Obituaries

Recent Obituaries

Local Obituaries from our Boston and White Oak locations

Tina Marie Everley

Tina Marie Everley

Feb 4, 2017

Tina Marie (Ludwig) Everley, 60, of Lafayette, IN, formerly of Elizabeth Township, died Saturday February 4, 2017. She was born August 10, 1956 in McKeesport and was the daughter of the late Harry Ludwig, Sr. and the late Janet Finnegan Ludwig. She is survived by her husband, James Warren Everley, daughters, Mary Everley of Brownsburg, IN., and Michelle (Jarrod) Taylor...

David L. "Dave" Meyers

David L. "Dave" Meyers

Feb 2, 2017

David L. "Dave" Meyers, 85, of Elizabeth Township, died Thursday February 2, 2017. He was born September 8, 1931 in Glendale, CA, and was the son of the late Nevin Donald Meyers and Madalin "Hope" Johnson Meyers Flood. Dave was a retired Systems Technician and worked for Bell of Pennsylvania and AT&T. He was a member of the Bell Pioneers,...

Antoinette J. "Toni" Graham

Antoinette J. "Toni" Graham

Feb 1, 2017

Antoinette J. "Toni" Graham, 69, of White Oak, died Wednesday February 1, 2017. She was born October 2, 1947 in McKeesport and was the daughter of the late Anthony and Blanche Krum Messina. Toni worked for the McKeesport Area School District. Toni was an unbelievably generous women who has possibly touched the lives of everyone she met. The world has...

Andrew W. McGee

Andrew W. McGee

Feb 1, 2017

Andrew Walter McGee, 28, of McKeesport, passed away Wednesday, February 1, 2017. He was born October 2, 1988 in Pittsburgh and was the son of Walter E. McGee III of McKeesport and Desiree Lynn (Joe) Swartz of McKeesport. Andrew had a tattoo of William Ernest Henley's poem "Invictus" and lead his life by the phrase " I am the master...

Willa Elizabeth Kovacs

Willa Elizabeth Kovacs

Jan 31, 2017

Willa Elizabeth Kovacs, 90, of Elizabeth Township, died Tuesday January 31, 2017 at home. She was born January 31, 1927 in Boston and was the daughter of the late Arthur and Hazel Gerschaut Jacklitch. She was the wife of the late Stephen Kovacs who died May 27, 2010. They were married for 65 years. Willa was a member of the...

Mildred "Millie" Kasko

Mildred "Millie" Kasko

Jan 29, 2017

Mildred "Millie" Kasko, 88, of West Mifflin, passed away on Sunday January 29, 2017 at home. She was born December 6, 1928 in Munhall and was the daughter of the late Joseph and Mary Panaiia Prologo. She was the wife of the late George Oliver Kasko who died September 6, 2004. Mother of Claire (Barry A.) Bryce of Elizabeth Township...

Lois Ann Finney

Lois Ann Finney

Jan 28, 2017

Lois Ann Finney, 81, of Greenock Heights, died Saturday January 28, 2017. She was born October 24, 1935 in Elizabeth Township and was the daughter of the late Albert E. and Susan A. Lacey Morrell. She was the wife of the late Donald E. Finney who died October 2, 2001. Lois was a member of the First Evangelical Free Church...

Mark Taylor

Mark Taylor

Jan 25, 2017

Albert Frederick "Mark" Taylor, 45, of White Oak, died Wednesday January 25, 2017. He was born June 16, 1971 in Bryn Mawr and was the son of Jessie Bain Sutherland Taylor of Bryn Mawr and the late Albert Frederick Taylor. Mark was a member of McKeesport Gospel Hall in White Oak. His life was his family. Mark trusted Christ as...

William Lawrence Durosko

William Lawrence Durosko

Jan 25, 2017

William Lawrence Durosko, 66, of Elizabeth Township, passed away on Wednesday January 25, 2017. He was born July 11,1950 in McKeesport and was the son of the late William G. and Elizabeth Bisogni Durosko . William was a USMC Veteran serving in the Vietnam War. For his service, he received the National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Campaign Medal w/device, Vietnam...

Celinda Virginia McGavern

Celinda Virginia McGavern

Jan 23, 2017

Celinda Virginia McGavern, 98, of North Huntingdon ,died Monday January 23, 2017 in Forbes Hospital . She was born December 6, 1918 in Philadelphia, and was the daughter of the late Louis H. and Lina Parker Forstner. She was the wife of the late William A. McGavern who died May 22, 2000. Along with her husband William, she was proprietor...

