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ALLEGHENY COUNTY
ADAMS, Robert L., of Franklin Park, died Jan. 12. Simons Funeral Home, Ross. (CO)
ARTER, Carl Nelson, 87, died Jan. 11. Samuel E. Coston Funeral Home, East Liberty. (CO)
ASHBAUGH, Lilyen Gerber, of O'Hara, died Jan. 14. Frank R. Perman Funeral Home, Shaler. (CO)
AUGENSTEIN, John C., 79, of Bethel Park, died Jan. 13. Freyvogel-Slater Funeral Home, Bethel Park. (CO)
BAHORICH, Emily Shoemaker, 85, died Dec. 23. John T. Connors Funeral Home, Allentown. (CO)
BARTOLINI, Emidio, died Jan. 13. John A. Freyvogel Sons Funeral Home, Oakland. (CO)
BERNSTEIN, Mary, 96, of Oakland, died Jan. 14. Ralph Schugar Chapel, Shadyside. (CO)
BOCZAR, Lorraine E. Kolczynski, 77, of Stanton Heights, died Jan. 13. Walter J. Zalewski Funeral Home, Lawrenceville. (CO)
BONNER, Pauline F. Katus, 89, formerly of East Pittsburgh, died Jan. 12. Patrick T. Lanigan Funeral Home, East Pittsburgh. (CO)
BONO, George Anthony, 86, of Robinson, died Jan. 13. John Syka Funeral Home, Ambridge. (CO)
BRAUN, Ruth B., 95, of Pleasant Hills, died Jan. 14. John F. Slater Funeral Home, Brentwood.
BUERKLE, K. Audrey, 91, died Jan. 13. George A. Thoma Funeral Home, McCandless. (CO)
BURKE, Mary Louise, died Jan. 13. Findlay C. Wylie Funeral Home, Penn Hills. (CO)
CSURILLA, Janet E. Black, 70, of Murrysville, died Jan 13. Walter J. Zalewski Funeral Home, Lawrenceville. (CO)
D'ANDREA (PETITTA), Vincent "Vinnie," 17, of Swissvale, died Jan. 12. Thomas L. Nied Funeral Home, Swissvale. (CO)
DENTI, Doretta E. "Dori," 80 of Churchill, died Jan. 14. Patrick T. Lanigan Funeral Home, East Pittsburgh. (CO)
DICKSON, Susan Louise, 86, of Hampton, died Jan. 11. (CO)
DILLON, Mary Ann G., of McCandless, died Jan. 13. Simons Funeral Home, Ross. (CO)
DOUGHERTY, Mary Lou Greenslate, 46, of Pittsburgh, formerly of Burgettstown, died Jan. 13. Hayden-Taucher Funeral Home, Burgettstown. (CO)
EDGAR, Patricia, of O'Hara, died Jan. 14. Weddell-Ajak Funeral Home, Aspinwall. (CO)
EISEL, Mildred Zlokas, 84, formerly of Mount Oliver, died Jan. 12. Cieslak & Tatko Funeral Home, Brentwood. (CO)
FESKORN, Dorothy Jean, 80, of Crafton, died Jan. 12. Hershberger-Stover Funeral Home, Crafton. (CO)
GENES, Marianne C. Opatick, 62, of West Mifflin, died Jan. 13. Maloy-Schleifer Funeral Home, Duquesne.
GOLDNER-ADAMS, Pauline D. Yurchak, 79, formerly of East McKeesport, died Jan. 11. Forgie-Snyder Funeral Home, East McKeesport. (CO)
GREELEY, Mildred Ann Bozurich, 96, of Swissvale, died Jan. 11. Thomas L. Nied Funeral Home, Swissvale. (CO)
GUERRA, Dominick E., 90, of Hampton, died Jan. 13. Orion C. Pinkerton Funeral Home, Avalon. (CO)
HAUPT, Edward "Tootie," 73, of Trafford, died Jan. 14. John M. Dobrinick Funeral Home, Trafford. (CO)
HERMAN, Miriam P., "Mimi," of Wilkins, formerly of Squirrel Hill, died Jan. 13. Ralph Schugar Chapel, Shadyside.
