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Bentley H. Beckinger Jr.
Feb 5, 2025
Bentley ‘JR’ H. Beckinger Jr., 61, of West Mifflin, formerly of West Newton, passed away Wednesday, February 5, 2025 at his home with his beloved dogs Jack and Joker. Born February 9, 1963 in Greensburg, PA he was the son of Marilyn Brick Beckinger and the late Bentley H. Beckinger Sr. of West Newton. A resident of West Mifflin for...
Edna DeCroo
Feb 1, 2025
Edna A. Hinerman DeCroo, 75, of Fayette City, Jefferson Twp., passed away Saturday, February 1, 2025 at AHN Jefferson Hospital, Jefferson Hills. Born September 8, 1949 in McKeesport, PA she was the daughter of the late Raymond and Claire Sheedy Hinerman. A resident of Fayette City for the past 23 years, Mrs. DeCroo was Catholic by faith and was a...
Edward Ronald Coates
Jan 24, 2025
Edward Ronald “Ron” Coates, 82, of Meridian, Idaho, formerly of Belle Vernon and Greenville, Pennsylvania, passed away Friday, January 24, 2025, at home. Born April 20, 1942, in N. Charleroi, Pennsylvania, he was the son of the late Stanley and Lena Coates. A resident of Meridian for the past 5 years, Mr. Coates was a former member of Holy Spirit...
Rose Marie Keffer
Jan 22, 2025
Rose Marie Griest Keffer, 65, of Belle Vernon, Washington Twp., passed away Wednesday, January 22, 2025 at Penn Highlands - Mon Valley, Monongahela. Born June 5, 1959 in Uniontown, PA she was the daughter of the late John Griest Sr. and Shirley Welsch Griest. A resident of Belle Vernon for the past seven years, Mrs. Keffer was a caretaker and...
Donna L. Fleming
Jan 20, 2025
Donna L. Strickler Fleming, 85, of Fayette City, Jefferson Twp., passed away Monday, January 20, 2025 at WVU Medicine Uniontown Hospital, Uniontown. Born April 27, 1939 in Connellsville, PA she was the daughter of the late Donald R. and Charlotte Emma Lint Strickler. Also her birth mother Margaret Evelyn Thomas Strickler, who passed away when Donna was 3 years old....
Richard Andrew Dubinsky
Jan 18, 2025
Richard Andrew Dubinsky, 71, of Rostraver Twp., Fellsburg, passed away peacefully Saturday, January 18, 2025. Rich was born on December 7, 1953 in N. Charleroi, he was the son of the late Joseph and Ann Nogy Dubinsky and stepmother Irene Trappen Dubinsky. A lifelong resident of Belle Vernon, Mr. Dubinsky was Catholic by faith and a retired director of operations...
Andrew J. Koltash
Jan 14, 2025
Andrew J. Koltash, 77, of Perryopolis, Perry Twp., passed away Tuesday, January 14, 2025 at Penn Highlands - Mon Valley, Monongahela. Born June 5, 1947 in Brownsville, PA he was the son of the late John Koltash Jr. and Susan M. Gazdick Koltash. A resident of Perryopolis for the past 44 years, Mr. Koltash was a retired wireman and motor...
Roger D. Poling
Jan 10, 2025
Roger D. Poling, 69, of Perryopolis, passed away Friday, January 10, 2025 at his home. Born July 23, 1955 in Pittsburgh, PA he was the son of the late Kenneth and Louise Bonner Poling. A resident of Perryopolis for the past 46 years, Mr. Poling belonged to the Rooted Ministries Christian Church, Uniontown and was retired from US Steel, West...
Marla Joan Sivic
Dec 30, 2024
Marla Joan Sivic, 57, of Belle Vernon, Rostraver Twp., passed away Monday, December 30, 2024 at her home. Born May 12, 1967 in N. Charleroi, PA she was the daughter of the late Martin Sivic Jr. and Josephine L. Levandosky Sivic. A lifelong resident of Belle Vernon, Marla was a member of St. Sebastian RC Church and supported many local...
Lisa L. Swiantek
Dec 27, 2024
Lisa L. Lynn Swiantek, 60, of Belle Vernon, Washington Twp., passed away Friday, December 27, 2024 at her home. Born September 11, 1964 in N. Charleroi, PA she was the daughter of the late Emerson Curtis Lynn Sr. and Audrey Jean Williams Lynn who survives and resides in Belle Vernon. A lifelong resident of Belle Vernon, Mrs. Swiantek was Christian...
