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BALKOVEC, Ruth Ann Steinback, 70, died May 3. Laughlin Memorial Chapel, Mt. Lebanon. (CO)

BENNETT, Lue Vinnie, 98, of Hill District, died April 30. Spriggs-Watson Funeral Home, Homewood. (CO)

BUSHEM, Jeanne O'Rourke, died May 3. Bagnato Funeral Home, Carnegie. (CO)

CROFT, Jessie E., 97, died May 2. William Slater II Funeral Service, Scott. (CO)

DiPALMA, John, of Forrest Hills, died May 4. Wolfe Memorial Chapel, Forest Hills. (CO)

EBACK, Donald E., 57, of McCandless, died May 3. Simons Funeral Home, Ross. (CO)

ELLIS, John Sr., 61, of Homestead, died May 2. Sheffield Funeral Home, Manchester.

FARMER, William, 68, of Hill District, died May 2. Samuel J. Jones Funeral Home, Hill District. (CO)

FORGIE, James William, 76, of Turtle Creek, died May 4. Jobe Funeral Home, Turtle Creek. (CO)

GLAZE, Aminna Murtaza, 73, of Braddock, died April 30. Watts Memorial Chapel, Braddock. (CO)

GUIDISH, Jeanette Beck "Becky," 78, of Munhall, died May 3. Savolskis-Wasik-Glenn Funeral Home, Munhall. (CO)

HAWK, Albert E., 63, of Munhall, died May 3. Savolkis-Wasik-Glenn Funeral Home, Munhall.

HOLIEB, Irene Hallahan, 77, died May 4. Savolskis-Wasik-Glenn Funeral Home, Munhall. (CO)

JOY, Margaret M., 87, of McKeesport, died May 3. Jaycox-Jaworski Funeral Home, McKeesport. (CO)

LAMBERT, Jessmer. Coston Funeral Home, Larimer. (CO)

LIDDY, Helen Odette, 79, of Castle Shannon, died May 4. Jefferson Memorial Funeral Home, Pleasant Hills. (CO)

MARTIN, Kenneth E., 56, of East McKeesport, died May 3. Forgie-Snyder Funeral Home, East McKeesport. (CO)

MARTIN, Ronald Alan, 62, of East Liberty, died April 30. Watts Memorial Chapel, Braddock. (CO)

McCLELLAN, Janet Crawford Keegan, 86, of Forest Hills, formerly of Green Tree, died April 13. (CO)

McGUIRK, John P., 47, of Jefferson Hills, died May 4. Jefferson Memorial Funeral Home, Pleasant Hills. (CO)

MOORES, Edward H., 81, of Hampton, died May 3. King Funeral Home, Hampton. (CO)

MORNINGSTAR, James M., 55, of Tarentum, died May 1. Frank F. Gigler Funeral Home, Lower Burrell.

OSWALD, Charles L. Sr., 84, of Oakmont, died May 2. Paul R. Ajak Funeral Home, East Deer. (CO)

RATICA, Michael J., 87, of Trafford, died May 3. J.F. Ott Funeral Home, Irwin. (CO)

REBER, James A., 84, formerly of Whitehall, died May 3. John F. Slater Funeral Home, Brentwood. (CO)

RUSSELL, John Phillip, of Homewood, died May 4. Spriggs-Watson Funeral Home, Homewood.

SANKER, Katherine, 89, formerly of Allentown, died May 4. John F. Slater Funeral Home, Brentwood.

SHAYPOH, Irene F., 63, of Mount Oliver, died May 1. D'Alessandro Funeral Home & Crematory, Lawrenceville.

STRASSER, Casey, 31, of Moon, died May 3. Copeland Funeral Home, Coraopolis.

STROTT, Doris M., 79, of North Side, died May 3. Heard Funeral Home, Observatory Hill. (CO)

TROXLER-MOSLEY, Yvonne P., 57, died May 1. House of Law, Penn Hills. (CO)

WITT, Stanley A. Jr., 75, of Baldwin Borough, died May 4. John F. Slater Funeral Home, Brentwood.

RACIOPPO, Louis, 74, of Baden, died May 3. John Syka Funeral Home, Ambridge.

COUGHENOUR, Mary Elizabeth "Beth," 80, of Butler, died May 1. Thompson-Miller Funeral Home, Butler. (CO)

BERNICK, Anthony P., 83, of North Huntingdon, formerly of Versailles, died May 3. Daniel F. Bekavac Funeral Home & Crematory, McKeesport. (CO)

COFFMAN, Marian Lee, 59, of New Kensington, died May 4. Ross G. Walker Funeral Home, New Kensington.

