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. 

Mary Grace Mansfield

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

Elizabeth A. "Biffy" Sparks

Elizabeth A. "Biffy" Sparks

Jan 1, 2017

Elizabeth A. “Biffy” Sparks, age 60 of Port Vue, formerly of Grosse Pointe, Michigan, died Tuesday, October 3, 2017. She was born on July 31, 1957 in Pittsburgh, the daughter of the late George E. and Judith Kain Lion. Elizabeth was an avid Penn State fan, loved the Detroit Tigers and enjoyed attending sporting events.  She liked gardening and spending...

Susan Lynn Knoll Dorn

Susan Lynn Knoll Dorn

Jan 1, 2017

Susan Lynn Knoll Dorn, age 47, of New Kensington, died Saturday, March 25, 2017. She was born in McKeesport on August 27, 1969, the daughter of the late Harold and Lois Staley Knoll. Susan is survived by her two sons Garry and Michael Runion of Glassport, sisters; Vivian Jean Evans of Pitcairn and Barbars Anne (Ray) Berta of Arkansas, and...

Janet Leona Stajduhar

Janet Leona Stajduhar

Jan 1, 2017

Janet Leona Stajduhar, age 69 of White Oak, died May 15, 2017.  She was born in Pittsburgh, PA on March 19, 1948, daughter of the late John Leo, Sr. and Grace Edna Moore Haid.  She was an assistant manager at the Sunoco in North Versailles.  She is survived by her children, Dawn Ann (Leon) Jenkins and Anthony Stajduhar of White...

Margaret "Peg" Hipple

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...

Robert Patrick "Murph" Murphy

Robert Patrick "Murph" Murphy

Jan 1, 2017

Robert P. “Murph” Murphy, age 88 of Port Vue, died Wednesday, June 7, 2017. He was born in the North Side of Pittsburgh, January 25, 1929, the son of the late Patrick M. and Rose Murphy. He was predeceased by his wife Donna Hayes Murphy and his daughter Kathy Moffitt. He was a lifetime resident and employee of Port Vue...

John Nicora, Jr.

John Nicora, Jr.

Jan 1, 2017

John Nicora Jr., of White Oak, died Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017, at his residence. He was born Aug. 1, 1924, in McKeesport, a son of the late John and Mary Bosga Nicora. He retired from Fisher Body Plant in West Mifflin, where he was a tool and die maker. He served in the Army during World War II, was a...

Patricia Ann Black

Patricia Ann Black

Jan 1, 2017

Patricia A. Black, age 86, died December 14, 2017, in Granger, Indiana, where she resided for the past year. Patricia (Patsy) Ann Black was born on October 5, 1931, in McKeesport, Pennsylvania, the third child of the late Robert Joseph and Ann Marie Gibbons Black. She was preceded in death by her brother Anthony Robert Black, sister Loyola B. Black...