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Twila M. Plummer
Feb 15, 2014
Twila M. Plummer, 82, of Elizabeth Twp, died Saturday, February 15, 2014. She was born September 7, 1931 in Christy Park and was the daughter of the late Michael and Olga Stegman. She was a member of Peace Evangelical Lutheran Church, Greenock, and had worked for the former G.C. Murphy Co. She is survived by her husband, Eugene H. Plummer,...
William Asushak
Feb 14, 2014
William "Bill" Asushak, 67, of Liberty Boro, died Friday, February 14, 2014 at home. He was born October 8, 1946 in McKeesport and was a retired Operating Engineer for UPMC McKeesport Hospital. There is no visitation and services are private. Arrangements are by the Gilbert Funeral Home and Crematory, Inc., 6028 Smithfield Street, Boston, Elizabeth Township. Condolences may be made...
Richard C. Sutton
Feb 10, 2014
Richard C. Sutton, 50, of Akron, OH, formerly of Long Island NY, died Monday, February 10, 2014 in Akron City Hospital. He was born June 3, 1963 in McKeesport and was the son of Howard Sutton and the late Carol Kennedy Snyder. He is survived by children, Ricky, Alyssa and Nicole, sisters, Carol Ann, Cathy and Lori, 3 grandchildren and...
Antonio Michael Lucza
Feb 5, 2014
Antonio Michael Lucza, 23, of McKeesport, formerly of Elizabeth Twp., died Wednesday, February 5, 2014. He was born July 30, 1990 in Reading and was the son of Charles S. and Gloria Mae Flower Lucza of Elizabeth Twp. He was a 2008 graduate of Elizabeth Forward High School and played the flute in the band. He was a member of...
Gary Alan Paull
Feb 1, 2014
Gary Alan Paull, 31, of Boston, Elizabeth Twp., died Saturday, February 1, 2014 after a 2 year courageous battle with cancer. He was born May 30, 1982 in McKeesport and was the son of Thomas Edward Paull, Sr. of Boston, and the late Idalynn Morgenstern Paull. He was a member of the Greenock United Methodist Church, and was a volunteer...
Jeffrey D. Antonelli
Jan 31, 2014
Jeffrey D. Antonelli, 53, of Key West, FL, formerly of Greenock, died Friday, January 31, 2014. He was born December 11, 1960 in McKeesport and was the son of the late Guerino "Woody" and Evelyn Pugh Antonelli. He worked for Woody's Italian Restaurant and Catering in Versailles and was a US Navy Veteran. He is survived by his son, Mark...
Mary Ellen Baran
Jan 31, 2014
Mary Ellen Baran of Elizabeth Twp, died Friday, January 31, 2014 at home. She was born in McKeesport and was the daughter of the late Philip and Sarah Green Hartig. She was a member of the Mount Vernon Community Presbyterian Church since 1955 where she served as organist and also as an elder. Mary Ellen studied music at Carnegie Tech...
Helen Edna Luketic
Jan 29, 2014
Helen Edna Luketic, 76, of McKeesport, died Wednesday, January 29, 2014. She was born January 9, 1938 in McKeesport and was the daughter of the late Kenneth and Lois Paxon Bumbarger. She was the wife of the late Joseph Luketic who died November 21, 1996. She was a member of the American Legion Post 75. She is survived by sons,...
Howard A. Zwald
Jan 28, 2014
Howard A. (Hank) Zwald, 82, of Elizabeth, passed away at his home on Tuesday, January 28, 2014 following a lengthy struggle with cancer. He was born September 21, 1931 in Elizabeth and was the son of the late Fredrick A. and Rebecca Hood Zwald. He was preceded in death by his brother, Fredrick (Bud) Zwald of Ft. Worth TX and...
John "Jack" J. Lawson, Jr.
Jan 25, 2014
John J. "Jack" Lawson, Jr., 82, of McKeesport, died Saturday, January 25, 2014. He was born January 5, 1932 in McKeesport and was the son of the late John J. Lawson, Sr. and the late Hannah Spiegelberg Lawson. He was a retired City of McKeesport Firefighter and was a US Navy Veteran of the Korean War. He was a member...
