Charles A. Rapp – California, Pa.
Charles A. Rapp, 79, of California, Pa., died peacefully at home on Tuesday, June 18, 2019. He was born Tuesday, July 25, 1939, in Athens, Ohio, the son of the late Wilbur A. and Helen Roderick Rapp. He was a member of the West Brownsville American Legion Post 940, the Brownsville Lodge No. 60 Free and Accepted Masons, the Syria Shrine Temple of Pittsburgh and the Mon Valley Police Chiefs Association. In addition to his parents, Charlie was preceded in death his wife, Susan Blake Rapp and a sister, Marianne Whitehead. Left to cherish his memory are his three children, Debra and Thomas Moore of Blainesburg, Darlene Sargent of California, Pa., and Dale and Moon Rapp of Plainfield, Ill.; and sister, Joyce Bleby Lewis of Bridgewater, South Australia. Also surviving are four grandchildren, Ian and Seth Moore, Kyle Sargent and Ethan Rapp; four great-grandchildren, Xander and Grayson Moore, Jeremy Kincade and Noah James Kincade; nieces, Hannah Bleby Orford and Sarah Bleby, Denise Roadman and Kristine Doppelheuer; nephews, Matthew Bleby and Ryan Whitehead; and several great-nieces and great-nephews. Friends will be received in the MARISCOTTI FUNERAL HOME INC., Anthony N. Mariscotti, Supervisor, 323 Fourth St., California, Pa., on from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, June 21, 2019, and until 11:30 a.m. on Saturday when funeral services will be held in the funeral home with Pastor Dawn Hargraves officiating. The Masonic Lodge will conduct services on Friday evening at 7 p.m. Interment will follow in Highland Cemetery with the West Brownsville American Legion Post 940 according military funeral honors. To leave condolences or sign the register book, please visit mariscottifuneralhome.com.