HUFF, Mary A., 82, of Bridgeville, formerly of Southbound Brook, N.J., Freyvogel-Slater Funeral Home, Bethel Park. (CO)
JOHNSON, Barbara Elizabeth, 45, of Penn Hills, died Jan. 14. Spriggs &Watson Funeral Home, Penn Hills.
KAGERMEIER, Helen M. Zoeller, 84, of Troy Hill, died Jan. 13. Hughes Funeral Home, Troy Hill. (CO)
KOSARICH, Alberta I. Coss, 72, of Shaler, died Jan. 13. O'Brien's Funeral Home, North Side.
KOSS, Robert J., 45, died Jan. 13. Henry R. Henney Funeral Home, Carnegie. (CO)
KRAJCA, Casey F., 24, of Plum, died Jan. 13. Burket-Truby Funeral Home, Oakmont. (CO)
KRAL, Robert J., of Hampton, died Jan. 11. Bock Funeral Home, Shaler. (CO)
KUZSKI, Margaret Halchak, 80, of McKees Rocks, died Jan. 9. McDermott Funeral Home, Kennedy. (CO)
LEASE, Bernard J. "Ben," 81, of Castle Shannon, died Jan. 13. Cieslak & Tatko Funeral Home, Brentwood. (CO)
LONGSTRETH, William S. "Bill," 83, of Oakdale, died Jan. 13. Thomas-Little Funeral Service, Oakdale. (CO)
LUND, Marie Brest, of West Mifflin, died Jan. 11. Savolskis-Wasik-Glenn Funeral Home, Munhall. (CO)
LUPENACH, Gloria M., 84, of Mt. Lebanon, died Jan. 14. Laughlin Memorial Chapel, Mt. Lebanon.
McCLELLAN, William, I., 88, of Glassport, died Jan. 14. Wojciechowski Funeral Home, Glassport.
McCRAY, Regis, 54, of Manchester, died Jan. 13. Sheffield Funeral Home, Manchester.
MAGNOTTI, Mary "Shirley," 82, of Mt. Washington, died Jan. 13. Brusco-Falvo Funeral Home, Mt. Washington. (CO)
MANCINI, Orlando T., 72, of Mt. Lebanon, died Jan. 13. Laughlin Memorial Chapel, Mt. Lebanon. (CO)
MORGAN, John H. "Jack," 78, of Forest Hills, died Dec. 21. Wolfe Memorial Funeral Home, Forest Hills. (CO)
MURPHY, Paula M. DeDomenic, 86, of the North Side, died Jan. 12. Orion C. Pinkerton Funeral Home, Avalon. (CO)
NASSIDA, Bonita J., 61, of West Mifflin, died Jan. 13. Gilbert Funeral Home, Elizabeth Township. (CO)
NATALI, Josephine "Dodie," 82, of Murrysville, formerly of O'Hara and Point Breeze, died Jan. 13. Hart Funeral Home, Murrysville. (CO)
NUSS, Kent Allen, 35, of Ben Avon, died Jan. 12. Orion C. Pinkerton Funeral Home, Avalon. (CO)
PARRILLA, Carmen "Beaver," 70, of McKees Rocks, died Jan. 13. Anthony J. Sanvito Funeral Home, Stowe. (CO)
PLANITZER, Donna R. Hillgartner, 72, of Brentwood, died Jan. 14. Jefferson Memorial Funeral Home, Pleasant Hills. (CO)
PRESCOTT, Betty J. McGrogan, died Jan. 13. Bagnato Funeral Home, Carnegie. (CO)
REID, L. Leon, 78, of South Fayette, died Jan. 8. Bogan-Wolf Funeral Home, Bridgeville. (CO)
REYNOLDS, Cassandra A., 52, of Point Breeze, died Jan. 13. Samuel E. Coston Funeral Home, East Liberty. (CO)
RICHARDSON, Martin J., 85, of Ingram, formerly of McKees Rocks, died Jan. 11. McDermott Funeral Home, McKees Rocks. (CO)
ROSSI, Charles W. "Babe," 68, of Bethel Park, formerly of Washington, Pa., died Jan. 13. Jefferson Memorial Funeral Home, Pleasant Hills. (CO)
