OBITUARIES

Recent Obituaries

Catherine M. Zebula

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

Roy J. Dudgeon

Roy J. Dudgeon

Nov 13, 2024

Roy J. Dudgeon, 78, of Belle Vernon, Washington Twp., passed away Wednesday, November 13, 2024 at Mon Valley Care Center, Carroll Twp. Born August 24, 1946 in N. Charleroi, PA he was the son of the late Roy E. and Mary Bobby Dudgeon. Roy was a resident of Belle Vernon, retired from Xmart Industries, Washington, as a purchasing agent and...

Donna L. Mueller

Donna L. Mueller

Nov 9, 2024

Donna L. Best Mueller, 82, of Belle Vernon, Rostraver Twp., passed away Saturday, November 9, 2024 at Haven Crest Nursing Home, Carroll Twp. Born November 17, 1941 in Knoxville, TN she was the daughter of the late Donald W. and Evelyn Lee Fisher Best. A resident of Belle Vernon for the past 40 years, Mrs. Mueller was a member of...

Nancy L. Martin

Nancy L. Martin

Nov 9, 2024

Nancy L. Nussbaumer Martin, 86, of Perryopolis, Jefferson Twp., passed away Saturday, November 9, 2024 at AHN Jefferson Hospital, Jefferson Hills. Born April 10, 1938 in Lowber, PA she was the daughter of the late Walter and Violet Stimmel Nussbaumer. A lifelong resident of the Perryopolis area, Mrs. Martin was a member of St. John The Baptist RC Church, Perryopolis....

Norman Scott Huscroft

Norman Scott Huscroft

Oct 31, 2024

Norman Scott Huscroft, 79, of North Belle Vernon, passed away Thursday, October 31, 2024 at his home surrounded by family. Born June 5, 1945 in N. Charleroi, PA he was the son of the late Norman S. and Sarafene Amato Huscroft. A lifelong resident of Belle Vernon, Mr. Huscroft was Presbyterian by faith, was employed at Whg-Pgh Steel Allenport Plant,...

Charles Sztroin

Charles Sztroin

Oct 30, 2024

Charles Sztroin, Jr. 74, of Belle Vernon, Washington Township, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, October 30, 2024, at AHN Jefferson Hospital. Born June 7, 1950, in N. Charleroi, PA, he was the son of the late Charles Sztroin, Sr. and Florence Strychalski Sztroin Rovny. Chuck’s lifelong dedication to education began at Bethel Park High School, leading to a distinguished career...

Sergey N. Chaykin

Sergey N. Chaykin

Oct 30, 2024

Sergey N. Chaykin, 69, of Belle Vernon, Washington Twp., passed away Wednesday, October 30, 2024 at his home. Born March 18, 1955 in Stavropol, Russia he was the son of the late Nicholas Zaharovich and Feodosiya Ivanovna Ukolava Chaykin. A resident of Belle Vernon for the past 27 years, Mr. Chaykin was a member of House of Prayer for All....

Larry E. Carr

Larry E. Carr

Oct 26, 2024

Larry E. Carr, 78, of Belle Vernon, Washington Twp., passed away Saturday, October 26, 2024 at his home with his family. Born August 23, 1946 in Monongahela, PA he was the son of the late Louis and Alice Gregory Carr. A resident of Belle Vernon for the past 55 years, Mr. Carr was a member of St. Sebastian R.C. Church...

Joseph Kovalcik

Joseph Kovalcik

Oct 24, 2024

Joseph M. Kovalcik, 99, of Perryopolis, Perry Twp., passed away Thursday, October 24, 2024 at WVU - Ruby Memorial Hospital, Morgantown, WV. Born August 6, 1925 in Uniontown, PA he was the son of the late Michael and Mary Helen Gavulic Kovalcik. A resident of Perryopolis for the past 67 years, Mr. Kovalcik was a member of St. John The...

Joseph Zdravecky

Joseph Zdravecky

Oct 24, 2024

Joseph A. Zdravecky formerly of Monessen, passed away Thursday, October 24, 2024 at Premier Washington Health Center, Washington PA. after a brief illness.  Born March 30, 1952 in Yukon, PA he was the son of the late Joseph Zdravecky and Gertrude Kosec Zdravecky who survives and resides in Uniontown.  Mr. Zdravecky was retired from Clairton and Monessen Steel Mills He...

Antoinette E. Saladna

Antoinette E. Saladna

Oct 21, 2024

Antoinette E. ‘Toni’ Steinberg Saladna, 86, of Belle Vernon, Rostraver Twp., passed away Monday, October 21, 2024, at UPMC Mercy Hospital, Pittsburgh. Born May 21, 1938, in Pontiac, MI she was the daughter of the late Anthony J. and Mary E. Sadowski Steinberg. A lifelong resident of Belle Vernon, Mrs. Saladna was a member of St. Sebastian R.C. Church.

Toni graduated...

Helen Joyce Matty

Helen Joyce Matty

Oct 18, 2024

Helen Joyce Revak Matty, 81, passed away Friday, October 18, 2024 at her home, surrounded by her loving family. Born January 25, 1943 in N. Charleroi, PA. She was the daughter of the late Joseph and Helen Peters Revak. A lifelong resident of Belle Vernon, Mrs. Matty was a member of St. Basil The Great Russian Orthodox Church, Belle Vernon....

Sherri J. Lutes

Sherri J. Lutes

Oct 16, 2024

Sherri J. West Lutes, 60, of North Belle Vernon, passed away Wednesday, October 16, 2024 at Penn Highlands - Mon Valley, Monongahela. Born July 1, 1964 in Mt. Pleasant, PA she was the daughter of the late Milton and Donna Wise West. A lifelong resident of North Belle Vernon, Sherri was a retired cook from North Belle Vernon McDonald’s. She...