Family was Banksville nurse's first priority

Jeanne Moffatt always put her family first.

Jeanne M. Donley Moffatt of Banksville, the wife of Allegheny County Police Superintendent Charles Moffatt, died Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2011, of renal failure and septic shock from a blood clot at UPMC Presbyterian in Oakland. She was 65.

"She was very caring. She was not a selfish person. She cared more about other people than herself. She was very, very committed to her family," her husband said.

"She was very committed to her parents, her sisters and her children. And later in life, after she lost her mother and dad, she was devoted to grandchildren. She baby-sat the three youngest four days a week, not because she had to, but because she wanted to."

Somehow, she found time for a nursing career that spanned several decades and included stops at what are now UPMC Mercy and Magee-Womens Hospital. She also worked in private physicians' offices before her retirement eight years ago.

"We met when she was working at Mercy Hospital and I was a policeman in the Hill District and always going there," Charles Moffatt said. "She was a good person and a good-looking woman."

It's not easy being married to a policeman, but the couple managed to survive and thrive for more than 40 years.

"She never complained or resented that I was in a position that I was being called all hours of the day and night," said Moffatt, who spent 36 years as a Pittsburgh police officer before taking the county position in 2004.

Mrs. Moffatt also is survived by her son, Patrick, who is a city police detective; two daughters, Bridget Simunovic and Maggie Dwyer; a sister, Nancy Uhrmacher; and eight grandchildren.

Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday and Friday in William Slater II Funeral Service, 1650 Greentree Road, Scott.

A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Saturday in St. Margaret of Scotland Church in Green Tree, followed by interment in Resurrection Cemetery.