Lynn will be remembered most for her kindness, tireless work ethic, for how much she cherished her grandchildren and as a devoted mother.

Family and friends will be received on Friday, September 2nd from 2-8pm at Alfieri Funeral Home, 201 Marguerite Ave, Wilmerding, PA 15148, 412-824-4332.  She will be laid to rest at Restland Memorial Park, next to her beloved late fiancé Ken Schussler, after a brief service at the funeral home on Saturday, September 3rd at 10am. In lieu of flowers please donate to the American Heart Association.

Please visit us at www.alfierifuneralhome.com for online condolences. To send flowers to the family or plant a tree in memory of Dr. Lynn (Coletta) Simko, please visit our floral store.

Originally published August 29, 2022.

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