Iris E. (Hill) Valarik
Jan 30, 2018
Iris E. (Hill) Valarik, 93, formerly of Natrona, passed away Tuesday, January 30, 2018 in Concordia Lutheran Ministries, Cabot. She was born August 21, 1924, in Tarentum to the late Lawrence W. and Loraine Misson Hill Sr. Iris worked as a ward clerk and unit secretary at Allegheny Valley Hospital, Natrona Heights. She was a member of Trinity United Methodist...
Louis E. Welsh
Jan 28, 2018
Louis Edward Welsh, 88, of Brackenridge PA passed away January 28, 2018 in Miami, Florida. He was born December 12, 1929 to Alfretta and Louis Welsh on his father's birthday. His father said he was the best birthday gift he ever received. Lou was a 1947 graduate of Har Brack High School and proudly served in the United States Marine...
Marcie Lynn Bentz
Jan 22, 2018
Marcie Lynn Bentz, 43, of Natrona Heights, passed away Monday, January 22, 2018 at her home. She was born August 7, 1974, in Natrona Heights to Connie A. Hartzel Bentz, of Natrona Heights and the late George F. Bentz. Marcie was a 1993 graduate of Highlands High School. With her love for children, Marcie worked at a daycare center. She...
Leonard P. Kisiel
Jan 21, 2018
Leonard P. Kisiel, 79, of Natrona Heights, passed away Sunday, January 21, 2018 in the Good Samaritan Hospice Unit at Concordia, Cabot. He was born January 1, 1939, in Natrona Heights to the late Leo and Bernice Sowa Kisiel. Leonard was a 1956 graduate of Freeport High School. He retired from United States Steel in Saxonburg and following his retirement...
Victoria B. (Chwala) Ozimek
Jan 18, 2018
Victoria B. (Chwala) Ozimek, 101, of Natrona Heights, passed away Thursday, January 18, 2018 at the home of her son, Lawrence, in Buffalo Township. She was born December 15, 1916, in New Cumberland, West Virginia to the late John and Magdalena Rubis Chwala. During WWII, Victoria worked at Allegheny Ludlum Steel and later did housekeeping for the E.J. Hanley family....
Irene K. (Karwinski) Osiecki
Jan 14, 2018
Irene K. (Karwinski) Osiecki, 93, of Natrona Heights, passed away Sunday, January 14, 2018 at Concordia at Rebecca Residence, Allison Park. She was born October 20, 1924, in Natrona to the late Peter and Caroline Fundakowski Karwinski. Irene graduated from Har-Brack High School in 1942. Before marriage, Irene worked at the former Liberty Mirror Works in Brackenridge and during her...
Beverly A. (Borushko) D'Amico
Jan 8, 2018
Beverly A. (Borushko) D'Amico, 84, of Natrona Heighs, passed away Monday, January 8, 2018 at Butler Memorial Hospital, Butler. She was born December 9, 1933, in Natrona Heights to the late Joseph and Anna Semjan Borushko. Beverly worked at the Rite Aid in Natrona Heights. She was a member of St. John the Baptist Orthodox Church, in New Kensington and...
Dorothy K. (Suhan) Helman
Jan 7, 2018
Dorothy K. (Suhan) Helman, 52, of Buffalo Township, passed away Sunday, January 7, 2018 in Allegheny Valley Hospital, Natrona Heights. She was born September 17, 1965, in Natrona Heights to Howard and Daisy R. Bottles Suhan Sr, of Fawn Township. Dorothy was a 1983 graduate of Highlands High School. She worked as a Phlebotomist at Allegheny Valley Hospital for many...
Nancy C. (Medley) Pollick
Jan 3, 2018
Nancy C. (Medley) Pollick, 77, of Natrona Heights, passed away Wednesday, January 3, 2018 at her home surrounded by her family. She was born November 7, 1940, in New Kensington to the late Charles and Josephine Rusek Medley. Nancy was a 1958 graduate of Ken High. She worked for the Evans Insurance Agency in Parnassus. Nancy attended Evangel Heights Church...
Leonora (Gulchik) Peplowski
Dec 30, 2017
Leonora 'Bachi' (Gulchik) Peplowski, 91, of East Butler, passed away Saturday, December 30, 2017 at her home. She was born December 2, 1926, in West Deer Township to the late Wasil and Anna Bajcz Gulchik. Leonora was a 1945 graduate of West Deer High School and a 1948 graduate of the Allegheny Valley Hospital School of Nursing. She worked as...
