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. 

Gerald Regis Hinerman Sr.

Gerald Regis Hinerman Sr.

Oct 22, 2024

Gerald Regis Hinerman, Sr., age 87, of McKeesport, PA, died on Tuesday, October 22, 2024. He was born June 2, 1937, in Duquesne, PA, and is the son of the late Joseph and Mary Reichenbach Hinerman. Everyone knew him by his signature red jacket and sayings like “Watch your top knot” and “Yahtahey.” His life was hunting and fishing. He...

Carol Ann Pici

Carol Ann Pici

Oct 17, 2024

Carol Ann Pici, age 87, of North Huntingdon, formerly of McKeesport, passed away Thursday, October 17, 2024. She was born April 19, 1937, in Wilmerding, PA and was the daughter of the late William and Anna May (Fisher) Myers. Carol was the wife of the late Joseph P. Pici. She was employed as an Executive Secretary for many years at...

Karen Beth Little

Karen Beth Little

Oct 14, 2024

Karen Beth Little, age 61, died on Monday, October 14, 2024. Born December 22, 1962, in Wilmington, DE, and is the daughter of William and Dorothy “Dotty” Ashcraft. She graduated from West Virginia University in 1984 with a bachelor’s degree in psychology and enjoyed working with special needs children in her early adult life. Karen loved to read and was...

Alexander John Barna

Alexander John Barna

Oct 14, 2024

Alexander John “Sam” or “Shandor” Barna, age 66, of Eighty Four, PA, formerly of West Mifflin and Duquesne, PA, died on Monday, October 14, 2024. He was born in McKeesport, PA on April 21, 1958 and was the son of the late Elmer and Irene Catherine Buchton Barna. Alexander was a former member of St. Sava Serbian Orthodox Church in...

Bernice Margaret Bosniak

Bernice Margaret Bosniak

Oct 4, 2024

Bernice Margaret Bosniak, age 91, of North Huntingdon, PA, died on Friday, October 4, 2024. She was born in McKeesport, PA on May 9, 1933 and was the daughter of the late James and Margaret Faix Thomas. She was the wife of the late Robert J. Bosniak, who died on August 9, 2006. Bernice was a wonderful grandmother who enjoyed...

Luis Alberto Medina

Luis Alberto Medina

Sep 23, 2024

Luis Alberto Medina, age 80, of McKeesport, PA, passed away on Monday, September 23, 2024. He was born on the Island of Puerto Rico in Ponce on August 3, 1944, and was one of seven children to the late Calixto and Simona Rivera Medina. Luis moved state side as a child with his mother, to the city of McKeesport, where...

George E. Jessup Sr.

George E. Jessup Sr.

Sep 22, 2024

George E. Jessup, Sr., age 86, of Liberty Borough, PA, died on Sunday, September 22, 2024. He was born in East Pittsburgh, PA on June 6, 1938 and was the son of the late Emmett E. and Violet Scott Jessup. George proudly served in the United States Army and later retired as a truck driver for Long’s Hauling. He loved...

Deborah A. Navaroli

Deborah A. Navaroli

Sep 18, 2024

Deborah A. Navaroli, age 71, of White Oak, PA, died on Wednesday, September 18, 2024. She was born in McKeesport, PA on January 31, 1953 and was the daughter of the late John and Rosemarie Miller Navaroli. Deborah was employed as a registered nurse at UPMC McKeesport for over forty years, was a very faithful person, loved spending time with...

Salvatore Anthony Plescia Jr.

Salvatore Anthony Plescia Jr.

Sep 14, 2024

Salvatore Anthony Plescia, Jr., of Eighty Four, PA, formerly of McKeesport, PA, died Saturday, September 14, 2024. Born October 1, 1954, in Pittsburgh, PA, and is the son of the late Salvatore Anthony, Sr. and Mildred Bobick Plescia. Sal was a 1972 graduate of McKeesport High School. Salvatore is survived by his wife, Susan Bartram Plescia; step-son, Jason; daughters, Kristen...

William Harvey Bryer

William Harvey Bryer

Sep 13, 2024

William Harvey Bryer, age 94, of West Mifflin, PA, died on Friday, September 13, 2024. He was born in McKeesport, PA on December 26, 1929 and was the son of the late Henry and Matilda Noll Bryer. William proudly served in the United States Air Force during the Korean War and later retired at the age of fifty-three from US...

