Mary Shea Pitcher is the proud mother of four wonderful sons -- Jonathan, Brady, Vincent, and Stephen. She stayed at home for ten years to raise her very active and busy family. Currently, Mary is employed at the law offices of Carol L. Hanna, Esq. doing legal research, writing and client management. Antiques and collectables have been a life-long interest for Mary and her family; she opened her first antique shop at the age of eighteen and hopes to continue "dabbling" in the antique field that she loves. Because of the recent loss of her two sons, Mary has started a huge community effort in the South Hills of Pittsburgh to build a skate park, to be named "Pitcher Park" to honor her sons, Vincent and Stephen Pitcher. She is coordinating large fundraisers, doing public relations, and gathering together family, friends, strangers, businesses, contractors, and anyone interested in helping her community to see this project through.

Blog Entries by Mary Pitcher

Pitcher Park: To Fill a Hole in Our Hearts

2 Comments | Posted July 31, 2009 | 07:38 PM (EST)


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It has been a little over a year since my sons Stephen (19) and Vincent (21) Pitcher drowned on July 15, 2008 while on a camping trip with their father and a few friends. No matter how hard we try to fool ourselves,...

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Digital Boom or Doom?

Posted February 10, 2009 | 03:06 PM (EST)


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Hurry! Hurry! Step right up folks for your $40.00 government coupon. Get your red hot digital converter box for $19.95. You must have it all together by February 17, 2009 or you will not receive a television signal on your analog television...

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The Travoltas and the Intrigue of Death

Posted February 5, 2009 | 05:43 PM (EST)


When a family loses a child, the world as they once knew it changes forever. Nothing anyone can say or do can help a parent through the emotional and physical emptiness that they feel, but their grief is magnified by the publicity involved when a child dies suddenly. Why is...

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BY THE PEOPLE. FOR THE PEOPLE. NOW PRESIDENT OBAMA, HEAR THE PEOPLE!

Posted January 17, 2009 | 01:41 PM (EST)


We elected you, Mr. President, because we desperately need to change the world we live in. We, the great people of the United States of America, are counting on you to make the necessary changes to keep our Nation and our people safe both on our shores and abroad: to...

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Pitcher Park: In Honor Of My Two Sons

Posted December 21, 2008 | 08:27 AM (EST)


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On one of the most beautiful days of this past summer, July 15, 2008, I received the phone call that every Mother prays she never gets. I was told that two of my four sons had disappeared underwater at Kinzua Reservoir while on a...

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