Obituaries

Recent Obituaries

Local Obituaries from our Boston and White Oak locations

Melodie Joan Robb

Melodie Joan Robb

Sep 1, 2017

Melodie Joan Robb, 52, of McKeesport, died Friday September 1, 2017. She was born May 8, 1965 in McKeesport and was the daughter of the late Lorin Charles and Gloria Jean "Dewy" Sokol Lesko. Melodie was a member of St. Mary's Romanian Church in Christy Park and was a house keeper. She was the most giving and loving person anyone...

Sharon L. Erickson

Sharon L. Erickson

Aug 23, 2017

Sharon Laverne Erickson, 67, of McKeesport, died Wednesday, August 23, 2017 at home surrounded by her loving family. She was born May 9, 1950 in Victory and was the daughter of the late Harold and Vera Gash McCorkle. Sharon was a member of the former Victory Primitive Methodist Church and was a retired Administrative Assistant at Jefferson Hospital. She is...

Thomas F. Soltis

Thomas F. Soltis

Aug 19, 2017

Thomas F. Soltis, 72, of Liberty Borough, passed away on Saturday, August 19, 2017 at home surrounded by his family. He was born February 21, 1945 in Clairton and was the son of the late Michael and Mary Kopil Soltis. Thomas was a Robotics Repairman at the former GM Fisher Body Plant in West Mifflin and was a US Army...

E. Honore Pecora

E. Honore Pecora

Aug 18, 2017

E. Honore (Nora) Bell Pecora, 88 of Elizabeth Township, passed away peacefully on August 18 2017 in Stuart FL. She was born in Pittsburgh on December 27, 1928 and lived most of her life in Elizabeth. She was the daughter of the late Catherine and James G. Bell of Overbrook. She grew up in Carrick and graduated from Carrick High...

Shirley F. Kisselovich

Shirley F. Kisselovich

Aug 17, 2017

Shirley F. Kisselovich, 88, of Elizabeth Township, passed peacefully at home Thursday, August 17th, 2017 with family by her side. She was born October 3rd, 1928 in Elizabeth, and was the daughter of the late Bruno Econovich and the late Mary Supernovich Econovich Janolewicz. She was the beloved wife of the late Theodore Kisselovich Sr. Shirley was a member of...

Michelle Ann Coughlin

Michelle Ann Coughlin

Aug 17, 2017

Michelle Ann "Mickey" Malloy Coughlin, 56, of Versailles, died peacefully at home on Thursday, August 17, 2017. She was born February 19, 1961 in McKeesport and was the daughter of the late Mark Thomas and Joan Zuzo Malloy. She was a devoted mother, loving and helpful to all, had an awesome sense of humor and was truly one of a...

Arlene Rose Findura

Arlene Rose Findura

Aug 17, 2017

Arlene Rose Findura, 71, of White Oak, passed away on Thursday, August 17, 2017 at home surrounded by her loving family.  She was a devoted wife, mother and grandmother. Born on August 16, 1946 in McKeesport and was the daughter of the late Frank and Anna Lescinsky Maneer. Arlene was a member of St. Patrick Parish in Christy Park and...

Mercedes G. Wilson

Mercedes G. Wilson

Aug 15, 2017

Mercedes G. Stanley Wilson, 89, of Elizabeth Township, died  Tuesday, August 15, 2017.  She was born on February 7, 1928 in Clairton and was the daughter of the late John F. and Verda Mae Stilley Schultz.  She was the wife  of the late  Frank A. Stanley who died October 23, 1974 and the late Seth C. Wilson who died April...

Genevieve S. Grese

Genevieve S. Grese

Aug 13, 2017

Genevieve Scholastica Grese, 87, of Pittsburgh, died Sunday, August 13, 2017 at home. She was born May 1, 1930 in Glassport and was the daughter of the late Ignatius and Anna Rakowicz Jaskolski. She retired from Mercy Hospital in Pittsburgh after 40 years of service. She was preceded in death by her son, David Yesensky who died July 4, 2007....

Lee J. Wojcik

Lee J. Wojcik

Aug 13, 2017

Lee J. Wojcik, 63 of Boston, died Sunday, August 13, 2017 at home surrounded by loved ones. He was born December 3, 1953 in McKeesport and was the son of the late Leo Julius and Constance Jean Witte Wojcik. Lee attended the First Evangelical Free Church in McKeesport and was a 1971 graduate of Elizabeth Forward High School. He was...

