Local Obituaries for White Oak, McKeesport, Dravosburg, West Mifflin, Port Vue, North Versailles, East McKeesport, Liberty Boro, Coulter, Versailles, Elizabeth, Irwin, North Huntingdon, Jeannette, Monroeville, Homestead, Pittsburgh, and surrounding areas.
Robert Howard Saunders
Feb 18, 2017
Robert Howard Saunders, age 82, of North Versailles died on February 18, 2017. He was born in Mifflin Twp. on July 20, 1934 and is the son of the late Samuel and Flossie Jones Saunders. He was an army veteran and was formerly employed at US Steel in the Met Lab. He is survived by his daughter; Sheila (Kevin) Hensler...
Anne Johns
Feb 15, 2017
Anne Johns, age 99, of Port Vue, died on Wednesday, February 15, 2017. Born on August 16, 1917 she was the wife of the late Charles A. Johns. She is survived by her sons, Thomas and Bruce Johns both of Irwin; sisters, Irene Tangren of California and Helen Fencik of McKeesport. She is preceded in death by her son, Gregory...
David M. Waratuke
Feb 14, 2017
David M. Waratuke, age 67 of McKeesport, died Tuesday, February 14, 2017. He was born in McKeesport on November 19, 1949, the son of the late Frank and Pansy Swartz Waratuke. David served in the Navy during Vietnam and worked at US Steel Irvin Works in West Mifflin on the “pickle line”. He is survived by his wife, Joyce Baer...
Dolores A. Molinari
Feb 14, 2017
Dolores A Molinari, age 86 of Economy Borough, formerly of White Oak, passed away after a brief illness in Villa St. Joseph’s of Baden on Tuesday, February 14, 2017. She was born in McKeesport on October 24, 1930, the daughter of the late Leonardo and Mary Carozza Darcangelo and wife of the late Carmen J. Molinari. Dolores was a fashion...
Ellen Caroline Lundberg
Feb 13, 2017
Ellen C. Lundberg, age 94, of McKeesport, died Monday, February 13, 2017. She was born in McKeesport on February 3, 1923, the daughter of the late Walter William and Mary Elizabeth MacMillan Deedrick. She was the beloved wife of the late Roy W. Lundberg, a member of Beulah Park United Methodist Church, their quilting club, and volunteered at the church...
Irene Ann Heffner
Feb 9, 2017
Irene Ann Heffner, age 87, of Port Vue, died Thursday, February 9, 2017. She was born in Clairton November 17, 1929 and was the daughter of the late John and Mary Stim Plavchak and the wife of the late Kenneth Heffner. She is survived by her sons, William (Patty) Dewalt of Goshen, Indiana, Raymond (Faye) Dewalt and John Dewalt both...
Donna L. Recker
Feb 5, 2017
Donna L. Recker, age 87 of McKeesport, died Sunday, February 5, 2017. She was born in Lenna, Oklahoma on November 22, 1929, the daughter of the late John and Thelma McDaniel Robertson. Donna retired after 20 years as a clerk at the Former PNE Trucking Company. She is survived by her loving husband of 66 years, Robert Recker; sons, John...
Charles R. Jobe
Feb 2, 2017
Charles R. Jobe, 79, of Port Vue, died Thursday, Feb. 2, 2017. Born April 15, 1937, in North Braddock, he was a son of the late Peter C. and Velma Christy Jobe and husband of the late Cecilia Anna Sharf Jobe. He served in the Marine Corps and was a graduate of the Pittsburgh Barber School. He retired from US...
Katherine ""Kay"" Sas Valerio
Feb 2, 2017
Katherine “Kay” Sas Valerio, age 95 of Elizabeth Twp., died Thursday, February 2, 2017. She was born in Vintondale, PA on February 8, 1921 and was the daughter of the late Charles and Anna Souvchyn Sas and the wife of the late Walter Valerio and mother of the late Walter Robert “Bob” Valerio. She was a partner and secretary of...
Lorraine Marie Hays Zajicek
Jan 23, 2017
Lorraine Marie Hays Zajicek, age 94, of McKeesport died on Monday, January 23, 2017. She was born in McKeesport on August 10, 1922. She was preceded in death by her husband of 67 years, Carl J. Zajicek, and was the daughter of the late Clifford R. and Lillian Dietrich Hays, stepdaughter of Lillian McMarlin Hays, and granddaughter of Rose and...
