Obituaries

Recent Obituaries

Local Obituaries from our Boston and White Oak locations

Karen Lee Donaldson

Karen Lee Donaldson

Jun 24, 2017

Karen Lee Donaldson, 69, of White Oak, died Saturday, June 24, 2017. She was born September 13, 1947 in McKeesport and was the daughter of the late John William and Lois Walt Donaldson. Karen was a retired music teacher and worked for the McKeesport Area School District for 32 years. She taught music at McKeesport Area High School also serving...

Mildred "Midge" Jean Jefferis

Mildred "Midge" Jean Jefferis

Jun 24, 2017

Mildred Jean "Midge" Jefferis, 86, of Greenock, died Saturday June 24, 2017. She was born February 22, 1931 in McKeesport and was the daughter of the late John and Edna Mann Adams. She was the wife of the late William Edward Jefferis who died in 1967. She was a member of the Greenock United Methodist Church and the Eastern Star....

Flora Bell Ferguson

Flora Bell Ferguson

Jun 22, 2017

Flora Bell Ferguson, 91, of North Versailles, died Thursday June 22, 2017. She was born April 22, 1926 in Wilmerding and was the daughter of the late Ralph Ellis and Agnes McCarly Livingston. She was the wife of the late William D. Beck and the late Douglas Ferguson. Flora Bell was a member of the Norwin Christian Church. She is...

Linda Reichenbach Andy

Linda Reichenbach Andy

Jun 21, 2017

Linda (McCullers) Reichenbach Andy, 68, of Port Vue, died Wednesday June 21, 2017. She was born February 12, 1949 in McKeesort and was the daughter of Geraldine Ruth Dunlap Gibala of Liberty Borough and the late Ottis McCullers. She is survived by her husband, Frank Edwin Andy, children, Lorraine (Michael) Lindsay and Charles (Melissa) Reichenbach of Lincoln Borough, and Roger...

Gregory William Sutek

Gregory William Sutek

Jun 14, 2017

Gregory William Sutek, 19, of Mount Vernon, died Wednesday June 14, 2017. He was born May 26, 1998 in Monroeville. He was a member of the Mount Vernon Community Presbyterian Church and was a 2016 graduate of Elizabeth Forward High School. He was a Scholar Athlete and a Championship Swimmer on the Swim Team there. He was also on the...

Deborah A. Hromanik

Deborah A. Hromanik

Jun 13, 2017

"If anyone knows me they know I am a strong woman, but here is a little history. I graduated from high school in 1967, that same week I started in the mill in the business planning department, I started running a multilith machine. In 1969 the consent decree was passed and women could apply for non traditional jobs in the...

Kellie A. Fagan

Kellie A. Fagan

Jun 12, 2017

Kellie Ann Fagan, 52, of McKeesport, died Monday June 12, 2017 at home. She was born March 6, 1965 in Coulter and was the daughter of the late Thomas and Marjorie Miller Fagan. She is survived by her daughter, Tanya A. Wertz of White Oak and son, James T. Wertz of  McKeesport, sisters, Bonnie Heasley of North Huntingdon, Tricia (Rick)...

Lois A. Gillingham

Lois A. Gillingham

Jun 12, 2017

Lois A. Gillingham, 89, formerly of McKeesport and Monroeville, died Monday June 12, 2017. She was born October 29, 1927 in Christy Park and was the daughter of the late A. Ross Gillingham Sr., and the late Carrie Shaffer Gillingham. Lois was a very active member of the Mount Vernon Community Presbyterian Church in Elizabeth Township.  She was a retired...

Ann M. Baker

Ann M. Baker

Jun 11, 2017

Ann M. Baker, 91, of Liberty Borough, died Sunday June 11, 2017. She was born November 29, 1925 in McKeesport and was the daughter of the late Francis Joseph and Isabelle McFarland McKay. She was the wife of the late Frank C. Baker who died October 18, 2011. Ann was a Tax Return Specialist and worked with her daughter Kathy...

Marion Mitchell

Marion Mitchell

Jun 10, 2017

Marion Mitchell, 89, of Elizabethtown, formerly of Clairton, died surrounded by her loving family on Saturday June 10, 2017. She was born September 8, 1927 in Jefferson Borough and was the daughter of the late James and Nora Mahoney Allen. She was the wife of the late Grant V. Mitchell, Jr., who died August 2009. She was a member of...

