Obituaries
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries from our Boston and White Oak locations
Rev. Charles D. Moore
Mar 31, 2013
Rev. Charles D. (Pastor Chuck) Moore, 83, of Elizabeth Twp, went home to be with the Lord on Easter Sunday, March 31, 2013. He was born October 12, 1929 in Dravosburg, son of the late Harold I. and Margaret Norman Moore. Chuck was raised in Dravosburg, Upon graduation from McKeesport High School in 1949, he joined the US Air Force...
Josephine M. Betters
Mar 30, 2013
Josephine M. Betters, 92, of Greenock, died Saturday, March 30, 2013 at home. She was born February 5, 1921 in San Marco de Cavoti, Italy, the daughter of the late Michael and Barbara Cetola Costanzo. She was the wife of the late Dominic J. Betters who died July 5, 1986. She was a member of St. Patrick Catholic Church, Christy...
Robert "Bob" A. Dobrick
Mar 29, 2013
Robert "Bob" A. Dobrick, 67, of Elizabeth, died Friday, March 29, 2013 at home. He was born March 28, 1946 in McKeesport, the son Theresa White Dobrich of Elizabeth and the late Robert "Bo" Dobrich. He was preceded in death by his wife, Cynthia Toth Dobrick who died December 22, 2006. Bob was proprietor of the former Sportsman's Lounge in...
Grace LaRue Nagy
Mar 28, 2013
Grace LaRue Nagy, 89, of Lincoln Boro, died Thursday, March 28, 2013. She was born December 12, 1923 in Dravosburg, the daughter of the late Fred and Grace Watkins Davis. She was wife of the late Steve Nagy who died January 30, 2000. Grace was Past Matron of White Oak Chapter No. 542 Order of Eastern Star, Past Matron of...
Opal Smith
Mar 24, 2013
Opal Smith, 100, of Greenock, Elizabeth Township, died Sunday, March 24, 2013 at home. She was born May 23, 1912 in Smithton, daughter of the late William and Anna Shupe Lee. She was the wife of the late Charles W. Smith who died May 14, 1973. Opal was a member of the Greenock United Methodist Church and the Ladies Aid...
Paulette Mae Perlick
Mar 24, 2013
Paulette Mae Perlick, 67, of McKeesport, died Sunday, March 24, 2013 in Kane Regional Center. She was born April 10, 1945 in Coal Valley, daughter of the late Benjamin and Ida Belle Bucklew. She was wife of the late Anthony Robert Perlick. Paulette had worked for the former Sabin's China and Puck Jones Restaurant and was an avid bowler. She...
Valerie P. Semchak
Mar 23, 2013
Valerie P. Semchak, 87, of Greenock, Elizabeth Twp, passed away peacefully on Saturday, March 23, 2013 in Jefferson Regional Medical Center. Born on August 4, 1925 in London, England, Valerie was the daughter of the late Bert and Dorothy Dawes Ludgate. She is survived by her loving husband of 68 years, Alex J. Semchak, her son, Brian L. Semchak; her...
Lorraine Spalla
Mar 19, 2013
Lorraine Spalla, 80, of Boston, Elizabeth Twp, died Tuesday, March 19, 2013. She was born October 29, 1932 in McKeesport, the daughter of the late Stanley and Stephanie Seperek. She was the wife of the late John T. Spalla who died April 18, 1996 and was the mother of Bernard L. Spalla who died June 6, 2009. She was a...
Lillian Gertrude Broder
Mar 18, 2013
Lillian Gertrude Broder, 87, of Greenock, died Monday, March 18, 2013. She was born December 25, 1925 in McKeesport, the daughter of the late Edward and Gertrude Adams Lepsch. She was the wife of the late Louis Edgar Broder. She had worked for Health House in Versailles and the former Sears Roebuck and Co. business office in McKeesport. She is...
Dominick Leonardo
Mar 16, 2013
Dominick Leonardo, 93, of White Oak, passed away peacefully at home on Saturday, March 16, 2013, surrounded by his family. He was born January 30, 1920 in Ellwood City, the son of the late Antonio and Anna Carrera Leonardo. He was a 1938 graduate of McKeesport High School. Mr. Leonardo was a WWII Army Veteran and served as a aircraft...
