Retired Butler county attorney, Marion Laffey- Ferry, a resident of the Lakeridge Falls community in Manatee County, Florida, died on July 19, 2025, at the age of 84. She was born in Pittsburgh, on January 22, 1941, the daughter of the late John J. and Marion C. Laffey. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her brother John F. Laffey and sister Alice L. Laffey. She is survived by her husband of 56 years, Warren Ferry.
She was a 1985 graduate of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law where she was an editor of the Law Review. Prior to attending law school she was a teacher of French and Social Studies in several Pittsburgh area school districts and a paralegal.
She was admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, the U.S. District Court, W.D. Pa., and the Supreme Court of the United States.
She practiced law in Butler County, Pa., from 1985- 2015 confining her practice to family, real estate, wills, and estates.
She served two terms as President of the Butler County Bar Association and two terms on the Region Four disciplinary Committee. She as a former chair of the Solo and Small Firm Section of the Pennsylvania Bar Assn. and a Life Member of the Pa. Bar Foundation. She was honored by the foundation with the Louis J. Goffman Award in 2006 and received the Chief Justice John P. Flaherty award from the Pa. Bar Assn. in 2014. In that year she also received the Womens Bar Assn. of Western Pa. Susan B. Anthony award.
Following cremation her remains will be transported to Butler. Friends and relatives will be received Wednesday July 30, 2025, from 2:00 P.M. to 4:00 P.M. and 7:00 P.M. to 9:00 P.M. at Thompson- Miller Funeral Home, Inc., 124 E. North Street, Butler, PA 16001.
A Memorial Mass will be held on Thursday, July 31, 2025, at 10:00 A.M. at All Saints Parish, St. Peter Roman Catholic Church, 127 Franklin St., Butler, PA 16001, with Father John Baver officiating.
All who knew Marion are encouraged to share memories and upload photos to her unique remembrance page at www.thompson-miller.com.