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ALLEGHENY COUNTY

ALLEN, Martha J. Smith, 89, of Penn Hills, died Dec. 3. Burket-Truby Funeral Home, Oakmont. (CO)

AREND, Donald A. Sr., 67, of Shaler, died Dec. 4. Worrell Funeral Home, Sharpsburg. (CO)

BANEY, Thomas V., 76, of Dormont, died Dec. 6. Beinhauer Mortaury, Beechview. (CO)

BOODY, Ryan P., 23, of Moon, died Nov. 30. Copeland's Funeral Home, Moon. (CO)

BUECHEL, Kathleen Williams, died Dec. 6. John A. Freyvogel Sons Funeral Home, Oakland. (CO)

CASTLEFORTE, Charles A. "Cass," of Swisshelm Park, died Dec. 4. Thomas L. Nied Funeral Home, Swissvale. (CO)

CHAMPION, Rita M., 84, of Penn Hills, died Dec. 6. Charles W. Trenz Funeral Home, Penn Hills.

DENLINGER, Carol A., of Penn Hills, died Dec. 5. T.D. Turner Funeral Home, Penn Hills. (CO)

EISENTRAUT, Hilda M., of Mount Washington, died Dec. 6. William Slater & Sons Funeral Home, Mount Washington. (CO)

EVANCHEC, George R., 80, of Swisshelm Park, died Dec. 4. Thomas L. Nied Funeral Home, Swissvale. (CO)

FELLOCK, Anna B., 85, of McCandless, died Dec. 3. George A. Thoma Funeral Home, McCandless. (CO)

FITZGERALD, Joan P., 83, of Oakmont, died Dec. 6. Burket-Truby Funeral Home, Oakmont. (CO)

GRAHAM, Robert C., 80, of East Deer, formerly of Munhall, died Nov. 15. Thomas M. Smith Funeral Home, Blawnox. (CO)

GRECCO, E. Olivia, 86, of Robinson, died Dec. 6. Joseph M. Somma Funeral Home, Robinson. (CO)

HALL, Evelyn Sarah, 91, of Ross, died Dec. 5. H.P. Brandt Funeral Home, Ross. (CO)

HARRISON, Dorothy C. Lawrence, 83, of McKees Rocks, died Dec. 4. McDermott Funeral Home, McKees Rocks. (CO)

HARTY, Raymond J. Sr., 75, of Heidelberg, died Dec. 6. Leo J. Henney Funeral Home, Carnegie. (CO)

HARVEY, W. Lloyd, 94, of West Mifflin, died Dec. 6. William Snyder Funeral Home, Irwin. (CO)

HAYNES, Eugene R. "Red," 76, of East McKeesport, died Dec. 5. Forgie-Snyder Funeral Home, East McKeesport. (CO)

HICKMAN, Betty A., 70, of Braddock Hills, died Dec. 6. Watts Memorial Chapel, Braddock. (CO)

HILLEN, Robert C., 65, of Heidelberg, died Dec. 5. Thomas M. Smith Funeral Home, Blawnox. (CO)

HOLZER, Norma E. Brickell, 61, of Castle Shannon, died Dec. 5. John F. Slater Funeral Home, Brentwood. (CO)

INTERVAL, Jerry C., of Moon, formerly of Franklin Park, died Dec. 4. Simons Funeral Home, Ross. (CO)

JESTER, George W., 79, of Carnegie, died Dec. 5. Leo J. Henney Funeral Home, Carnegie. (CO)

KIRCHNER, Helen Ann, 85, of Collier, died Dec. 5. William Slater II Funeral Service, Scott. (CO)

KRACHINSKY, Stephen, 93, of Shaler, died Dec. 5. Kyper Funeral Home, Shaler. (CO)

KUKULINSKY, Jennie L. Guzel, 83, of Findlay, died Dec. 5. Wharton-Herrick Funeral Home, North Fayette. (CO)

LEIST, Joseph W., 82, of Lawrenceville, died Dec. 6. Walter J. Zalewski Funeral Home, Lawrenceville. (CO)