Salvatore Daniel Trovato, Sr.

Salvatore Daniel Trovato, Sr.

Jun 10, 2017

Salvatore Daniel Trovato, Sr.,  79, of North Huntingdon, went to be with The Lord on Saturday June 10, 2017 at home surrounded by his family. He was born March 30, 1938 in  Braddock, and was the son of the late Anthony and Mary Trifari Trovato. He is survived by his wife, Leona Kropczynski Trovato, sons, Daniel (Michele) Trovato of Liberty...

Frances Pearl Morrow

Frances Pearl Morrow

Jun 8, 2017

Frances Pearl Morrow, 78, of Elizabeth Township, died Thursday June 8, 2017 at home. She was born May 24, 1939 in New York, NY, and was the daughter of the late Thomas and Ellen Hindman Bateman. She was the wife of the late Francis W. Morrow Sr., who died August 5 , 2002. She was also preceded in death by...

David W. Horvatin, Sr.

David W. Horvatin, Sr.

Jun 7, 2017

David William Horvatin, Sr., 68, of Dravosburg, died Wednesday June 7, 2017. He was born May 13, 1949 in El Monte, CA, and was the son of the late William George and Goldie Barlow Horvatin. David was retired from the Maintance Dept. of the McKeesport Area School District and was a US Army Veteran serving in the Vietnam War. He...

Edwin D. Coulter, Jr.

Edwin D. Coulter, Jr.

Jun 3, 2017

Edwin D. "Big Fred" Coulter, Jr., 52, of McKeesport, died Saturday June 3, 2017 at home. He was born October 22, 1964 in McKeesport and was the son of Katherine "Kay" Anthony Coulter Resh of Elizabeth Township and the late Edwin D. Coulter, Sr. In addition to is mother, he is survived by his son, Casey (Kristin) Coulter of Turtle...

Joseph K. Fossi

Joseph K. Fossi

Jun 2, 2017

Joseph K. Fossi, 68, of Elizabeth Township, died Friday June 2, 2017. He was born January 11, 1949 in McKeesport and was the son of the late Adam and Ann Tedesco Fossi. Joseph was a Co-owner of  Fossi and Zowacki Roofing and was a member of the Elizabeth Township Sportsman's Association. He was a US Army Veteran and served in...

Patricia Frederick

Patricia Frederick

Jun 1, 2017

Patricia Frederick, 93, of North Huntingdon, passed away peacefully on Thursday June 1, 2017. She was born February 22, 1924 in Blacklick, and was the daughter of the late Charles and Della V. Banks Minnicks. She was the wife of the late Arnold F. Frederick who died November 1, 2003. Patricia enjoyed gardening, crocheting, traveling and spending time with her...

Robert J. Bishop

Robert J. Bishop

May 30, 2017

Robert J. Bishop, 48, of California, formerly of Port Vue, died Tuesday May 30, 2017 as a result of injuries sustained in an automobile accident. He was born August 8, 1968 in McKeesport and was the son of the late Frederick R. and Rosemary Hays Bishop. Robert was the Manager of Build-A-Bear Workshop in South Hills Village . He is...

George Anthony Konchak

George Anthony Konchak

May 30, 2017

After a couragous battle with leukemia, George Anthony Konchak, 69, of Elizabeth Township, died Tuesday May 30, 2017 in McKeesport Hospital with his family by his side. He was born July 26, 1947 in Braddock and was the son of the late George A. and Wanda Ostrowski Konchak. He was a member of St. Michael Parish in Elizabeth Township and...

Mildred "Midge" Turner

Mildred "Midge" Turner

May 28, 2017

Mildred "Midge" Turner, 88, of Mercer, formerly of Greenock, died Sunday May 28, 2017, peacefully at home surrounded by her family. She was born December 12, 1928 in Davy, WV, and was the daughter of the late David H. and Nellie C. Duncan McClure. She was the wife of the late Jim R. Turner who died January 12, 2000. Midge...

George F. Mancz

George F. Mancz

May 27, 2017

George F. Mancz, 84, of Boston, formerly of McKeesport, died Saturday May 27, 2017 at home. He was born October 22, 1932 in Darlington, and was the son of the late George and Mary Schimpf Mancz. He was the husband of the late Shirley M. Forster Mancz who died October 19, 2011. They were married for 59 years. George was...