Obituaries
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Local Obituaries from our Boston and White Oak locations
Linda Reichenbach Andy
Jun 21, 2017
Linda (McCullers) Reichenbach Andy, 68, of Port Vue, died Wednesday June 21, 2017. She was born February 12, 1949 in McKeesort and was the daughter of Geraldine Ruth Dunlap Gibala of Liberty Borough and the late Ottis McCullers. She is survived by her husband, Frank Edwin Andy, children, Lorraine (Michael) Lindsay and Charles (Melissa) Reichenbach of Lincoln Borough, and Roger...
Gregory William Sutek
Jun 14, 2017
Gregory William Sutek, 19, of Mount Vernon, died Wednesday June 14, 2017. He was born May 26, 1998 in Monroeville. He was a member of the Mount Vernon Community Presbyterian Church and was a 2016 graduate of Elizabeth Forward High School. He was a Scholar Athlete and a Championship Swimmer on the Swim Team there. He was also on the...
Deborah A. Hromanik
Jun 13, 2017
"If anyone knows me they know I am a strong woman, but here is a little history. I graduated from high school in 1967, that same week I started in the mill in the business planning department, I started running a multilith machine. In 1969 the consent decree was passed and women could apply for non traditional jobs in the...
Kellie A. Fagan
Jun 12, 2017
Kellie Ann Fagan, 52, of McKeesport, died Monday June 12, 2017 at home. She was born March 6, 1965 in Coulter and was the daughter of the late Thomas and Marjorie Miller Fagan. She is survived by her daughter, Tanya A. Wertz of White Oak and son, James T. Wertz of McKeesport, sisters, Bonnie Heasley of North Huntingdon, Tricia (Rick)...
Lois A. Gillingham
Jun 12, 2017
Lois A. Gillingham, 89, formerly of McKeesport and Monroeville, died Monday June 12, 2017. She was born October 29, 1927 in Christy Park and was the daughter of the late A. Ross Gillingham Sr., and the late Carrie Shaffer Gillingham. Lois was a very active member of the Mount Vernon Community Presbyterian Church in Elizabeth Township. She was a retired...
Ann M. Baker
Jun 11, 2017
Ann M. Baker, 91, of Liberty Borough, died Sunday June 11, 2017. She was born November 29, 1925 in McKeesport and was the daughter of the late Francis Joseph and Isabelle McFarland McKay. She was the wife of the late Frank C. Baker who died October 18, 2011. Ann was a Tax Return Specialist and worked with her daughter Kathy...
Marion Mitchell
Jun 10, 2017
Marion Mitchell, 89, of Elizabethtown, formerly of Clairton, died surrounded by her loving family on Saturday June 10, 2017. She was born September 8, 1927 in Jefferson Borough and was the daughter of the late James and Nora Mahoney Allen. She was the wife of the late Grant V. Mitchell, Jr., who died August 2009. She was a member of...
Salvatore Daniel Trovato, Sr.
Jun 10, 2017
Salvatore Daniel Trovato, Sr., 79, of North Huntingdon, went to be with The Lord on Saturday June 10, 2017 at home surrounded by his family. He was born March 30, 1938 in Braddock, and was the son of the late Anthony and Mary Trifari Trovato. He is survived by his wife, Leona Kropczynski Trovato, sons, Daniel (Michele) Trovato of Liberty...
Frances Pearl Morrow
Jun 8, 2017
Frances Pearl Morrow, 78, of Elizabeth Township, died Thursday June 8, 2017 at home. She was born May 24, 1939 in New York, NY, and was the daughter of the late Thomas and Ellen Hindman Bateman. She was the wife of the late Francis W. Morrow Sr., who died August 5 , 2002. She was also preceded in death by...
David W. Horvatin, Sr.
Jun 7, 2017
David William Horvatin, Sr., 68, of Dravosburg, died Wednesday June 7, 2017. He was born May 13, 1949 in El Monte, CA, and was the son of the late William George and Goldie Barlow Horvatin. David was retired from the Maintance Dept. of the McKeesport Area School District and was a US Army Veteran serving in the Vietnam War. He...
