Obituaries
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March 20, 2023
Anthony Lazzari, 67, of Normalville, formerly of Donora, died unexpectedly Saturday, March 18, 2023, in Highlands Hospital, Connellsville. He was born May 23, 1955, in New Eagle, son of the late Eugen...
Hilda Jane Brown Lewis – Donora
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March 20, 2023
Hilda Jane Brown Lewis, formerly of Donora, left her earthly life behind after a brief illness on March 15, 2023, to join her husband, parents, sister and brothers. She was born in Donora on May 13, 1...
Barbara Ann Bland Tzanakis – West Mifflin
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March 19, 2023
Barbara Ann Bland Tzanakis, passed away on Friday, March 17, 2023. Barb, as she was more commonly known, was born July 28, 1933, in New Martinsville, W.Va., the youngest of two children born to Mary G...
Obituaries
By Mon Valley Independent 
March 18, 2023
Larissa Slebodnik, 65, of Monessen, passed away on Wednesday, March 15, 2023 at UPMC Presbyterian. Born in North Charleroi on Dec. 30, 1957, she was a daughter of Robert and Dolores Nescott Hreha. Lar...
Obituaries
By Mon Valley Independent 
March 18, 2023
Mary Weckoski, 94, of Coal Center passed away on Wednesday, March 15, 2023, at Dunlevy Gardens. Born on Oct. 27, 1928, in Bentleyville, a daughter of Thomas Padovich Sr. and Anna Kois Padovich, Mary w...
Eric M.  Sauritch – Formerly of North Charleroi
Obituaries
By Mon Valley Independent 
March 18, 2023
Eric M. Sauritch 57, formerly of North Charleroi, passed away on Friday, Feb. 24, 2023, in Uniontown. Born on Sept. 3, 1965, he was the son of the late Mane-fred and Carol Sauritch. Eric was a paratro...
Obituaries
By Mon Valley Independent 
March 18, 2023
Dolores J. Rager, 90, of Brownsville passed away on Thursday, March 16, 2023, at home. Born in Brownsville Nov. 15, 1932, she was the daughter of Hollister Washington and Bessie Staley Barger Jr. Dolo...
Scott Michael Bennett – Lexington S.C.
Obituaries
By Mon Valley Independent 
March 18, 2023
Scott Michael Bennett, 51, passed away suddenly at home on Thursday, March 2, 2023, in Lexington S.C. He was born March 3, 1971, in North Charle- roi, a son of Michael Jerome Jr. and Gloria Sztroin Be...
David ‘Mapes’ Lawrence Armstrong – Charleroi
Obituaries
By Mon Valley Independent 
March 18, 2023
David “Mapes” Lawrence Armstrong, 61, of Charleroi, died Thursday March 16, 2023, at home. He was born Jan. 4, 1962 in McKeesport, the son of the late Roy L. Arm-strong and Joyce Kostelansky Armstrong...
Obituaries
By Mon Valley Independent 
March 18, 2023
James W. Wetzler, 87, of White Oak, Pa., passed away peacefully surrounded by his loving family on March 10, 2023, at The Manor at Market Square in Reading, Pa. Jim was born on Sept. 23, 1935, in McKe...
Obituaries
By Mon Valley Independent 
March 18, 2023
Carl Menego, 79, of Monessen, passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on March 16, 2023, at UPMC Presbyterian, Pittsburgh. He was born on Nov. 1, 1943, to Guido and Rose (Kotchman) Menego in C...
George ‘Pidge’ Andrewson Sr. – Finleyville
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March 16, 2023
George “Pidge” Andrewson Sr., 90, of Finleyville, died Wednesday, March 15, 2023, in his home. He was born April 27, 1932, in Library, Pa., a son of the late Gedman and Daisy Sividini Andrewson. Pidge...
Howard ‘Tom’ Frola – Finleyville
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March 16, 2023
Private services were held for Howard “Tom” Frola, 81, of Finleyville, who passed away on Tuesday, March 14, 2023, in Penn Highlands Mon Valley Hospital. Born Jan. 2, 1942, in Monongahela, he was the ...
William ‘Bill’ Laird – Rostraver Township
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March 16, 2023
William “Bill” Laird, 57, of Belle Vernon, Rostraver Township, passed away Friday, March 10, 2023, at Brighton Rehabilitation and Wellness Center, Beaver. Born Nov. 11, 1965, in North Charleroi, he wa...
Obituaries
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March 16, 2023
Thomas Oliver, 76, of Belle Vernon, passed away on Wednesday, March 8, 2023, joining his friends and family who predeceased him. A son of the late Joseph and Frances Trader Oliver, he was born in Nort...
Kenneth Rickey Auther – Fayette City
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March 16, 2023
It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Kenneth Rickey Auther of Fayette City, who passed away on March 14, 2023, at the age of 72, leaving to mourn family and friends. Rickey was a soc...
William Paul Hruby – Rostraver Township
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March 16, 2023
William Paul Hruby, 65, of Rostraver Township, died Tuesday, March 14, 2023. Born in Charleroi on July 9, 1957, he was the son of the late William V. and Dolores L. Nogy Hruby. William graduated from ...
Melva Ann Whiting Kennedy – Belle Vernon
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March 16, 2023
Melva Ann Whiting Kennedy passed away peacefully on March 7, 2023, surrounded by family. She leaves behind her husband, partner and best friend of more than 60 years, Robert “Bob” Kennedy. Melva was b...
Tanya Hutchko Lazzari – Monongahela
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March 16, 2023
Tanya Hutchko Lazzari, 80, of Monongahela, died Monday, March 13, 2023, after a brief illness. She was born in North Charleroi, on Dec. 18, 1942, to John and Leona Gulick Hutchko. Her greatest wish is...