Edward Joseph Kikla – Delray Beach, Fla.

Edward Joseph Kikla, 85, of Delray Beach, Fla., passed away peacefully on March 16, 2025. Born on Jan. 31, 1940, in Monongahela, Ed had a remarka ble youth as a talented baseball pitcher. He led his hometown Little League team to a Pennsylvania state championship in 1952, earning a place in the Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pa. There, his team made it to the championship game but fell in the final inning to Norwalk, Conn. Two years later, Ed and several teammates from that Little L...