Obituaries
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Natrona Heights, PA, Allegheny County & Surrounding Areas
Stephen J. Wilkowski
Mar 13, 2016
Stephen J. Wilkowski, 97, formerly of Buffalo Township, passed away Sunday, March 13, 2016 at Concordia Lutheran Ministries, Cabot. He was born July 22, 1918 in Philadelphia, a son of the late Felix and Mary Kaczynski Wilkowski. Stephen retired from Allegheny Ludlum Steel in Brackenridge. He was a member of St. Joseph R.C. Parish in Natrona. Stephen is survived by...
Jennie J. (Klimkowski) Bubash
Mar 10, 2016
Jennie J. Bubash, 94, of Brackenridge, passed away Thursday, March 10, 2016 in Allegheny Valley Hospital, Natrona Heights. She was born September 11, 1921, in Natrona Heights, a daughter of the late Gordon and Sophie Klimkowski. Jennie was a member of Our Lady of the Most Blessed Sacrament R.C. Parish, Most Blessed Sacrament Church in Natrona Heights. She was a...
Anita L. Jacobs
Mar 5, 2016
Anita L. Jacobs, 58, of Natrona Heights, passed away Saturday, March 5, 2016 at UPMC Montefiore Hospital, Pittsburgh. She was born September 30, 1957, in Natrona Heights, the daughter of the late Edmond D. and Louise E. Moineau Jacobs. Anita was a 1975 graduate of Highlands High School. She worked and an Insurance Broker for Altany, Loynd & Lindquist, Inc.,...
Emma Marie (Scanga) Pastorek
Mar 2, 2016
Erminia (Emma) Marie Pastorek, 92, of Natrona Heights, passed away, Wednesday, March 2, 2016. Beloved wife of 66 years of John V. Pastorek. Emma was born October 16, 1923, the sixth of eleven children, she was the daughter of first generation Americans, Frank and Eleanor Maglisco Scanga. Upon graduation from New Kensington High School, Emma attended the Citizens General Hospital...
Ann G. (Golier) Beresik
Feb 19, 2016
Ann G. Beresik, 92, of Natrona Heights passed away on Friday, February 19, 2016 at Homeland Center in Harrisburg, PA in the presence of her daughter and devoted caretaker, Therese Reinhardt. Ann was born July 15, 1923 in Canton, Ohio, daughter of the late Frank C. Golier and Anna V. Novak Golier. She moved to Natrona Heights in 1925 and...
Marcella A. Gnatowski
Feb 16, 2016
Marcella A. Gnatowski, 79, of Natrona, passed away Tuesday, February 16, 2016 at Saxony Health Center, Saxonburg. She was born February 25, 1936, in Natrona, a daughter of the late Walerjan and Catherine Jakubowski Gnatowski. Marcella was a 1953 graduate of Har-Brack High School. She was a member of St. Joseph R.C. Parish, St. Ladislaus Church in Natrona and was...
Elizabeth L. (Bowser) Morris
Feb 15, 2016
Elizabeth Lea 'Libbey' Morris, 61, died Monday, Feb. 15, 2016, at Hospice Wendover. Born in Natrona Heights, she was the daughter of the late William Marion and Norma Mohney Bowser. Libbey graduated from Highland High School in Natrona Heights and met the Lord through Young Life in High School. Moving to Shelby, N.C., in 1999, she became a member of...
Mary Ann (Blumer) Timko
Feb 14, 2016
Mary Ann (Blumer) Timko, 62, of Brackenridge, was granted her angel wings on Sunday, February 14, 2016. Her final days were spent surrounded by family and friends. She was born December 30, 1953, in Pittsburgh, a daughter of the late Melvin B. and Shirley A. Griffith Blumer Sr. Mary Ann worked at the Eat N Park for 32 years as...
Judith Diperna
Feb 12, 2016
Judith DiPerna, 72, of Brackenridge, died on Friday morning, February 12, 2016. Judith was born and raised in Brackenridge, best known locally as the owner, proprietor and expansive story-teller of Judys Town News, a convenience store and meeting place a few paces from Allegheny Ludlums No. 2 Gate. At the age of 42, Judith charged headlong into a new phase...
Casimir A. Kowal
Feb 11, 2016
Casimir A. 'Case' Kowal, 92, formerly of New Mexico, passed away Thursday, February 11, 2016 at Elmcroft of Saxonburg. He was born November 8, 1923, in Homer City, a son of the late Gregory and Catherine Klinkiewicz Kowal. Case was a graduate of St. Mary's High School in Orchard Lake, Michigan. He also attended Duquesne University for two years prior...
