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BY JENNIFER BROZAK
MCFEELY’S GOURMET CHOCOLATE
CELEBRATES ONE YEAR AT ITS
SECOND LOCATION IN GREENSBURG.
M
arion McFeely had been working as an X-ray
technician when, after 20 years on the job, she was
downsized. Faced with the idea of starting over,
McFeely decided to pursue a much sweeter career
path—one paved with chocolate.
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She had grown up
with a mother who
loved to bake and craft
homemade chocolates.
As a result, she developed a
love for
making her
own specialty
chocolates and had
always dreamed of someday running her
own business.
When McFeely lost her job in the
medical field, she decided the timing
was finally right. In June 2013, she
opened the doors to McFeely’s
Gourmet Chocolate on Fourth Street
in Irwin.
“It was the scariest thing I’ve ever
done,” she says. “I’d never done
anything like this before. I went to
talk to Lois Woleslagle at the Irwin
Business & Professional Association to
tell her I wanted to open up a chocolate
and ice cream store, and she told me, ‘You
will always regret it if you don’t try.’”
McFeely heeded the advice. She opened
her shop during one of Irwin’s summer