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ALLEGHENY COUNTY

ABRAMS, John Francis, 74, of Turtle Creek, died May 16. Patrick T. Lanigan Funeral Home, Turtle Creek. (CO)

ALLEN, Corrine, 77, died May 16. Robinson Funeral Home, Perry Hilltop. (CO)

BACKSTROM, David R., 82, of Bethel Park, formerly of West Newton, died May 16. J. William McCauley Jr. Funeral Home, West Newton. (CO)

BAYER, Dorothy Schaaf, died May 16. Orion C. Pinkerton Funeral Home, Avalon. (CO)

BLONAR, Rose, 91, of Mt. Lebanon, died May 16. Valerian F. Szal Funeral Home, McKees Rocks. (CO)

BOCKELMAN, Evelyn Sobczak, 81, of Oakmont, formerly of Bethel Park, died May 16. Beinhauer-Connell Funeral Service, Bethel Park. (CO)

BURGESS, Helen S. Kuzia, 86, formerly of Wilmerding and Pitcairn, died May 16. Alfieri Funeral Home, Wilmerding. (CO)

CAREY, Yvonne R. Barone, 61, of Penn Hills, died May 17. Forgie-Snyder Funeral Home, East McKeesport. (CO)

CAWLEY, Karie A. Ward, 43, of Penn Hills, formerly of Verona, died May 17. Burket-Truby Funeral Home, Oakmont. (CO)

CLAFFEY, Saundra M., 47, of Springdale Borough, died May 16. Thomas M. Smith Funeral Home, Blawnox. (CO)

DICKMAN, Joseph, of Squirrel Hill, died May 18. Ralph Schugar Chapel, Shadyside. (CO)

DIMMITT, Josephine Ann "JoAnn," 68, died May 15. (CO)

FENTON, Ruth Bark, 81, died May 12. William Eckels Funeral Home, Beechview. (CO)

GENTILE, Frances A., 90, of Penn Hills, died May 16. Charles W. Trenz Funeral Home, Penn Hills. (CO)

GLEW, Eleanor R. Gordon, 81, of Monroeville, died May 16. Forgie-Snyder Funeral Home, East McKeesport. (CO)

GREEN, Matilda M., 83, of East Hills, died May 16. House of Law, Penn Hills.

HAPPEL, William James, 85, died May 11. Weddell-Ajak Funeral Home, Aspinwall. (CO)

HOFFMAN, Judith Yakovich, died May 17. Thomas P. Kunsak Funeral Home, Brighton Heights. (CO)

KEENAN, Edward J. Sr., 81, of Mt. Lebanon, died May 16. D'Alessandro Funeral Home, Lawrenceville. (CO)

KERR, Wilmer Allan, 85, of Coraopolis, died May 15. Copeland's Funeral Home, Coraopolis. (CO)

KIRK, Jane E., 85, of Homewood, died May 13. Gooden & Brown Funeral Home, Homewood.

KOLL, George C., formerly of Avalon, died May 17. T.B. Devlin Funeral Home, Ross. (CO)

KOLSKI, John F., 90, of Baldwin Borough, died May 15. John F. Slater Funeral Home, Brentwood. (CO)

KURPEIKIS, Claire J. Lysakowski, 85, of Lawrenceville, formerly of the Strip District, died May 15. Walter J. Zalewski Funeral Home, Lawrenceville. (CO)

LOPINTO, Samuel, 69, of Dormont, died May 16. Beinhauer Mortuary, Beechview. (CO)

LUKSIS, Jeffrey E., 44, of Crafton, died May 17. Schepner-McDermott Funeral Home, Crafton. (CO)

MACE, Darlene Marks, of Indiana Township, died May 15. Frank R. Perman Funeral Home, Shaler. (CO)

MADDIGAN, John M. Sr. "Jack," 96, died May 16. Schepner-McDermott Funeral Home, Crafton. (CO)

McDONOUGH, John J., of Avalon, died May 14. Lawrence T. Miller Funeral Home, Bellevue. (CO)

McDONOUGH, William L., 89, of Swissvale, died May 17. Thomas L. Nied Funeral Home, Swissvale. (CO)

McLAFFERTY, Robert A., 54, of Lawrenceville, died May 15. McCabe Brothers Funeral Home, Bloomfield. (CO)

McMILLEN, Ralph L., 79, of Carrick, died May 17. Boron Funeral Home, Carrick. (CO)

MEYERS, Edith Abels, 101, of West Mifflin, died May 13. Gilbert Funeral Home, Elizabeth Township.

MILLER, Jean B., 83, died May 15. Orion C. Pinkerton Funeral Home, Avalon. (CO)

MILLER, Rosemarie, of Brookline, died May 16. Frank F. DeBor Funeral Home, Brookline. (CO)

PETRICK, Patricia Ann Ruggier, of McKeesport, died May 16. Gilbert Funeral Home, Elizabeth Township.

