Obituaries

Joseph M. O'Hara

May 22, 2015

Joseph M. O'Hara, 72, of Latrobe, died Friday, May 22, 2015, in Hempfield Manor. Born June 27, 1942, in White Township, he was a son of the late Mark J. O'Hara and Elizabeth Ganley O'Hara. He was a retired project manager for L-D Building Co. and Dill Construction and was a retired facility manager for St. Vincent College. He...

Jacob Steven Gower

May 14, 2015

Jacob Steven Gower, 22, of Latrobe, died Thursday, May 14, 2015, at home. Born Jan. 26, 1993, in Latrobe, he was a son of Donald A. Gower and Carole A. (Kuba) Painter. He was a machine shop foreman for ArcMaster Enterprises Inc. He was a member of the Lloydsville Sportsmen's Club. He was preceded in death by his great-grandparents,...

Anthony C. "Tony" Evangelista

May 7, 2015

Anthony C. "Tony" Evangelista, also known by close friends as "Weed," 76, of Latrobe, died Thursday, May 7, 2015, at Excela Health Westmoreland Hospital. He was born June 13, 1938, in Bovard, to the late Anthony Evangelista and Laura Dellvecchio Evangelista. He was retired from SCI Greensburg and worked as a bus driver for First Student. He was a...

Joel Orner Marshall

May 6, 2015

Joel Orner Marshall, 90, of Latrobe, died Wednesday, May 6, 2015, at Barnes Place. Born Sept. 2, 1924, in Unity Township, he was a son of the late John J. and Margaret (McKlveen) Marshall. He was a retired plumber pipefitter with Local 354, Latrobe. A World War II veteran, he served in the Navy. He was a member of...

Andrew Terry Yuschak

Mar 15, 2015

Andrew Terry Yuschak, 61, of Greensburg, died Sunday, March 15, 2015, after a short battle with cancer, at UPMC East. He was born Nov. 1, 1953, in Latrobe, a son of the late Andrew Yuschak and Marie Kathryn Vargo Yuschak. A retired carpenter, Andrew was well-known for his guitar playing, singing and songwriting. He also enjoyed and was a...

Robert Kenneth Shannon Sr

Mar 8, 2015

Robert Kenneth Shannon Sr., 72, of Latrobe (Unity Township), died Sunday, March 8, 2015, at home. He was born Dec. 14, 1942, in Latrobe, son of the late Robert G. Shannon and the late Edna Casterwiler Blair. He worked in construction as a member of Local 1451. He was a member of Latrobe United Methodist Church and was a...

Dawn A. (Bush) Elliott

Mar 3, 2015

Dawn A. (Bush) Elliott of Trafford, formally of Latrobe, went home to rest in peace on Tuesday, March 3, 2015. Dawn was born May 8, 1975 in Latrobe, the daughter of Don C. (Pete) Bush and Karen S. (Randles) Bush of Acme, PA. Dawn graduated from Greater Latrobe High School class of 1993. She worked for many years at...

Margaret H. Steving

Feb 18, 2015

Margaret H. (Torzok) Steving, 90, of Latrobe, Unity Township, died Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2015, in Excela Health Latrobe Hospital. Born March 25, 1924, in Indiana, Pa., she was a daughter of the late Frank Torzok and Mary Benevich Torzok. She was a homemaker and a member of Bethany United Methodist Church. She enjoyed cooking, gardening, dancing with her husband...

Gertrude Yawczak

Jan 29, 2015

Gertrude Yawczak, 99, of Latrobe, died Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015, in Excela Health Latrobe Hospital. Born Feb. 5, 1915, in Bradenville, she was a daughter of the late Daniel Yawczak and Theophilia Rudy Yawczak. She was retired from the dietary department of Torrance State Hospital and was a member of Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Ukrainian Catholic Church....

