October 27, 2011
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Villanova grad killed crossing Lancaster Ave Saturday night
Obituary: Lauryn Ossola / Financial analyst for PNC BankMarch 7, 1988 – Oct. 22, 2011Wednesday, October 26, 2011By Taryn Luna, Pittsburgh Post-GazetteLauryn Ossola, a PNC Bank analyst and Villanova University graduate, died on Saturday when she was hit by a car in Bryn Mawr, Pa.
The 23-year-old Shadyside resident had returned to the city for her alma mater’s homecoming festivities and was struck by a Jeep Liberty driven by a 19-year-old Villanova student as she and another woman crossed Lancaster Avenue near Thomas Avenue around 11:20 p.m. She suffered head injuries and died at Bryn Mawr Hospital about a half hour later, according to Lower Merion police.
Police said the investigation into her death is ongoing, but they do not expect to file charges against the driver.
Ms. Ossola’s father, Jerry Nickodemski of Southington, Conn., told the Philadelphia Daily News that his daughter was a “very, very outgoing person who really enjoyed her four years at Villanova to the fullest.”
Ms. Ossola was a former president of the Chi Omega sorority chapter at Villanova — where she graduated cum laude in 2010 with a degree in economics, minors in finance and math and a concentration in the honors program — before moving to Pittsburgh to work with PNC’s global treasury management department.
Her family described her in her obituary as a young woman “who made friends quickly and excelled at work” upon arriving in Pittsburgh.
She graduated in 2006 from Southington High School, where she was a member of The National Honor Society, a four-year member of the swimming and diving team and was also involved in community service, which her obituary states was “a passion she would pursue for the rest of her life.”
She is survived by her parents Lisa Ossola and Mr. Nickodemski, sister Ellen Ossola of Bryn Mawr, grandmother Elizabeth Ossola of Meriden, Conn., and grandparents Bill and Alta Nickodemski of Meriden.
Visitation will be held Thursday from 4 to 8 p.m. at the DellaVecchia Funeral Home in Southington.
A Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Friday at St. Thomas Church, followed by burial at the St. Thomas Cemetery.
Taryn Luna: tluna@post-gazette.com.
First published on October 26, 2011 at 12:00 amRead more: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11299/1184960-122.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml#ixzz1c1vA6Ts3