Veronica A. Hredocik

Veronica A. Hredocik

Aug 13, 2017

Veronica A. Hredocik, 95, of Sewickley, formerly of Greenock, died Sunday August 13, 2017. She was born August 21, 1921 in Glassport and was the daughter of the late Valentine J. and Justyna Raczewski Kurzydlo and was the wife of the late Albert L. Hredocik. Veronica was a member of St. Patrick Parish in Christy Park and was a private...

George Eric Lundberg

George Eric Lundberg

Aug 13, 2017

George Eric "Unc" Lundberg, 49, of Liberty Borough, died Sunday, August 13, 2017. He was born October 11, 1967 in Portsmouth, VA, and was the son of Shirley A. Petrunyak Lundberg of Elizabeth Township and the late George Thomas Lundberg. He worked for American Works Corp, and Expert Drywall.  He was an avid hunter and fisherman and enjoyed teaching his...

James Robert Ranchik

James Robert Ranchik

Aug 10, 2017

James Robert Ranchik, 89, of Elizabeth Township, died Thursday, August 10, 2017. He was born April 26, 1928 in Glassport and was the son of the late Joseph and Anna Pastor Ranchik. James was a member of St. Michael's Parish in Elizabeth Township, Port Vue American Legion, Elizabeth Township Senior Citizens and the Buena Vista Fire Co. He was a...

Raymond Szpanka

Raymond Szpanka

Aug 8, 2017

Raymond Szpanka, 86, of  Elizabeth Township, died on Tuesday, August 8, 2017 at home.  He was born July 31, 1931 in Glassport and was the son of the late Walter and Helen Dumala Szpanka. Raymond was a member of Corpus Christi Parish in McKeesport and the Polish National Alliance.  He was a Sergeant serving in the US Army in the...

Charles M. McNeal

Charles M. McNeal

Aug 4, 2017

Charles Marshall McNeal, 86, of Elizabeth Township, died Friday, August 4, 2017. He was born November 22, 1930 in Beaver Falls and was the son of the late Marshall and Mildred Mulford McNeal. Charles was a member of Faith Evangelical Lutheran Church in White Oak and was retired from US Steel Irvin Works. He was a US Army Veteran and...

Daryl E. Cecchini

Daryl E. Cecchini

Aug 2, 2017

Daryl Emidio Cecchini, 63, of Versailles, died Wednesday, August  2, 2017. He was born February 2, 1954 in McKeesport and was the son of Marie Carney Cecchini of Greenock and the late Emidio G. Cecchini. Daryl worked for the Westmoreland Water Authority and had previously worked at the former US Steel National Tube Works. He was a former McKeesport City...

Vera Agnes Harr

Vera Agnes Harr

Aug 1, 2017

Vera Agnes Harr, 89, of Port Vue, died Tuesday, August  1, 2017. She was born December 25, 1927 in McKeesport and was the daughter of the late Ralph and Helen Miller Como. She was the wife of the late Walter Lewis Harr who died July 1, 2017. Vera was a member of Corpus Christi Parish in McKeesport and had worked...

Richard Lee Wright

Richard Lee Wright

Jul 27, 2017

Richard Lee Wright, 87, of Greensburg, formerly of Saxonburg and Crafton, died Thursday, July 27, 2017. He was born January 20, 1930 in Sheridan, and was the son of the late William Daniel and Ella Rowand Wright. Richard was a Tool and Die Cutter and was retired from Oberg Tool and Die in Sarver. He is survived by his son,...

Edward L. Lyons

Edward L. Lyons

Jul 23, 2017

Edward L. Lyons, 85, of North Huntingdon, died Sunday, July 23, 2017 at home. He was born January 4, 1932 in Coulter and was the son of the late Thomas P. Lyons, Sr., and the late Gertrude Weber Lyons. Edward was a member of St. Patrick Parish in Christy Park  and the White Oak American Legion. He was a US...

Dorothy Balawajder

Dorothy Balawajder

Jul 22, 2017

Dorothy Balawajder of North Huntingdon passed away on Saturday, July 22, 2017, at West Penn Hospital in Pittsburgh. She was born in McKeesport and was the daughter of the late Steve and Elizabeth Katrincsak Geary and the wife of the late Chester Balawajder. She is survived by brother, Jack (Joann) Geary of White Oak, nieces and nephews. She was preceded...