LT. COL. M. JEANNE FLAHERTY, RETIRED USAF, PANG June 6, 1944 to September 17, 2020 Lt. Col. M. Jeanne Flaherty, native of Turtle Creek and resident of Monroeville, was struck and killed by a UPMC shuttle bus in Oakland on the afternoon of September 17, 2020. Lt. Col. Flaherty was born on D-Day, June 6, 1944, practically destined to serve in the military. She was the fourth of nine daughters. She was a 1962 graduate of Turtle Creek High School. After graduating from California University of Pennsylvania in 1970, Jeanne completed Officer Training School in the U.S. Air Force at Lackland AFB. She was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the Air Force in 1970. While serving in Texas, she obtained a masters degree from Auburn University. Her military career spanned 1970 to 1997. She received a number of service medals, awards, and commendations. She achieved many firsts for a female line officer in the Pennsylvania Air National Guard. She retired in August of 1997 with over 27 years of military service since her commissioning in 1970. She was instrumental in The Committee That Saved Turtle Creek High School, which had the school placed on the National Register of Historic Places. She had served as a volunteer with Meals on Wheels for a number of years. Lt. Col. Flaherty was passionate about the history of women military pilots. She was an avid consumer of political and military news and analysis on a variety of outlets. A collection of her personal military uniforms are included in the collection at the Senator John Heinz Regional History Center. She was preceded in death by her parents. She will be mourned and missed by her eight surviving sisters. She is also survived by a large number of cousins, nieces and grand nieces, and a nephew and grand nephews. The family will welcome visitors Tuesday, September 22, from 1 to 4 p.m., with a Salute to the Colonel from 4 to 5 p.m. at PATRICK T. LANIGAN FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORY, INC., 1111 Monroeville Ave., and James St., Turtle Creek. Due to the Covid-19 Pandemic, face masks or coverings and social distancing are required, and at any one moment, no more than 25 visitors will be allowed indoors. The Colonel's detailed obituary appears at www.laniganfuneralhome.com On Wednesday morning, September 23, at 10 a.m., the Colonel will be entombed with Military Honors in the mausoleum at Good Shepherd Cemetery, 733 Patton St, Monroeville. Send condolences post-gazette.com/gb