James A. "Junior" Littlejohn Jr ., 88, of Greensburg, died Friday, Feb. 26, 2016, in the Excela Health Westmoreland Hospital. He was born Nov. 7, 1927, in Greensburg, a son of the late James A. Littlejohn Sr. and Rebecca Murrell Littlejohn. He was the head of Security for Seton Hill University, retiring after 25 years, and a...
Mary E. (Sorice) Schaefer , 72, of Greensburg, died Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2016, in the Oak Hill Nursing Center. She was born Feb. 11, 1944, in Greensburg, a daughter of the late Matthew C. and Elizabeth M. Olah Sorice. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her brother, Matthew S. Sorice. She is...
Raymond "Decker" Dombroski Jr ., 78, of Greensburg, died Saturday, Feb. 20, 2016, in Excela Health Westmoreland Hospital, Greensburg. He was born Nov. 30, 1937, in Natrona Heights, a son of the late Raymond Dombroski Sr. and Sophie Mialki Dombroski. Ray was a retired salesman for Amerigas of Greensburg. He graduated from Har-Brack High School in Natrona...
Vincent J. Brahosky, 73, of Greensburg, died Friday, Feb. 19, 2016, in the Greensburg Care Center. He was born Sept. 30, 1942, in Greensburg, a son of the late John and Lillian Garola Brahosky. Vince was a carpenter out of Carpenter's Local No. 462. He was a member of St. Bartholomew Church and chief cook and owner of Grey...
Gertrude R. Allen, formerly of Greensburg, transitioned to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2016. She was born Sept. 18, 1918, to the late William and Lillie Meadows. Gertrude graduated from Connellsville Senior High School. She was married to the late Rev. Willie Van Allen, and moved to Bovard, where she resided for...
Lucille M. (Mosko) Dott, 86, of Greensburg, died Sunday, Feb. 14, 2016, in Excela Health Latrobe Hospital. She was born Aug. 30, 1929, in Hannastown, a daughter of the late Anthony and Anna Poti Mosko. Lucille was the food service manager of Bovard Elementary School, Hempfield Area School District. She was a member of St. Bartholomew Church and a member...
Mary (Ross) Petrill, 99, of Greensburg, died Sunday, Feb. 7, 2016, in Greensburg. She was born Dec. 19, 1916, in Bitner, a daughter of the late Michele and Colomba Lombardi Ross. Mary was a member of St. Paul Parish. Prior to her marriage to "IJ" in 1937, she worked at Porcelier and in later years worked at the former Troutman's...
Eva Claryce (Dean) Derek, 95, of Greensburg, died Friday, Feb. 5, 2016, at home. She was born Nov. 7, 1920, in Conrad, Mont., a daughter of the late Leslie L. and Eva Hurlbut Dean. Her journey to Greensburg started in the Rocky Mountain foothills of Montana and progressed to the shores of California, where the Western Pennsylvania connection was made...
Jean L. McGlothlin, 88, of Greensburg, passed away Sunday, Jan. 31, 2016. Jean was born March 15, 1927, in Greensburg, to Emma Shearer Mears and Lloyd Mears Sr. She has had many accomplishments in her lifetime, including being recently named alongside her husband as the 2015 Westmoreland County volunteers of the year for their dedicated service to Tri-City Meals on...
Robert T. Regola Jr., 83, of Hempfield Township, died Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2016, in the Excela Health Westmoreland Hospital. He was born Feb. 2, 1932, in Greensburg, a son of the late Robert T. Regola Sr. and Catherine Sapola Regola. He was the former owner of Robert T. Regola Surveying where he was a professional land surveyor for 53...
Ruth E. (Goodman) Funk, 97, of Greensburg, formerly of Mt. Pleasant, died Monday, Jan. 25, 2016, at home, with her daughter by her side. She was born July 25, 1918, in Pleasant Unity, a daughter of the late Robert Edward and Anna Susak Goodman. Ruth was a loving and devoted wife and mother to her husband and family. After her...
Shari L. (Curry) Rinehart, 56, of Greensburg, died Thursday, Jan. 21, 2016, in Excela Health Westmoreland Hospital, Greensburg. She was born Aug. 23, 1959, in Mt. Pleasant, a daughter of Dorothy Weibel Curry, of Greensburg, and the late Ronald Curry. Shari was a former certified nurse's aide. In addition to her father, she was preceded in death by two sisters,...
Samuel P. Hoffer, 84, of Greensburg, died Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2016, in UPMC East. He was born March 17, 1931, in Greensburg, a son of the late Samuel B. and Laura R. Campbell Hoffer. Sam was a retired pipe chipper for the former Hempfield Founderies, Greensburg, and a veteran of the Army, having served during the Korean War. In addition...
Joseph Michael Kettering, M.D., 51, of Greensburg, passed away peacefully, Sunday, Jan. 10, 2016, at his home, surrounded by his family, following a courageous three-year battle with cancer. Born April 26, 1964, in Bethesda, Md., he was the son of Dr. Donald Louis Kettering and Patricia Stadterman Kettering. Joe was a Greensburg Central Catholic High School alumnus (class of 1982)...
Robert D. Pomponi, 87, of Greensburg, died Friday, Jan. 8, 2016, at home. He was born Sept. 18, 1928, in South Greensburg, a son of the late Alex and Mary Gorirossi Pomponi. Bob was a retired installer for the former Bell Telephone and was a member of Our Lady of Grace Church. In his younger years, he served as the...
Edward Guidas, 53, of South Greensburg, died Thursday, Jan. 7, 2016, in the St. Margarets Hospital. He was born Oct. 4, 1962, in Latrobe, a son of the late Edward and Dolores Duffy Guidas. Ed was the co-owner of Mr. Toad's in Greensburg and also worked for Rick Diebold and Associates. He was a veteran of the Army. In addition...
Joseph F. Patrick, 86, of Greensburg, died Thursday, Dec. 31, 2015, in the Excela Health Latrobe Hospital. He was born Jan. 16, 1929, in Crabtree, a son of the late Frank and Virginia Macey Patrick. Joseph was retired from the Dick Corporation, and a member of St. Bartholomew Church in Crabtree and Union Local 373. In addition to his parents,...
Charles H. Flye, 65, of Greensburg, died Saturday, Dec. 19, 2015, in the Westmoreland Manor. He was born Jan. 3, 1950, in Nashvile, TN, a son of the late Henry and Ola M. Turner Talley. He was a member of First Antioch Baptist Church and loved singing karoke and dancing. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death...
Cicely Marie (Nicely) Monsour, 92, of Greensburg, died Friday, Dec. 18, 2015, at UPMC East surrounded by her loving family. Born June 9, 1923, in Greensburg, she was a daughter of the late George Eisamen Nicely and Cicely Long Nicely, who were from Greensburg and Ligonier. Mrs. Monsour was the loving wife to the late Dr. Roy Charles Monsour, a...
Concetta C. "Tala" "Connie" (Conte) Kashurba, 88, of Greensburg, formerly of Penn Township, died Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2015, in the Excela Health Westmoreland Hospital. She was born March 4, 1927, in Crabtree, a daughter of the late Andrew and Josephine Moffe Conte. She was a lifelong member of Sacred Heart Church in Jeannette. In addition to her parents, she was...