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ATKINS, Ronna Bazerman Gitchel, 57, of Squirrel Hill, died Aug. 25. Ralph Schugar Chapel, Shadyside. (CO)

BALLAS, Elizabeth, 92, of Duquesne, died Aug. 24. William S. Skovranko Memorial Home, Duquesne.

BENDER, Julia Kitta, 85, of Greenfield, died Aug. 25. Edward P. Kanai Funeral Home, Greenfield. (CO)

BUCHANAN, Susan Cooper, 68, of Overbrook, died Aug. 25. Ball Funeral Chapel, Brookline. (CO)

CARR, Daniel, 68, died Aug. 25. Jefferson Memorial Funeral Home, Pleasant Hills. (CO)

CHOPICH, Nicholas Jr., 52, of the North Side, died Aug. 24. Clement L. Pantalone Funeral Home, Greensburg. (CO)

COCCAGNO, Barbara A., 70, of Baldwin Township, died Aug. 25. Jefferson Memorial Funeral Home, Pleasant Hills. (CO)

COOK, Nancy L., 66, of North Fayette, died Aug. 24. Thomas-Little Funeral Service, McDonald. (CO)

EBERHART, Mark M., 43, of Whitehall, died Aug. 25. Jefferson Memorial Funeral Home, Pleasant Hills. (CO)

FINDLAY, Marie D. Fox, 88, of Baldwin Borough, died Aug. 24. John F. Slater Funera Home, Brentwood. (CO)

GRANCEY, Anna E. Habetla, 90, of Millvale, died Aug. 23. Healy-Hahn Funeral Home, Millvale. (CO)

JONES, Lawrence "Soddy," 92, of West Mifflin, died Aug. 24. George Irvin Green Funeral Home, Munhall. (CO)

KRATER, Donald J., 78, of Coraopolis, died Aug. 25. Copeland's Funeral Home, Coraopolis.

KUNIC, Ann Mehelick, 80, of Stanton Heights, died Aug. 25. Walter J. Zalewski Funeral Home, Lawrenceville. (CO)

LAQUINTA, Richard Salvatore, 72, of Crafton Heights, died Aug. 25. Anthony M. Musmanno Funeral Home, Stowe. (CO)

MATUSIC, Frank Jr., 85, of Carnegie, died Aug. 25. Warchol Funeral Home, South Fayette.

McCLAIN, Ann, 54, of Coraopolis, died Aug. 25. William Slater & Sons Funeral Home, Mount Washington. (CO)

PATIL, Balaji Vinayak, died Aug. 24. Beinhauer Mortuary, Beechview. (CO)

POCIASK, Mary T., formerly of Glassport, died Aug. 24. Wojciechowski Funeral Home, Glassport. (CO)

RYDZESKI, Matthew J., 95, of Forest Hills, died Aug. 24. Patrick T. Lanigan Funeral Home, East Pittsburgh. (CO)

SELF, J.P., 75, of Collier, died Aug. 24. Beinhauer Mortuary, Peters. (CO)

STAMPFLE, Rose Marie Schmitt, 77, of Shaler, died Aug. 25. Kyper Funeral Home, Shaler. (CO)

STEHLE, Ethel M. Fiser, 94, died Aug. 25. H.P. Brandt Funeral Home, Ross. (CO)

TAYLOR, Rose Dauria, 97, of Upper St. Clair, died Aug. 23. Freyvogel-Slater Funeral Home, Bethel Park. (CO)

TRAUTMAN, Alvin J. "Tuffy," 90, of Findlay, died Aug. 23. Wharton-Herrick Funeral Home, North Fayette. (CO)

URTZ, Charles J. Jr., 66, died Aug. 24. D'Alessandro Funeral Home, Lawrenceville. (CO)

VENTO, Dorothy H. Duch, 80, of Penn Hills, died Aug. 24. William F. Gross Funeral Home, Penn Hills. (CO)

MILANOVICH, Veda Yoykich, of Center, died Aug. 25. Tatalovich Funeral Home, Aliquippa. (CO)

STRUGALSKI, Christine A., 88, of Conway, died Aug. 24. Bohn-Matich Funeral Home, Ambridge.

RUCH, Salli Alexandra, died Aug. 24. Beinhauer Mortuary, Peters. (CO)

OLBETER, Herbert R. Sr., 79, of Lower Burrell, died Aug. 24. Ross G. Walker Funeral Home, New Kensington.