DONALDSON, Marian Landsperger, of North Huntingdon, formerly of West Newton, died May 4. James W. Shirley Funeral Home, North Huntingdon.

LONG, Merle C., 77, of Blairsville, Indiana County, died May 3. James F. Ferguson Funeral Home, Blairsville.

NOVELLY, Judith Ann Shaw, 47, of La Crescenta, Calif., died April 7. (CO)

PELLEGRINO, Eugene, 73, of Denver, died May 3. (CO)

PREVIOUS DEATHS

BEVACQUA, Jean D. Bonacci, 87, of West Mifflin, died May 3. Maloy-Schleifer Funeral Home, Duquesne. (CO)

ELKIN, Jacob W., 94, of Monroeville, died May 3. Gene H. Corl Funeral Home, Monroeville. (CO)

HIRST, Robert J., 71, of Morningside, died May 1. Walter J. Zalewski Funeral Home, Lawrenceville. (CO)

HOLOHAN, William A., 84, of Turtle Creek, did May 1. Jobe Funeral Home, Turtle Creek. (CO)

HURNEY, Matthew J., 53, died May 1. Brusco-Napier Funeral Home, Beechview. (CO)

KARPUSZKA, Lawrence "Larry," 67, of McKees Rocks, died May 2. Anthony Musmanno Funeral Home, Stowe. (CO)

KING, Eugene C., 86, of Mount Washington, died May 1. Brusco-Falvo Funeral Home, Mount Washington. (CO)

LAWRENCE, Marianne P., 52, of Moon, died May 2. Copeland's Funeral Home, Moon. (CO)

LEIST, Margaret H. Stewart, 74, of Penn Hills, died April 30. Rapp Funeral Home, Penn Hills. (CO)

MAJEWSKI, Edward R., 65, died May 1. Thomas J. Gmiter Funeral Home, South Side. (CO)

McCANN, Theresa L., 58, died May 2. Neely Funeral Home, Shaler. (CO)

McKIBBEN, Joseph J., of Sheraden, died May 2. Speer-Anthony Kaprive Funeral Home, Sheraden. (CO)

MEAD, Hartley L., 72, of South Fayette, formerly of Brookline, died May 2. William Slater II Funeral Service, Scott. (CO)

MEGAHAN, Mary Gail McCauley, 73, of McCandless, died May 3. H.P. Brandt Funeral Home, Ross. (CO)

MILLER, Janet R., 80, of Robinson, formerly of Bedford, died May 2. Hershberger-Stover Funeral Home, Crafton. (CO)

MITRO, Andrew, 97, of Greenfield, died May 3. Edward P. Kanai Funeral Home, Greenfield. (CO)

NAJANICK, Linda M. Skeens, 61, of Brighton Heights, died May 2. Schellhaas Funeral Home, West View. (CO)

PAPULA, Marianne M., 81, of North Huntingdon, died May 3. James W. Shirley Funeral Home, North Huntingdon. (CO)

PASSANTE, Leo A., 91, of Dormont, died May 1. Laughlin Memorial Chapel, Mt. Lebanon. (CO)

ROSSI, Amy Suzanne "Sue," 50, of Ross, formerly of Strip District, died May 2. Walter J. Zalewski Funeral Home, Lawrenceville. (CO)

SEWAK, Lynn C., 43, died May 2. Beinhauer Mortuary, Peters, Washington County. (CO)

SMITH, Eugene A. Jr., 44, of Carnegie, died May 2. Leo J. Henney Funeral Home, Carnegie. (CO)

SMITH, Maria L., died May 2. John A. Freyvogel Sons Funeral Home, Oakland. (CO)

SOKOL, Anna, 100, of Kennedy, died May 2. Valerian F. Szal Funeral Home, McKees Rocks. (CO)

STANIER, Nelma Anchors, died May 2. Findlay C. Wylie Funeral Home, Penn Hills. (CO)

STEINHART, Mary, 90, of Carnegie, died May 3. Szafranski-Eberlein Funeral Home, Carnegie. (CO)

TOLUKA, John E., of Bridgeville, died May 3. Beinhauer-Fryer Funeral Home, Bridgeville. (CO)

WEISBERG, Florence "Tibby," 85, of McCandless, died May 2. Ralph Schugar Chapel, Shadyside. (CO)

WESLING, Mary T. Becker, 80, of Carrick, died May 1. Boron Funeral Home, Carrick. (CO)

WINGERTSAHN, Mercedes Sullivan "Cede," 78, of Bethel Park, died May 1. Jefferson Memorial Funeral Home, Pleasant Hills. (CO)