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William ""Bill"" F. Clay
Mar 25, 2016
William F. "Bill" Clay, age 97 of McKeesport died Friday, March 25, 2016. He was born in McKeesport on September 29, 1918 and is the son of the late William R. and Mary Skelly Clay. He is the husband of Katherine A. Sullivan Clay of McKeesport. He was a retired certified public accountant. He served in the US Army Air...
Leo "Jerry" Guiser
Mar 25, 2016
Leo "Jerry" Guiser, age 86, died on March 25, 2016 at UPMC Hospital in McKeesport. Born in McKeesport, he was the son of the late Paul and Anna Graf Guiser. He was preceded in death by his wife Elsie, in May 2006 and his brothers Regis, Vincent and Frank; sisters Catherine, Rose and Paula. He is survived by one daughter,...
Beatrice Ruszkoski
Mar 22, 2016
Beatrice Ruszkoski, age 95 of Glassport, died Tuesday, March 22, 2016. She was born on November 4, 1920, the daughter of the late Jon and Barbara Sosa Sabol, and wife of the late Frank J. Ruszkoski. Beatrice is a member of the Queen of the Rosary Church and the PNA of Glassport. She spent over 50 years dancing with her...
Charles Kevin "Sonny" Cohen
Mar 18, 2016
Charles Kevin "Sonny" Cohen, 58, of White Oak, died Friday, March 18, 2016. He was born in McKeesport on March 21, 1957. He was a man with many names; known to family as Kevin, and known to friends as Sonny. He was the devoted husband of Susan Tanney Cohen for 24 years; cherished father of Joseph T. and Mary F....
Audrey J. Hess
Mar 14, 2016
Audrey J. Hess, age 79 of Scottdale, PA, died Monday, March 14, 2016. She was born in Verona on March 1, 1937 and is the daughter of the late David and Faye Brown Hester; and the wife of the late Robert R. Hess.She is survived by her son Chris (Dana Kulenic) Hess of Monessen and daughter, Lisa (Patrick) Laver of...
Kenneth E. Scott
Mar 10, 2016
Kenneth E. Scott, 57, of Irwin, died Thursday, March 10, 2016. He was born in McKeesport on Nov. 24, 1958, and is the son of Artha C. Westerberg Scott and the late William E. Scott. Kenneth was predeceased by his daughter, Jeanna Scott and brother, Daniel (Donna) Scott. He is survived by his daughter, Angela Scott; brothers, Donald (Debbie) Scott,...
Anthony L Fisher
Mar 5, 2016
Anthony L Fisher, age 90, of Swissvale, died Saturday, March 5, 2016. Anthony was born in Swissvale on Sep. 8, 1925 to Anthony and Madeiline McGuirk Fisher. He served in the Navy during WWII and was a member of the Swissvale American Legion and Knights of Columbus. Prior to retirement he was employed by Florida Power Company and worked as...
Jean Marie O’Neil
Feb 29, 2016
Jean Marie O'Neil, age 50, of North Versailles died on February 29, 2016. She was born in McKeesport on September 15, 1965 and is the daughter of Mary Jane Rimsky Breitinger and the late Harry Breitinger. She worked as a waitress for Eat'n Park in North Versailles for many years. She is survived by her loving mother; Mary Jane Rimsky...
Mildred Burtnett
Feb 24, 2016
Mildred Burtnett, 101, of Orange, Ct., formerly of Clark, N.J., Ocala, Fla., North Huntingdon and White Oak, passed away on Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2016 at CT Hospice in Branford, Ct. Born in McKeesport in 1914 to Walter and Mary (Volk) Schoeller, Mildred attended Bryn Mawr and McKeesport Public Schools and graduated from Slippery Rock University with a teaching certificate. She...
Howard W. Prezel
Feb 20, 2016
Howard W. Prezel, 97, of Dravosburg, died Saturday, Feb. 20, 2016. He was born Sept. 25, 1918, in Pittsburgh, and was a son of the late Charles and Emma Jones Prezel. Howard was the loving husband of the late Margaret Herreran Prezel. He worked as a sign painter at Helderlein Signs and was an employee of Haines Supermarket. He was...