Josephine Blankenship

Josephine Blankenship

Sep 11, 2024

Josephine “Toots” Blankenship, age 92, of McKeesport, PA, died on Wednesday, September 11, 2024. Born July 23, 1932, in McKeesport, PA, and is the daughter of the late Casto and Elizabeth Borelli Leone and the wife of the late James Alfred Blankenship. Toots was also preceded in death by her siblings, Mary Kostic; Delores Phillips; Nicola Leone; Joseph Leone; and...

Laurae R. Mulac

Laurae R. Mulac

Sep 11, 2024

Laurae R. Mulac, of McKeesport, PA, died on Wednesday, September 11, 2024. Born October 17, 1939, in McKeesport, PA, and is the daughter of the late Francis Joseph and Mary Louise Carr Raible. She is survived by her husband, Joseph Vincent Mulac; daughter, Beth E. (John) Frydrych of Murrysville, PA; son, Adam J. (Maureen) Mulac of Irwin, PA; grandchildren, Tori...

Ralph Casciato

Ralph Casciato

Sep 10, 2024

Ralph Casciato, age 94, of White Oak, passed away on Tuesday, September 10, 2024. Ralph was born on February 11, 1930 and raised in Rankin, PA. He is the son of the late Cesidio Casciato and Antoinette Falcone Casciato. Ralph was married to the late Eleanor Tomko Casciato for 65 years when she passed away in January, 2023. A loving...

Charles J. Farkas

Charles J. Farkas

Sep 8, 2024

Charles J. Farkas, age 88, of White Oak, PA, died peacefully in his sleep surrounded by his family on Sunday, September 8, 2024. He was born in McKeesport, PA on December 14, 1935 and was the son of the late Charles and Mary Yurjevsic Farkas. He was a member of Mary, Mother of God Parish, St. Angela Merici Church. He...

Kenneth Samuel Robb

Kenneth Samuel Robb

Sep 7, 2024

Kenneth Samuel Robb, Esq., age 83, of White Oak, PA died on Saturday, September 7, 2024. He was born in McKeesport, PA on April 3, 1941 and was the son of the late Samuel and Marion Spiewak Robb. He was the devoted husband of the late Annie (Winnona) Wiley Robb. Kenneth was a graduate of Duquesne Law School, and an...

Edward J. Scheetz

Edward J. Scheetz

Sep 7, 2024

Edward J. Scheetz, age 96, of McKeesport, died on Saturday, September 7, 2024. He was born in Homestead on August 22, 1928, and is the son of the late Joseph E. and Anna Shack Scheetz. He was the husband of the late Alice M. Pasternak Scheetz, who died on October 27, 2021. In addition to his parents and wife, Edward...

LuAnn Hill

LuAnn Hill

Sep 4, 2024

LuAnn Hill, age 70, of McKeesport, PA, passed away surrounded by her family on Wednesday, September 4, 2024. She was born February 17, 1954, in Brownsville, PA, to the late Thomas and Betty Harrison Furlong. She was as strong as a bear according to her loving husband of 53 years, Fred. She won her battle with breast cancer six years...

Irene Hionis

Irene Hionis

Aug 30, 2024

Irene Hionis (Eirineé Katsenou), age 92, was called to her heavenly home on August 30, 2024, in White Oak, PA surrounded by her family. Born on February 2, 1932, in Kefalonia, Greece, she embodied the virtues of a life lived with kindness, humility and gratitude, and a profound reverence for her faith.

Irene was employed for 15 years of her life...

Constance Baczkowski Noll

Constance Baczkowski Noll

Aug 30, 2024

Constance Baczkowski Noll, age 86, of White Oak, passed away on August 30, 2024. She was born in McKeesport on February 14, 1938. Connie, as she was known to friends and family, graduated from McKeesport Area High School in 1956 and soon went on to work for Bettis Laboratory as a computer programmer utilizing Fortran and computer punch cards. In...

Mary "Molly" Gertrude Haughey

Mary "Molly" Gertrude Haughey

Aug 13, 2024

Mary “Molly” Gertrude Haughey, age 97, of North Versailles, PA, formerly of McKeesport, PA died on Tuesday, August 13, 2024. She was born in McKeesport, PA on February 8, 1927 and was the daughter of the late James Gregory and Gertrude Mary Clay Haughey. Molly was a 1945 graduate of Saint Xavier’s Academy in Latrobe, PA retired after forty-two years...