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Audrey Jean Lawnizak
Jul 21, 2017
Audrey Jean (Behr) Lawnizak, 81, of North Huntingdon, formerly of McKeesport, died Friday July 21, 2017. She was born February 20, 1936 in McKeesport and was the daughter of the late Charles Joseph Behr and Shirley Sawders Evans. She was the wife of the late Eugene S. "Jitters" Lawnizak who died October 12, 1994. She was a retired secretary for...
John P. McNamara
Jul 18, 2017
John P. McNamara, 93, of Elizabeth Township, died Tuesday July 18, 2017. He was born May 31, 1924 in Duquesne and was the son of the late Edward and Effie Mae Phillips McNamara. John was a member of St. Patrick Catholic Church in Christy Park and was retired from US Steel Duquesne Works. He was also a realtor in his...
Kathleen Marie Dixon
Jul 17, 2017
Kathleen Marie Dixon, 62, of Christy Park, died Monday July 17, 2017. She was born May 17, 1955 in McKeesport and was the daughter of the late Harvey Earl and Wilma Carol Payne Dixon. She was the wife of the late Rudolph Malik. She is survived by her sons, Emil W. Thomas of McKeesport, Robert M. Thomas of Simpsonville, SC,...
Annette M. Kulasa
Jul 13, 2017
Annette M. Kulasa, 68, passed away on Thursday, July 13, 2017 in Orlando, FL after a long struggle with MS. She was born July 21, 1948 and was the daughter of the late Helen and Leon Kulasa of McKeesport, PA. She was Aunt Nettie to all of her nieces, nephews, great nieces and great nephews who loved her dearly. She was a...
Kathryn Irene Culbert
Jul 13, 2017
Kathryn Irene Culbert, 96, of North Huntingdon, formerly of Greenock, died Thursday, July 13, 2017 at home. She was born October 4, 1920 in Greenock and was the daughter of the late Charles and Pearl Smock Ransick. She was the wife of the late Howard Emory Culbert who died August 24, 2000. Kathryn was a member of the Greenock United...
Katherine Elizabeth Kaylor
Jul 11, 2017
Katherine Elizabeth Kaylor, 102, of White Oak, died Tuesday July 11, 2017. She was born November 24, 1914 in McKeesport and was the daughter of the late Ed and Katherine Kubanick. She was the wife of the late Edwin Gilbert Kaylor who died July 1, 2005. She was a member of the Sampson's Mills Presbyterian Church, White Oak. Katherine is...
David E. Forsythe
Jul 11, 2017
David Edward Forsythe, 66, of Boston, died Tuesday, July 11, 2017. He was born October 24, 1950 in Mount Pleasant and was the son of the late John and Anna Showman Forsythe. He was the husband of the late Shirley Louise Hale Forsythe who died January 15, 2011. David was a US Army Veteran and served during the Vietnam War....
Jean E. Obusek
Jul 10, 2017
Jean E. Obusek, 88, of White Oak, died Monday July 10, 2017 at home surrounded by her family. She was born July 8, 1929 in Port Vue, and was the daughter of the late Waclaw and Helen Murawka Grabowski. She was the wife of the late Joseph Paul Obusek who died December 20, 1993. She was a member of St....
Edward "Poco" J. Malack
Jul 8, 2017
Edward J. "Poco" Malack, 55, of Irwin, formerly of McKeesport, died Saturday July 8, 2017. He was born March 4, 1962 in Braddock and was the son of Patricia A. Kain Malack of White Oak, and the late Edward R. Malack who died January 26, 2015. Poco worked for Walmart in North Versailles and had previously worked for the Marriott...
Loretta Ann Reeder
Jul 2, 2017
Loretta Ann "Guga" Reeder, 58, of Gilbert, SC, formerly of Dravosburg, passed away peacefully while surrounded by family on Sunday, July 2, 2017 after a brave fight with lung cancer. She was born December 29, 1958 and was the daughter of the late Larry and Mary (Vucetic) Reeder. Loretta was a wonderful mother to her children and to all who...
