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.
Andrew Thomas Kelly
May 15, 2018
Andrew Thomas Kelly, age 70 of Vandergrift, formerly of McKeesport, died Tuesday, May 15, 2018. He was born April 30, 1948 in McKeesport, the son of the late Benjamin Kelly and Loretta Pipp Ploszay. Andrew served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Vietnam War, and served until his retirement from the Marines. He worked for Daily’s Juice, American Beverage,...
Irene Elizabeth Glinton
May 6, 2018
Irene Elizabeth Glinton, age 94 of McKeesport, died Sunday, May 6, 2018. She was born February 12, 1924 in Pittsburgh, the daughter of the late Henry and Elizabeth McCreary Murphy, and wife of the late Albert Hosea Glinton. She is survived by her daughter Darlene Glinton of Carrick, Granddaughter Tara Holmes of McKeesport, three great grandchildren, Sade McGhee, Tyree Holmes...
Mildred Louise Mack
May 6, 2018
Mildred Louise Mack, age 90 of McKeesport, died Sunday, May 6, 2018, at her home. She was born November 28, 1927 in Bowling Green, Missouri, the daughter of the late Nathaniel and Hazel Harrelson Frazier, and wife of the late Frank Mack. Mildred was able to take care of herself until this last year of her life. She was previously...
Robert G. Whirl
May 5, 2018
Robert G. Whirl, age 75 of Glassport, died Saturday, May 5, 2018. He was born March 8, 1943 in Glassport, the son of the late Robert Elton and Ruth L. Cox Whirl. Robert served in the Army from 1965 until 1971 during the Vietnam Era. He was the recipient of the National Defense Service Medal, Parachute Badge, Vietnam Service Medal...
William O. Beitler
May 3, 2018
William O. Beitler, age 85 of Coulterville, died Thursday, May 3, 2018. He was born on September 10, 1932 in Dravosburg and was the son of the late Charles O. and Helen Miller Beitler and the husband of the late Carol J. Swacus Beitler. He served in the Airforce during the Korean Conflict. He was employed at US Steel National...
Robert Lindahl
Apr 28, 2018
Robert Lindahl, age 87 of Marion, Texas, formerly of White Oak, died Saturday, April 28, 2018. He was born May 24, 1930 in McKeesport, the son of the late Harold and Margaret Jones Lindahl. Robert was a 1948 graduate of McKeesport High School and attended the University of Pittsburgh and Penn State. Robert served in the U.S. Air Force during...
Mary Ann Kozak
Apr 28, 2018
Mary Ann Kozak, age 92, of Whitehall, died on Saturday, April 28, 2018. She was born in Erie on June 19, 1925 and is the daughter of the late Harry and Carrie Miller Gillingham. She was the wife of the late Zolton Kozak. She is survived by sons, Richard (Kathy) Willenpart of Rimersburg, PA; Michael (Sue Ann) Kozak of Whitehall;...
Ronald Keck
Apr 21, 2018
Carl Ronald Keck, age 85 of West Mifflin, died Saturday, April 21, 2018. He was born August 13, 1932 in New Eagle, the son of the late Carl William and Edith Ackman Keck. Ronald was the owner of the former Keck’s Dairy and Keck’s Famous Restaurant in Wilson and Clairton, PA, where he retired from after more than thirty years...
Arliss Joyce Harper
Apr 18, 2018
Arliss Joyce Harper, age 78, of Glassport, died Wednesday, April 18, 2018. She was born in McKeesport on February 26, 1940. She is the daughter of the late Kenneth and the late Mary Grace Evans Jones. She was preceded in death by her husbands, Donald Lewandosky, John Fasiska, and James H. Harper, Jr. Arliss was employed at the Amvets in...
Elizabeth Marie Stipkovits Garish
Apr 16, 2018
Elizabeth Marie Stipkovits Garish, age 34, of McKeesport, after a courageous fight with cancer, died Monday, April 16, 2018. She was born on May 3, 1983 and is the daughter of Joseph Carl and Cheryl Joy Lorincz Stipkovits of McKeesport. She was previously employed as a medical secretary at Premier Medical and at UPMC, Braddock Hospital. She is survived by...