LENHART, Raymond W., died Nov. 30. (CO)

MARTIN, Amanda Virginia, died Dec. 3. White Memorial Chapel, Point Breeze. (CO)

McHUGH, James P., 74, of Penn Hills, died Dec. 4. Maurice L. Knee Funeral Home, Plum. (CO)

McLAUGHLIN, William R., of Plum, died Dec. 5, Stephen P. Dolence Jr. Funeral Home, Plum. (CO)

MILKOWSKI, Anthony, 87, died Dec. 4. George Irvin Green Funeral Home, Munhall. (CO)

MORENA, Michael F. Jr. "Mikie Mo Moreno," 37, of Carrick, died Dec. 6. Boron Funeral Home, Carrick. (CO)

MOTEN, Melvin N., of Shadyside, died Dec. 5. McCabe Brothers Funeral Home, Shadyside. (CO)

NEWTON, Kenneth, 47, of the North Side, died Dec. 3. Robinson Funeral Home, Perry Hilltop.

NIESER, Mark S., 34, of Penn Hills, died Dec. 5. William F. Gross Funeral Home, Penn Hills. (CO)

PATTERSON, Quinton W., 83, of Upper St. Clair, died Dec. 5. Beinhauer Mortuary, Peters. (CO)

PAVUK, Eva Skembo, 90, died Dec. 5. Bagnato Funeral Home, Carnegie. (CO)

PHILLIPS, James E. Sr., 73, of the Hill District, died Dec. 1. Samuel J. Jones Funeral Home, Hill District.

PUSATERI, Teresa Pollice, died Dec. 5. John A. Freyvogel Sons Funeral Home, Oakland. (CO)

RAKOWSKI, Joseph J., 74, of West Mifflin, died Dec. 5. Savolskis-Wasik-Glenn Funeral Home, Munhall. (CO)

ROBERTS, Howard R., 85, of Whitehall, died Dec. 5. John F. Slater Funeral Home, Brentwood. (CO)

ROBINSON-ADAMS, Marjorie, 63, of Carrick, died Dec. 5. House of Law, Penn Hills.

ROHM, Florence, 93, of Collier, died Dec. 6. Henney, Bradwell & Nirella Funeral Home, Carnegie. (CO)

ROYSTER, Tommy L., 39, died Dec. 4. Samuel E. Coston Funeral Home, Larimer. (CO)

SAMBORSKI, Edward, 95, of Kennedy, died Nov. 26. Valerian F. Szal Funeral Home, McKees Rocks. CO)

SARGENT, Anna DiBucci, 83, of Lawrenceville, died Dec. 5. John F. Murray Funeral Home, Lawrenceville. (CO)

SCHAFER, Raymond E., 77, of Brighton Heights, died Dec. 4. O'Brien's Funeral Home, Brighton Heights. (CO)

SCHUESSLER, Patricia A. Huber, of Hampton, died Dec. 5. Frank R. Perman Funeral Home, Shaler. (CO)

SHALAMON, Alice A. Kocak, 75, of Scott, died Dec. 5. William Slater II Funeral Service, Scott. (CO)

SROCZYNSKI, Patricia O., 83, of Baldwin Borough, died Dec. 5. Jefferson Memorial Funeral Home, Pleasant Hills. (CO)

STEPHAN, Margaret A. Madden, 74, of Millvale, died Dec. 5. Healy-Hahn Funeral Home, Millvale. (CO)

THOMPSON, Peggy, 85, of Brookline, formerly of Bloomfield, died Dec. 3. Winter Funeral Home, Bloomfield. (CO)

URBAN, JoAnn Senchisen, 66, of Brighton Heights, died Dec. 4. O'Brien's Funeral Home, Brighton Heights. (CO)

WALKER, Virginia Victoria, 36, of the North Side, died Dec. 3. Robinson Funeral Home, Perry Hilltop.

WILLIAMS, Charles E., 74, of Clairton, died Dec. 6. House of Law, Penn Hills.