Paul Deangelis
Dec 28, 2017
Paul DeAngelis, 66, of Natrona Heights, my beloved husband, co-worker and best friend, passed away at home unexpectedly on Thursday, December 28, 2017. He was born August 31, 1951, in Brackenridge to the late Fred and Alba (Monti) DeAngelis. Paul was the owner of the Donut Connection, in Natrona Heights for the past 20 years, where he and his family...
Joan (Whyte) Shaffer
Dec 27, 2017
Joan Shaffer passed peacefully at home in Lower Burrell, she was 87 years old. Joan was born in New Castle, England on February 13, 1930. The daughter of the late James and Mary Jane Whyte. In 1955 she met and married LaMar Wayne Shaffer in Birmingham, England while based there for the United States Air Force. Joan arrived in the...
Sharon L. (Walker) Glath
Dec 24, 2017
Sharon L. (Walker) Glath, 63, of Buffalo Township, passed away Sunday, December 24, 2017 in UPMC Shadyside Hospital, Pittsburgh. She was born June 11, 1954, in Susquehanna to Juanita Simcox, of Freeport and the late Charles Walker. Sharon worked as a Registered Nurse before retiring. She was a member of Our Lady of the Most Blessed Sacrament R.C.Parish, Most Blessed...
Nelle (Dubeck) Basnak
Dec 23, 2017
Nelle (Dubeck) Basnak, 96, of Tarentum, passed away Saturday, December 23, 2017 at Platinum Ridge, Brackenridge. She was born March 7, 1921, in Brackenridge to the late Paul and Sophia Dreek Dubeck. Nelle retired as a sales clerk from the former G.C. Murphy Store in Natrona Heights after 28 years of service. She was a member of Holy Martyrs R.C....
Daniel L. Malecki
Dec 23, 2017
Daniel L. Malecki, 71, of Brackenridge, passed away Saturday, December 23, 2017 in the Hospice Inpatient Unit at West Penn Hospital, Pittsburgh. He was born October 28, 1946, in Natrona Heights to the late Chester and Helen Kravitz Malecki. Dan was a 1964 graduate of Har-Brack High School and a 1968 graduate of West Liberty College. Dan retired in 2005...
Virginia G. (Guiney) Krutz
Dec 21, 2017
Virginia G. (Ginger) Krutz, 89, of Fishers, Indiana, passed away peacefully on Thursday December 21, 2017. She was born on December 23, 1927 to Arthur and Edna (Wareham) Guiney in New Kensington, Pennsylvania. Ginger attended New Kensington High School and was a proud member of The National Honor Society. She was a long-term resident of New Kensington and Natrona Heights,...
Mary E. (Klimkowski) Polisano
Dec 20, 2017
Mary E. (Klimkowski) Polisano, 92, of Brackenridge, passed away Wednesday, December 20, 2017 in Applewood Personal Care Home, Brackenridge. She was born October 2, 1925, in Natrona Heights to the late Gordon and Sophie Olczak Klimkowski. Mary was a member of Our Lady of the Most Blessed Sacrament R.C. Parish, Most Blessed Sacrament Church in Natrona Heights, the American Legion...
Ida O. (Testerman) Grabigel
Dec 19, 2017
Ida Ovella (Testerman) Grabigel, 90, of Tarentum, passed away Tuesday, December 19, 2017 at Presbyterian Senior Care, The Willows, Oakmont. She was born November 2, 1927, in Big Sandy, West Virginia, to the late Fletcher Testerman and Mae Gillespie Testerman Sharp. Ida worked a variety of jobs in the area including working for Heights Plaza Materials, Inc., and Eat-N-Park. She...
Sandra L. (Musco) Bresuciak
Dec 16, 2017
Sandra L. (Musco) Bresuciak, 69, of Tarentum, passed away Saturday, December 16, 2017, surrounded by her family at the Good Samaritan Hospice at Concordia, Cabot. She was born March 22, 1948, in Natrona Heights to the late Joseph Musco and Ann Bavetz Musco. Sandy worked as an LPN at Allegheny Valley Hospital in Natrona Heights, and after receiving her RN...
Sharon L. (Jones) Vorp
Dec 11, 2017
Sharon L. (Jones) Vorp, 67, of Natrona Heights, passed away on Monday, December 11, 2017 in UPMC Passavant Hospital, McCandless, with her family at her side. She was born October 19, 1950, in Natrona Heights to the late Blaine and Lillian Wolfarth Jones. She was of the Lutheran faith and a member of the Eastern Star. Sharon was a devoted...