Ronald Rollinson
Mar 15, 2013
Ronald Rollinson, 64, of Port Vue, died Friday, March 15, 2013 at home. He was born December 5, 1948 in McKeesport, son of the late Harry J. and Ann Harmison Rollinson. He was a retired Corrections Officer at the former Western Penitentiary and was a former Supervisor at the Hempfield Foundry. He was proprietor of Roll's Pour Haus in Port...
Thomas Edward Race, Jr.
Mar 15, 2013
Thomas Edward Race, Jr., 81, of Elizabeth Twp., died Friday, March 15, 2013 in Southwestern Veterans Center, Pittsburgh. He was born December 12, 1931 "on Tin Plate Hill" Highland Grove, son of the late Thomas E. Race, Sr. and the late Blanche Miller Race. He was a member of St. Mary's Romanian Byzantine Church, Christy Park and attended the former...
Barbara Lydia Craig
Mar 13, 2013
Barbara Lydia Craig, 73, of Liberty Borough, formerly of Belle Vernon, died Wednesday, March 13, 2013 at home. She was born March 15, 1939 in Orange, NJ, daughter of the late John J. and Viola Rutzler Craig. She was a retired Manager of the Pittsburgh Regional Library Center. She is survived by her sister, Evelyn A and her husband, Richard...
Judy Ann Datig
Mar 8, 2013
Judy Ann Datig, 52, of McKeesport, died Friday, March 8, 2013. She was born April 7, 1960, in Confluence, the daughter of the late Floyd and Fern Kiki Knox. Judy was a nurse's aide. She is survived by daughters, Heather L. and her husband, Edward C. Gaussa Jr., of Upper St. Clair, Grace Petrulo, of Greenock; son, Brent James Argyle,...
Louise McKeever Fry
Mar 7, 2013
Louise McKeever Fry, 86, of Greenock, died Thursday March 7, 2013. She was born February 19, 1927 in McKeesport, daughter of the late Harold Irvin and Larelda Young McKeever. She was preceded in death by her husband, Walter Thomas Fry, Sr., brother, Harold Irvin McKeever, sister Marge McKeever Finney, and daughter-in-law, Peggy Wall Fry. For many years, Louise was an...
Paul Zuro
Mar 6, 2013
Paul Zuro, 86, of Greenock, died Wednesday, March 6, 2013. He was born February 11, 1927 in North Belle Vernon and was the son of the late Nicholas and Anna Mitus Zuro. He was a member of Aliquippa Lodge # 375 F & AM of Pittsburgh and also was a member of the Youghiogheny Country Club. Paul was a retired...
Clare Ann Sholtis
Mar 4, 2013
Clare Ann Sholtis, 53, of Elizabeth Twp, died Monday, March 4, 2013 at home. She was born July 27, 1959 in McKeesport and was the daughter of the late Wayne Thomas Naulder and the late June Marie Kostrick Naulder. She is survived by her husband, James M. Sholtis and son, Michael James Sholtis, brothers, Wayne Naulder, Jr., of McKeesport, Curtis...
Jean Fairley
Feb 23, 2013
Jean Ann Smerkol Fairley, 86, of Greenock, died Saturday, February 23, 2013. She was born June 1, 1926 in Pittsburgh, was raised in Duquesne, and was the daughter of the late Edward and Nora Kistler Smerkol. She was the wife of the late Francis Alexander "Alex" Fairley who died January 31, 1990. In addition, she was preceded in death by...
Sylvia Milhalovich Plummer
Feb 21, 2013
Sylvia Milhalovich Plummer, 73, of North Huntingdon, died Thursday, February 21, 2013 in UPMC McKeesport Hospital. She was born November 11, 1939 in Duquesne and was the daughter of the late John and Anna Milhalovich. She was a member of Peace Evangelical Lutheran Church, Greenock. Sylvia enjoyed nature. She loved snowmobileing, boating, and walking and riding in her woods. She...
Richard Glenn Dainty, Sr.
Feb 19, 2013
Richard G. "Dick" Dainty Sr., 82, of Elizabeth Township, died Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013, in Jefferson Regional Medical Center. He was born April 26, 1930, in Industry, the son of the late Thomas and Josephine Manning Dainty. He retired from the Municipal Authority of McKeesport and was a member of the Shaner Gun Club, White Oak American Legion Post 701...