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. 

John "Jocko" Cerniga

John "Jocko" Cerniga

Dec 15, 2015

John "Jocko" Cerniga, 95, of Penn Hills, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, December 15, 2015 surrounded by his loving family. Jocko was born May 29, 1920 and is the son of the late John and Mary Merges Cerniga. He was the loving husband of the late Irmgard Bading Cerniga. He is a WWII Veteran and was employed at National Tube...

Michele Smith

Michele Smith

Dec 15, 2015

Michele Smith, 52, of White Oak, died Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2015. She was born March 6, 1963, in Pittsburgh, a daughter of Andrew Bokin and the late Ethel Mae Holawaty Bokin; and wife of Carlin G. Smith, all of White Oak. She is survived by her son, Matthew A. (Cassie) Faulds, of White Oak; brothers, Ronald (Cheryl) Faulds, of White...

Thelma A. Mahaffey

Thelma A. Mahaffey

Dec 14, 2015

Thelma A. Mahaffey, 92, of Pleasant Hills formerly of White Oak and Port Vue, died December 14, 2015. She was born in Duquesne on August 15, 1923 and is the daughter of the late James L. and Hazel Morgan Myers and wife of the late Guy S. Mahaffey, Jr. Thelma was an office manager for Psychological Service of Pittsburgh. She...

Maria H. Intrieri

Maria H. Intrieri

Dec 12, 2015

Maria H. Intrieri, 94, of McKeesport, died December 12, 2015. She was born in Cosenza Italy on May 2, 1921, daughter of the late Frank and Louise Intrieri and wife of the late Charles E. Hall. Maria was a seamstress most of her life and loved to bake for her family and friends. She is survived by her daughter Deborah...

David H. Wolfe

David H. Wolfe

Nov 30, 2015

David H. Wolfe Sr., 69, of West Mifflin, died Monday, Nov. 30, 2015. He was born Jan. 1, 1946, in Akron, Ohio, a son of the late Edward and Letha Anderson Wolfe. He is a veteran of the Vietnam Era, a member of the American Legion Post 380 in Dravosburg and the United Auto Workers Union. He liked antique cars...

Tara D. Daniels

Tara D. Daniels

Nov 29, 2015

Tara D. Daniels, 33, of McKeesport, died Sunday, Nov. 29, 2015. She was born Aug. 7, 1982, in Pittsburgh, and is the daughter of Bertha Paxon, of White Oak, and the late Daryl Daniels. She loved playing Bingo and going to the casinos. She was a giving and caring person who loved spending time with her family and friends, especially...

Helen Misura

Helen Misura

Nov 26, 2015

Mrs. Helen Misura, age 88, of White Oak, died November 26, 2015. She is the wife of the late Edwin Misura, Sr. She was born in Wilmerding, PA on December 7, 1926 and is the daughter of the late Stanley and Mary Kata Dull. She is survived by daughers; Lucille (Kenneth) Klaus of Hempfield, PA and Desiree (Robert) Cosgrove of...

Randolph Lucas

Randolph Lucas

Nov 26, 2015

Randolph Lucas, 56, of McKeesport, died Thursday, Nov. 26, 2015. He was born July 5, 1959, in McKeesport, a son of the late James Woodrow Lucas and Edith Rebecca Laird Lucas Walz. He was employed at the former H & H Fish Market in McKeesport and was currently employed at Shop'n Save in Olympia and Save-A-Lot in Olympia Shopping Center....

Albert "Butch" J. Kissell

Albert "Butch" J. Kissell

Nov 25, 2015

Albert J. "Butch" Kissell, 73, of White Oak, died Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2015. He was born Nov. 6, 1942, in Clairton, the son of the late Frank and Emma Jean McGarrity Kissell, and the husband of the late Jeanne C. Baron. He was a foreman at AMF Cuno for about nine years, then partner with Corrivau-Kissell Realty in Connecticut and...

Justin R. Spade

Justin R. Spade

Nov 23, 2015

Justin R. Spade, age 22 of West Mifflin, died Monday, November 23, 2015. He was born in Pittsburgh on September 29, 1993, and is the son of Nicholas "Nick" and Christina Mathos Spade of West Mifflin. He was a PCT at Magee Women's Hospital and was enrolled to attend Shadyside School of Nursing in January, while being a student at...

