Deborah ‘Debbie’ E. Radu – Glassport, formerly of McKeesport
Obituaries
August 20, 2019

Deborah ‘Debbie’ E. Radu – Glassport, formerly of McKeesport

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Deborah “Debbie” E. Radu, 59, of Glassport, formerly of McKeesport, died Monday, Aug. 19, 2019. She was born in McKeesport on Sept. 28, 1959, daughter of the late Edward and Elizabeth Miller Radu. She was a member of St. Mark’s Parish in Port Vue and Liberty Borough, where she sang with the parish choir and taught CCD. Debbie received numerous certificates and degrees for pre-law, political sciences, and liberal arts & sciences from Community College of Allegheny County, Robert Morris University and Duquesne University. She assisted on many political campaign trails, including Hiliary Clinton’s 2008 Presidential Campaign. Debbie worked as mortgage title clerk, as well as a paralegal, throughout her professional career. She is survived by cousins, Susan (Mike) Bilec of Port Vue and Gregory Miller of McKeesport; and her fur baby, Francis. Family and friends will be received at STRIFFLER’S OF MCKEESPORT (Hunter-Edmundson-Strifflers) Funeral Home, 600 Market St., McKeesport, PA 15132, 412-678-6191, from 3 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 22, 2019.  Mass of Christian burial will be at 10 a.m. Friday, Aug. 23, 2019, in St. Mark Parish, 1125 Romine Ave., Port Vue, PA  15133. Burial will follow. To share a memory or condolence visit strifflerfuneralhomes.com.

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