Daniel M. Valasek
Jan 31, 2016
Daniel M. Valasek, 63, of Tarentum, passed away Sunday, Jan. 31, 2016, at his home. He was born June 10, 1952, in Natrona Heights, the son of Michael Valasek, of Natrona Heights, and Louise King (Richard) Ward, of South Buffalo Township. Dan was a 1970 graduate of Highlands High School and was the Pennsylvania High School Shot Put Champion. He...
Lori L. Sipes
Jan 27, 2016
Lori L. Sipes, 30, of Pittsburgh, formerly of Natrona Heights, passed away Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2016. She was born Feb. 18, 1985, in Pittsburgh, the daughter of James M. and Sheryl L. Chapman Sipes, of Natrona Heights. Lori attended Highlands High School until 10th grade where she participated in the Gifted Program. She graduated High School in 2003 from the...
Cecelia A. Jenniches
Jan 19, 2016
Cecelia A. Jenniches, 95, of Natrona Heights, passed away Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2016, in UPMC St. Margaret, Pittsburgh. She was born Oct. 1, 1920, in Natrona, a daughter of the late William and Mary Harenski Gajda. Cecelia worked for many years in the dietary department at Allegheny Valley Hospital in Natrona Heights. She was a member of Our Lady of...
Thelma R. Medley
Jan 16, 2016
Thelma R. (Rogers) Medley, 74, of Lower Burrell, passed away Saturday, Jan. 16, 2016, at her daughter's home in Murrysville. She was born Sept. 16, 1941, in Natrona, a daughter of the late Clarence and Thelma Metzler Rogers. Thelma worked as a Technical Support Manager for J.C. Penny in Indiana Township. She was a member of Mother of Sorrows Roman...
Gladys M. Swanger
Jan 14, 2016
Gladys M. (Wagner) Swanger, 92, of New Kensington, passed away Thursday, Jan. 14, 2016, in Allegheny Valley Hospital, Natrona Heights. She was born Dec. 11, 1923, in Natrona Heights, a daughter of the late Jacob and Anna Grievelding Wagner. Gladys worked at the Hat and Cap factory in Arnold. She enjoyed hunting, fishing and rattlesnake hunting. Gladys is survived by...
Johanna Gezo
Jan 11, 2016
Johanna (Orosz) Gezo, 92, of Brackenridge, passed away Monday, Jan. 11, 2016, at Amber Woods, Harmarville. She was born Jan. 26, 1923, in Winburne, a daughter of the late Joseph and Anna Knechtle Orosz. Johanna was a 1940 graduate of Har-Brack High School. She was a member of Our Lady of the Most Blessed Sacrament Roman Catholic Parish, Most Blessed...
James A. Farrell, Jr
Jan 10, 2016
James Alfred Farrell Jr., 93, of Brackenridge, passed away Sunday, Jan. 10, 2016, in Allegheny Valley Hospital, Natrona Heights. He was born Aug. 29, 1922, in Brackenridge, the son of the late James Alfred and Mary McMillan Farrell Sr. Jim was a lifelong resident of Brackenridge. He was a veteran of World War II, serving in the Army as a...
Frances H. Adamovits
Jan 8, 2016
Frances H. (Wisniewski) Adamovits, 83, of Natrona Heights, passed away Friday, Jan. 8, 2016, at Platinum Ridge Center, Brackenridge. She was born Oct. 10, 1932, in Natrona, a daughter of the late Joseph and Helen Slomkowski Wisniewski. Frances was a 1953 graduate of Har-Brack High School. She was a member of Our Lady of the Most Blessed Sacrament Roman Catholic...
Phyllis A. Walters
Jan 8, 2016
Phyllis A. Walters, 81, of Natrona Heights, passed away Friday, Jan. 8, 2016, in the company of her family at Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh. She was born June 25, 1934, in Freeport, and has lived in Natrona Heights since 1950. She was the daughter of the late Grant Hines and Twila McAninch Ruffner. Phyllis worked as a waitress for 34...
Edward Jagodzinski
Jan 4, 2016
Edward "Jaggers" Jagodzinski, 96, of Natrona, passed away Monday, Jan. 4, 2016, in Allegheny Valley Hospital, Natrona Heights. He was born Oct. 16, 1919, in Natrona, a son of the late Michael and Hedwig Lapczynski Jagodzinski. Ed was a veteran of World War II, serving in the Army. He worked for many years as a salesman in the men's clothing...