Walter Lewis Harr
Jul 1, 2017
Walter Lewis Harr, 94, of Port Vue, died Saturday, July 1, 2017. He was born October 3, 1922 in Steubenville, Ohio and was the son of the late Walter T. and Olive Jean Stigg Harr. He was a retired Fireman at the former US Steel National Tube Works. He is survived by his wife, Vera A. Como Harr, children, Karen...
Roland Homer Reynolds
Jun 29, 2017
Roland Homer Reynolds, 92, of Versailles, died Thursday June 29, 2017. He was born August 31, 1924 in Versailles. Roland was the son of the late Homer S. and Mary Belle Exton Reynolds. He was the husband of the late Yvonne "Bonnie" Swartz Reynolds who died July 1, 2009. He was a member and former Sunday School teacher at the...
Marcella Jane Majzer
Jun 28, 2017
Marcella Jane Majzer, 76, of Versailles, died Wednesday June 28, 2017. She was born October 8, 1940 in Tarentum and was the daughter of the late Ernest and Georgie Mae Dunn. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her brothers, James, Ernest, and Robert Dunn. She was a member of First Evangelical Free Church, McKeesport and...
Waneta Frances Datig
Jun 27, 2017
Waneta Frances Datig, 89, of Greensburg, formerly of Versailles, died Tuesday June 27, 2017. She was born August 10, 1927 in Versailles and was the daughter of the late George and Emma Victoria Osterman Fisher. Waneta was an artist, loved music, dancing and big bands, especially the Glen Miller Band. She is survived by her daughters, Victoria L. (Paul) Runtich...
Michele Marie Trovato
Jun 26, 2017
Michele Marie Trovato, 62, of Liberty Borough, died Monday June 26, 2017. She was born October 6, 1954 in McKeesport and was the daughter of the late Michael E. and Martha A. Witzell Chiaverini. Michele worked for South Allegheny High School and Nutrition Inc., and had previously worked for St. Patrick Catholic Church and the former McKeesport National Bank and...
Charlene George-Davis
Jun 25, 2017
Charlene George-Davis, 60, of North Huntingdon, passed away at home with her family at her side on Sunday June 25, 2017. She was born July 20, 1956 in Front Royal, VA. She is survived by her mother, Betty Rinker George of FL, son, Bryan (Sara) Bogonovich of Jeannette, daughter, Brittny (Chris) Mient of Greenock, brother, John (Sandy) George, II of...
William A. "Bill" Balogh
Jun 24, 2017
William A. "Bill" Balogh, 92, of Jefferson Hills, passed away Saturday June 24, 2017. He was born May 14, 1925 in McKeesport and was the youngest of three sons of the late Gabor and Mary Szekely Balogh. Bill was a lifelong member of the Free Hungarian Reformed Church n McKeesport and served as a church elder for 20 years. This...
Karen Lee Donaldson
Jun 24, 2017
Karen Lee Donaldson, 69, of White Oak, died Saturday, June 24, 2017. She was born September 13, 1947 in McKeesport and was the daughter of the late John William and Lois Walt Donaldson. Karen was a retired music teacher and worked for the McKeesport Area School District for 32 years. She taught music at McKeesport Area High School also serving...
Mildred "Midge" Jean Jefferis
Jun 24, 2017
Mildred Jean "Midge" Jefferis, 86, of Greenock, died Saturday June 24, 2017. She was born February 22, 1931 in McKeesport and was the daughter of the late John and Edna Mann Adams. She was the wife of the late William Edward Jefferis who died in 1967. She was a member of the Greenock United Methodist Church and the Eastern Star....
Flora Bell Ferguson
Jun 22, 2017
Flora Bell Ferguson, 91, of North Versailles, died Thursday June 22, 2017. She was born April 22, 1926 in Wilmerding and was the daughter of the late Ralph Ellis and Agnes McCarly Livingston. She was the wife of the late William D. Beck and the late Douglas Ferguson. Flora Bell was a member of the Norwin Christian Church. She is...
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