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ALLEGHENY COUNTY

ANTESBERGER, Karl H., 64, of Forest Hills, died Sept. 27. Thomas L. Nied Funeral Home, Swissvale. (CO)

BALLEW, Alan D., 44, formerly of Sharpsburg, died Sept. 26. Thomas M. Smith Funeral Home and Crematory, Blawnox. (CO)

BARRY, Joan Shanahan, 95, formerly of Dormont, died Sept. 25. Beinhauer-Connell Funeral Service, Bethel Park. (CO)

BENKE, Robert J., 70, died Sept. 26. John A. Freyvogel Sons Funeral Home, Oakland. (CO)

BOMBARA, Stephen J., died Sept. 27. Thomas J. Gmiter Funeral Home, South Side. (CO)

BRADY, Elizabeth C., 81, of Mount Washington, died Sept. 27. William Slater & Sons Funeral Home, Mount Washington. (CO)

CLARKE, Mary V., 87, of Monroeville, died Sept. 26. Gene H. Corl Funeral Center, Monroeville. (CO)

CONROY, Mary E., 89, of Bloomfield, died Sept. 26. Walter J. Zalewski Funeral Home, Lawrenceville. (CO)

COOLEY, John H., died Aug. 20. (CO)

CRANE, Kathryn M., died Sept. 25. John F. Slater Funeral Home, Brentwood. (CO)

FANI, Mary O., 82, of Green Tree, formerly of Brushton, died Sept. 26. William Slater II Funeral Service, Scott. (CO)

FIERLE, Virginia R. "Ginger," 59, of Penn Hills, died Sept. 22. Soxman Funeral Homes/Roth Chapel, Penn Hills. (CO)

FORGACS, Mary Ann Davis, 51, of West Mifflin, died Sept. 25. R.V. Anderson Funeral Home, Homestead.

GAINES, Violet P., 90, formerly of Oakmont, died Sept. 27. English-Bertucci Funeral Home, Oakmont. (CO)

GANDY, Clifford L. Jr., 39, of Oakland, died Sept. 22. Samuel E. Coston Funeral Home, Larimer.

HARRIS, Oglasco Patricia "Patsy," died Sept. 26. West Funeral Home, Hill District. (CO)

JOHNSON, Charlie, 79, of Hazelwood, died Sept. 26. Aldrich Funeral Home, Munhall.

JONES, Howard G., of Upper St. Clair, died Sept. 26. Beinhauer Mortuary, Peters. (CO)

KALLBERG, Marquerite, 80, of McKeesport, died Sept. 23. Maurice L. Knee Funeral Home, Plum.

KUHLMAN, Mary Ellen Lewis, 95, of Sheraden, died Sept. 24. William F. Conroy Funeral Home, Sheraden. (CO)

LALAMA, Lois J. Ogilvie, 80, of Coraopolis, died Sept. 24. Copeland's Funeral Home, Coraopolis. (CO)

LAZIER, Jacob, 97, of Squirrel Hill, died Sept. 23. Ralph Schugar Chapel, Shadyside. (CO)

LeFEVER, Linda J., 48, died Sept. 4. (CO)

LENCZEWSKI, Walter J., died Sept. 25. Findlay C. Wylie Funeral Home, Penn Hills. (CO)

LYONS, Mary Frances, 73, of Robinson, died Sept. 26. Joseph M. Somma Funeral Home, Robinson. (CO)

MARTHENS, Henrietta Blasing, died Sept. 23. H.P. Brandt Funeral Home, Ross. (CO)

MARTIN, Joseph W., 81, of Plum, died Sept. 27. Maurice L. Knee Funeral Home, Plum. (CO)

MONTELEONE, Pamela, 43, of Plum, died Sept. 27. Jobe Funeral Home, Monroeville. (CO)

MORGAN, Laverne G., of Whitehall, died Sept. 25. Beinhauer Mortuary, Beechview. (CO)

MORRISON, Ruth M., of Greenfield, died Sept. 15. Edward P. Kanai Funeral Home, Greenfield. (CO)