Edwin D. Coulter, Jr.
Jun 3, 2017
Edwin D. "Big Fred" Coulter, Jr., 52, of McKeesport, died Saturday June 3, 2017 at home. He was born October 22, 1964 in McKeesport and was the son of Katherine "Kay" Anthony Coulter Resh of Elizabeth Township and the late Edwin D. Coulter, Sr. In addition to is mother, he is survived by his son, Casey (Kristin) Coulter of Turtle...
Joseph K. Fossi
Jun 2, 2017
Joseph K. Fossi, 68, of Elizabeth Township, died Friday June 2, 2017. He was born January 11, 1949 in McKeesport and was the son of the late Adam and Ann Tedesco Fossi. Joseph was a Co-owner of Fossi and Zowacki Roofing and was a member of the Elizabeth Township Sportsman's Association. He was a US Army Veteran and served in...
Patricia Frederick
Jun 1, 2017
Patricia Frederick, 93, of North Huntingdon, passed away peacefully on Thursday June 1, 2017. She was born February 22, 1924 in Blacklick, and was the daughter of the late Charles and Della V. Banks Minnicks. She was the wife of the late Arnold F. Frederick who died November 1, 2003. Patricia enjoyed gardening, crocheting, traveling and spending time with her...
Robert J. Bishop
May 30, 2017
Robert J. Bishop, 48, of California, formerly of Port Vue, died Tuesday May 30, 2017 as a result of injuries sustained in an automobile accident. He was born August 8, 1968 in McKeesport and was the son of the late Frederick R. and Rosemary Hays Bishop. Robert was the Manager of Build-A-Bear Workshop in South Hills Village . He is...
George Anthony Konchak
May 30, 2017
After a couragous battle with leukemia, George Anthony Konchak, 69, of Elizabeth Township, died Tuesday May 30, 2017 in McKeesport Hospital with his family by his side. He was born July 26, 1947 in Braddock and was the son of the late George A. and Wanda Ostrowski Konchak. He was a member of St. Michael Parish in Elizabeth Township and...
Mildred "Midge" Turner
May 28, 2017
Mildred "Midge" Turner, 88, of Mercer, formerly of Greenock, died Sunday May 28, 2017, peacefully at home surrounded by her family. She was born December 12, 1928 in Davy, WV, and was the daughter of the late David H. and Nellie C. Duncan McClure. She was the wife of the late Jim R. Turner who died January 12, 2000. Midge...
George F. Mancz
May 27, 2017
George F. Mancz, 84, of Boston, formerly of McKeesport, died Saturday May 27, 2017 at home. He was born October 22, 1932 in Darlington, and was the son of the late George and Mary Schimpf Mancz. He was the husband of the late Shirley M. Forster Mancz who died October 19, 2011. They were married for 59 years. George was...
Mercedes Jane Gibbons
May 25, 2017
Mercedes Jane Gibbons, 95, of White Oak, died Thursday May 25, 2017. She was born May 31, 1921 in Port Vue and was the daughter of the late John and Elizabeth (Hornyk) Billy. She was the wife of the late John J. (Bus) Gibbons, founder of the Gibbons Real Estate Agency, who died June 7, 1985. Mercedes graduated from McKeesport...
William "Billy" Robert Bickerton
May 24, 2017
William "Billy" Robert Bickerton, 35, of Calverton, New York and Spring Hill, Florida, formerly of McKeesport, died Wednesday May 24, 2017. He was born January 27, 1982 in McKeesport. Billy was a chef at Stoneybrook University and was an avid Pittsburgh Sports fan. He was also an organ donor. He is survived by his parents, Michael and Lori (Sutton) Newman...
Mary "Marie" Sladics
May 21, 2017
Mary “Marie” Sladics died peacefully on May 21, 2017 at the age of 96 in High Point, NC. Born to the late Nicholas and Anna Vrabel in Benscreek, PA, Marie grew up with six brothers. She was the beloved wife of the late Louis Sladics. Marie is survived by her daughter Sara Dalton and her husband John of Archdale, NC;...