Dolores Ann Elko

Dolores Ann Elko

Jan 20, 2017

Dolores Ann Elko, 83, of McKeesport, died Friday, January 20, 2017 at Baldwin Health Center. She was born August 3, 1933 in McKeesport and was the daughter of the late Joseph and Anna Kotch. She was married to the late Richard M. Elko, Sr., who passed away November 26, 1988. Dolores was a homemaker and full time mom to her...

Miles Milkovich

Miles Milkovich

Jan 19, 2017

Miles Milkovich, 99, of Glassport, died Thursday January 19, 2017. He was born December 31, 1917 in McKeesport and was the son of the late Mile and Smilja Lalich Milkovich . He was the husband of the late Elizabeth D. "Betty" (Babyak) Milkovich who died October 28, 2011. Miles was a member of St. Sava Serbian Orthodox Church, McKeesport and...

Nellie Ruth Faix

Nellie Ruth Faix

Jan 17, 2017

Nellie Ruth (Rugg) Faix, 88, of North Huntingdon, formerly of Elizabeth Township, went to be with the Lord and joined her beloved husband "Pete" on Tuesday January 17, 2017. She was born April 3, 1928 in Fort Hill and was the daughter of the late Simon Peter and Jennie Marie Phillippi Rugg. She was the wife of the late Earl...

Glenn Bupp

Glenn Bupp

Jan 12, 2017

Glenn Bupp, 58, of Elizabeth Township, died Thursday January 12, 2017. He was born January 9, 1959 in McKeesport and was the son of the late Glenn and Irene Treager Bupp. Glenn worked for US Steel Edgar Thompson Works in Braddock. He was an avid Softball player and Duck Pin Bowler. He enjoyed riding his quad with his grandson Justin...

Michael Bilak, Jr.

Michael Bilak, Jr.

Jan 7, 2017

Michael Bilak, Jr., 84, of Elizabeth Township, died Saturday January 7, 2017. He was born December 19, 1932 in Port Vue and was the son of the late Michael and Anna May Kyne Bilak, Sr. He was a member of St. Michael's Catholic in Elizabeth Township and was also a member and Eucharistic Minister at the former Holy Trinity Church...

Katherine E. Kreiling

Katherine E. Kreiling

Jan 7, 2017

Katherine E. Kreiling, 92, of Greensburg, formerly of Boston, died Saturday January 7, 2017. She was born July 19, 1924 in McKeesport and was the daughter of the late Charles E. and Katherine Ditter Kreiling. After her mother passed away, she and her sister Evelyn were raised by the late Albert and Angela Thomas. Katherine served in the Korean War...

Kathryn M. Greenwald

Kathryn M. Greenwald

Jan 4, 2017

Kathryn M. Greenwald, 88, of Elizabeth Township, died Wednesday January 4, 2017. She was born February 28, 1928 in Jacksonville, FL, and was the daughter of the late Charles and Margaret James Bootman. She was the wife of the late William H. Greenwald who died September 16, 2005. She is survived by her daughters, Linda (Jim) Hughes of Mount Washington...

Warren E. Faust

Warren E. Faust

Jan 2, 2017

Warren Elton Faust, 95, of Elizabeth Township, died Monday, January 2, 2017. He was born July 13, 1921 in Lowber, and was the son of the late Judson E. and May Marshall Faust. He was a member of First Evangelical Free Church of McKeesport and was a retired Industrial Engineer for US Steel Clairton Works. Warren was a US Navy...

Geraldine A. "Maggie" Shurtz

Geraldine A. "Maggie" Shurtz

Jan 1, 2017

Geraldine A. "Maggie" Shurtz, 67, of Adamsburg, died Sunday January 1, 2017. She was born May 17, 1949 in Buena Vista, and was the daughter of the late Howard and Martha Ellenberger Taylor. Geraldine had worked for Kinder Care in Irwin, Dick's Sporting Goods warehouse in Smithton, Bombardier in West Mifflin and Respironics in Murrysville. She was a member of...

Michelle Lynn Dausey

Michelle Lynn Dausey

Dec 31, 2016

Michelle Lynn (Stefanko) Dausey, 65, of Elizabeth, passed away December 31, 2016 at Jefferson Hills Manor in Jefferson Hills. Born January 29, 1951 in McKeesport, she was the daughter of the late Michael and Velma (Green) Stefanko, and the loving wife of the late Thomas Dausey, Sr. A former nurse's aide at La Pensione Personal Care Home in Clairton, she...