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Lottie Belle Elias
Jan 24, 2021
Lottie Belle Shearer Elias passed away on Sunday, January 24, 2021 while living at Arden Court in Monroeville. She was born on January 28, 1932, in Harrison City, to the late Alvin and Blanche Walter Shearer. She met her husband, Dave, while working at Westinghouse Air Brake in Wilmerding, and they spent sixty wonderful years together. She will always be...
David R. Wippich
Jan 23, 2021
David R. Wippich, age 53 of McKeesport, died on January 23, 2021. He was born in Jefferson, Missouri on May 1, 1967 and is the son of Edward Snickner and Lily Wippich. He is survived by son David Wippich, of McKeesport, sister, Donna (Mark) Affeltranger of South Side, companion for over 30 years, Tracy L. Gretz of McKeesport, and stepson,...
Mary C. Schmidt
Jan 22, 2021
Mary C. Schmidt, age 101, of White Oak died on January 22, 2021. She was born in McKeesport on June 3, 1919 and is the daughter of the late Gabor and Susannah Bunyak Yunecko, and the wife of the late Charles Schmidt. She was a member of the Evangelical Congregational Church of McKeesport. One of her favorite past times was...
Marvin Lewis Herren
Jan 21, 2021
Marvin Lewis Herren, age 84, of White Oak, died on Thursday, January 21, 2021. He was born in Braddock on November 8, 1936 and is the son of the late Oscar and Marie Danielson Peterson. He was employed for many years as a manager in various Thorofare Supermarkets in the produce department. He was a 62 year member of the...
Edward Kenneth Devlin
Jan 19, 2021
Edward Kenneth Devlin, age 83, of McKeesport died on January 19, 2021. Born in Philadelphia on March 25, 1937, he is the son of the late James and Elizabeth Devlin. He served as a Marine Corp Veteran. He is survived by son, Kim Devlin of Toledo, Ohio, and many nieces and nephews in Philadelphia, Pa and Toledo, Ohio. He was...
Daniel Joseph Paradise
Jan 18, 2021
Daniel Joseph Paradise, age 73, of Elizabeth Township, died on January 18, 2021 in Pittsburgh with his wife and sister by his side. Born in McKeesport on April 17, 1947, he is the son of the late Peter and Anna Charok Paradise, and the husband of Melanie Pollack Paradise. He served in the United States Air Force and was a...
Betty J. Kaler
Jan 17, 2021
Betty J. Kaler, age 86, of Irwin, died on Sunday, January 17, 2021. She was born in McKeesport on June 29, 1934 and is the daughter of the late William and Regina Smith Kaler. She was a graduate of St. Peter’s High School in McKeesport, was a secretary at the G.C. Murphy Company and later was employed as the executive...
Eric Joseph Kozak
Jan 16, 2021
Eric Joseph Kozak, age 60, of Whitehall, died on Saturday, January 16, 2021. He was born in McKeesport on August 15, 1960 and is the son of the late Zolton and Mary Ann Gillingham Kozak. He is survived by his children Steffanie Kozak and Ethan Kozak. He was predeceased by his brother, Richard Willenpart of Rimersburg, PA. He is survived...
Helen Bogden
Jan 16, 2021
Helen Bogden, age 98, of McKeesport, died on Saturday, January 16, 2021. She was born in Hostetter, PA on May 22, 1922 and is the daughter of the late John and Mary Pavlock Godula, and the wife of the late John B. Bogden. She worked as a salesclerk for the former Gimbel’s Department Store at Eastland Mall. Helen truly enjoyed...
Carl Wallace Amman
Jan 13, 2021
Carl Wallace Amman, age 90, of White Oak, died Wednesday, January 13, 2021. He was born in Pittsburgh, on August 21, 1930 and is the son of the late Carl Wallace Amman and the late Amelia Sior Kelly. He worked as a draftsman in the engineering department and later retired as a foreman for US Steel National Works McKeesport. He...
Pearl Rozella Hart
Jan 11, 2021
Pearl Rozella Hart, age 86, of McKeesport, died on January 11, 2021. She was born in McKeesport on September 21, 1934 and is the daughter of the late Orida and Jenny Pezel and is the wife of the late Harry Edward Hart. She was a long-time member of the West Side Methodist Church in McKeesport. She is survived by her...
Judith Helen Lichtenstein
Jan 8, 2021
Judith Lichtenstein, age 83, of Grandville, MI, died on January 8, 2021. She was born on October 12, 1937, in McKeesport, PA, and is the daughter of the late Gustav and Olga Spitz Gottdiener, and the wife of the late David Lee Lichtenstein. She loved raising her family in a home filled with music and the arts, as well as,...
Carole Simon
Jan 7, 2021
Carole Simon, age 82, of White Oak, died on January 7, 2021. She was born in McKeesport on March 3, 1938 and is the daughter of the late David and Lillian Shermer and the wife of the late Martin Simon. She is survived by her daughter, Susan (Robert) Mitchell of White Oak; son, Jeffrey (Alicia) Simon of Colorado; sister, Judy...
Mrs. Anna L. Biber
Jan 6, 2021
Anna L. Biber, age 88, of Elizabeth Township, died on January 6, 2021. Born in Pittsburgh on October 6, 1932 she is the daughter of the late Katherine Currie and the wife of the late Donald Biber. She worked as an administrative assistant for Boston Mutual Insurance Company. She enjoyed volleyball, fishing, and bowling with her friends. She is survived...
Benjamin Debello
Jan 5, 2021
Benjamin DeBello, age 75, of McKeesport, passed peacefully on January 5, 2021. Born in Wayne, New Jersey on November 4, 1945 and formally of Norwich, New York and Alton, New Hampshire. He is the son of the late Benjamin and Alice Kopack DeBello, and the husband of the late Anna DeBello. He served in the United States Airforce during the...
John Prokop
Jan 5, 2021
John R. Prokop Sr., age 87, of North Huntingdon, passed away on January 5, 2021. He was born in Port Vue on January 27, 1933 and is the son of the late Stephen and Ann Pavlik Prokop and the loving husband of Ann Bradford Prokop. He served in the United States Army. John worked many years for Western Union and...
John Regis Poisel
Jan 2, 2021
John Regis Poisel, age 68, of Elizabeth. Died on January 2, 2021. He was born in Pittsburgh and is the son of the late Edward and Rosalia Irene Flynn Poisel and the husband of Catherine Poisel. John served in the United States Air force, during the Vietnam War. John retired from US Steel as a steamfitter and has worked in...
Ann Kemp
Jan 2, 2021
Ann Kemp, age 89 of Oakmont, formerly of White Oak, died on Saturday, January 2, 2021. She was born in Altoona on December 13, 1931 and is the daughter of the late Monroe and Edna Edgein Eckroth and the wife of the late George R. Kemp. She graduated from Penn State University with a degree in Elementary Education, she taught...
Arlene K Bush
Dec 29, 2020
Arlene Kay (Susan) Bush, age 71, of Pittsburgh, died in hospice on December 29, 2020. She was a 1967 graduate of McKeesport Senior High School. She went on to earn a Bachelor of Arts in German with a minor in Special Education from West Virginia University and a Bachelor of Science in Medical Technology from the University of Pittsburgh. Ms....
Robert John Dimond
Dec 29, 2020
Robert John Dimond, age 83, of West Mifflin, died on December 29, 2020. He was born on July 2, 1937 and is the son of the late John and Julia Dimond. He retired after many years working on auto-body collision work. He is survived by his wife, Sharon Ann Dimond; son, David Dimond of Liberty Borough. A family gathering was...