Elmer "Elmo" Balog
Feb 19, 2016
Elmer "Elmo" Balog, age 91, of McKeesport, died Friday, February 19, 2016. He was born in McKeesport on January 3, 1925 and is the son of the late Moses and Elizabeth Nemeth Balog. He was the husband of the late Dorothy A. Ciborowski. He served in the U.S. Marines during WWII. He was employed at US Steel National Works in...
Ronald D. Tagaloe
Feb 17, 2016
Ronald D. Tagaloe Sr., 78, of McKeesport, died peacefully on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2016. He was the son of the late David and Margaret (Ellis) Tagaloe. He is survived by his wife of 32 years, Margaret A. (Horvath) Tagaloe, who cherished him. Ronald "Tag", retired from Sears Roebuck after 28 years of service. He enjoyed riding his Harley and was...
Ronald Lee Godsey
Feb 16, 2016
Ronald Lee Godsey, age 58, of Eighty Four, died February 16, 2016 following a long illness at Select Specialty Care in McKeesport Hospital. He was born in Harrisburg on August 4, 1957 and is the son of the late Harry and Shirley Little Godsey. He was a graduate of California University. He was employed at Western Center in Canonsburg and...
Genevieve "Brakeall" Beryl Owston Akerberg
Feb 14, 2016
Genevieve Beryl (Brakeall) Owston Akerberg departed this life on Sunday, Feb. 14, 2016. She was born in Dravosburg on Aug. 23, 1918, as the youngest child of John Alva Brakeall and Rose P. Schad. Outside of her youth in Dravosburg and a short residence in East McKeesport, the majority of Genevieve's life was spent in North Versailles Township. Since summer...
Jacqueline Tatters
Feb 13, 2016
Jacqueline Tatters, 68, of White Oak, died Saturday, Feb. 13, 2016. She was born March 14, 1947, in Braddock, a daughter of the late Robert and Audrey Reeves Fuller. She was a homemaker for most of her life and also worked at Auberle in the 1980s. She is survived by her loving husband of 47 years, Edward Tatters. She is...
Lillian M. Jones
Feb 5, 2016
Lillian M. Jones, age 83, of Duquesne, died February 5, 2016 at home. She was born June 23, 1932 in McKeesport and is the daughter of the late Richard and Lillian Jones. She is preceded in death by three brothers John Collins, Randolph and Gerald Jones. She is survived by her brother Charles E. (Edna) Jones Sr. of McKeesport; her...
Christy Lynn Buckholtz
Feb 3, 2016
Christy Lynn Buckholtz, age 34, of Jeannette, died Wednesday, February 3, 2016. She was born in McKeesport on May 5, 1981, and is the daughter of Robert Buckholtz, Jr. of Versailles Borough and Beth Roebuck Buckholtz of Highland Park area of Pittsburgh. In addition to her parents, she is survived by her children, Eric, Damian, and Riley Thompson; her paternal...
Regina Eilene Hoak
Feb 1, 2016
Regina Eilene Hoak, 86, of Palm Bay, Fla., formerly of the McKeesport area, died Monday, Feb. 1, 2016. She was born in McKeesport on March 20, 1929, and is the daughter of the late William M. and Estella Graham Kelley and the wife of the late Jack Norman Hoak. She was a member of the former St. Pius Church in...
James E. Sherer
Feb 1, 2016
James E. Sherer, age 95, of White Oak, died Monday, Feb. 1, 2016. He was born in McKeesport on July 31, 1920, and is the son of the late Leonard and Kate Sherer and the husband of the late Reva Parker Sherer. He was proprietor of James Sherer Plumbing & Heating Company in White Oak for nearly 65 years. He...
Richard A. Williams
Jan 30, 2016
Richard A. Williams, age 68, of Port Vue, died Jan. 30, 2016 at Baldwin Health Center after a brief but courageous struggle with cancer. He was born on March 1, 1947 in Pittsburgh to the late John and Ruth Williams. Rick was a 1965 graduate of Westinghouse Memorial High School and worked for Port Authority of Allegheny County for nearly...
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