Obituaries

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Local Obituaries from our Boston and White Oak locations

Dennis R. Meinert, Sr.

Dennis R. Meinert, Sr.

Feb 14, 2016

Dennis Robert Meinert, Sr, 63, of Greenock, passed away Sunday, February 14, 2016 at home. He was born June 5, 1952 in Pittsburgh and was the son of Barbara Cronen Meinert of Glenshaw and the late Daniel R. Meinert. He was the proprietor of Denny's Custom Trim and enjoyed kayaking, canoeing, and camping. In addition to his mother, he is...

Frederick C. Blanchard, Jr.

Frederick C. Blanchard, Jr.

Feb 11, 2016

Frederick Charles Blanchard, Jr., 83, of Elizabeth Township, died Thursday, February 11, 2016 at home. He was born February 4, 1933 in Sewickley and was the son of the late Frederick Charles and Jennie Maloney Blanchard. He was retired from Continental Can Company and was a bus driver for the Elizabeth-Forward School District. He was a US Navy Veteran and...

Clyde E. Roemer

Clyde E. Roemer

Feb 4, 2016

Clyde Ellwood Roemer, 91, a life long resident of Elizabeth Township, died Thursday, February 4, 2016. He was born June 2, 1924 in Elizabeth Township and was the son of the late George and Grace Rankin Roemer. He was the husband of the late Susan Blanche Wasson Roemer. They were married for 68 years. He was also preceded in death...

Beatrice M. Scott

Beatrice M. Scott

Feb 3, 2016

Beatrice M. Scott, 80, of Greenock, died Wednesday, February 3, 2016 in UPMC Presbyterian Hospital, Pittsburgh. She was born March 15, 1935 in McDonald and was the daughter of the late Edward and Odessa Montgomery. She was wife of the late James W. Scott who died March 15, 2005. Beatrice a member of Life Span and the ASPCA. She had...

Ruth A. Dusi

Ruth A. Dusi

Jan 31, 2016

Ruth A. Dusi, 85, of Lincoln Borough, died Sunday, January 31, 2016. She was born January 22, 1931 in Elizabeth and was the daughter of the late Samuel and Margaret Louise Hoffman Rothey. She was the wife of the late George Lucas Dusi Sr, who died November 23, 2006. Ruth was a member of the Elizabeth Fire Co and the...

Mary Elizabeth Spishock

Mary Elizabeth Spishock

Jan 31, 2016

Mary Elizabeth Spishock, 85, of Greenock, died Sunday, January 31, 2016 at home. She was born February 23, 1930 in McKeesport and was the daughter of the late Daniel and Anna Renjoski Capner. She was the wife of the late Stephen R. "Steve" Spishock who died January 24, 2014. She is survived by her daughters, Debra Spishock of Swissvale and...

Willetta J. Kifer

Willetta J. Kifer

Jan 29, 2016

Willetta J. Kifer, 83, of North Huntingdon, died Friday, January 29, 2016. She was born April 20, 1932 in Prospect Park and was the daughter of the late Steiner and Genevieve Gault Carter. She was the wife of the late Robert G. Kifer who died September 30, 2005. She is survived by her daughters, Karen J. Kifer of Monessen and...

Joseph E. McCusker

Joseph E. McCusker

Jan 29, 2016

Joseph E. McCusker, 86, of White Oak, died Friday, January 29, 2016 at home. He was born January 17, 1930 in Glassport and was the son of the late Emanuel and Mary McGourty McCusker. He was a member of Corpus Christi Parish, the Polish Club and White Oak American Legion Post 701. Joseph was a USMC Veteran. He is survived...

Betty Mae Kasmarik

Betty Mae Kasmarik

Jan 29, 2016

Betty Mae Kasmarik, 90, of McKeesport, formerly of Lincoln and Liberty Borough, died Friday, January 29, 2016. She was born February 8, 1925 in McKeesport and was the daughter of the late Gladys Littleton and wife of the late John Kasmarik. Betty was a member of Port Vue United Methodist and the Lincoln Borough Ladies Auxilliary. She is survived by...

Anna Bell Shaner

Anna Bell Shaner

Jan 27, 2016

Anna Bell Shaner 81, of New Stanton formerly of Penn Hills, died Wednesday, January 27, 2016 in William Penn Care Center. She was born May 24, 1934 in New Kensington and was the daughter of the late Daniel and Ida Negley Swanger. Anna Bell was a bookkeeper for the former Tile City in Wilkinsburg and had also worked for Saint...

