OBITUARIES

Nov 21, 2023

 

Lillian Pozum Laird, 83, of Belle Vernon, Rostraver Twp., passed away Tuesday, November 21, 2023 at Penn Highlands - Mon Valley, Monongahela.  Born September 12, 1940 in N. Charleroi, PA she was the daughter of the late James W. and Olga Oleynik Pozum.  Her father, James, was the founder and leader of The Blue Danube Tamburitza Orchestra.  Lillian grew...

Nov 21, 2023

 

David L. Muirhead, 79, of North Belle Vernon, passed away Tuesday, November 21, 2023 at his home.  Born September 28, 1944 in N. Charleroi, PA he was the son of the late David and Dorothy Feehan Muirhead.  A lifelong resident of North Belle Vernon, Mr. Muirhead was retired from Dicks Sporting Goods Warehouse, Smithton, and proudly served in the...

Nov 18, 2023

 

Joel C. Rebovich, 73, of Perryopolis, passed away Saturday, November 18, 2023 at UPMC Presbyterian Hospital, Pittsburgh.  Born August 7, 1950 in Connellsville, PA he was the son of the late Joseph G. and Helen Jankura Rebovich.  A lifelong resident of Perryopolis, Mr. Rebovich was a member of St. John the Baptist RC Church, Perryopolis.  He was retired from...

Nov 12, 2023

 

Cheryl A. Theakston Church, 66, of Monessen, formerly of Belle Vernon, passed away Sunday, November 12, 2023 at Penn Highlands - Mon Valley, Monongahela.  Born April 14, 1957 in N. Charleroi, PA she was the daughter of the late Sheridan Theakston and Mary Davis Theakston Heilman and stepfather Frank Heilman.  A resident of Monessen for the past 19 years,...

Oct 31, 2023

Newanna L. Fleming King, 86, of Dawson, passed away Tuesday, October 31, 2023 at Penn Highlands - Mon Valley, Monongahela.  Born April 3, 1937 in Layton, PA she was the daughter of the late Ray E. and Mary Thomas Fleming.  A lifelong resident of Layton and Dawson, Mrs. King was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ, Vanderbilt where...

Oct 30, 2023

Deborah Ann Farmer Elwell, 69, of Scottdale, passed away Monday, October 30, 2023 at her home.  Born March 17, 1954 in Mt. Pleasant, PA she was the daughter of the late Clifford Eugene Farmer and Patricia Ann Peterson Farmer who survives and resides in Scottdale.  Formerly of Dawson, Mrs. Elwell grew up in Scottdale and had returned and resided there...

Oct 29, 2023

Peter Edward Hegyes, 80, of Perryopolis passed away Sunday, October 29, 2023 at Uniontown Hospital. Born July 21, 1943 in Linn, Redstone Township, PA he was the son of the late Pete and Anne Adams Hegyes of Layton Hill, Dawson, PA. A resident of Perryopolis for the last 56 years, he belonged to St. Nicholas Byzantine Catholic Church where he...

Oct 10, 2023

Joseph Paul Kroskie, 74, of Belle Vernon, Washington Twp., passed away at home with family by this side on October 10, 2023 after a 15 year fight with “Parkie”, the nickname he gave his Parkinson’s disease and the mishaps that it caused.

Joe was born in Arnold City, the youngest of 6 children to Della Gondusky and...

Oct 2, 2023

Willard R. “Junior” Jones, 86, of Fayette City, passed away Monday, October 2, 2023 at his home.  Born June 16, 1937 in Fayette City, PA he was the son of the late Willard M. and Lavinia Jane Lindey Jones.  A lifelong resident of Fayette City, Junior worked at Stephens Dairy Farm from a young age delivering milk and worked...

Sep 30, 2023

Theodore M. Stone, 93, of Belle Vernon, Washington Twp., passed away Saturday, September 30, 2023 at his home.  Born June 2, 1930 in McKeesport, PA he was the son of the late Chester E. and Harriet I. Sheavly Stone.  A resident of Belle Vernon for over 25 years, Mr. Stone was a retired production manager for US Steel, DOD,...

