Obituaries
Jerome "Jerry" Dera
Dec 2, 2018
Jerome P. "Jerry" Dera 66 of Charleroi, died Sunday December 2, 2018 at Monongahela Valley Hospital. Born April 2, 1952 in N. Charleroi a son of Chester R. and Stephanie Putko Dera. Jerry was a US Navy veteran having served during the Vietnam War and he was a member of the American Legion Post #22 Charleroi. He is survived by...
Jeffrey A. Konsugar
Nov 30, 2018
Jeffrey A. Konsugar, 68, of Belle Vernon, died Friday, Nov. 30, 2018, at Jefferson Hospital. He was born in North Charleroi on Sept. 22, 1950, son of John and Carolyn Maglet Konsugar. Jeffrey was a retired assistant plant manager for Bauer Compressors in Norfolk, Va. Jeffrey served his country proudly during the Vietnam War as a soldier in the U.S....
John W. Heck
Nov 18, 2018
John W. Heck 90 of Stockdale died Sunday November 18, 2018 at his home. Born in Uniontown on June 8, 1928, a son of Jess and Christina Conner Heck. John was retired from the former Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Allenport. John loved to garden and would leave the vegetables on his porch for friends and neighbors to take. On August 22, 1948...
Colleen M. Murphy
Nov 4, 2018
Colleen Murphy 56 of Donora, passed away peacefully with family by her side on Sunday November 4, 2018 at Mon Valley Care Center, after a courageous year long battle with small cell lung cancer. Born in N. Charleroi on December 13, 1961, a daughter of the late John J. and Dorma Ellis Murphy. Colleen worked as a caregiver for many...
Shirley A. Pullion
Nov 3, 2018
Shirley A. Pullion 88 of Fallowfield Twp. died Saturday November 3, 2018 at Monongahela Valley Hospital. Born in Charleroi on October 31, 1930, a daughter of Francis and Betty Newman Lewis. Shirley was a member of Mary, Mother of the Church, Charleroi and Card Club. She was a great mother, mother-in-law and grandmother. Shirley loved to cook and volunteered faithfully...
Jacob Pivarnik Jr.
Oct 22, 2018
Jacob Pivarnik Jr. 64 of Donora, died Monday October 22, 2018 at Monongahela Valley Hospital. Born on March 2, 1954 in Monongahela, a son of the late Jacob and Shirley Lowther Pivarnik Sr.. Jacob worked as a custodian for Elliott's. He is survived by his wife Paula Groves Pivarnik, a son Jacob L. Pivarnik III, 3 sisters; Romaine Hill of...
James D. Roy
Oct 20, 2018
James D. Roy 89 of Elco died Saturday October 20, 2018 at New Dawn Personal Care, N. Charleroi. Born on July 17, 1929 in Allenport, a son of Alson and Jean Bell Roy. James was retired from Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel, Allenport where he worked as a machinist for over 40 years. He was a Korean War veteran serving with the United...
Gladys Pascoe Rebar
Oct 11, 2018
Gladys Pascoe Rebar 89 of Stockdale died Thursday October 11, 2018 at Monongahela Valley Hospital. Born in Stockdale on August 16, 1929, a daughter of James W. and Louise Long Pascoe. Gladys was a member of the Roscoe Presbyterian Church and had served as an Elder and Deacon in the church. She was also a member for over 50 years...
Annamarie Lincavage
Oct 8, 2018
Annamarie Lincavage 62 of Coal Center died Monday October 8, 2018 at Monongahela Valley Hospital. Born in Uniontown on April 9, 1956, a daughter of Michael and Elizabeth Phillips Semancik. She was Catholic by faith. Annamarie took great pride in the number of years that she and her husband were married. On April 15, 1972 she married Ralph Lincavage and...
Pete Papyak Yakich
Sep 30, 2018
Pete “Papyak” Yakich 79 of Charleroi died Sunday September 30, 2018 at his home. Born November 27, 1938 in Charleroi, a son of Elsta “Bull” and Frances Evans Yakich. Pete was retired from Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Allenport Plant after 43 years of employment. He was a Vietnam veteran serving with the United States Army National Guard. Pete was a member of...
