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.
Minervia Fowler
Dec 5, 2023
Minervia Fowler, age 79, of McKeesport, died on Tuesday, December 5, 2023. She was born in Ridgewood, AL on September 15, 1944 and is the daughter of the late Jullian and Daisy Mae Portis Moody. She retired as a nurse’s aide in 2004. Minervia was a very faithful person, who enjoyed engaging in her Jehovah Witness ministry. She would write...
Marcia Ann Marko
Dec 3, 2023
Marcia Ann Marko, age 70, of White Oak, died peacefully and surrounded by family on Sunday, December 3, 2023. She was born in McKeesport on April 30, 1953, and is the daughter of the late Dan Verdish (who died on July 21, 2023) and Virginia Ciolak Verdish (who died on February 18, 2015). She retired from the Municipal Authority of...
Janice Elizabeth Reed
Dec 3, 2023
Janice Elizabeth Reed, age 80, of Dravosburg, died shortly before 1:00 a.m. on Sunday, December 3, 2023 at Jefferson Hospital. She was born in Homestead on June 19, 1943 and is the daughter of the late Edwin and Julia Jeran Williamson. After Julia’s death, Eva Gay Williamson, was there as stepmother for Janice. She was raised in the same home...
Cheryl Ann Puglin
Dec 2, 2023
Cheryl Ann Puglin, age 66, of Port Vue, died on Saturday, December 2, 2023. She was born in Uniontown on February 13, 1957 and is the daughter of the late Robert and Betty Elizabeth Roberts Flanigan. Cheryl was an owner/operator alongside her father at the snack bar at Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory in West Mifflin for over 20 years. Her...
Dominic Anthony Kasony
Nov 30, 2023
Dominic Anthony Kasony, age 74, of Trafford, PA, formerly of McKeesport, died on Thursday, November 30, 2023. He was born in McKeesport on June 18, 1949 and is the son of the late Anthony Kasony and Christina Supp. He is survived by his wife, Janice Demase Kasony, children Dom (Diane) Kasony Jr. of Eighty Four, PA, Lisa Foscoe of Coraopolis,...
Richard Peter Semanisin
Nov 27, 2023
Richard Peter Semanisin, age 80, of North Versailles, died on Monday, November 27, 2023. He was born in McKeesport on May 28, 1943, and is the son of the late Peter and Sarah Perich Semanisin. Richard was a veteran of the United States Army, serving in Vietnam, and was part owner of the former J+R Cleeland Printing in South Side....
Michael Roche
Nov 23, 2023
Michael Roche, age 66, of McKeesport, died on Thursday, November 23, 2023. He was born in McKeesport on August 11, 1957 and is the son of the late Donald J., Sr. and Agnes Bigleman Roche. Michael was employed at C. Harper Chevrolet and General Motors in the detail department for decades, as well as at Mama Pepino’s Pizza in White...
Carl Edward Elm II
Nov 22, 2023
Carl “Peanut” Edward Elm, II, age 48, of Elizabeth, died on Wednesday, November 22, 2023. He was born in McKeesport on July 6, 1975 and is the son of John P., Sr. and Joyce Beitler Warabak of White Oak. Carl loved fishing, vegetable gardening, and gambling. He also loved the ocean, all animals, and going to the family cabin. In...
Karen L. Harrison
Nov 21, 2023
Karen L. Harrison passed from the presence of loving family into Heavenly eternity on November 21, 2023. Karen was born on March 29, 1950, to Alex Hamilton Jr. and Adeline Faust Hamilton. She married Robert C. Harrison, whom she called her soul mate, in 1979. Together, they raised 3 children, and she considered her family to be her greatest accomplishment...
Evelyn Marie Pasternak
Nov 20, 2023
Evelyn Marie Pasternak, age 90, of White Oak, died on Monday, November 20, 2023. She was born in Rankin on February 8, 1933 and was the daughter of the late Thomas and Marie Butcher Begg. She was the wife of the late John Stephen Pasternak, who died on November 26, 2019. Evelyn retired after 35 years from Koppers, Inc. as...
