Obituaries

Feb 3, 2008

Nellie A. Clawson, 86, of Latrobe, died Sunday, Feb. 3, 2008, at home. Born Feb. 25, 1921, in Ligonier, she was a daughter of the late Dory and Elizabeth Taylor Clark. She was a member of Tree of Life Assembly of God Church, Latrobe. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Chester H....

Jan 21, 2008

Bradley N. "Brad" Holnaider, 43, of Latrobe passed away Monday, January 21, 2008. He was born December 30, 1964 in Latrobe, a son of Bruno and Diana Holnaider. He was a member of St. Vincent Basilica Parish. Bradley was the owner of Bradley N. Holnaider Construction of Latrobe since 1989. In his younger years he raced motor cross, worked...

Jan 12, 2008

Dorothy M. "Dolly" Fanell DeVitis, 92, of Latrobe, died Saturday, Jan. 12, 2008, in IHS at Mountain View, Greensburg. Born Feb. 6, 1915, in New Alexandria, she was a daughter of the late Domenick and Philomena Santella Fanell. She was a member of St. John the Evangelist Roman Catholic Church. She was a retired food service worker in the...

Dec 19, 2007

Paul J. Lucas, 69, of Latrobe, died Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2007, in Excela Health Latrobe Hospital. Born Jan. 25, 1938, in Hostetter, he was a son of the late Paul J. and Margaret Sobota Lucas. Mr. Lucas was a retired steelworker for Latrobe Steel. He served in the Air Force and was a member of Holy Family Roman Catholic...

Dec 18, 2007

Eugene S. Watters, 80, of Ligonier, died Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2007, at Excela Health Latrobe Hospital. He was born August 30, 1927, in Greensburg, son to the late Harlow E. and Viola Sonnie Watters. He was a retired member of the Army and worked in military intelligence. In addition to the Army, he served in the Navy and was...

Nov 30, 2007

Beverly Ann Diorio, 64, of Lloydsville, died Friday, Nov. 30, 2007, in Excela Health Latrobe Hospital. Born Sept. 23, 1943, in Latrobe, she was a daughter of the late Frank J. and Christina Bucci Diorio. Prior to retirement, she was a medical transcriptionist for Torrance State Hospital and Latrobe Area Hospital. She was a member of St. John the...

Oct 31, 2007

Catherine I. Abbott Latrobe

Catherine I. Abbott, 99, of Latrobe, died Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2007, in Loyalhanna Care Center, Derry Township. She was born Jan. 16, 1908, in Latrobe, daughter of the late John and Mary (Vallana) Inselmini. She was a homemaker and member of Holy Family Roman Catholic Church, Latrobe, and the Holy Family Rosary Altar...

Oct 16, 2007

Iva A. (Hawkins) Carney, 65, of Latrobe, died Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2007, at her home. She was born March 11, 1942, in Pittsburgh, a daughter of Walter Hawkins and Mary Reagan Grieser. She was a retired manager for CB Tracey and Associates. She was a member of Greensburg Business and Professional Women and was a former chairperson for various...

Oct 7, 2007

Hulda L. Kelly, 86, of Youngstown, died Sunday, Oct. 7, 2007, in Loyalhanna Care Center, Derry Township. She was born Oct. 29, 1920, in Latrobe, daughter of the late Gilbert Ira and Anna Catherine Poole Mikesell. She was a homemaker and member of St. James Evangelical Lutheran Church, Youngstown. She was a Sunday school teacher at St. James for...

Oct 2, 2007

Margaret E. Kovalcik, 79, of Latrobe, died Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2007, in Excela Health Latrobe Hospital. She was born May 30, 1928, in Baltimore, Md., a daughter of the late Raymond and Margaret (McGuire) Cooper. She was a retired bookkeeper, having worked for various businesses including Gee Bee's Furniture as their head bookkeeper. She was a member of Holy...