Earl H. Cole
Sep 26, 2018
Earl H. Cole, 65, of Charleroi, died Wednesday, September 26, 2018, in the Monongahela Valley Hospital. Born in West Brownsville, on May 10, 1953, a son of Earl and Dolores McCain Cole. Earl was retired from the Newport Shipyards. He was a U.S. Army veteran serving his country during the Vietnam War. He is survived by his wife, Cheryl Lambert...
Robert M. Hreha
Sep 10, 2018
Robert M. Hreha, 64, of Bentleyville, died Monday September 10, 2018 at Heritage Valley hospital. He was born March 11, 1954 in North Charleroi to the late Robert and Dolores Nescott Hreha. One of the "Lock 4 boys," Bob was a 1973 graduate of Charleroi High School.
Bob married Sheryl (Sherry) Hreha in 1976. Surviving in addition to his...
Thomas R. Hartman
Aug 29, 2018
Thomas R. Hartman, 83, of Stockdale, died Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2018, at Monongahela Valley Hospital. He was born July 21, 1935, in Stockdale, a son of Thomas Hartman and Anne Hartman Garrett. He retired from Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Allenport Plant. Thomas was a member of St. Sebastian Church, Belle Vernon, a social member of the Roscoe American Legion, the Slovak Club,...
James L. Porterfield
Aug 16, 2018
James L. Porterfield 74 of Rosoce, died Thursday August 16, 2018 at UPMC Magee. Born March 17, 1944 in Daisytown, a son of Sam and Thelma Dawson Porterfield. James was retired as a pipefitter/welder from Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Allenport after 35 years of service. He was a Vietnam Army veteran. James was a member of the Centerville American Legion and enjoyed fishing,...
Robert Morton Jr.
Aug 8, 2018
Robert Morton Jr. 72 of Carroll Twp. died Wednesday August 8, 2018 at Monongahela Valley Hospital. Born in N.Charleroi on September 2, 1946, a son of Robert and Genevieve Kulbacki Morton Sr.Robert is survived by 2 nephews; Gerald (Brenda) Vitale of Bradenton, FL, and Edward (Amy) Morton Jr. of Carroll Twp., 2 nieces; Heather (Michael) Wollett of Charleroi, and Jenifer...
Eleanor Carson
Jul 17, 2018
Eleanor Crawford Carson 95 formerly of Roscoe died Tuesday July 17, 2018 at William Penn Care Center Jeannette. Born on July 23, 1922 in Roscoe, a daughter of Joseph and Jessie Hamilton King. She was a life member of Roscoe Presbyterian Church. Eleanor graduated in 1940 from California High School and was a graduate of the Douglas School of Business. ...
Joyce Guzzi
Jul 11, 2018
Joyce Guzzi 78 of Allenport died Wednesday July 11, 2018 at home with her family by her side. Born August 21, 1939 in Monongahela, a daughter of John and Sylvia McDough Furnier. Joyce was a retired LPN having worked at Country Meadows. She was a member of the Roscoe United Methodist Church and really enjoyed playing cards on the internet....
Cinda Hartley
Jul 9, 2018
Cinda L. Hartley 64 of Charleroi, died Monday July 9, 2018 at West Penn Hospital. Born in Brownsville on December 5, 1953 a daughter of the late Leroy Roberts and Pearl Bloom Kennedy of Uniontown. Cinda was a retired hairdresser. She was a member of the Roscoe United Methodist Church, ABATE of PA, past director of Operation Save a Life...
Thomas J. Simala
Jul 4, 2018
Thomas J. Simala 84 of Stockdale, died Wednesday July 4, 2018 at Jefferson Hospital. Born in Stockdale on February 8, 1934 a son of Karol and Mary Palenta Simala. Thomas was retired from the former Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Allenport Plant. He was a lifetime member of Stockdale Volunteer Fire Dept #17., loved the outdoors and the Pittsburgh sports teams. Thomas enjoyed...
Jane Amalong Shrum
Jun 5, 2018
Jane Amalong Shrum, also known as Jane Weitzel, 78, of Roscoe, died Tuesday June 5, 2018, at her home. Born Sept. 27, 1939, in Rochester, N.Y., she was a daughter of Raymond Charles and Pearl Isabel Silvernail Ward. Jane was a member of the Roscoe United Methodist Church , its choir and was a Sunday school teacher. She was also...
