Edward “Jerry” Benick, 85, of McKeesport, died Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2019. He was born in McKeesport, on Oct. 31, 1933, and is the son of the late George and Rose Lechak Benick and the husband of the late ...

Pauletta Melenchen Bokeno, 94, of West Mifflin, died Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2019, at Lawson Nursing Home, Jefferson Hills. She was born on June 3, 1925, in Hamilton, Ohio, the daughter of Marion Hughes. Pau...

Margaret M. Harvey, 91 of Pittsburgh, formerly of Monongahela, died Sunday, Aug. 4, 2019, at The Little Sisters of the Poor in Pittsburgh. Born Jan. 20, 1928, in New Eagle, she was the daughter of Edw...

Janis Michelle Adkins Tillery, 63, passed away in peace and comfort with her husband by her side on July 31, 2019, at Seasons Hospice & Palliative Care in Cumming, Ga., after a long battle with Dement...

Bill DiMichele, 67, of Danville, Calif., formerly of Monessen, passed away on Sunday, Aug. 4, 2019, at San Leandro Kaiser-Permanente hospital. Born June 3, 1952, in Monongahela, he was the son of Jean...

Marion T. Gazetsky Lipchey-Flowers, 98, of Monongahela, died Monday, July 22, 2019, in her home. Born July 25, 1920, in Monongahela, she was the daughter of Victor and Louise Kluse Gazetsky. During Wo...

Philip R. Jumbelick III, 30, of Charleroi, passed away Friday, Aug. 2, 2019. Philip enjoyed all sports but really enjoyed playing baseball and watching the Steelers. He was preceded in death by his gr...

David Pierce Jr., 67, of Elco, died Sunday, Aug. 4, 2019, at his home. Born in Waynesburg on June 7, 1952, a son of the late David Pierce Sr. and Dorothy Gauden. David was retired from the former Whee...

Bertha M. Brooks Sowers, 89, of Donora, passed away on Saturday, Aug. 3, 2019, in Havencrest Nursing Center, Monongahela. Born in Rostraver Township on Sept. 19, 1929, she was a daughter of the late J...

Katherine R. Hatalowich, 91, of Perryopolis, passed away on Thursday, Aug. 1, 2019. A daughter of the late John and Anna Kohut Mohus, she was born in Monessen on Jan. 3, 1928. A lifelong resident of P...

John A. Police Jr., 58, of Fayette City, formerly of Monongahela, died Saturday, July 20, 2019, in Monongahela-Valley Hospital. Born Dec. 18, 1960, in Washington, he was the son of the late John Sr. a...

Gary Lee Howell Sr., 77, of Scott Township, Pa., passed away in his home on July 31, 2019. Gary was born March 22, 1942, in Elizabeth, to Philip and Phyllis (née Lord) Howell. Gary is survived by his ...

Marian P. Campitella, 84, of Nottingham Township, died Wednesday, July 31, 2019, at the Donnell House in Washington. She was born March 5, 1935, in New Kensington, daughter of the late John and Mary R...

Joan DiSora Kopcak, 90, of Monongahela, died on Wednesday, July 31, 2019, in UPMC Presbyterian Hospital, Pittsburgh, surrounded by her family. Born March 15, 1929, in Monongahela, she was the daughter...

James L. Koschak, 70, of Hutchinson, died Saturday, July 27, 2019, in Hempfield Manor, Greensburg. He was born Aug. 16, 1948, in Mount Pleasant, a son of the late James and Mary Consavage Koschak. Jam...

Dr. Ann “Dolly” Marchok who was born in Brownsville on May 17, 1936, raised in Glassport and lived in Oak ridge, Tenn., since 1977, passed away peacefully at home on July 13, 2019. Ann came to Oak Rid...

Dorothy K. Santmyer, 83, of Bentleyville, formerly of Rostraver Township, passed away on Thursday, Aug. 1, 2019. A daughter of the late John and Freeda Spaniel Kerlicker, she was born in Collinsburg o...

John Robert Bonneau, 62, of Portage, Mich., died Tuesday, July 30, 2019, in his home. He was born Aug. 18, 1956, in Smith Center, Kan., a son of the late Leo and Bettie Staley Bonneau. John was a comp...

Gary “Soapy” Shaporka, 73, of Jefferson Township, died peacefully July 30, 2019, with his family at his side. He was born May 29, 1946, in Charleroi, son of Harry Shaporka and Olga Andreas Shaporka. G...

Joanne Kopcak, 90, of Monongahela, died July 31, 2019. A complete obituary will appear in a later edition of the Mon Valley Independent. MARSHALL MARRA FUNERAL HOME of Monongahela is in charge of arra...