Sep 29, 2007

Anthony J. Zaccagnini, 90, of Barnes House, Latrobe, died Saturday, Sept. 29, 2007, in Excela Health Latrobe Hospital. Born June 12, 1917, in Ohio, he was a son of the late Luigi and Carmella Coccientelli Zaccagnini. Prior to retirement, he was a machine repairman for Kennametal with 38 years of service. He was a member of UAW Local 1059....

Sep 24, 2007

John F. "Fred" Bronson, 61, of Latrobe, died Monday, Sept. 24, 2007, in Excela Health Latrobe Hospital. Born Nov. 18, 1945, in Hendersonville, he was a son of the late William G. and Marian E. Jones Bronson. He was a retired laborer for Glass Beads with 37 years of service. He was a member of the Salvation Army, Latrobe,...

Sep 11, 2007

Eleanor L. Paul, 75, of Latrobe, died Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2007, in Excela Health Latrobe Hospital. Born Jan. 1, 1932, in Latrobe, she was a daughter of the late John F. and Dorothy Edna Turner Murray. Prior to retirement, she was director of nursing for Latrobe Area Hospital. She received her Master of Nursing degree from the University of...

Sep 9, 2007

Lawrence G. "Snuffy" Smith, 83, of Latrobe, died Sunday, Sept. 9, 2007, at home. Born Oct. 14, 1923, in Cheswick, he was a son of the late John L. and Marie Pearl Davis Smith. He was a retired steelworker for Teledyne Vasco. A World War II veteran, he served in the U.S. Navy. He was a member of American...

Sep 9, 2007

Glenn E. "Reddog" Bush, 59, of Latrobe died Sunday, Sept. 9, 2007, in Excela Health Latrobe Hospital. Born Aug. 22, 1948, in Latrobe, he was the son of the late William E. Bush Sr. and Laura Bell Stevens Bush. He was a retired corrections officer for Regional 5 SCI, Greensburg, and was a member of Latrobe United Methodist Church,...

Sep 3, 2007

Donald B. Downs Latrobe

Donald B. Downs, 76, of Latrobe, died Monday, Sept. 3, 2007, at home. Born July 21, 1931, in Derry, he was a son of the late George C. Downs Sr. and Bertha Berkmyer Downs. Prior to retirement, he was employed as a furnace operator by Newcomer Products, where he worked for 38 1/2...

Aug 30, 2007

Margaret J. "Maggie" Trainer, 62, of Latrobe, died Thursday, Aug. 30, 2007, at home with her family by her side after a long battle with lung cancer. She was born Feb. 10, 1945, in Latrobe, daughter of the late Charles and Mary (Konency) Shaffer. Margaret was a member of St. Vincent Basilica Parish, Unity Township. She worked at various...

Aug 28, 2007

Thomas D. Sofranko of Latrobe, formerly of Hostetter, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2007, in Excela Health Westmoreland Hospital, Greensburg, surrounded by family and friends. Tom was born Feb. 9, 1949, in Latrobe. He worked at the J.C. Penney Department Store in Westmoreland Mall. A Catholic by faith, he attended Holy Family Church in Latrobe. He also...

Aug 18, 2007

James B. Van Kirk, 93, of Latrobe, died Saturday, Aug. 18, 2007, in Latrobe Regional Health and Rehabilitation. Born May 5, 1914, in Brownsville, he was a son of the late William and Carrie (Keffer) Van Kirk. Prior to retirement, he had been employed by the former West Penn Power, Loyalhanna Division. He was a member and former trustee...

Aug 17, 2007

Florence E. Payne, 82, of Latrobe, died Friday, Aug. 17, 2007, at home. Born April 17, 1925, in Derry, she was a daughter of the late William and Catherine Cowan. She was a homemaker and a member of Latrobe Presbyterian Church and Order of the Eastern Star Chapter #221 of Latrobe. She is survived by her husband, Virgil O....