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November 7, 2023
Donna Lilley, 58, of Monessen, passed away Monday, Nov. 6, 2023, in her residence. She was born May 19, 1965, in Charleroi, daughter of Clarence C. Lilley Sr. and Patricia A. Lilley. The family would ...
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November 7, 2023
Marie E. Lipari, 79, of Monessen, died Monday, Nov. 6, 2023, in Penn Highlands Mon Valley Hospital. Born in North Charleroi on Dec. 15, 1943, she was the daughter of the late James and Lucille Keller ...
Shirley I. Gill McKnight – Rostraver Township
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November 7, 2023
Shirley I. Gill McKnight, 89, of Rostraver Township, passed away on Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023, at Country Care Manor in Fayette City. She retired as a cook for K-Mart in Belle Vernon. She was a former mem...
Mark Pietroboni – Monongahela
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November 7, 2023
Mark Joseph Pietroboni, 65, of Monongahela, passed away unexpectedly on Friday, Nov. 3, 2023. He was born Sept. 29, 1958, in New Eagle, son of the late Dominick and Teresa Dorazio Pietroboni. After gr...
Patrick J. Vadella – Elco
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November 7, 2023
Patrick J. Vadella, 96, of Elco, passed away peacefully on Sunday, Nov. 5, 2023. A son of the late Joseph and Carmella Cimino Vadella, he was born on July 19, 1927, in Belle Vernon. A U.S. Army sergea...
Steve Joseph Babich Sr. – Hollywood, Fla.
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November 6, 2023
Steve Joseph Babich Sr., passed away on Nov. 1, 2023. He was born to John and Mary Stayer Babich on Sept. 2, 1934, in Fayette City, Pa. He is preceded in death by his wife, sweetheart and soulmate of ...
Renee M. Herman Batten – Monongahela
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November 6, 2023
Renee M. Herman Batten, 81, of Monongahela, passed away peacefully at home on Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023. Renee was born on Aug. 7, 1942, in Brussels, Belgium, a daughter of the late Adolf and Cilly Feile...
Benjamin O. Gibson Jr.  – New Eagle
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November 6, 2023
Benjamin O. Gibson Jr., 75, of New Eagle, and more recently of Schellsburg, died peacefully on Nov. 4, 2023, with family by his side. He was born in New Eagle in 1948 to Benjamin and Eleanor Rollison ...
Patrick Michael Harris – Reynoldsville, Pa.
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November 6, 2023
Patrick Michael Harris, 66, of Reynoldsville, Pa., passed away on Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023, while a resident of Mountain Laurel Health Care and Rehab in Clearfield, Pa., following a long battle with Par...
David J. Kudlik – originally from Monessen
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November 6, 2023
David J. Kudlik, 72, originally from Monessen, passed away on Oct. 21, 2023, in the Donnell House of Washington. He was born in Charleroi on May 1, 1951, son of the late Walter and Tillie Beres Kudlik...
Darin Balliard – Finleyville
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November 3, 2023
Darin Balliard, beloved son, brother and uncle, died Friday, Nov. 3, 2023, after a long and valiant fight with cancer. He was the son of the late G. Bennett Balliard and Patricia Resnik Balliard, who ...
Linda S. Chilzer – Monongahela
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November 3, 2023
Linda S. Chilzer, 64, of Monongahela, died Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023, at UPMC Presbyterian Hospital, Pittsburgh. She was born Dec.  22, 1958, in North Charleroi, the daughter of John W. and Barbara A. Ma...
Frank Kaczmarek Sr. – Monongahela
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November 3, 2023
Frank Kaczmarek Sr., 82, went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023. He was born Aug. 24, 1941, to the late Walter and Anna Mucha Kaczmarek. Frank was a 1959 graduate of Donora High Schoo...
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November 3, 2023
Julian “Jules” A.  Kalan, 73, of Monongahela, died Sunday, Oct. 29, 2023, in Penn Highlands Mon Valley Hospital, surrounded by his loving family. He was born April 14, 1950, in New Eagle, son of Julia...
Linda G. ‘Maggie’ Widmer – Port Vue, formerly of Bunola
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November 3, 2023
Linda G. “Maggie” Widmer, 62, of Port Vue, formerly of Bunola, passed away peacefully in her home surrounded by her family on Nov. 1, 2023. Born in New Eagle on March 28, 1961, she was the daughter of...
James A. Pierce – Donora
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November 1, 2023
James A. Pierce, 52, of Donora, passed away on Oct. 29, 2023, in St. Clair Hospital. He was born on July 3, 1971, a son of the late Carol Kowall Pierce and Larry Pierce. He was a member of the Russian...
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November 1, 2023
Walter William Rock, 84, of Coal Center, Pa., died Sunday, Oct. 29, 2023. He was born Thursday, April 27, 1939, in North Charleroi, Pa., a son of the late Walter and   Bertha (Lovis) Rock. Walter “Chi...
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November 1, 2023
Georgeanna J. Gamble, 80, of La Belle, died Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2023, in the Jefferson Hospital. She was born Oct. 30, 1943, in New Eagle, the daughter of John Frank and Hazel May Fine Staffen. Georgean...
Agnes ‘Ann’ Demeter – Kissimmee, Fla., formerly of Charleroi
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November 1, 2023
Agnes “Ann” Demeter, 92, of Kissimmee, Fla., formerly of Charleroi, passed away on Oct. 24, 2023. She was born on July 31, 1931, in Charleroi, a daughter of Joseph Charles and Agnes Mary Macuga Mudrak...
Margaret ‘Peggy’ Orient Sanko – Donora
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November 1, 2023
Margaret “Peggy” Orient Sanko, 96, of Donora passed away peacefully in her home surrounded by her loving family. She was born on Feb. 21, 1927, in Donora, the daughter of the late Michael and Elizabet...