Obituaries
April 9, 2021

Brian R. Laszewski – Collier Township, formerly of Monessen

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Brian R. Laszewski, of Collier Township, passed away peacefully on Monday, April 5, 2021. Brian was a 1960 graduate of Monessen High School and a 1964 graduate of Lycoming College. In 1966, he was commissioned as lieutenant (junior grade) in the U.S. Navy. He served four tours of duty aboard the U.S.S. Zelima and U.S.S. Platte AO-24 as navigator. He earned the National Defense Service Medal, the Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal and the Vietnam Service Medal. Brian was an athlete in high school and college, playing baseball and football. He was a lifelong sports enthusiast who followed Mon Valley sports as well as the Steelers, Pirates and Penguins. He had an amazing recall of sports statistics and trivia and followed the careers of local athletes. He was preceded in death by his parents, Elane Hamer Laszewski and Carl Laszewski. He is survived by his loving wife of 54 years, Janet Kurylo Laszewski; brother and sister-in-law, Lee and Leah Laszewski of Arizona; sister-in-law and brother-in-law, Eleanor Kurylo Lee and C. Jeffrey Lee of Rostraver Township; brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Stephen A. Kurylo and Gemma Del Rosso Kurylo of Rostraver Township; along with many nieces and nephews who fondly called him “Uncle B.” Funeral arrangements were private at the Cemetery of the Alleghenies. Those we love stay with us long after they are gone, in a form beyond memory and in a form beyond consciousness.

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