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Leonora (Gulchik) Peplowski
Dec 30, 2017
Leonora 'Bachi' (Gulchik) Peplowski, 91, of East Butler, passed away Saturday, December 30, 2017 at her home. She was born December 2, 1926, in West Deer Township to the late Wasil and Anna Bajcz Gulchik. Leonora was a 1945 graduate of West Deer High School and a 1948 graduate of the Allegheny Valley Hospital School of Nursing. She worked as...
Paul Deangelis
Dec 28, 2017
Paul DeAngelis, 66, of Natrona Heights, my beloved husband, co-worker and best friend, passed away at home unexpectedly on Thursday, December 28, 2017. He was born August 31, 1951, in Brackenridge to the late Fred and Alba (Monti) DeAngelis. Paul was the owner of the Donut Connection, in Natrona Heights for the past 20 years, where he and his family...
Joan (Whyte) Shaffer
Dec 27, 2017
Joan Shaffer passed peacefully at home in Lower Burrell, she was 87 years old. Joan was born in New Castle, England on February 13, 1930. The daughter of the late James and Mary Jane Whyte. In 1955 she met and married LaMar Wayne Shaffer in Birmingham, England while based there for the United States Air Force. Joan arrived in the...
Sharon L. (Walker) Glath
Dec 24, 2017
Sharon L. (Walker) Glath, 63, of Buffalo Township, passed away Sunday, December 24, 2017 in UPMC Shadyside Hospital, Pittsburgh. She was born June 11, 1954, in Susquehanna to Juanita Simcox, of Freeport and the late Charles Walker. Sharon worked as a Registered Nurse before retiring. She was a member of Our Lady of the Most Blessed Sacrament R.C.Parish, Most Blessed...
Nelle (Dubeck) Basnak
Dec 23, 2017
Nelle (Dubeck) Basnak, 96, of Tarentum, passed away Saturday, December 23, 2017 at Platinum Ridge, Brackenridge. She was born March 7, 1921, in Brackenridge to the late Paul and Sophia Dreek Dubeck. Nelle retired as a sales clerk from the former G.C. Murphy Store in Natrona Heights after 28 years of service. She was a member of Holy Martyrs R.C....
Daniel L. Malecki
Dec 23, 2017
Daniel L. Malecki, 71, of Brackenridge, passed away Saturday, December 23, 2017 in the Hospice Inpatient Unit at West Penn Hospital, Pittsburgh. He was born October 28, 1946, in Natrona Heights to the late Chester and Helen Kravitz Malecki. Dan was a 1964 graduate of Har-Brack High School and a 1968 graduate of West Liberty College. Dan retired in 2005...
Virginia G. (Guiney) Krutz
Dec 21, 2017
Virginia G. (Ginger) Krutz, 89, of Fishers, Indiana, passed away peacefully on Thursday December 21, 2017. She was born on December 23, 1927 to Arthur and Edna (Wareham) Guiney in New Kensington, Pennsylvania. Ginger attended New Kensington High School and was a proud member of The National Honor Society. She was a long-term resident of New Kensington and Natrona Heights,...
Mary E. (Klimkowski) Polisano
Dec 20, 2017
Mary E. (Klimkowski) Polisano, 92, of Brackenridge, passed away Wednesday, December 20, 2017 in Applewood Personal Care Home, Brackenridge. She was born October 2, 1925, in Natrona Heights to the late Gordon and Sophie Olczak Klimkowski. Mary was a member of Our Lady of the Most Blessed Sacrament R.C. Parish, Most Blessed Sacrament Church in Natrona Heights, the American Legion...
Ida O. (Testerman) Grabigel
Dec 19, 2017
Ida Ovella (Testerman) Grabigel, 90, of Tarentum, passed away Tuesday, December 19, 2017 at Presbyterian Senior Care, The Willows, Oakmont. She was born November 2, 1927, in Big Sandy, West Virginia, to the late Fletcher Testerman and Mae Gillespie Testerman Sharp. Ida worked a variety of jobs in the area including working for Heights Plaza Materials, Inc., and Eat-N-Park. She...
Sandra L. (Musco) Bresuciak
Dec 16, 2017
Sandra L. (Musco) Bresuciak, 69, of Tarentum, passed away Saturday, December 16, 2017, surrounded by her family at the Good Samaritan Hospice at Concordia, Cabot. She was born March 22, 1948, in Natrona Heights to the late Joseph Musco and Ann Bavetz Musco. Sandy worked as an LPN at Allegheny Valley Hospital in Natrona Heights, and after receiving her RN...