MULZET, Charles E., 78, of McCandless, died Sept. 25. T.B. Devlin Funeral Home, Ross. (CO)

OGORODNY, Beatrice E. Brown, 77, of Baldwin Borough, died Sept. 26. Jefferson Memorial Funeral Home, Pleasant Hills. (CO)

ONDERICK, Helen Marie Gadis, 83, of Churchill, formerly of Swissvale, died Sept. 24. Thomas L. Nied Funeral Home, Swissvale. (CO)

PILYIH, Eva Irene Porter, 84, of Plum, formerly of Murrysville and Penn Hills, died Sept. 26. Jobe Funeral Home, Monroeville. (CO)

PRICE, LaRoux Faye Reese, 76, of West Mifflin, died Sept. 26. George Irvin Green Funeral Home, Munhall. (CO)

REIS, Velma J. Rapp, died Sept. 25. Simons Funeral Home, Ross. (CO)

RENNER, Robert W., 87, died Sept. 27. H. Samson Funeral Home, Ross. (CO)

ROELL, Robert P., 86, of West Mifflin, died Sept. 27. John F. Slater Funeral Home, Brentwood. (CO)

SABO, Robert S., of Upper St. Clair, died Sept. 27. Beinhauer Mortuary, Peters. (CO)

SCARTON, Richard John, 77, of Plum, died Sept. 25. Gene H. Corl Funeral Center, Monroeville. (CO)

SCHWARTZER, Nancie Ann, 50, of Mount Washington, died Sept. 25. Brusco-Falvo Funeral Home, Mount Washington. (CO)

SCIULLO, Marie Koch, 92, of Bloomfield, died Sept. 25. Winter Funeral Home, Bloomfield. (CO)

SEBASTIAN, Jonathan E., 36, of Fox Chapel, died Sept. 25. English-Bertucci Funeral Home, Oakmont. (CO)

SEIVERLING, Christopher A., died Sept. 26. McCabe Brothers Funeral Home, Shadyside. (CO)

SHIELDS, Kelvin L. "Kay," 93, of Mt. Lebanon, died Sept. 26. Beinhauer Mortuary, Beechview. (CO)

SMITH, McDow, 65, of Homewood, died Sept. 27. Samuel E. Coston Funeral Home, Larimer.

SMITH, Solomon, 87, died Sept. 23. Mark V. Sauvageot Funeral Home, Hazelwood. (CO)

SOLTIS, Mary Frances Reeves, 82, of West Homestead, died Sept. 26. Savolskis-Wasik-Glenn Funeral Home, Munhall. (CO)

SYPIEN, M. Agatha, 87, of Ross, died Sept. 27. Thomas M. Smith Funeral Home & Crematory, Blawnox. (CO)

TAYLOR, Virginia M. Webb, 73, of Forest Hills, died Sept. 25. Rapp Funeral Home, Penn Hills. (CO)

TRENTINI, Joanne E. DeGrave, 59, of Turtle Creek, died Sept. 27. Jobe Funeral Home, Turtle Creek. (CO)

VERNO, Lillian Marino, 84, of Hays, died Sept. 26. George Irvin Green Funeral Home, Munhall. (CO)

VESCI, Catherine Vescio, 87, of Oakland, died Sept. 25. Brusco-Falvo Funeral Home, Mount Washington. (CO)

BEAVER COUNTY

BARTO, Carl L., 79, of Monaca, died Sept. 26. Simpson Funeral Home, Monaca.

CONTI, Arthur, 86, of Economy, died Sept. 26. John Syka Funeral Home, Ambridge.

RADOVICH, Nick, 81, of Aliquippa, died Sept. 26. Mastrofrancesco Funeral Home, Aliquippa.

BUTLER COUNTY

DiLUCIA, Dennis A., 57, of West Liberty, formerly of Millvale, died Sept. 25. Healy-Hahn Funeral Home, Millvale. (CO)

SHUTE, Gregory G., 55, of Adams, died Sept. 25. H.P. Brandt Funeral Home, Ross. (CO)

WASHINGTON COUNTY

BIONI, Ethelreda O'Rourke, 82, of Cecil, died Sept. 26. Sollon Funeral Home. Canonsburg.