Stephen Spishock
Jan 24, 2014
Stephen R. Spishock, 86, of Greenock, died Friday, January 24, 2014. He was born May 9, 1927 in McKeesport and was the son of the late Stephen and Ellen Smedberg Spishock. He was retired from the former US Steel National Tube Works and was a US Navy Veteran serving in WWII. He is survived by his wife, Mary E. Spishock,...
Janise Ilene Peters
Jan 24, 2014
Janise Ilene Peters, 76, of Belle Vernon, died Friday, January 24, 2014 at home. She was born September 26, 1937 in Trafford and was the daughter of the late Kenneth W. Collins, Sr. and the late Roberta Burns Collins. She was wife of the late Walter J. Pudlowski and the late Charles Peters. Janise was a member of the First...
Edwin Austin Barton
Jan 23, 2014
Edwin Austin Barton, 86, of Elizabeth Twp, died peacefully at home surrounded by family on Thursday, January 23, 2014. He was born January 30, 1927 in Blaine Hill and was the son of the late Hobart M. and Clara M. Wilkins Barton. He was a charter member of Central Highlands Community United Methodist Church, and the Central Lions Club and...
Chester J. Risker
Jan 21, 2014
Chester J. Risker, 92, of Elizabeth Twp., died Tuesday, January 21, 2014. He was born May 21, 1921 in West Newton and was the son of the late George and Laura Curry Risker. He was husband of the late Ethel L. Maurer Risker, who died August 14, 2007. He was a retired Motor Inspector and Electrician for the former US...
Robert Steele-Emerson Blamick
Jan 18, 2014
Robert Steele-Emerson Blamick, 91, of Mount Vernon, died Saturday, January 18, 2014 in UPMC McKeesport Hospital. He was born October 31, 1922 in McKeesport and was the son of the late Charles James and Hilda Marie Johnson Blamick. He was the husband of the late Lois J. Morgan Blamick who died June 23, 2007. Robert was a member of Evangelical...
Robert Nelson Phillips
Jan 7, 2014
Robert Nelson Phillips, 84, of McKeesport, died Tuesday, January 7, 2014 in UPMC McKeesport Hospital. He was born June 23, 1929 in Jackson Twp, Greene County, and was the son of the late William Nelson Phillips and the late Dorothy Woodruff Phillips. He was a member of Peace Evangelical Lutheran Church in Greenock, and the White Oak American Legion. He...
Claire Louise Harkins
Dec 30, 2013
Claire Louise Barnes Harkins, 91, of Versailles, died Monday, December 30, 2013. She was born October 24, 1922 in Versailles and was the daughter of the late Grover C. and Susanna Schwotzer Barnes. She was the wife of the late Allen F. Harkins who died April 9, 1963. Claire was a life long resident of Versailles Boro, she was a...
Jacqueline Ann "Jackie" Leech
Dec 21, 2013
Jacqueline Ann "Jackie" Harden Leech, 57, of Greenock, died Saturday, December 21, 2013 at home. She was born February 18, 1956 in McKeesport and was the daughter of the late Jack L. and Jean E. Sedney Harden. Jackie was a member of the Greenock United Methodist Church. She was a graduate of Elizabeth Forward High School Class of 1974 and...
Dalbert J. Dellapenna
Dec 20, 2013
Dalbert J. "Big Dale" Dellapenna, Sr., 64, of McKeesport, died Friday, December 20, 2013 at home. He was born February 3, 1949 in McKeesport and was the son of the late James Dellapenna and the late Eva Ensign Dellapenna Ritchie and was the stepson of the late David Ritchie. He had worked for Edward L. Kemp Co., and was proprietor...
John "Jack" H. Rudd. Jr.
Dec 19, 2013
John "Jack" Harold Rudd, Jr., 85, of White Oak, died Thursday, December 19, 2013. He was born September 21, 1928 in McKeesport. He was the son of the late John Harold Rudd, Sr. and the late Helen Livingstone Rudd and was the husband of the late Irene Takacs Rudd who died June 14, 1995. Jack was a member of Sampson-Mills...
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