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Edward J. Pierce
May 29, 2014
Edward J. Pierce, 73, of North Huntingdon, died Thursday, May 29, 2014. He was born August 9, 1940 in McKeesport and was the son of the late Thomas and Esther Dakos Pierce. He was proprietor of Edward J. Pierce Flooring. He is survived by his wife, Kathleen E. Jancart Pierce, daughter, Donna J. (Dennis) Mickanin and son, James E. "Jim"...
Lila Lee Gdovic
May 27, 2014
Lila Lee Gdovic, 85, of Mount Vernon, died Tuesday, May 27, 2014. She was born May 1, 1929 in Boston and was the daughter of the late Clarence and Helen Hankins Davis. She was a member of St. Michael's Roman Catholic Church in Elizabeth Twp, Elizabeth Twp. Senior Citizens and the Golden Oldies Bowling League. She is survived by her...
Aletha G. Walter
May 26, 2014
Aletha G. Walter, 94, of Elizabeth Twp, passed away on Monday, May 26, 2014. She was born March 14, 1920 in Scranton, and was the daughter of the late Roy and Mable Alt Luce and was the wife of the late William F. "Bucky" Walter who died March 5, 2002. She was a member of the Greenock United Methodist Church...
Richard "Dick" Thomas Burns, Jr.
May 21, 2014
Richard "Dick" Thomas Burns, Jr. 74, of Elizabeth Twp., died Wednesday, May 21, 2014 in Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh. He was born May 3, 1940 in Oakland and was the son of the late Richard Thomas and Marie Brown Burns. He was the former proprietor of 48 Auto Parts in Elizabeth Twp, and was a US Army Veteran. He is...
David Wayne Evans
May 16, 2014
David Wayne Evans, 54, of McKeesport, died Friday, May 16, 2014 at home. He was born November 4, 1959 in McKeesport and was the son of the late Daniel and Charlotte Forster Evans. David was an avid fisherman and loved camping. He had worked for Vista Metals in Greenock. He is survived by his daughter, Jennifer Evans of McKeesport and...
Marilyn Jean Ryan
May 14, 2014
Marilyn Jean (March) Ryan age 85, of Pleasant Hills, formerly of Elizabeth Boro., passed away peacefully at home surrounded by her family, on Wednesday, May 14, 2014. She was born July 2, 1928 in Pittsburgh and was the daughter of the late Horace J. and Marie McDonald Hughes. She was the wife of the late Willard J. Ryan who died...
Rozanne Elaine Gray Fowler
May 9, 2014
Rozanne Elaine Gray Fowler, 63, of Indiana, died Friday, May 9, 2014. She was born August 17, 1950 in Elizabeth (Mustard Hollow) and was the daughter of the late Roy S. and Doris Pomilio Gray. Rozanne is survived by her son, Jacob Ryan Fowler of Chesnee, SC., brothers, Roy (Frankie) Gray of Charleston, SC, Dean (Lil) Gray of Philadelphia, Marvin...
Carlene Joanne Sedlock
Apr 27, 2014
Carlene Joanne Sedlock, 86, of Christy Park, died Sunday, April 27, 2014 at home. She was born August 26, 1927 in McKeesport and was the daughter of the late Edward A. and Hazel Jordan Raymer. She was the wife of the late William Sedlock who died June 5, 2000. Carlene was a member of the Greenock United Methodist Church and...
Joan Lauer
Apr 26, 2014
Joan Lauer, 89, of North Huntingdon, PA passed away on April 26, 2014. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11 AM on Saturday May 24, 2014 at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church, 200 Leger Road, North Huntingdon, Pa 15642. A private burial service will follow. There will not be any visitation. Joan was born in Wilkinsburg, PA on March 9, 1925. She graduated as class valedictorian from St. John the...
Edgar Otis Klingensmith
Apr 24, 2014
Edgar Otis Klingensmith, 79, of Boston, Elizabeth Twp., died Thursday, April 24, 2014. He was born February 17, 1935 in Port Vue, and was the son of the late John Franklin Klingensmith and the late Elsie Daisy Thomas Klingensmith. He was a member of Peace Evangelical Lutheran Church, Greenock, and served in the US Army. He was a partner of...