DeFILIPPO, Emelio "Mel," 89, of Canonsburg, died Sept. 26. Sollon Funeral Home, Canonsburg.

MEEHAN, Dorothy Vegeler, 85, died Sept. 27. Nation Funeral Home, McDonald. (CO)

SLOCUM, Eddie C., 84, of Canonsburg, died Sept. 25. Sollon Funeral Home, Canonsburg.

WESTMORELAND COUNTY

BENEDICT, Robert A., 68, of Unity, died Sept. 26. Kepple-Graft Funeral Home, Greensburg. (CO)

CHARLETTA, Theresa M. DeStefano, 86, of Trafford, died Sept. 27. Alfieri Funeral Home, Trafford. (CO)

ESHBAUGH, Terry L., 58, of Lower Burrell, died Sept. 25. Frank F. Gigler Funeral Home, Lower Burrell.

MARSHALL, Frederick Dickson, 86, of Murrysville, died Sept. 26. Hart Funeral Home, Murrysville. (CO)

OTHER

ADAMS, Paul F., 55, died Sept. 25. Laughlin Memorial Chapel, Mt. Lebanon. (CO)

ANDREWS, Della Mae Hawkins, 87, of Richboro, Bucks County, formerly of Penn Hills, died Sept. 26. William F. Gross Funeral Home, Penn Hills. (CO)

BANASZAK, Michael J., 85, of Everson, Fayette County, died Sept. 26. Robert B. Ferguson Funeral Home, Scottdale.

FRALEY, Helen M. Huelf, 85, of Winston-Salem, N.C., died Sept. 26. (CO)

GRUBB, Thomas Dand, 91, of Upper Arlington, Ohio, formerly of Pittsburgh, died Sept. 26. Schoedinger Funeral Home/Northwest Chapel, Columbus, Ohio. (CO)

HARTER, Phyllis M., 80, of Fleming Island, Fla., formerly of Squirrel Hill, died Sept. 25, Burton L. Hirsch Funeral Home, Squirrel Hill. (CO)

HILES, Delores Back, of Palm Coast, Fla., formerly of Green Tree, died Sept. 9.

HOEPER, Robert J., 87, of Dayton, Ohio, died Sept. 26. Bradford-Connolly & Glicker Funeral Home, Dayton. (CO)

HOFFMAN, Jack W., 84, of Wrightsville Beach, N.C., formerly of Clairton, died Aug. 28. Andrews Mortuary, Wilmington, N.C. (CO)

KENNEDY, William J., 48, of Pasadena, Calif., formerly of Scott, died Sept. 15. Henney, Bradwell & Nirella Funeral Home, Carnegie. (CO)

SKENA, Maxine V., 83, of Centreville, Va., formerly of Murrysville, died Sept. 27. Hart Funeral Home, Murrysville.

SULLIVAN, Kathleen, 58, of Middletown, Dauphin County, died Sept. 26. Matinchek & Daughter Funeral Home, Middletown. (CO)

SWARTLING, Betty Kathryn Clark, 69, of Myrtle Beach, Fla., died Sept. 26. (CO)

THORNBURG, Charles L., 72, of Winter Haven, Fla., formerly of Monaca, died Sept. 25. Simpson Funeral Home, Monaca. (CO)

WALKER, Constance R. Munsch, of Bridgeport, N.J., formerly of Pittsburgh, died June 4, 2004. (CO)

WALKER, Robert, of Bridgeport, N.J., formerly of Pittsburgh, died July 30. (CO)

YAROWS, Lyn Worden, of Dexter, Mich., formerly of Mt. Lebanon, died Sept. 26. Staffan-Mitchell Funeral Home, Chelsea, Mich. (CO)

YOUNG, Caroll Mills, 55, of Indiana, Pa., died Sept. 25. Bowser-Minich Funeral Home, Indiana.