Doris Ann Lynch
Nov 17, 2023
Doris Ann Lynch, age 87, of Port Vue, PA died on Friday, November 17, 2023. She was born in Port Vue, PA on March 14, 1936 and is the daughter of the late Michael and Laura Zawrot Tutko, and the wife of the late Leonard J. Lynch, who died on September 19, 2016. Doris was employed as a secretary to...
Dennis Richard Halaszynski Sr.
Nov 11, 2023
Dennis Richard Halaszynski, Sr., age 92, of McKeesport, died on Veteran’s Day, November 11, 2023. He was born in McKeesport on January 5, 1931 and is the son of the late Thomas and Josephine Wisniewski Halaszynski. He was the husband of the late Mary E. Tobias Halaszynski, who died on January 13, 1988. Dennis proudly served in the United States...
Scott Walker Brown
Nov 9, 2023
Scott Walker Brown, age 63, of McKeesport, died on Thursday, November 9, 2023. He was born in McKeesport on May 19, 1960 and is the son of the late George Walker and Joanne Wood Brown. Scott was the beloved brother of Natalie (Brown) McKnight of Milton, MA and also beloved by his brother-in-law Christopher James McKnight and his nieces, Emily...
Michael Carl Pribanic
Nov 8, 2023
Michael Carl Pribanic, age 68, of Elizabeth Township, died on Wednesday, November 8, 2023. He was born in McKeesport on May 5, 1955. This auspicious birth date presaged a rich and passionate yet tragically foreshortened life. In his nearly seven-decades, Michael’s interests, activities, and passions were far-flung and diverse. He attended McKeesport Area High School where he was an ever...
Mara Jane Stephan
Nov 5, 2023
Mara Jane Stephan, 64, of White Oak, passed away November 5, 2023, in UPMC Presbyterian Hospital. Born July 15, 1959, Mara was the daughter of the late Lou and Mary Vrabel Sladics. Ms. Stephan attended McKeesport High School, and was a member of the graduating class of 1977. Mara had resided in White Oak with her partner, Bob Parker, for...
Ronald Robert Dixon Sr.
Nov 5, 2023
Ronald Robert Dixon, Sr., age 88, of McKeesport, died on Sunday, November 5, 2023. He was born in McKeesport on January 13, 1935 and is the son of the late Harvey E. Dixon, Sr. and Gertrude E. Lightner Dixon Roman. Ronald was employed as an auto mechanic for most of his career and later was a truck driver who delivered...
William Harold Kocis
Nov 3, 2023
William Harold Kocis, age 73, of White Oak, PA and Port Vue, PA died on Friday, November 3, 2023. He was born in New York, NY on July 17, 1950 and was the son of the late Helen Kocis and the husband of the late Helen Louise Bucek Kocis, who passed on April 14, 2020. William proudly served in the...
Christopher Matthew Klos
Oct 31, 2023
Christopher Matthew Klos, age 66, of West Mifflin, died on Tuesday, October 31, 2023 surrounded by his family. He was born in Pittsburgh on February 8, 1957 and is the son of Tina Ruzzi Klos of West Mifflin and the late Bernard J. Klos. Christopher was employed for 18 years as an electrician and universal master technician for The Techs....
Daniel Patrick Davis
Oct 30, 2023
Daniel Patrick Davis, 67, of Greensburg, died peacefully at Forbes Hospital on October 30, 2023. He was born in Greensburg on November 25, 1955 to Julie and Clayton Davis, the sixth of ten children. Dan attended Latrobe High School before studying Engineering at University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg. He briefly lived in Wyoming, working on oil rigs, and California, before...
Thomas Louis Russ
Oct 27, 2023
Thomas Louis Russ, age 65, of Irwin, died on Friday October 27, 2023 after an almost 3 year battle with cancer. He was born in McKeesport on March 30, 1958 and is the son of the late Thomas Frank and Louise Mogus Russ. Thomas worked as a mill worker before retiring as a pipe fitter for People’s Gas in 2014....