Mary M. Marcinko

Jan 22, 2015

Mary M. Marcinko, 87, of Latrobe (Unity Township), passed away Thursday, Jan. 22, 2015, at home. She was born Feb. 27, 1927, in Homestead, a daughter of the late Andrew Lewis Bagi Sr. and Anna M. (Sass) Bagi. She was a retired housekeeper and a member of St. Vincent Basilica Parish. In addition to her parents, she was preceded...

Mary Ann Gentile

Jan 14, 2015

Mary Ann (Quaranto) Gentile, 89, of Greensburg, died Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2015, at home. She was born Nov. 9, 1925, in Derry Township, a daughter of the late Felix Quaranto and Anna (Hershbine) Quaranto. She was retired from Latrobe Hospital, having worked as a registered nurse. She was a member of Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, Latrobe. She was a...

Pauline E. Stemmler

Jan 9, 2015

Pauline E. (Falso) Stemmler, of Latrobe, died Friday, Jan. 9, 2015, at Excela Health Westmoreland Hospital. She was born in Latrobe to the late Pasquale Falso and Elizabeth (Fanciulla) Zappone Falso. She retired with more than 35 years of experience as an operator for Bell Telephone. She was a member of St. Vincent Basilica Parish, St. Vincent Rosary Alter...

John L. Garola

Jan 5, 2015

John L. Garola, 81, of Latrobe, died Monday, Jan. 5, 2015, in Family Hospice and Palliative Care, Pittsburgh. Born Jan. 31, 1933, in Greensburg, he was a son of the late Santino Garola and Teresa (Simonini) Garola. He was a retired carpenter from Elliott Co. and attended Holy Family Roman Catholic Church. He was a former member of the...

Mary (Yawczak) Trovel

Dec 20, 2014

Mary (Yawczak) Trovel, 92, of Latrobe, died Saturday, Dec. 20, 2014, in her residence. Born Dec. 7, 1922, in Dorothy, she was a daughter of the late Daniel and Theodora Rudy Yawczak. She worked as a licensed practical nurse at Latrobe Area Hospital. Mary was a member of Holy Family Church in Latrobe. Along with her parents, she was...

John E. Lee III

Dec 9, 2014

John Edward Lee III, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, died at St. Luke's Hospital on December 9, 2014, after an extended illness. Visitation was at the Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories.

John is survived by, his wife Dotty; his five children; Stephanie Lee of Fairfax, Virginia, Christina Sobus (Mark) of Houston, Texas, Shaun Kilduff (Kelley) , Kevin Kilduff...

Kathryn C. (Krall) Keys

Dec 8, 2014

Kathryn C. (Krall) Keys, 93, of Ligonier, died Monday, Dec. 8, 2014, at Ligonier Gardens Personal Care & Retirement Center, Ligonier. She was born Nov. 24, 1921, in Pleasant Unity, daughter of the late Andrew Krall and Anna Phil. She was a homemaker and a member of Christ United Church of Christ. In addition to her parents, she was...

Roy Burk

Nov 30, 2014

Roy L. Burk, 71, of Latrobe, died Sunday, Nov. 30, 2014, at Excela Health Latrobe Hospital. He was born Nov. 1, 1943, in Greensburg, a son of the late Domer S. Burk and Josephine Marto Burk. He was a retired salesman and entrepreneur. He enjoyed golfing and spending time with his grandchildren. In addition to his parents, he was...

Ruth Weigers

Nov 22, 2014

Services were private.

Margaret "Peggy" J. Simms

Oct 16, 2014

Margaret J. "Peggy" Simms, 81, of Latrobe, received her heart's desire and went home to be with Jesus on Thursday, Oct. 16, 2014, after a brief illness. She was born April 24, 1933, in Salem Township, a daughter of the late Pasquale "Patsy" Japalucci and Mary Jane Osborne Japalucci. She was a homemaker and a member of Word of...

Dolores C. Kridle

Oct 2, 2014

According to her wishes there will be no public visitation.

Burial is private.