Obituaries
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December 8, 2020
Constance “Connie” J. Gaul Ceccarelli, 88, of North Belle Vernon, passed away Thursday, Dec. 3, 2020, at Mon Valley Hospital, Monongahela. Born April 16, 1932, in North Charleroi, she was the daughter...
Mildred DeAngelis – Monessen
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December 8, 2020
Mildred DeAngelis, 93, of Monessen, passed away on Friday, Dec. 4, 2020, in Hallsworth House, Monessen. She was born on Nov. 26, 1927, in Monessen, daughter of the late George and Julia Radish Sudor. ...
Katherine Dupay – Monongahela
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December 8, 2020
Katherine Dupay, 101, of Monongahela, passed away peacefully in her sleep on Saturday, Dec. 5, 2020, at The Residence at Hilltop, Monongahela. Katherine was born May 24, 1919, in Weirton, W.Va., daugh...
Henry Robert Glaneman – Eighty Four
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December 8, 2020
Henry Robert Glaneman, 82, of Eighty Four, died Sunday, Dec. 6, 2020, in The Residence at Hilltop, Monongahela. He was born March 2, 1938, in Pittsburgh, the son of the late Henry L. and Grace Swift G...
James R. Glass – Webster
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December 8, 2020
James R. Glass, 87, of Webster, died Dec. 4, 2020. Born in Donora on Feb. 26, 1933, he was the son of the late Ralph E. and Susan E. Timko Glass. Jim worked at Carnegie Science Center in Pittsburgh fo...
Obituaries
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December 8, 2020
Priscilla M. Jeffries of Elco passed away on Dec. 7, 2020. She was born on May 24, 1933, a daughter of Homer and Bertha Sphar Morris. She graduated from California High School in 1951 and Penn Commerc...
Janet Garland Narey – Donora
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December 8, 2020
Janet Garland Narey, 77, of Donora, died Friday, Dec. 4, 2020, at Monongahela Valley Hospital in Carroll Township. She was born Dec. 18, 1942, in North Charleroi, the daughter of the late Robert Hall ...
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December 8, 2020
James D. “Denny” Lunt, 75, of Charleroi passed away on Friday, Dec. 4, 2020. A son of the late Rhuel and Gertude Smith Lunt, he was born in Pricedale on June 4, 1945. Formerly of Las Vegas, Denny has ...
Obituaries
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December 8, 2020
Bruce A. Mathews, 77, of Acme, Pa., died Monday, Dec. 7, 2020. Born in Star Junction on March 26, 1943, he was the son of the late James O. and Wanda Miller Mathews. Bruce enjoyed the outdoors, fishin...
Remembering Jeno: Candlelight vigil held for Jefferson Hills teen
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December 8, 2020
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Jeno Moretti loved to smile. And the 15-year-old from the Jefferson Hills area passionately believed that making other people smile was a way to make their lives bette...
Wolf: State trying to avoid new COVID-19 restrictions
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December 8, 2020
By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Gov. Tom Wolf and state health officials warned Monday that rising COVID numbers combined with overworked hospital personnel have put Pennsylvania and its he...
Engstrom new president of BVA school board
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December 8, 2020
By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com The Belle Vernon Area school board is under the direction of a new president after reorganization took place Monday evening. Board member Dan Engstrom was unani...
Loan could add jobs at former Sony plant
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December 8, 2020
By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Three new low-interest loan approvals through the Pennsylvania Industrial Development Authority will help companies in three counties, including Westmoreland...
Sophie Onufer – North Charleroi
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December 7, 2020
Sophie Onufer, 90, of North Charleroi, passed away on Saturday, Dec. 5, 2020, at her home. She was born in Monessen, on Aug. 24, 1930, daughter of John and Mary Cibera Gulya. Sophie was retired from t...
Rostraver Public Library hosting  virtual domestic violence seminars
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December 7, 2020
By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Domestic violence takes on new characteristics during the coronavirus pandemic and the Blackburn Center is offering two free Zoom seminars through the Rostraver...
Rams cruise past Warriors, 20-0
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December 7, 2020
By Dean Dellamalva Jr. MVI Sports Senior night was a memorable one for the Ringgold hockey team in more ways than one.   The recognition with their teammates, pictures with the parents and, of course,...
Obituaries
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December 7, 2020
David L. Ralph, 85, of Monessen, passed away on Sunday, Dec. 6, 2020. A son of the late, Walter and Kathleen Hines Ralph, he was born in McKeesport, on July 18, 1935. Formerly of Clairton, David retir...
Warriors reloading after departure of Michaels, Cain
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December 7, 2020
By JONATHAN GUTH MVI Sports Despite losing the first state finalist in program history and another state qualifier to graduation, Elizabeth Forward head wrestling coach Richard Scheuermann is confiden...
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December 7, 2020
Paul M. Rubino, 86, Fort Hill, Pa., passed away Saturday, Dec. 5, 2020, at Memorial Medical Center, Johnstown. He was born Dec. 22, 1933, in New Eagle, son of the late William and Jennie Cilensek Rubi...
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December 7, 2020
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Feral cats have again become a topic of conversation in Charleroi.   The issue has been a problem in the borough for more than a decade, and after helping to clean u...