OBITUARIES

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. 

Jean Kubala

Jean Kubala

Oct 27, 2011

Jean Kubala, age 82, formerly of Port Vue, died Oct. 27, 2011. She was born in Port Vue on Sept. 23, 1929 and is the daughter of the late Michael and Mary "Effie" Bubanic Mihalek. She is the wife of the late John Kubala. She previously worked at the McKeesport Credit Union and retired from Jefferson Hospital Admissions, was a...

Jessie E. Achtzehn

Jessie E. Achtzehn

Oct 26, 2011

Jessie E. Achtzehn, age 101, of Niceville, FL., formerly of Pleasant Hills, took her journey to heaven and joined her beloved husband, Fred C. Achtzehn on October 26, 2011. Survivors include a son, F. Wayne (Mary Lou) Achtzehn of Niceville, FL; daughters, Shirley Williams of Elizabeth, PA and Joan Lillico of Clearwater, FL; 4 grandchildren; 4 great grandchildren and 4...

J. Richard Lawrence

J. Richard Lawrence

Oct 21, 2011

J. Richard Lawrence, age 74, of McKeesport, formerly of Monroeville, died Oct. 21, 2011. He was born on May 22, 1937 in Scranton and is the son of the late Julian and Mary Schumn Lawrence. He is retired from Advanced Metalurgy Inc. and a member of St. Alban's Anglican Church in Murrysville and a former member of All Soul's Episcopal...

Michael Philip Kovac

Michael Philip Kovac

Oct 19, 2011

Michael Philip Kovac, age 86, of North Huntingdon died Oct. 19, 2011 in North Huntingdon. He was the son of the late Michael and Mary Vadomski Kovac and was married to the late Katherine Stripsky Kovac. He was a retired electrician with the Carrie Furnace of US Steel. He is survived by his children Michele Grygo of White Oak, Bruce...

Irene M. Mathe Mathews

Irene M. Mathe Mathews

Oct 16, 2011

Irene M. Mathe Mathews, age 91, of McKeesport, died Oct. 16, 2011 at her residence. She was born in McKeesport on Sept. 2, 1920 and was the daughter of the late John and Elizabeth Albert Rudick and the step daughter of the late Steve Balogh. She was one of the first volunteers for Kane Regional Center and continued volunteering for...

Rita M. Biddle

Rita M. Biddle

Oct 13, 2011

Rita M. Biddle, age 92, of McKeesport, formerly of Clairton, died Oct. 13, 2011. She was born in New Castle on April 18, 1919 and is the daughter of the late Martin and Mary McCabe McKittrick. She was preceded in death by her husband James Biddle and her granddaughter Patty Whitney Davis. She was a member of the former St....

Glenn E. Kniepkamp

Glenn E. Kniepkamp

Oct 10, 2011

Glenn E. Kniepkamp, age 92, of Finleyville, formerly of Boston, PA, died Oct. 10, 2011. He was born in Elizabeth Twp. on Sept. 30, 1919 and is the son of the late Earl L. and Hilda M. Auberle Kniepkamp. He is the husband of the late Lesta I. Edmundson Kniepkamp who died May 18, 2000. He was retired as a...

Patricia Ann Ormand Lee

Patricia Ann Ormand Lee

Oct 7, 2011

Patricia Ann Ormand Lee, age 72, of Belle Vernon died Oct. 7, 2011 at her residence. The love and devotion she held for her children was returned to her during her illness. She demonstrated a personality that new acquaintances were treated as if they were old friends. Her professional career spanned from a Mary Kay cosmetic consultant to her retirement...

Betty Bonnet

Betty Bonnet

Sep 30, 2011

Betty Bonnet, age 85, of White Oak, died Sept. 30, 2011 in Greensburg. She was born in Duquesne November 18, 1925 and is the daughter of the late Clarence and Gertrude Donaldson Seaton. She is survived by husband George Bonnet, daughter Cynthia (Wayne) Henry of Belle Vernon, Stepdaughters Jean (Jack "Kep") Causer of Crownsville, MD, Ann (Tim) Ginnevan of N....

Liberty Stamatelos-Amorgianos

Liberty Stamatelos-Amorgianos

Sep 29, 2011

Liberty Stamatelos Amorgianos, age 98, of White Oak, died Sept. 29, 2011. She was born in Chios, Greece on July 4, 1913 and was the daughter of the late Demetri and Ypatia (Patricia) Marrtakie Mamas. She was a seamstress for the former Cox's Department Store and Klein's Men's Store. She was a member of the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church the...

