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.
Edward G. Borowitz
Mar 8, 2017
Edward G. Borowitz, age 69 of Elizabeth Township, died Wednesday, March 8, 2017. He was born in Pittsburgh on April 26, 1948, son of the late Edward and Mary Borowitz. He was a maintenance Technician for Shadyside Hospital for thirty years until he retired. He loved to play the guitar and was brilliant with electronics. Edward is survived by his...
Robert G. Boord
Mar 6, 2017
Robert G. Boord, age 80 of White Oak, died Monday, March 6, 2017. He was born in McKeesport on November 25, 1936, son of the late Robert and Dorothy Crossman Boord. Robert worked as a printer at the Daily News for over thirty years before he retired. He was a lifetime volunteer fireman for the White Oak Fire Department and...
Antoinette M. "Toni" Ashbaugh
Mar 4, 2017
Antoinette “Toni” M. Ashbaugh, age 59, of McKeesport, died March 4, 2017. She was born in McKeesport on December 14, 1957, the daughter of the late Anthony and Lucille Kolodziej Dumas and the wife of Joseph J. Ashbaugh. She was employed as a union secretary for United Steelworkers Local 2227 of West Mifflin for over 20 years. She is survived...
Jack T. Riley
Mar 3, 2017
Jack T. Riley, age 86 of McKeesport, died Friday, March 3, 2017. He was born in McKeesport on April 8, 1930 and is the son of the late Philip and Mary Lacey Riley. He served in the Army during the Korean War in the 3rd Infantry 7th Armored Division and received the following military medals; Purple Heart, National Defense Service...
Anna F. Adkins
Mar 1, 2017
Anna F. Adkins, age 68 of Duquesne, died peacefully at home with her family by her side, on Wednesday, March 1, 2017. She was born in Lake Twp., Michigan on September 23, 1948 and is the daughter of the late Roy and Lillian Kiper Morgan. She is survived by her husband of 47 years, Robert G. Adkins; daughters, Amy Adkins...
Edward Thomas Kreiner
Feb 26, 2017
Edward Thomas Kreiner, age 87, of the Baltimore, MD area passed away on February 26, 2017 at Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh, PA. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of Frank Anthony Kreiner Sr. and Helen A. (Conniff) Kreiner. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy, retiring as a Lieutenant after 22 years of service. He served...
Herman Frank Egenlauf, Jr.
Feb 22, 2017
Herman F. Egenlauf, Jr., age 63, of McKeesport, died Wednesday, February 22, 2017. He was born in Bunola on April 6, 1953 and is the son of the late Herman F. Sr. and Lena Gertrude McGarrity Egenlauf and the husband of Louise Houser Engenlauf. He is survived by sisters, Mary Benton of Greenock, Donna (Perry) Ackerman, Tammy Chisco, Emma (Allen)...
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...
Mary Grace Mansfield
Feb 18, 2017
Mary Grace Mansfield, age 72, of White Oak, died on Saturday February 18, 2017. She was born in Pittsburgh on May 22, 1944 and is the daughter of the late Mary Ann Smith Scott. She worked as a Nurses Aid and a Home Health Care Aid. She is survived by daughters, Jennifer (Ron) Lucas of Glassport; Amanda (Joseph) Smith of...
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...