Jack E. McShane – Rostraver Township
Obituaries
September 4, 2019

Jack E. McShane – Rostraver Township

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Jack E. McShane, of Rostraver Township, died Monday, Sept. 2, 2019. He was the son of the late Jack and Gilda Camino McShane. Catholic by faith, Jack was the former owner of McShane’s Florist and Greenhouse in Rostraver Township. He was a member of Belle Vernon American Legion Post 659, the Rostraver Historical Society and the Monessen Elks. He served in the U.S. Army, Company A of the Pennsylvania National Guard in Monongahela. He is survived by his wife of 65 years, Hilde Unseld McShane; son and daughter-in-law, Karl E. and Nancy McShane of McDonald; and granddaughters, Valerie and Melanie McShane. Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at JAMES C. STUMP FUNERAL HOME INC., 580 Circle Drive, Rostraver Township, 724-929-7934, www.jamesstumpfuneralhome.com, where a blessing service will be held at 10 a.m. Friday with the Rev. James Bump officiating. Interment, with military honors, will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery.

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