Wilma K. Beal

Wilma K. Beal

Nov 23, 2015

Wilma K. Beal, age 90, passed away November 23, 2015. She was born in Port Vue on July 27, 1925, and is the daughter of the late Mathias and Susanna Holtsinger Gadelmeyer, and wife of the late Charles "Dick" R. Beal. Wilma lived in West Mifflin for over 50 years before moving to Sharpsburg, GA to live with her son...

Anthony "Tony" A. Dicecco

Anthony "Tony" A. Dicecco

Nov 21, 2015

Anthony A. "Tony" DiCecco, 93, of North Huntingdon, formerly of McKeesport, died Saturday, Nov. 21, 2015. He was born Nov. 7, 1922, in McKeesport, a son of the late Giovanni and Theresa D'Eletto DiCecco. He was the husband of the late Yolanda Finamore Pillera DiCecco. Tony worked as a boilermaker at U.S. Steel, National Tube and was a member of...

Barbara L. Snedden

Barbara L. Snedden

Nov 17, 2015

Barbara L. Snedden, 74, of Greenock, died Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2015. She was born March 15, 1941, in McKeesport, a daughter of the late Leo and Barbara Lewandoski Galley and wife of the late Richard B. Snedden. She is survived by her children, Keith R. Little, of Greenock, and Ella L. Little, of Winchester, Va.; stepdaughter, Sheryl Olsen, of West...

Kathleen "Kay" Swanson

Kathleen "Kay" Swanson

Nov 13, 2015

Kathleen "Kay" Swanson, 83, of White Oak, died Friday, Nov. 13, 2015. She was born June 18, 1932, in McKeesport, and was the daughter of the late Edwin and Roseanne Brady Swanson. She retired from the warehouse of the former G.C. Murphy Co. in McKeesport, where she worked for 43 years as an assembler. She enjoyed wood-crafting, creating pieces such...

Irene Crouch

Irene Crouch

Nov 13, 2015

Irene Crouch, age 88, of Port Vue, died Nov. 13, 2015. She was born on Dec. 31, 1926 and is the daughter of the late Ernest and Elizabeth Murillo and the wife of the late Carl V. Crouch. She loved to decorate cakes and spend time with her family. She is survived by her children; Karen Haywood of Port Vue,...

Albert M. Gundy

Albert M. Gundy

Nov 12, 2015

Albert M. Gundy, Jr., age 70, of West Mifflin, died Nov. 12, 2015. He was born on Aug. 30, 1945 and is the son of the late Albert Sr. and Elsie McCarty Gundy. Brother of the late Roberta Gundy of Duquesne & Donna Mae Horrell of Greensburg. He is survived by his sisters Janet (Joseph) Schiavone of Irwin & Jonella...

Anne Marie Halpin

Anne Marie Halpin

Nov 1, 2015

Mrs. Anne Marie Halpin, age 89, of White Oak, formerly of Hallstead, PA, died November 1, 2015. She was retired from Blue Ridge School District as the Secretary to the Superintendant. She is the wife of the late John M. Halpin. She was born in Dushore, PA on May 31, 1926 and is the daughter of the late Harold and...

Mary Grayson

Mary Grayson

Nov 1, 2015

Mary Grayson, 93, of Dravosburg, passed away Sunday, Nov. 1, 2015, in Punxsutawney. She was the longtime owner of Grayson Florists in Dravosburg with her sister, Margaret. Born Sept. 3, 1922, in Clairton, she was a daughter of the late Stephen and Mary Patrick Cundra; and the wife of the late William Grayson. She is survived by sons, William (Patricia)...

Fanny Elias

Fanny Elias

Oct 29, 2015

Fanny Elias, 90, of White Oak, died Thursday, Oct. 29, 2015. She was born Oct. 4, 1925, in West Newton, and was a daughter of the late Jameil and Manira Nader Elias. She retired as a secretary for Westinghouse Airbrake in Wilmerding. She was a member of Eastern Star Corinth Chapter of Pitcairn, enjoyed watching her soap operas, playing cards...

Mary Kennedy

Mary Kennedy

Oct 27, 2015

Mary Kennedy, 91, of McKeesport, died October 27, 2015. She was born in McKeesport on June 18, 1924 and is the daughter of the late John and Rosalia Vallelunga Canova. She was the wife of the late John S. Kennedy. She is survived by her children, Sandy Kennedy of McKeesport, Mary Ann McFarland of Greenock and John R. Kennedy of...