POGOZELSKI, Richard P. "Rich," 63, of Dravosburg, died May 14. Alfieri Funeral Home, Wilmerding. (CO)

POLUS, Anthony "Tony," 82, of the West End, died May 15. Schepner-McDermott Funeral Home, Crafton. (CO)

PTASZKIEWICZ, Robert H., 72, of Brookline, died May 17. Olechowicz Funeral Home, South Side. (CO)

RIDDLE, William H., 64, of Thornburg, died May 9. Hershberger-Stover Funeral Home, Crafton. (CO)

RILEY, Ann B. Hunter, 94, died April 26. Boron Funeral Home, Carrick. (CO)

ROPKE, Elaine Yurchak, 92, of Bellevue, died May 17. Thomas P. Kunsak Funeral Home, Brighton Heights. (CO)

SAHAYDA, Anna, 87, formerly of Woods Run, died May 15. Thomas P. Kunsak Funeral Home, Brighton Heights. (CO)

SANTORO, Leonard G., 81, of Dormont, died May 16. Beinhauer Mortuary, Beechview. (CO)

SAYLOR, Kenneth A. Jr., 57, of Oakland, died May 15. Winter Funeral Home, Bloomfield. (CO)

SCARSELLI, Bonnie Sue, 49, of Millvale, died May 15. Healy-Hahn Funeral Home, Millvale. (CO)

SCHERZER, John K., 67, of Verona, died May 8. Walter J. Zalewski Funeral Home, Lawrenceville. (CO)

SCRUGGS, James C., 79, of Brackenridge, died May 15. Ross G. Walker Funeral Home, New Kensington. (CO)

SWEGMAN, Josepha M. Klaphake "Josie," 90, of South Park, died May 15. Paul L. Henney Memorial Chapel, Bethel Park. (CO)

SZCZEPANIK, Laura J. Hudzicki, 79, of Carrick, died May 15. Boron Funeral Home, Carrick. (CO)

WHITE, LaSon C., 46, of Monroeville, died May 15. Samuel E. Coston Funeral Home, Larimer.

WINDSOR, James, 25, of Verona, died May 15. Spriggs-Watson Funeral Home, Homewood.

WISNIEWSKI, Ronald C., 63, of Elizabeth Township, died May 17. John F. Slater Funeral Home, Brentwood. (CO)

YOVANICH, Marie L., of died May 15. McCabe Brothers Funeral Home, Shadyside. (CO)

YUHASZ, Mary Mikula, 83, of Lincoln Place, died May 15. George Irvin Green Funeral Home, Munhall.

ZALETSKY, Roberta Valiska, died May 12. Bagnato Funeral Home, Carnegie. (CO)

ZANGRILLE, Julius L. Jr., died May 16. Burket-Truby Funeral Home, Oakmont. (CO)

BEAVER COUNTY

BIBLE, Shirley J., 67, of Rochester Borough, died May 16. William Murphy Funeral Home, Rochester Borough.

CAVENDER, Barbara O., 44, of Monaca, died May 17. Simpson Funeral Home, Monaca.

LYTLE, Ronald L., 63, of Independence, died May 16. Wayne N. Tatalovich Funeral Home, Aliquippa.

LONNETT, Carolyn R., 89, of Beaver Falls, died May 16. Simpson Funeral Home, Monaca.

WASHINGTON COUNTY

CORE, Rachel Alyssa, 19, of Washington, Pa., died May 16. Warco-Falvo Funeral Home, Washington, Pa. (CO)

RUNGO, James Anthony, 85, of Washington, Pa., died May 17. William G. Neal Funeral Home, Washington, Pa. (CO)

WESTMORELAND COUNTY

BRYANT, Horace N. "Hoss," 80, of Jeannette, died May 9. Watts Memorial Chapel, Braddock. (CO)

GRANDE, Helen August, 75, of Trafford, died May 15. John M. Dobrinick Funeral Home, Trafford. (CO)

WARYANKA, Michael O., 85, of Hempfield, died May 16. Joseph W. Nickels Funeral Home, Sewickley Township. (CO)

OTHER

BANEY, Robert Thornton, 86, of Roswell, Ga., died May 15. Roswell Funeral Home, Roswell, Ga. (CO)

BARBISH, William F. "Bill," 82, of Dallas, Texas, died May 21. (CO)

CRAWLEY, the Rev. Lawther Henry, 82, died May 15. Bill Clair Family Mortuary, Houston, Texas. (CO)

HAYES, Stephen Q. III, 69, of Awendaw, S.C., died May 17. J. Henry Stuhr Funeral Home, Mount Pleasant, S.C. (CO)

HOLT, Marlene Willians, of Atlanta, Ga., formerly of the Hill District, died May 15. Spriggs-Watson Funeral Home, Homewood. (CO)

PEDERSEN, James Allen, of Pine Hill, N.J., formerly of North Versailles, died May 13. Wooster Funeral Home, Clementon, N.J.; and Alfieri Funeral Home, Wilmerding. (CO)