Samuel P. Hoffer, 84, of Greensburg, died Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2016, in UPMC East. He was born March 17, 1931, in Greensburg, a son of the late Samuel B. and Laura R. Campbell Hoffer. Sam was a retired pipe chipper for the former Hempfield Founderies, Greensburg, and a veteran of the Army, having served during the Korean War. In addition...
Joseph Michael Kettering, M.D., 51, of Greensburg, passed away peacefully, Sunday, Jan. 10, 2016, at his home, surrounded by his family, following a courageous three-year battle with cancer. Born April 26, 1964, in Bethesda, Md., he was the son of Dr. Donald Louis Kettering and Patricia Stadterman Kettering. Joe was a Greensburg Central Catholic High School alumnus (class of 1982)...
Robert D. Pomponi, 87, of Greensburg, died Friday, Jan. 8, 2016, at home. He was born Sept. 18, 1928, in South Greensburg, a son of the late Alex and Mary Gorirossi Pomponi. Bob was a retired installer for the former Bell Telephone and was a member of Our Lady of Grace Church. In his younger years, he served as the...
Edward Guidas, 53, of South Greensburg, died Thursday, Jan. 7, 2016, in the St. Margarets Hospital. He was born Oct. 4, 1962, in Latrobe, a son of the late Edward and Dolores Duffy Guidas. Ed was the co-owner of Mr. Toad's in Greensburg and also worked for Rick Diebold and Associates. He was a veteran of the Army. In addition...
Joseph F. Patrick, 86, of Greensburg, died Thursday, Dec. 31, 2015, in the Excela Health Latrobe Hospital. He was born Jan. 16, 1929, in Crabtree, a son of the late Frank and Virginia Macey Patrick. Joseph was retired from the Dick Corporation, and a member of St. Bartholomew Church in Crabtree and Union Local 373. In addition to his parents,...
Charles H. Flye, 65, of Greensburg, died Saturday, Dec. 19, 2015, in the Westmoreland Manor. He was born Jan. 3, 1950, in Nashvile, TN, a son of the late Henry and Ola M. Turner Talley. He was a member of First Antioch Baptist Church and loved singing karoke and dancing. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death...
Cicely Marie (Nicely) Monsour, 92, of Greensburg, died Friday, Dec. 18, 2015, at UPMC East surrounded by her loving family. Born June 9, 1923, in Greensburg, she was a daughter of the late George Eisamen Nicely and Cicely Long Nicely, who were from Greensburg and Ligonier. Mrs. Monsour was the loving wife to the late Dr. Roy Charles Monsour, a...
Concetta C. "Tala" "Connie" (Conte) Kashurba, 88, of Greensburg, formerly of Penn Township, died Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2015, in the Excela Health Westmoreland Hospital. She was born March 4, 1927, in Crabtree, a daughter of the late Andrew and Josephine Moffe Conte. She was a lifelong member of Sacred Heart Church in Jeannette. In addition to her parents, she was...
Carol A. (Baginski) Watkins, 75, of Crabtree, died Monday, Dec. 14, 2015, in Westmoreland Manor. She was born May 21, 1940, in Jeannette, a daughter of the late Martin and Anna Matiska Baginski. Carol was a member of St. Bartholomew Church, its Rosary Altar Society and served as a Eucharistic minister, the Crabtree VFD Ladies Auxiliary and the former Crabtree...
Dominic F. Medaglio, 90, of South Greensburg, died Monday, Dec. 7, 2015, in Doylestown. He was born Jan. 16, 1925, in Greensburg, a son of the late Frank and Rosina Spinelli Medaglio. A lifelong resident of South Greensburg, Dominic graduated from Greensburg Salem High School in 1942. He served in the Army from 1943 to 46 and was a member...
William P. Duffey, 55, of Crabtree, died Monday, Nov. 30, 2015. He was born Nov. 11, 1960, in Latrobe, a son of the late Philip R. and Dorothy Jean Baumgardner Duffey. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a sister, Janet, and a brother, Richard. He is survived by his wife, Patty Duffey; two children, Sarah...
William C. Ritz, 78, of Greensburg, died Sunday, Nov. 22, 2015, at home. He was born Feb. 16, 1937, in McKeesport, a son of the late Vitus Aloysius Ritz and Alva F. Franklin Ritz Maurer. He was a retired electrical engineer for Westinghouse Energy in Monroeville. Bill had six patents while working at Westinghouse. He was a model train enthusiast...
Anthony Cavallo, 87, of Greensburg, died Saturday, Nov. 21, 2015, in the Excela Health Westmoreland Hospital. He was born May 1, 1928, in Bovard, a son of the late Joseph and Dorothy Mastro Cavallo. He was a painter for Shearer and Co. of Latrobe and a member of Local 409. Tony was a Korean War veteran, having served with the...
Tyler R. George, 25, of Jeannette, died Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2015. He was born Oct. 19, 1990, in Latrobe. Tyler was a 2009 graduate of Hempfield Area High School and had been working at Daniels Excavating. He enjoyed snowboarding and wakeboarding and other outdoor activities. He was preceded in death by his maternal grandparents, Louis and Peggy Wass; his paternal...
Mary J. (Panetti) Parise, 96, of Monroe Township, N.J., formerely of South Greensburg, died Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2015, at her daughter's home in New Jersey. She was born April 2, 1919, in Lilly, a daughter of the late Angelo and Adeline Masissi Panetti. She was the co-owner of the former Danny's Pizza House in South Greensburg and prior to moving...
Charles C. Kemerer, 50, of Greensburg, died Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2015, at home. He was born July 13, 1965, in Jeannette, a son of Mary C. Cramer Kemerer, of Greensburg, and the late Henry H. Kemerer Jr. He was a configuration analyst for Quadrant Engineering Plastic Products in Delmont and had been working part-time for UPS. He was a member...
Joseph W. Borelli, 76, of Greensburg, died Monday, Nov. 9, 2015, at The Rehabilitation and Nursing Center at Greater Pittsburgh, Greensburg. He was born April 8, 1939, in Greensburg, a son of the late William and Helen Detore Borelli. Joseph was a retired pipefitter with Westinghouse Air Brake, East Pittsburgh, and was an Army veteran. In addition to his parents,...
Josephine M. (Setmire) Bayura, 87, of Forbes Road, died Saturday, Nov. 7, 2015, in the Excela Health Westmoreland Hospital. She was born Jan. 22, 1928, in Forbes Road, a daughter of the late John and Mary Baksa Setmire. Josephine was a lifelong member of the former St. Mary's Church in Forbes Road and St. Bartholomew Church in Crabtree. She enjoyed...
Robert N. Lumberger, 75, of Crabtree, died Thursday, Nov. 5, 2015, in Excela Health Westmoreland Hospital, Greensburg. Born April 25, 1940, in Bovard, he was a son of the late James and Pauline Elizabeth Taylor Lumberger. He retired from Nuclear Components Co., Adamsburg, and was a member of First Antioch Baptist Church. In addition to his parents, he was preceded...
Shawnee (White) Lipscomb, 59, of Greensburg, died Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2015, in Westmoreland Manor. She was born Aug. 14, 1956, in Jeannette, a daughter of Chauncy White and the late Geraldine Barclay Early. In addition to her father, she is survived by her three children, Kira Crosby and husband, Andre, of Jeannette, Angel Flatt and husband, Jeremy, of New Kensington,...