WILLIAMS, Rosallie Cornelious, 76, died Dec. 5. Tunie Funeral Home, Homestead. (CO)

YURCHESHEN, Michael J., died Dec. 4. Szafranski-Eberlein Funeral Home, Carnegie. (CO)

ZIENTARSKI, Helen Podlaski, 84, of Lawrenceville, died Dec. 5. Walter J. Zalewski Funeral Home, Lawrenceville. (CO)

BEAVER COUNTY

ACON, Jessie T., 88, of Rochester Borough, died Dec. 6. Huntsman Funeral Home, Rochester Borough.

CUNNINGHAM, John E., 78, of Beaver, died Dec. 5. Noll Funeral Home, Beaver.

DiSANTE, Anthony F., 56, of Aliquippa, died Dec. 5. Wayne N. Tatalovich Funeral Home, Aliquippa.

DRUZAK, Anne Pauline Budiscak, 90, of New Brighton, died Dec. 5. J&J Spratt Funeral Home, New Brighton.

VITALUNE, William, 73, of Hopewell, died Dec. 3. Wayne N. Tatalovich Funeral Home, Aliquippa.

BUTLER COUNTY

CLAYTON, Harry R., 74, of Valencia, formerly of Erie, died Dec. 5. Schellhaas Funeral Home, Richland. (CO)

WASHINGTON COUNTY

COLUMBUS, Robert Bradley, 45, of Eighty Four, formerly of Finleyville, died Dec. 5. Kegel Funeral Home, Finleyville. (CO)

McBRIDE, Harold "Hack," 63, of Washington, Pa., died Dec. 5. Hummell & Barnhill Funeral Home, Washington, Pa.

WELSH, Gladys V., 89, of Union, died Dec. 6. Kegel Funeral Home, Finleyville.

WESTMORELAND COUNTY

LISS, Joseph J., 87, of Penn Township, died Dec. 6. John M. Dobrinick Funeral Home, Trafford.

PEKARCIK, Matthew J., 38, of Murrysville, died Dec. 6. Hart Funeral Home, Murrysville. (CO)

STALLER, Lindy S., 78, of Allegheny Township, died Dec. 5. Frank F. Gigler Funeral Home, Lower Burrell.

WEBER, Charles L. Jr., 81, of North Huntingdon, died Dec. 5. Joseph W. Nickels Funeral Home, Sewickley Township. (CO)

OTHER

ABBOTT, Frank, 84, of Conneaut Lake, Crawford County, formerly of West Palm Beach, Fla., died Dec. 1. (CO)

BABOS, Margaret K., 77, of Canton, Ohio, formerly of Munhall, died Dec. 6. Stier-Israel Fuineral Home, Louisville, Ohio. (CO)

BURNS, Luella M., 94, of Columbus, Ohio, formerly of Crescent, died Dec. 2. Schoedinger Northeast Chapel, Columbus, Ohio. (CO)

EICHLER, Lucille Valentine, 81, of Tupelo, Miss., formerly of Jefferson Hills, died Dec. 5. Griffith Mortuary, South Park Township. (CO)

FALBO, Joseph M., 85, of Lake Worth, Fla., formerly of Coraopolis and Cleveland, died Dec. 1. Anthony J. Sanvito Funeral Home, Coraopolis. (CO)

HEDGES, Mary Lou, 76, of Dallas, formerly of Pittsburgh, died Sept. 15. (CO)

KRAUSS, Robert Harry, 64, of Montecito, Calif., died Oct. 17. (CO)

McKEAG, Joseph, 64, of Palm Bay, Fla., formerly of Marathon Key, Fla., died Dec. 4. Palm Bay Funeral Home, Palm Bay. (CO)

O'CONNELL, Dolores P., 84, of Sunnyvale, Calif., died Nov. 8. (CO)

PROTO, Shirley C., 71, of Cincinnati, formerly of Baldwin Borough, died Dec. 6. Jefferson Memorial Funeral Home, Pleasant Hills. (CO)

SYNDER, Harold Jack, of New Orleans, died Dec. 3. Beinhauer Mortuary, Peters. (CO)