Madeline Lutz

Madeline Lutz, 87, of Economy Borough, passed away at Heritage Valley Beaver, on Monday, November 24, 2025.  She was born in Ambridge, on June 2, 1938, to the late Nicholas and Laura (Phillips) Matanick.

Madeline was a graduate of St. Veronica's in Ambridge.  She and her husband owned the Pine Inn Lounge on Big Sewickley Creek Road.

Madeline is survived by her 3 daughters, Roxanne (Jeffrey) Soltis, Rhonda (Gary) Lazzaretti and Rochelle (Randy) Hinzman; a combination of granddaughters/grandsons and great-granddaughters/great-grandsons, Chanda (Max) Fallecker, and their children, Eli and Serena, Melinda (Andrew) Pisano, and their children, Lucas and Cameron, Becky Hinzman (J.C. Reboton), Breanna (Larry) Musgrave, and their children, Eva and Larry, and soon-to-be expected, River, Laura Hinzman, Mitchel Lazzaretti, Ashton (David) Weatherly, and their child, Margo; also, a sister, Roberta Kwiatanowsky.

She is preceded in death, in addition to her parents, by her husband, Charles Lutz; a daughter, Renee Lutz; a special grandson, Nicholas Soltis; a brother, Robert Matanick, and 2 sisters, Loretta Mickey and Kathleen Petcash.

All are welcome to gather for a visitation on Tuesday, November 25, from 3-7 PM, in the John Syka Funeral Home, 833 Kennedy Drive, Ambridge, from where Funeral Prayers will be offered on Wednesday, at 10:30 AM, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 11 AM, in the Good Samaritan Catholic Church-St. Luke the Evangelist Parish.  Interment will follow in Good Samaritan Cemetery. 

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