Obituaries

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Local Obituaries for Latrobe, PA, Westmoreland County & Surrounding Areas

Elizabeth Jane Calabrace

Elizabeth Jane Calabrace

Mar 1, 2013

Elizabeth Jane (Merlin) Calabrace, 90, of Latrobe, died Friday, March 1, 2013, at home. Born March 15, 1922, in Bradenville, she was a daughter of the late Olimbio and Mary (Ross) Merlin. She was a retired cook for the Brew House in Latrobe. She was a member of Holy Family Roman Catholic Church. In addition to her parents, she...

Claybon Wright

Claybon Wright

Feb 10, 2013

Claybon Wright, 85, of Latrobe, died Sunday, Feb. 10, 2013, in Westmoreland Manor, Greensburg. He was born Aug. 26, 1927, in Brownsville, a son of the late James Wright Sr. and Susie May Wright. He retired from Teledyne Vasco. A member of Second Baptist Church of Latrobe, where he was a trustee, he was also a member of the...

Robert L. Uncapher

Robert L. Uncapher

Dec 9, 2012

Robert L. Uncapher, 74, of Derry, formerly of Hostetter, died Sunday, Dec. 9, 2012, at Mountianview Specialty Care, Greensburg. He was born Sept. 1, 1938, in Waterman, Pa., Indiana County, a son of the late Robert L. Uncapher and Verna Stiles Uncapher. Robert was a retired machinist for Whitney Manufacturing and Latrobe Foundry. He was a member of St....

Nancy P. Selesky

Nancy P. Selesky

Dec 8, 2012

Nancy P. Selesky, 85, of Latrobe, died Saturday, Dec. 8, 2012, in Mountainview Specialty Care. Born Jan. 26, 1927, in Mt. Pleasant, she was a daughter of the late Frank S. and Rhuie L. (Firestone) Browm. She was a homemaker. She was an active member of the Latrobe First Church of God for more than 60 years along with...

Gertrude M. Patton

Gertrude M. Patton

Dec 4, 2012

Gertrude M. Nuttal Patton, 80, of Ardara passed away Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012, in Excela Health Westmoreland Hospital, Greensburg. Born Aug. 1, 1932, in Hutcherson, she was a daughter of Richard and Frances (Maughan) Nuttal. Gertrude was a homemaker. She was from a large family, having 16 brothers and sisters. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in...

John Austin Jellison

John Austin Jellison

Dec 3, 2012

John Austin Jellison, 59, died Monday, Dec. 3, 2012, at UPMC Presbyterian. He was born Aug. 10, 1953, in Latrobe, a son of the late Lester Robert Jellison and Irene Mae Reed Jellison. He worked in construction, specializing in brick and block. He enjoyed gardening and spending time with his grandson, Jake, and attending Jake's baseball and football games....

William A. Kovalcik Sr

William A. Kovalcik Sr

Dec 1, 2012

William A. Kovalcik Sr., 80, of Latrobe (Unity Township), died Saturday, Dec. 1, 2012, in Excela Health Latrobe Hospital. Born July 27, 1932, in Latrobe, he was a son of the late John and Anna Cernance Kovalcik. Prior to retirement, he was a machinist for Elliott Co. He was a member of Holy Family Roman Catholic Church, Lloydsville Firemen's...

William Dale Aukerman

William Dale Aukerman

Oct 20, 2012

William Dale Aukerman, 82, of Unity Township, died Saturday, Oct. 20, 2012, in Excela Health Latrobe Hospital. Born Sept. 26, 1930, in Pleasant Unity, he was a son of the late Ira "Pete" and Lillian (Bronson) Aukerman. He was a member of St. Vincent Basilica Parish. Prior to retirement, he had been employed as a bricklayer by Latrobe Steel...

Barbara A. Grimm

Barbara A. Grimm

Oct 13, 2012

Barbara A. Grimm, 60, of Latrobe, died Saturday, Oct. 13, 2012, at home. She was born May 1, 1952, a daughter of the late Anthony Todaro and Anna Nalevanko. She was an artist/cake decorator/worked at Dairy Queen. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by several aunts and uncles. She is survived by her husband, Dennis...