CHLYSTA, Michael, 89, of Waldorf, Md., formerly of Pittsburgh, died Aug. 22. Brinsfield-Echols Funeral Home, Charlotte Hall, Md.

LABASH, Joseph, 90, of Tulsa, Okla., died Aug. 23. Freeman Harris Funeral Home, Tulsa.

PLACE, Catherine Sue Horner, 49, of Kimbolton, Ohio, died Aug. 22. Thorn-Black Funeral Home, Cambridge, Ohio. (CO)

RENKO, Robert, 48, of Florence, Ky., died Aug. 23. (CO)

ROTH, Steven R., 48, of Dacula, Ga., formerly of Pittsburgh, died Aug. 19. William Slater II Funeral Service, Scott. (CO)

VALCO, Kathleen Fulmer "Kathie," 56, of Carrollton, Ky., formerly of Duquesne, died Aug. 24. Maloy-Schleifer Funeral Home, Duquesne.

VEROSKO, Martin J., died Aug. 21. (CO)

BERTHOLD, Harry R., 33, of McDonald, died Aug. 23. Thomas-Little Funeral Service, Findlay. (CO)

BOVAN, William R., died Aug. 24. Thomas P. Kunsak Funeral Home, North Side. (CO)

CUCCARO, Patricia A. Lander, 41, of Hempfield, Westmoreland County, formerly of Swissvale, died Aug. 24. Thomas L. Nied Funeral Home, Swissvale. (CO)

DEL VECCHIO, Florence Pontier, 78, died Aug. 22. John N. Elachko Funeral Home, Oakland. (CO)

ELTER, Leo "Ducky," 78, of Shaler, died Aug. 23. Bock Funeral Home, Shaler. (CO)

GALLAGHER, Walter J., 83, died Aug. 23. John F. Murray Funeral Home, Lawrenceville. (CO)

GRILLI, Linda Ann Masucci, 60, of Mount Washington, died Aug. 29. Brusco-Falvo Funeral Home, Mount Washington. (CO)

IACONO, Stephanie J. Wozny, died Aug. 24. Bagnato Funeral Home, Carnegie. (CO)

JANOSS, Carl J., 87, of Green Tree, died Aug. 23. William Slater II Funeral Service, Scott. (CO)

KARAS, Rudolph, 87, of Carrick, died Aug. 23. Cieslak & Tatko Funeral Home, Brentwood.

MEHLE, Richard D., 71, of Plum, died Aug. 23. Gene H. Corl Funeral Chapel & Cremation Center, Monroeville. (CO)

MORI, Daryl J., 60, of Penn Township, Westmoreland County, formerly of Monessen and White Oak, died Aug. 24. Alfieri Funeral Home, Wilmerding. (CO)

MUEHLMAN, Mildred E. Wildermuth Gross, 89, of Ross, died Aug. 24. T. B. Devlin Funeral Home, Ross. (CO)

MURDOCK, David G., died Aug. 22. John A. Freyvogel Sons Funeral Home, Oakland. (CO)

NASH, Anna Mizgur, died Aug. 23. (CO)

NAVARI, Richard V. Sr., 70, of Sharpsburg, formerly of Penn Hills, died Aug. 23. Soxman Funeral Home/Roth Chapel, Penn Hills. (CO)

POPIVCHAK, John, died Aug. 22. Bagnato Funeral Home, Carnegie. (CO)

POWERS, Edith Rosamond, 81, of Edgewood, died Aug. 22. Stathers Funeral Services, Swissvale. (CO)

REIGER, Rosemary L., 83, died Aug. 23. Szafranski-Eberlein Funeral Home, Carnegie. (CO)

SCALES (SCALISE), Joseph M., formerly of Uptown, died Aug. 21. Beinhauer Mortuary, Beechview. (CO)

SHANE, Anna Gipko, 102, of Brentwood, formerly of Oakland, died Aug. 22. Cieslak & Tatko Funeral Home, Brentwood. (CO)

SMITH, Peter M., 77, of Pennsbury Village, formerly of Carnegie, died Aug. 23. Schepner-McDermott Funeral Home, Crafton. (CO)

STANISZEWSKI, Walter A., 87, of Lawrenceville, died Aug. 23. Walter J. Zalewski Funeral Home, Lawrenceville. (CO)