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By Mon Valley Independent 
January 1, 2020
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The state Department of Community and Economic Development has approved more than $5 million in revitalization projects, including two in the Mon Valley. The DCED...
Katheryn J. Vrabel Booher –  Star Junction
Obituaries
By obits 
January 1, 2020
Katheryn J. Vrabel Booher Star Junction Katheryn J. Vrabel Booher, 72, of Star Junction, peacefully passed away Dec. 30, 2019, at her home with her husband by her side, after a long battle with COPD a...
Obituaries
By obits 
January 1, 2020
Albert Oscar Austin Monessen Albert Oscar Austin, 63, of Monessen, went home to be with the Lord on Dec. 29, 2019. He was born in Charleroi on May 31, 1956, a son of the late Oscar Austin and Jennie P...
James Ross –  Charleroi
Obituaries
By obits 
January 1, 2020
James Ross Charleroi James Ross, 89, of Charleroi, passed away Sunday, Dec. 29, 2019 in UPMC Mercy Hospital. He was born Jan. 20, 1930, in Monongahela, the son of the late James and Sue Revetta Ross. ...
Mary Pearle Ellenberger Boyd  –  Connellsville
Obituaries
By obits 
January 1, 2020
Mary Pearle Ellenberger Boyd, 102, stepped from this earthly life into her eternal glory on Dec. 30, 2019, at TLC Adult Care Center in West Newton. Mary was born in a little coal mining patch called P...
Obituaries
By obits 
January 1, 2020
Shawndel Adair Samoda Muro Belle Vernon Shawndel Adair Samoda Muro, 46, of Belle Vernon, passed away Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2020, at Monongahela Valley Hospital. Born May 25, 1973, in Mt. Pleasant, she wa...
Obituaries
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January 1, 2020
Ruth Ann Petty Stockdale Ruth Ann Petty, 80, of Stockdale, passed away on Monday, Dec. 30, 2019, at Monongahela Valley Hospital. Born in North Charleroi on June 22, 1939, she was a daughter of Jack an...
Obituaries
By obits 
January 1, 2020
Joseph Thomas Robinson, 52, of Monessen, passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2019, at his home. He was born on Dec. 26, 1966, in Bronx, N.Y., the son of the late Gene Davis and Marlene Rob...