Sep 29, 2023

Kenneth E. Stile, 66, of Perryopolis, passed away Friday, September 29, 2023 at his home with his family by his side.  Born September 12, 1957 in N. Charleroi, PA he was the son of the late Robert Glenn Stile Sr. and Geraldine Kerr Stile.  A resident of Perryopolis for the past 41 years, Ken was a retired truck driver...

Sep 29, 2023

Carl Stanley "Stosh" Cenerosky Jr., 44, of Belle Vernon, Rostraver Twp., passed away unexpectedly on Friday, September 29, 2023 in Donora.  Born February 21, 1979 in Erie, PA he was the son of Carl Stanley Cenerosky Sr. and Debra J. Oprosky Cenerosky who survive and reside in Rostraver Twp.  Stosh was a member of St. John’s Lutheran Church, Erie...

Sep 27, 2023

James Anthony Manack Sr., 91, of Perryopolis, passed away Wednesday, September 27, 2023.  Born March 19, 1932 in Belle Vernon, PA he was the son of the late Steve and Helen Arva Manack.  A resident of Perryopolis for the past 53 years, Mr. Manack was a member of St. John The Baptist RC Church, Perryopolis and was retired from...

Sep 26, 2023

Edna Elizabeth “Betty” Patterson Scaccia, 99, of Belle Vernon, passed away Tuesday, September 26, 2023 at William Penn Care Center, Jeannette.  Born February 7, 1924 in Pricedale, PA she was the daughter of the late Offie and Agnes Easton Patterson.  A lifelong resident of Belle Vernon, Mrs. Scaccia was a member of St. Sebastian R.C. Church.  Betty was a...

Sep 25, 2023

Judith Elizabeth Salesi, devoted aunt and beloved sister, passed away on Monday, September 25th in Irwin, PA. She was 86.  Born July 12, 1937 in Connellsville, PA, she was the daughter of the late John and Irene Vargo Salesi.  She spent most of her life in Whitsett, PA, where she worked at the A&P for many years before earning a...

Sep 25, 2023

With trumpeting angels and God standing at the pearly gates David Leroy ‘Tatoo’ Scott earned his wings on Monday, September 25, 2023 at his home.  A loving husband, father, pappy, brother, uncle, and dog father he was deeply loved, admired, and respected by many where he was employed as a corrections officer at the Washington County Correction Facility and...

Sep 20, 2023

Catherine M. ‘Sis’ Manack Matson, 102, of Belle Vernon, Rostraver Twp., passed away Wednesday, September 20, 2023 at WVU Medicine Uniontown Hospital, Uniontown.  Born January 26, 1921 in Van Meter, PA she was the daughter of the late Steve and Helen Arva Manack.  Catherine was a graduate of Rostraver High School, class of 1939, was a member of St....

Sep 20, 2023

Dr. C. R. (Charles/Chuck) Thomas, 84, passed away peacefully in Groveport, OH on September 20, 2023.  Chuck was born in Clarksburg, WV on October 4, 1938 and comes from a working class background of Scottish coal miners and glass cutters.  He graduated from Washington Irving High School in 1956, and he was often fond of saying that he never...

Sep 19, 2023

John L. Crea II, 34, of Dunlevy, passed away Tuesday, September 19, 2023 in Pittsburgh.  Born October 10, 1988 in Monongahela, PA he was the son of John F. Crea and Mychelle of Belle Vernon and Tina Gregory Crea and Significant Other Michael Coulson of Dunlevy.  John worked as a bricklayer and was a die-hard Pittsburgh fan.  He was...

Sep 7, 2023

William O. “Cowboy” Bowen, 81, of Rostraver Township, passed away very suddenly at his home on Thursday, September 7, 2023.  Born February 18, 1942 in McKeesport, PA he was the son of the late William H. and Margaret Nagy Bowen.  Cowboy enjoyed watching the antics of his cats which made him laugh; and talking to people at the local...