SAAR, Philip R. "Sippy," 64, of Harmar, died Jan. 12. Wiliam F. Gross Funeral Home, Penn Hills. (CO)
SCHUCHERT, Maureen Helen, 66, of West Mifflin, died Jan. 13. Strifflers Funeral Home, Dravosburg. (CO)
SCHULTER, Margaret S., 90, of Bellevue, died Jan. 13. William Slater & Sons Funeral Home, Mt. Washington. (CO)
SENTER, M. Annette, of Mt. Lebanon, died Jan. 8. Beinhauer Mortuary, Peters. (CO)
SNOWDEN, Paul T., 50, of Penn Hills, died Jan. 13. William F. Gross Funeral Home, Penn Hills. (CO)
SPEZIALETTI, Joseph John, infant, died Jan. 12. Ronald V. Lucas Funeral Home, North Braddock. (CO)
THORNTON, Donald E., 57, of Bellevue, died Jan. 12. Anthony M. Musmanno Funeral Home, Stowe. (CO)
VAUGHN, Robert Lee Sr., 80, of Scott, died Jan. 13. Laughlin Memorial Chapel, Mt. Lebanon. (CO)
WATSON, Henry E. III, 77, of Carrick, died Jan. 12. John F. Slater Funeral Home, Brentwood. (CO)
WILSON, Patricia A. "Patti," 62, of Findlay, died Jan. 14. Wharton-Herrick Funeral Home, Imperial. (CO)
WOLCZKO, Helen "Mrs. Goody" Fedorniak, 90, of Bethel Park, died Jan. 13. John F. Slater Funeral Home, Brentwood. (CO)
YUHAS, Julia Tupi, 91, formerly of Greenfield, died Jan. 13. Edward P. Kanai Funeral Home, Greenfield. (CO)
ZURCHIN, Margaret M. "Peggy" Malone, 85, of Ross, died Jan. 13. T.B. Devlin Funeral Home, Ross. (CO)
BEAVER COUNTY
BUTLER COUNTY
PORCO, Samuel L., 63, of Cranberry, died Jan. 13. D'Alessandro Funeral Home, Lawrenceville. (CO)
WESTMORELAND COUNTY
SCHAKEY, Gertrude L. "Tweedy," 89, formerly of Export, died Jan. 14. Hart Funeral Home, Murrysville.
OTHER
BROWN, Rose Marie, 85, of Daytona Beach, Fla., formerly of the South Side, died Jan. 10. Jefferson Memorial Funeral Home, Pleasant Hills.
CARTUS, Joseph Wiliam, 84, of Miami, Fla., formerly of Pittsburgh, died Jan. 6. (CO)
CHAMPION, Helen Fetterman, 83, of Holiday, Fla., formerly of Pittsburgh, died Jan. 9. Laughlin Memorial Chapel, Mt. Lebanon. (CO)
FRIZZI, Donald Anthony, 69, of Vincennes, Ind., died Dec. 30. Gardner-Brockman Funeral Home, Vincennes, Ind. (CO)
LaGUARDIA, Joseph R. Sr., of Shaker Heights, Ohio, formerly of Whitehall, died Jan. 13. John F. Slater Funeral Home, Brentwood. (CO)
MABREY, Darryl L. "Jake," 68, of Lakeland, Fla., formerly of Pittsburgh, died Jan. 12. Gentry-Morrison Northside Chapel, Lakeland, Fla. (CO)
MACEK, Alvin J Jr. "Bo," 66, of Mechanicsville, Md., formerly of Baldwin Borough, died Dec. 25. (CO)
PATTERSON, Samuel Oliver, of Houston, Texas, formerly Clairton, died Jan. 10. Jefferson Memorial Funeral Home, Pleasant Hills. (CO)
SCHEUER, Raymond, 43, of Lake Alfred, Fla., died Jan. 12. Crisp-Coon Funeral Home, Lake Alfred, Fla. (CO)
SHETTEL, Alice A., died Jan. 4. (CO)
SOMBATHY, Elsie Rakaczky, 86, of Fairfield, Conn., died Jan. 10. Lesko & Polke Funeral Home, Fairfield, Conn. (CO)