Lawrence Edward King Sr.
Dec 26, 2024
Lawrence Edward King, Sr. born on April 25, 1937, from humble beginnings, grew in the gospel of Jesus Christ to become a Mountain of a Man. He was the only son of Katherine R. King. Lawrence was a strong, devoted father and husband, first to Susanna R. Christopher (who preceded him in death) with whom he shared five children, Mark,...
Richard W. Zuraw Sr.
Dec 26, 2024
Richard W. Zuraw Sr., 89, of North Belle Vernon, passed away Thursday, December 26, 2024 at Haven Crest Nursing Home, Carroll Twp. Born June 25, 1935 in N. Charleroi, PA he was the son of the late George Zuraw Sr. and Louise Yadrick Zuraw. A resident of North Belle Vernon for the past 67 years, Mr. Zuraw was a member...
Catherine M. Zebula
Dec 17, 2024
Catherine ‘Kay’ Semich Zebula, 90, of Belle Vernon, passed away Tuesday, December 17, 2024 peacefully at her home. Born May 4, 1934, she was the daughter of the late Nicholas and Mildred Vitko Semich. A lifelong resident of Fairhope, Kay was a parishioner of St. Mary Byzantine Catholic Church, Monessen and a devoted member of the Ladies Guild.
She was a...
Carol Ann Spadafora
Dec 8, 2024
Carol Ann Wall Spadafora, 81, of Belle Vernon, Rostraver Township, formerly of Monongahela, passed away peacefully at home on Sunday, December 8, 2024. Born January 8, 1943, in Monongahela, PA, she was the daughter of the late Charles and Margaret (Gorondy) Wall. A resident of Rostraver Township for the past 35 years, Carol was a member of the Church of...
Christopher Shane Rabe
Dec 6, 2024
Christopher Shane Rabe, 21, of North Belle Vernon, passed away Friday, December 6, 2024 at his home. Born October 6, 2003 in Monongahela, PA he was the son of Daniel G. Rabe of North Belle Vernon and Shannon Williams of Washington Twp. A lifelong resident of North Belle Vernon, Christopher was always with his friends, was a song writer, a...
Donna G. Reppert
Dec 6, 2024
Donna G. Melvin Reppert, 88, of Belle Vernon, passed away Friday, December 6, 2024 at Country Care Manor, Fayette City. Born November 15, 1936, in N. Charleroi, PA she was the daughter of the late John P. and Hilda May Walker Melvin. Donna worked at the Belle Vernon Area School District in the cafeteria, was employed at IGA and Superdollar...
Wayne James King
Dec 6, 2024
Wayne James King, 82, of Vanderbilt, Perry Twp., passed away Friday, December 6, 2024 at his home. Born September 29, 1942 in Pricedale, PA he was the son of the late William and Clara Mae Nichols King. A resident of Vanderbilt for over 50 years, Mr. King was protestant by faith and worked as a security guard. He was a...
Lois Ann Cowan
Dec 2, 2024
Lois Ann Sellaro Cowan, 78, of Perryopolis, Jefferson Twp., passed away Monday, December 2, 2024 at AHN Jefferson Hospital, Jefferson Hills. Born November 5, 1946 in Belle Vernon, PA she was the daughter of the late Louis A. and Alice C. Davis Sellaro. A resident of Perryopolis for the past 49 years, Mrs. Cowan was a member of St. Sebastian...
Sam G. Vidnjvich
Nov 27, 2024
Sam G. Vidnjvich, 84, of Perryopolis, passed away Wednesday, November 27, 2024 at Washington Hospital, Washington. Born August 16, 1940 in Whitsett, PA he was the son of the late George and Dorothy Bogunovich Vidnjvich. A lifelong resident of Perryopolis, Mr. Vidnjvich was a member of Perryopolis United Methodist Church, served in the US Army where he worked in communications...
Linda Carol Astle
Nov 22, 2024
Linda C. Baker Astle, 81, of Belle Vernon, Rostraver Twp., passed away Friday, November 22, 2024 at Penn Highlands - Mon Valley, Monongahela. Born September 24, 1943 in Brownsville, PA she was the daughter of the late Glenn and Gladys McIntosh Baker. A resident of Belle Vernon for the past 51 years, Mrs. Astle was Methodist by Faith. She enjoyed...
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