Mary Jean Ketter
Apr 21, 2014
Mary Jean Ketter, 69, of Boston, Elizabeth Twp., died Monday, April 21, 2014. She was born November 3, 1944 in McKeesport and was the daughter of the late Charles and Mary Barno Hollis. She was a member of Dormition of the Holy Virgin Russian Orthodox Church, McKeesport, and was a beautician at the former Lesko's Beauty Shop in McKeesport. She...
William Jacob Gossman
Apr 20, 2014
William Jacob "Shorty" Gossman, 89, of Elizabeth Twp., died Sunday, April 20, 2014. He was born January 8, 1925 in McKeesport and was the son of the late Jacob and Edith Kreiger Gossman. He was a member of St. Michael Roman Catholic Church, Elizabeth Twp., and was a retired Draftsman from Westinghouse Bettis Atomic Plant. Shorty was a US Navy...
Alice Jean O'Neil
Apr 19, 2014
Alice Jean O'Neil, 75, of West Mifflin, died Saturday, April 19, 2014. She was born March 17, 1939 in McKeesport and was the daughter of the late William J. and Alverna Stein McKee. She had worked for Eat n Park in McKeesport and Bubby's in Glassport. Alice was a member of the Turn Sisters Duck Pin League and the Croatian...
John Damon Relja
Apr 17, 2014
John Damon Relja, 48, of Elizabeth Twp. died Thursday, April 17, 2014. He was born November 5, 1965 in Fort Jackson, Columbia, SC., and was the son of Barbara Jean (Goodrich) Relja of Elizabeth Twp., and the late John W. Relja. He was the proprietor of Jim's Guitar Works in West Elizabeth for over a decade. In addition to his...
Daniel Robert Ressler
Apr 14, 2014
Daniel Robert Ressler, 32, of Elizabeth, died Monday, April 14, 2014 in Jefferson Regional Medical Center. He was born July 21, 1981 in McKeesport and was the son of Sherry Leaver Ressler of Elizabeth and the late Robert D. Ressler who died June 28, 2011. In addition to his mother, he is survived by brothers, Justin T. (Lauren) Ressler of...
Varetta Leona Gogoel
Apr 12, 2014
Varetta Leona Gogoel, 90, of Elizabeth Twp, died Saturday, April 12, 2014 at home. She was born October 7, 1923 in Sutersville and was the daughter of the late Carl and Ellen Landers Byrand. She was the wife of the late Andrew C. Gogoel who died September 29, 2002. She is survived by her daughters, Andrene (Robert) Schmelzer of Centennial,...
Jerome Ray Sherk
Apr 10, 2014
Jerome Ray Sherk, the director of production of the Pittsburgh Opera who was an innovator at operas across the nation, died April 10 after a four-month battle with cancer. Born in Williamsburg, Mass., Sherk attended the New England Conservatory before transferring to the Manhattan School of Music where he graduated with a double major in theory and French horn performance....
James Curtis Hughes
Apr 3, 2014
James Curtis Hughes, 56, of Tallahassee, FL, formerly of Elizabeth Twp, died Thursday, April 3, 2014. He was born November 20, 1957 in McKeesport and was the son of David L. and Bonnie J. Eicher Hughes of Forward Twp. He was a 1975 graduate of Elizabeth Forward High School and was a member of the Boston United Methodist Church. In...
Dorothy V. Stepko
Apr 2, 2014
Dorothy V. Stepko, 86, of Elizabeth Twp, died Wednesday April 2, 2014 at Kane Regional Center, McKeesport. She was born January 13, 1928 and was the daughter of the late John A. and Catherine McKeeta Ingram. She was a member of St. Michael Roman Catholic Church and the Christian Mothers, and was also a member of the Glassport Women's Club....
Ida Louise Rudge
Mar 30, 2014
Ida Louise (Ray) Rudge, 73, of Elizabeth Twp, died Sunday, March 30, 2014. She was born September 5, 1940 in Verona and was the daughter of the late Sarah Ray Lott. Ida was raised by her grandparents, the late John and Daisy Myers Ray. She was a retired Pre-School Teacher with the Allegheny County Intermediate Unit Head Start Program. She...
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