Joseph Gary Schork

Joseph Gary Schork

Jan 26, 2016

Joseph Gary Schork, 34, of North Irwin, passed away unexpectedly at home on Tuesday, January 26, 2016. He was born November 3, 1981 in Jeannette was the son of Gary and Sharon Keeler Schork of Jeannette. He worked for UPS and was a member of The Youngwood Sportsman's Association. Joseph was an avid hunter and fisherman. Joseph loved football and...

Pearl Cohen

Pearl Cohen

Jan 26, 2016

Pearl Lefkovitz Cohen, 98, of Beatty Pointe Village in Monroeville, died Tuesday, January 26, 2016 in Mt. Vernon of Elizabeth. She was born April 15, 1917 in Pittsburgh and was the daughter of the late Louis and Rose Alex Lefkovitz who were both born in Szrensk, Poland, and immigrated to Pittsburgh. She was the wife of the late Edward R....

Leslie W. Beresford

Leslie W. Beresford

Jan 23, 2016

Leslie William "Coby" Beresford, 64, of Monongahela, died Saturday, January 23, 2016 at home. He was born August 18, 1951 in Charleroi and was the son of the late Leslie R. Beresford and the late Josephine Roberts Beresford Kaminsky. He was the husband of the late Linda B. Beresford who died September 20, 2009. Leslie was a member of the...

Paul J. Pociask

Paul J. Pociask

Jan 22, 2016

Paul Joseph Pociask, 78, of Elizabeth Township, died Friday, January 22, 2016. He was born August 31, 1937 in McKeesport and was the son of the late Paul F. and late Margaret Polak Pociask. He was a member of Central Highlands Community United Methodist Church in Elizabeth Township, White Oak American Legion Post 701, Versailles Croatian Club, Eleventh Ward Welfare...

George D. McAtee, Jr.

George D. McAtee, Jr.

Jan 21, 2016

George D. McAtee Jr., 90, of North Huntingdon, died Thursday, January 21, 2016 at home. He was born March 14, 1925 in McKeesport and was the son of the late George D. McAtee Sr. and the late Catherine M. Bauerschmidt McAtee. He was a member of St. Agnes Catholic Church in North Huntingdon and White Oak American Legion. George was...

Robert E. Butz

Robert E. Butz

Jan 19, 2016

Robert E. Butz,78, of Charleroi, passed away Tuesday, January 19, 2016. He was born November 12, 1937 in Greensburg and was the son of the late F. Emmett Butz and the late Eleanor May Cline Butz. Robert served in the United States Air Force and was a graduate of the Potomac State College of West Virginia University. He was a...

Michael E. Kandcer

Michael E. Kandcer

Jan 17, 2016

Michael E. Kandcer, 79, of Elizabeth Township, died Sunday, January 17, 2016 at home. He was born February 18, 1936 in McKeesport and was the son of the late Frank and Anna Baranik Kandcer. He was a member of Christ Lutheran Church, Duquesne, the Eleventh Ward Welfare Association, Order of the Elks, White Oak American Legion, and the Versailles Croatian...

Mary Alice Skorupski

Mary Alice Skorupski

Jan 16, 2016

Mary Alice Skorupski, 81, of White Oak, died Saturday, January 16, 2016. She was born April 11, 1934 in Duquesne and was the daughter of the late Edward L. and Catherine Fey Runge. She was a member of St. Patrick Church in Christy Park and was proprietor of the former Western Sizzlin Steak House in Sumter, SC. Mary Alice loved...

Raymond W. Holsing

Raymond W. Holsing

Jan 14, 2016

Raymond Wesley Holsing of Elizabeth Township, died Thursday, January 14, 2016. He was born in Boston and was the son of the late James and Ada Bramhall Holsing. Raymond was a WWII Navy Veteran serving in the South Pacific Theatre and was a fifty year member of Local # 27 Plumbers Union. He was also a Licensed Stock Broker and...

Renee J. Good

Renee J. Good

Jan 10, 2016

Renee J. Good, 63, of Elizabeth Township, died Sunday, January 10, 2016. She was born March 20, 1952 in McKeesport and was the daughter of Eleanor L. Deutsch Ruozzi of Buena Vista and the late Risveglio "Rice" Ruozzi who died June 29, 2014. Renee was an Administrator for the Dept. of Public Welfare and was a partner of the former...