Edward Buggs, Ii
Mar 6, 2016
Edward Buggs II , 94, of Hannastown, died Sunday, March 6, 2016, in Excela Health Westmoreland Hospital, Greensburg. He was born Nov. 27, 1921, in Indiana, a son of the late Edward Buggs Sr. and Margaret Stern Buggs. Ed started his employment at General Tire during World War II, helping on the home front. He then went...
Corey Mcguire
Mar 5, 2016
Corey J. McGuire , 25, of Greensburg, died Saturday, March 5, 2016. He was born April 13, 1990, in Greensburg. Corey was employed by Baker Corp., Aliquippa. He was a running back for the Latrobe Wildcats and a sprinter on the track team. He was preceded in death by his paternal grandparents, Roger and Anne McGuire; and...
Anthony Altieri
Feb 29, 2016
Anthony D. Altieri , 66, of Greensburg, formerly of Crabtree, died peacefully Monday, Feb. 29, 2016, at home, surrounded by his family. He was born April 30, 1949, in Greensburg, a son of the late Anthony R. and Eva Genta Altieri. Anthony operated the family-owned business, Shopping Center Beer Distributor, in Greensburg. He was a member of...
Dr. Lawrence Blackburn
Feb 28, 2016
Dr. Lawrence F. Blackburn , 88, of Jeannette, died Sunday, Feb. 28, 2016, at home. He was born April 3, 1927, in Greensburg, a son of the late Dr. Lawrence L. and Helen Firster Blackburn. Dr. Blackburn started his private practice in the late '50s, joining his father in Greensburg. His aunt, Dr. Ida, started the practice...
Fay Pegg
Feb 27, 2016
Fay S. (Sundberg) Pegg , 89, of Greensburg, died Saturday, Feb. 27, 2016, in Westmoreland Manor. She was born Feb. 3, 1927, in Duquesne, a daughter of the late Arthur and Theresa Ingold Sundberg. Fay was a clerk for the former Gee Bee. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Wayne...
James Littlejohn, Jr.
Feb 26, 2016
James A. "Junior" Littlejohn Jr ., 88, of Greensburg, died Friday, Feb. 26, 2016, in the Excela Health Westmoreland Hospital. He was born Nov. 7, 1927, in Greensburg, a son of the late James A. Littlejohn Sr. and Rebecca Murrell Littlejohn. He was the head of Security for Seton Hill University, retiring after 25 years, and a...
Mary Schaefer
Feb 24, 2016
Mary E. (Sorice) Schaefer , 72, of Greensburg, died Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2016, in the Oak Hill Nursing Center. She was born Feb. 11, 1944, in Greensburg, a daughter of the late Matthew C. and Elizabeth M. Olah Sorice. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her brother, Matthew S. Sorice. She is...
Raymond Dombroski, Jr.
Feb 20, 2016
Raymond "Decker" Dombroski Jr ., 78, of Greensburg, died Saturday, Feb. 20, 2016, in Excela Health Westmoreland Hospital, Greensburg. He was born Nov. 30, 1937, in Natrona Heights, a son of the late Raymond Dombroski Sr. and Sophie Mialki Dombroski. Ray was a retired salesman for Amerigas of Greensburg. He graduated from Har-Brack High School in Natrona...
Vincent Brahosky
Feb 19, 2016
Vincent J. Brahosky, 73, of Greensburg, died Friday, Feb. 19, 2016, in the Greensburg Care Center. He was born Sept. 30, 1942, in Greensburg, a son of the late John and Lillian Garola Brahosky. Vince was a carpenter out of Carpenter's Local No. 462. He was a member of St. Bartholomew Church and chief cook and owner of Grey...
Gertrude Allen
Feb 16, 2016
Gertrude R. Allen, formerly of Greensburg, transitioned to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2016. She was born Sept. 18, 1918, to the late William and Lillie Meadows. Gertrude graduated from Connellsville Senior High School. She was married to the late Rev. Willie Van Allen, and moved to Bovard, where she resided for...
Lucille Dott
Feb 14, 2016
Lucille M. (Mosko) Dott, 86, of Greensburg, died Sunday, Feb. 14, 2016, in Excela Health Latrobe Hospital. She was born Aug. 30, 1929, in Hannastown, a daughter of the late Anthony and Anna Poti Mosko. Lucille was the food service manager of Bovard Elementary School, Hempfield Area School District. She was a member of St. Bartholomew Church and a member...
Mary Petrill
Feb 7, 2016
Mary (Ross) Petrill, 99, of Greensburg, died Sunday, Feb. 7, 2016, in Greensburg. She was born Dec. 19, 1916, in Bitner, a daughter of the late Michele and Colomba Lombardi Ross. Mary was a member of St. Paul Parish. Prior to her marriage to "IJ" in 1937, she worked at Porcelier and in later years worked at the former Troutman's...
Eva Derek
Feb 5, 2016
Eva Claryce (Dean) Derek, 95, of Greensburg, died Friday, Feb. 5, 2016, at home. She was born Nov. 7, 1920, in Conrad, Mont., a daughter of the late Leslie L. and Eva Hurlbut Dean. Her journey to Greensburg started in the Rocky Mountain foothills of Montana and progressed to the shores of California, where the Western Pennsylvania connection was made...
Jean Mcglothlin
Jan 31, 2016
Jean L. McGlothlin, 88, of Greensburg, passed away Sunday, Jan. 31, 2016. Jean was born March 15, 1927, in Greensburg, to Emma Shearer Mears and Lloyd Mears Sr. She has had many accomplishments in her lifetime, including being recently named alongside her husband as the 2015 Westmoreland County volunteers of the year for their dedicated service to Tri-City Meals on...
Robert Regola Jr
Jan 26, 2016
Robert T. Regola Jr., 83, of Hempfield Township, died Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2016, in the Excela Health Westmoreland Hospital. He was born Feb. 2, 1932, in Greensburg, a son of the late Robert T. Regola Sr. and Catherine Sapola Regola. He was the former owner of Robert T. Regola Surveying where he was a professional land surveyor for 53...
Ruth Funk
Jan 25, 2016
Ruth E. (Goodman) Funk, 97, of Greensburg, formerly of Mt. Pleasant, died Monday, Jan. 25, 2016, at home, with her daughter by her side. She was born July 25, 1918, in Pleasant Unity, a daughter of the late Robert Edward and Anna Susak Goodman. Ruth was a loving and devoted wife and mother to her husband and family. After her...
Shari Rinehart
Jan 21, 2016
Shari L. (Curry) Rinehart, 56, of Greensburg, died Thursday, Jan. 21, 2016, in Excela Health Westmoreland Hospital, Greensburg. She was born Aug. 23, 1959, in Mt. Pleasant, a daughter of Dorothy Weibel Curry, of Greensburg, and the late Ronald Curry. Shari was a former certified nurse's aide. In addition to her father, she was preceded in death by two sisters,...
Samuel Hoffer
Jan 19, 2016
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...
Dr. Joseph Kettering
Jan 10, 2016
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 Pomponi
Jan 8, 2016
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...