Brett Alan Lloyd

Brett Alan Lloyd

Oct 3, 2012

Brett Alan Lloyd, 26, of Latrobe passed away Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012, at his home. Born April 20, 1986, in Latrobe, he was a son of Douglas Eric Lloyd and Renee R. (Bollinger) Lloyd. Brett was a published poet, enjoyed gardening, movies, music and his fish. He was preceded in death by his maternal grandfather, Carl R. Bollinger Sr.;...

Mary Crusan

Mary Crusan

Oct 1, 2012

Mary Crusan, 88, of Latrobe passed away at Monday, Oct. 1, 2012, at Loyalhanna Care Center, Derry Township. She was born March 8, 1924, a daughter of the late Charles Gronsky and Josephine Kopetsky Demase. Mary was a dishwasher at William Penn Tavern, until she married and started a family, when she took on the most important job of...

Martha F. Kozesky

Martha F. Kozesky

Sep 24, 2012

Martha F. Kozesky - 90, of Latrobe died Monday, September 24, 2012. Services and internment will be private.

Virginia S. Griffin

Virginia S. Griffin

Sep 18, 2012

Virginia S. Griffin, 93, of Latrobe, died Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2012, at Excela Health Latrobe Hospital. She was born Dec. 22, 1918, in Youngstown, a daughter of the late Hugh Shirey and Bertha (Marks) Shirey. Virginia retired from Teledyne Vasco with 41 years of service. She was a member of Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, honorary life member of the...

Donald Pynos

Donald Pynos

Sep 6, 2012

Donald T. Pynos Sr., 70, of Latrobe, died Thursday, Sept. 6, 2012, in UPMC Shadyside. He was born July 23, 1942, in Latrobe, a son of the late Theodore Frank Pynos and Anna (Goodman) Pynos. He was a member of St. Rose Roman Catholic Church. He was a Navy veteran. Prior to his retirement, he was employed as a...

Rhoda M. Jones

Rhoda M. Jones

Aug 12, 2012

At Rhoda's request, all services were private.

Betty I. Ruby

Betty I. Ruby

Aug 7, 2012

Betty I. Hayden Ruby, 88, of Latrobe passed away Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012, in Excela Health Latrobe Hospital. Born Nov. 22, 1923, in Peanut (Derry Township), she was a daughter of the late Peter and Elizabeth (Dando) Hayden. Prior to her retirement, she was a cook for the Mozart House. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in...

George Vucish

George Vucish

Jul 30, 2012

George Vucish Latrobe George Vucish, 93, of Latrobe, died Monday, July 30, 2012, at Excela Health Latrobe Hospital. He was born April 3, 1919, in Crabtree, a son of the late Rada Vucish and Lena Katuch. An Army veteran of World War II, George retired from Latrobe Steel and was a licensed Pennsylvania auctioneer. He was a member of...

Dorothy H. (Stouffer) Holden

Dorothy H. (Stouffer) Holden

Jul 24, 2012

Dorothy "Dee-Dee" Holden, 83, of Latrobe, entered into eternal peace Tuesday, July 24, 2012, at home. Born July 25, 1928, in Latrobe, she was a daughter of the late William (Ben) Stouffer and Mildred A. (Johnson) Stouffer. She was a devout homemaker to her family. Dorothy's hobbies that gave her joy when she was younger were taking care of...

Betty J. Felbaum

Betty J. Felbaum

Jul 12, 2012

Betty J. (Stadler) Felbaum, 86, of Ligonier, formerly of Youngstown, passed away Thursday, July 12, 2012, at home. Born June 24, 1926, in Latrobe, she was a daughter of the late Frank M. and Iona (Loughner) Stadler. Prior to retirement, Betty was fifth floor ward clerk at Latrobe Area Hospital. She was a member of Prince of Peace Lutheran...

Steven L. Pallow

Steven L. Pallow

Jun 4, 2012

Steven L. Pallow, 60, of Latrobe, died Sunday, June 3, 2012, at home. Born July 3, 1951, in Latrobe, he was a son of the late John S. and Josephine L. (Zavada) Pallow. He was a retired state park ranger, and had also previously worked at the former Volkswagen New Stanton plant. He was a member of the Latrobe...