Martha S. Nelson
Jan 22, 2017
Martha S. Nelson, age 90, of Westlake, Ohio, formerly of White Oak, PA, died Sunday, January 22, 2017. She was born in McKeesport, PA on March 2, 1926 and was the daughter of the late Ira M. and Anna Reisner Shoup and the wife of the late G. Walter Nelson, Jr. Martha earned her Bachelor of Arts degree at Westminster...
Paul Keenan
Jan 21, 2017
Paul Keenan, age 84, of White Oak died on Saturday January 21, 2017. He was born in McKeesport on October 11, 1932 and is the son of the late James and Gladys Jordan Keenan. He retired from USS National Tube as an engineer and served in the Navy during the Korean War. He was a member at St. Angela Merici...
Priscilla L. Jurann
Jan 16, 2017
Priscilla L. Jurann, age 76 of Port Vue, died on Monday, January 16, 2017 at her home. She was born in Pittsburgh on November 19, 1940, daughter of the late Philip F. and Laura B. (Franz) Jurann. Priscilla retired as a bookkeeper for Brandywine Realty, was a very active member of St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Church, and a member...
Judy Bortak
Jan 1, 2017
Judy Bortak, age 79 of White Oak, died Friday, April 28, 2017. She was born in Mt. Pleasant on December 16, 1937, daughter of the late Jack and Jeanne Porch Simpson and wife of the late Lawrence M. Bortak. Judy was proprietor with her husband of the former Marribee Framing in Rainbow Village, White Oak. Services were held May 3,...
June E. Walsh
Jan 1, 2017
June E. Bauman Walsh, age 85, of McKeesport, died July 29, 2017. Born in McKeesport Hospital on July 1, 1932. Daughter of the late Charles R. and Hannah M. Barr Bauman. Wife of the late Thomas Walsh, Jr. and sister of the late Doris, Charles, Ida, and Harry. June worked as a Registered Nurse retiring from McKeesport Hospital. June is...
Lawrence M. Kalstone
Jan 1, 2017
Lawrence M. Kalstone, age 90, of New York, New York, formerly of McKeesport, Pa., died Wednesday, October 4, 2017. He was born June 28, 1927 in Duquesne, Pennsylvania, son of the late Bernard and Sophie Kalstone. Bernard Kalstone was the owner of the Eagle Drug Store in Duquesne. A graduate of the University of Pittsburgh, Larry served in the AAF...
Lenore L. Johnston
Jan 1, 2017
Lenore L. Johnston, age 69, of Dravosburg, died Tuesday, May 16, 2017. She was born in Pittsburgh on September 13, 1947, the daughter of the late George and Blanche Stanley Howard. She is survived by her sons; William McWhirter of Hazelwood and Larry (Kathleen) McWhirter of Dravosburg, daughters; Bonnie (Jerry) McWhirter of Bonair and Linda (Robert) Porter of Glassport. Also...
Lula Louise ""Noodles"" Teck
Jan 1, 2017
Lula Louise "Noodles" Teck, age 65 of McKeesport, died Monday, January 16, 2017 with her family by her side. She was born in McKeesport on May 21, 1951, daughter of the late Edwin and Martha (Ostrander) Moore. Lula was preceded in death by her husband Richard Teck. She is survived by her daughters Donna (John) Petroski and Deana Teck, both...
Margaret R. Grice
Jan 1, 2017
Margaret R. Grice, age 88, of McKeesport, died Sunday, January 29, 2017. She was born in Elizabeth, PA on July 9, 1928, daughter of the late James and Annie Collins Williams, and wife of the late Raymond "Barney" Grice. Margaret is survived by her sons, Dennis Grice of McKeesport, Kevin (Lou Ann) Grice of Clairton, Wesley (Debbie) Grice of McKeesport,...
Margaret "Peg" Hipple
Jan 1, 2017
Margaret “Peg” Hipple, age 89, of Dravosburg, died Sunday, June 18, 2017. She was born in Clairton on August 24, 1927 and was the daughter of the late Stephen and Mary Patrick Cundra. She was preceded in death by her husband of 43 years, Philip R. Hipple. She was the owner and partner of Grayson’s Florist in Dravosburg for 55...