Audrey Botkin Roth

Audrey Botkin Roth

ROTH: Audrey Botkin Roth, age 93, of Point Breeze, on Sunday, April 24. Extraordinary wife and partner of the late Bertram W. Roth. Mother, mentor and best friend to Dr. Gilbert R. Roth (Julia), Holly R. Dobkin (Edward) and Adair J. Roth. Loving and proud grandmother of Maggie Dobkin Cham (Michael) and Anna Dobkin Baird (Peter), Ashley Roth and Zara Roth Miller (Luke). Thrilled great-grandmother of Bertram, Harrison and Eliza Cham, Charlotte Audrey Baird and Brycen Miller. Loving aunt to wonderful nieces and nephews. A daughter of Duquesne, Pa., where her father, grandfather and great-grandfather practiced medicine and served as physicians for the Carnegie Steel Co., she had an intimate view of the challenges and joys a steel town provides. After attending Carnegie Mellon School of Drama her career included Broadway, The Pittsburgh Playhouse and Mister Rogers Neighborhood. She was an accomplished artist, a voracious reader and a generous and loving friend. She will be missed more than words can ever say. But those she leaves behind know they are forever loved by the truest heart. Services and interment were  private. Contributions may be made to The Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank or a Democratic cause of one’s choice. Arrangements entrusted to Ralph Schugar Chapel, Inc.

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