KO Teacher, CUP Beneficiary Shawn O'Donnell Succumbs to Cancer
A married father of four young children, O'Donnell was diagnosed with cancer last spring.
After battling inoperable liver and colon cancer since last May, Cranberry resident Shawn O’Donnell died Tuesday afternoon. A married father of four who was a longtime social studies teacher at Keystone Oaks High School, O’Donnell, 44, and his family were the beneficiaries of this year’s Cranberry CUP (Community Uniting People), a nonprofit dedicated to helping local families. O’Donnell was present as his Pinehurst neighborhood took the CUP’s trophy during the nonprofit’s annual August softball tournament. The fundraiser features different neighborhoods and local businesses competing against each other. On that day, the O'Donnell family, including O’Donnell’s wife, Tina, and their children, Nathan, Alex, Brayden and Mia, received a …
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Sara Schrader
7:04 pm on Thursday, January 5, 2012
OD was an amazing teacher who will always be loved and never forgot. Love and miss you OD more ›