Carmelita A. Halaszynski
Apr 16, 2018
Carmelita A. Halaszynski, age 74, of McKeesport, passed away on Monday, April 16, 2018. She was born in Puerto Rico on July 14, 1943, the daughter of the late Antonio and Facunda Rivera Martinez Guzman, and the wife of the late William N. Halaszynski. She was employed at Forbes Regional Hospital for many years and was a member of Corpus...
Yolanda Majzer
Apr 13, 2018
Yolanda Majzer, age 57, of McKeesport, died April 13, 2018. She was born in St. Croix, Virgina Islands on June 1, 1960. She is the daughter of Phoebie Henry Monell of Elizabeth and the late Marciano Monell. She was a former bus driver for PA Coach Lines for approximately 28 years. She is survived by her sons, Shawn Monell of...
Marlene J. Artim
Apr 6, 2018
Marlene J. Artim, age 79, of North Versailles died on Friday, April 6, 2018. She was born in Duquesne on October 18, 1938 and is the daughter of the late John and Ann Vircik Files and the wife of the late John E. Artim. She was a member of St. Robert Bellarmine Church and was employed by Pizza Hut in...
George Boros
Mar 27, 2018
George Boros, age 86, of McKeesport died Tuesday, March 27, 2018. He was born in Braddock on February 3, 1932 and is the son of the late Andrew and Marie Matta Boros. He was the husband of the late Rose Marie Kopolovich Boros. George served in the Army during the Koreanwar. He was employed at Mesta Machine in Homestead and...
Louise Zivkovich
Mar 25, 2018
Louise Zivkovich, age 101 of McKeesport, died Sunday, March 25, 2018. She was born March 23, 1917 in McKeesport, the daughter of the late Peter Ivkovich and Mary Kusic Ivkovich, and wife of the late Michael Zivkovich. Louise is survived by her son, Michael (Kathleen) Zivkovich, Jr. of Columbia, Maryland, daughter Marilyn Milkovich of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, grandchildren; Michael...
Sallie L. Prihode
Mar 24, 2018
Sallie L. Prihode, age 81 of McKeesport, died Saturday, March 24, 2018. She was born June 16, 1936 in McKeesport, the daughter of the late Ernest and Judy Welsh Lofstrom, and wife of the late Edward P. Prihode. Sallie graduated from McKeesport School of Nursing and worked forty-two years as a nurse for Dr. Laurence T. Ritchie in White Oak,...
Wayne N. Washowich
Mar 23, 2018
Wayne N. Washowich, age 74 of Elizabeth Twp., formerly of Glassport, White Oak and McKeesport, died surrounded by his family on Friday, March 23, 2018. He was born December 19, 1943 in McKeesport is the son of the late Samuel Washowich and Cecelia Campbell Washowich Ferry and the step son of the late Harry (KO) Ferry. Wayne was a...
Zoran Popovich
Mar 20, 2018
Judge Zoran Popovich, of Pawleys Island, South Carolina and formerly of McKeesport, Pennsylvania, passed away on March 20, 2018 at 87 years of age. Born February 4, 1931 in Akron, Ohio, he was the son of the late Very Rev. Dr. Milan Gabriel and Zoritza Popovich. The Judge’s wife and mother of their four children, Helen Bodnar Popovich, preceded him...
Larry Hartos
Mar 18, 2018
Larry Hartos, age 69, of Duquesne, died Sunday, March 18, 2018. He was born September 20, 1948 in McKeesport, the son of the late Arthur L. and Blanche Melcarsky Hartos. Larry was employed at the Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory as an industrial electrical technician for thirty-eight years. He was the board president of the White Oak American Legion post 701,...
Carolyn C. Leech
Mar 16, 2018
Carolyn C. Leech, age 75 of McKeesport, died March 16, 2018. She was born February 6, 1943 in Dawson, PA, the daughter of the late Joseph and Harriett Culler Burec, and wife of the late James N. Leech. She was preceded in death by her daughter Kathryn Reeves. Carolyn is survived by her son, Barry J. (Maria) Leech of Ephrata,...