Mary Rose Martucci Schweitzer

Mary Rose Martucci Schweitzer

Sep 23, 2011

Mary Rose Martucci Schweitzer, 90, West Mifflin, passed away peacefully on Sept. 23, 2011. She was the daughter of the late Michael and Raffaela Libratore Martucci. Beloved wife of the late Herman R. Schweitzer. Mother of Sharon (Sam) Terzich, Robert Schweitzer and Louis (Debbie) Schweitzer all of West Mifflin and Gladys Schweitzer of Dravosburg. She is the grandmother of Tammy...

William "Don" Ponsonby

William "Don" Ponsonby

Sep 18, 2011

William "Don" Ponsonby, 73, of McKeesport, died Sept. 18, 2011. Born in Brownsville on May 4, 1938 he is the son of the late Charles and Mary Marish Ponsonby. He was retired from Ringsdorf and WABCO as a machinist. He is survived by wife Edith Zatelli Ponsonby, children; Diana "Dee" (Mallay) Volpe and William C. Ponsonby both of White Oak...

Mary L. Mullen

Mary L. Mullen

Sep 16, 2011

Mary L. Mullen, age 56, of Irwin died Sept. 16, 2011. She was born in New Kensington on June 27, 1955 and is the daughter of the late Albert and Ruth Snider Newingham. She is the wife of John Potoma and the sister of Diana (Harry) Hart of N. Huntingdon, Lorraine Dvorcak of Greensburg, James Newingham of Arona, Joseph (Donna)...

Andrew S. Pazur

Andrew S. Pazur

Sep 16, 2011

Andrew S. Pazur, age 89, of McKeesport, died Sept. 16, 2011. He was born in McKeesport on Sept. 4, 1922 and is the son of the late Michael and Mary Chemsak Pazur and was the husband of the late Charlotte Cobes Pazur. He was retired from USS National Tube as an electrical maintenance foreman, a decorated US army veteran serving...

Susan Tassone

Susan Tassone

Sep 12, 2011

Susan Tassone, age 83, of McKeesport died Sept. 12, 2011. She was born Sept. 1, 1928, and raised in Valley Lee, Maryland. She is the daughter of the late John Frank and Maude Isabelle Slade. Susan is preceded in death by her husband, Vincent J. Tassone, her granddaughter, Dawn Marie Harper, and 4 brothers and sisters. She is survived by...

Helen Carson

Helen Carson

Sep 11, 2011

Helen Carson, age 91, of Westminster, CO formerly of McKeesport died on Sept. 11, 2011 in Westminster, Colorado. She was retired from the General Administrative Offices of GC Murphy accounting dept. and later an executive assistant. She was the daughter of the late Albert and Mary Hickey Carson. She is survived by 3 nephews, William (Elaine) Carson of Westminster, CO,...

Joseph John Gesmond

Joseph John Gesmond

Sep 8, 2011

Joseph John Gesmond, age 89, of White Oak, died Sept. 8, 2011. Born in Duquesne on April 13, 1922 he is the son of the late Antonio and Fedela Lombardi Gismondo and is the husband of the late Emma Mae Kennedy Gesmond. He is retired from Duquesne Works and was a veteran of a US Army Air Corp and Merchant...

Cecelia Wozniak

Cecelia Wozniak

Sep 3, 2011

Cecelia Wozniak, age 97, of Rhode Island, formerly of Liberty Boro, died Sept. 3, 2011. She was born in McKeesport on Dec. 20, 1913 and is the daughter of the late Jacob and Mayme McClafferty Eichler. She is the wife of the late Walter Wozniak. She was a member of St. Mark's Roman Catholic Church and was a founding member...

Betty Mae Stanich

Betty Mae Stanich

Sep 3, 2011

Betty Mae Stanich, age 86, of Altoona, formerly of McKeesport where she resided for over 60 years, died Sept. 3, 2011 in Altoona, PA. She was born in Duquesne, March 25, 1925 and is the daughter of the late William Kenneth and Ethel Kimmling Yotter. She was a devoted member of the former Sacred Heart Church and its Choir and...

Charles James Gregory

Charles James Gregory

Sep 2, 2011

Charles James Gregory, age 62, of Pittsburgh, died Sept. 2, 2011 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. He was born in Smithton, PA on April 9, 1950 and is the son of the late Charles and Sarah "Sally" Johnston Gregory. He was a Field Engineer who specialized in piping for the U.R.S. Corporation. He is survived by his wife Kathleen Kinlough Gregory,...