Sharon L. (Jones) Vorp
Dec 11, 2017
Sharon L. (Jones) Vorp, 67, of Natrona Heights, passed away on Monday, December 11, 2017 in UPMC Passavant Hospital, McCandless, with her family at her side. She was born October 19, 1950, in Natrona Heights to the late Blaine and Lillian Wolfarth Jones. She was of the Lutheran faith and a member of the Eastern Star. Sharon was a devoted...
David I. Jablonowski
Dec 11, 2017
David I. Jablonowski, 64, of Tarentum, passed away Monday, December 11, 2017 in Allegheny Valley Hospital, Natrona Heights. He was born October 12, 1953, in New Kensington to the late Henry A. and Dorothy V. Orkwis Jablonowski. Dave was a 1973 graduate of Burrell High School. He was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force. Dave retired in 2012 as...
Lawrence A. Truckley
Dec 9, 2017
Lawrence A. Truckley, 80, of Natrona Heights, passed away Saturday, December 9, 2017 in UPMC St. Margaret Hospital, Pittsburgh. He was born January 17, 1937, in West Deer to the late Paul and Mary Polka Truckley. Larry worked for Burrell Construction. He was a member of Our Lady of the Most Blessed Sacrament R.C. Parish, Most Blessed Sacrament Church in...
Irene (Brinzer) Hilliard
Dec 6, 2017
Irene (Brinzer) Hilliard, 80, of Natrona Heights, passed away on Wednesday, December 6, 2017 in the Good Samaritan Hospice Unit at Concordia, Cabot. She was born January 19, 1937, in Natrona Heights to the late Stephen and Mary Micholas Brinzer. Irene worked for many years in the area as a beautician. She was a member of Our Lady of the...
Robert Brooks
Nov 30, 2017
Robert Brooks, 81, of Natrona Heights, passed away Thursday, November 30, 2017 in Allegheny Valley Hospital, Natrona Heights. He was born September 8, 1936, in Natrona Heights to the late George and Elizabeth Andrews Brooks. Robert was a veteran of the Korean War serving in the United States Air Force. He worked as a deliveryman for Country Bell Dairy for...
Lawrence Wasilowski
Nov 26, 2017
Lawrence Wasilowski, 55, of Cranberry Township, passed away Sunday, November 26, 2017 at the Veterans Administration Medical Center, Butler. He was born July 15, 1962, in Natrona Heights to the late Zygmunt S. and Sophie Falenski Wasilowski. Lawrence was a 1980 graduate of Highlands High School. He was a veteran of the US Army. Lawrence worked in the kitchen at...
Lois M. (Moersch) Bavetz
Nov 24, 2017
Lois M. (Moersch) Bavetz, 92, of Natrona Heights, passed away, Friday, November 24, 2017 at Platinum Ridge, Brackenridge. She was born October 1, 1925, in Pittsburgh to the late Edward Moersch and Bertha Daugherty Moersch Bracco. At the time of her marriage to her husband Frank, Lois was attending nursing school. Lois was a member of Our Lady of the...
Rosemarie (Hughes) Posati
Nov 21, 2017
Rosemarie (Hughes) Posati, 70, of Natrona Heights, passed away Tuesday, November 21, 2017 in the comfort of her own home doing what she loved, which was cooking. She was born November 23, 1946, in Natrona Heights to the late Robert G. and Alice Marie Snebold Hughes Sr. Rosemarie worked as a registered nurse at Lifecare Hospital in Natrona Heights. She...
Robert J. Plivelich
Nov 21, 2017
Robert J. Plivelich, 62, of Brackenridge, passed away Tuesday, November 21, 2017 in Allegheny Valley Hospital, Natrona Heights. He was born February 6, 1955, in McKeesport to the late Francis P. and Frances T. Shemik Plivelich. Robert formerly lived in Apollo and White Oak before moving to Brackenridge. He was a graduate of Penn State University with a bachelor of...
Dorothy A Barch
Nov 17, 2017
Dorothy Alice Barch, 89, formerly of Natrona Heights,died peacefully, surrounded by her family, on Friday, Nov.17, 2017, at the McKinley Health Center, Brookville. She as born April 4, 1928, in Lyndora, the daughter of the late Dmitri and Anna Ulchik Shumek. She lived in the Natrona and Brackenridge area allher life. She graduated from Har-Brack High School in 1946. In...
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