Category: Necrology

Teresa Lynn Scott, Age 59, of Heidelberg, died on Friday, May 11, 2018. Loving companion of almost 30 years to Jeff Thomas; beloved mother of Robbie Kuma; grandmother of Brady and Cooper; sister of Chester Scott; also preceded in death by four siblings; also survived by nieces and nephews. Services and interment private. Teresa enrolled…

Thomas was born on January 19, 1929 in Portage, Pennsylvania and passed away on Sunday, September 16, 2018.  He is 1950 WPSD Graduate. Thomas was a resident of Ebensburg, Pennsylvania at the time of passing. It is with deep sorrow that we announce the death of Thomas J. Petrick of Ebensburg, Pennsylvania, who passed away on…

D’ Rae Gales age 79 of West Leisenring, passed away on September 4, 2018. She was born on March 29,1939 in Uniontown the daughter of Kenneth and Lavina (Wallace) Gales. In addition to her parents she is preceded in death by 2 sisters Shelia Gales and Marlene Oberly, and her step father David Wallace. She…

Clara E. (Taylor) Capretto, 90, of Vandergrift, passed away on Monday, August 20, 2018 at AHN- Allegheny Valley Hospital, Natrona Heights. Born September 4, 1927 in Lower Burrell, she was a daughter of the late John & Hazel (Kunkle) Taylor. Clara lived in Vandergrift most of her life, and was a member of St. Gertrude…

Barry Patrick Bergman, of Palm Bay, Florida, born on April 11, 1963 in Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania, to Virginia Bergman and Jack Bergman, passed away at age 55 on August 6, 2018 in Melbourne, Florida. Barry graduated from Rochester Institute of Technology/National Technical Institute for the Deaf in 1985 and West Pennsylvania School for the Deaf for…

He enrolled WPSD in 1970s. He died on July 17, 2018. There is no service at funeral home.

Janet E. (Kirby) Ward, of Crafton, formerly of Carnegie, a kind, sweet lady, passed away on Wednesday, July 18, 2018 at Allegheny General Hospital at the age of 74. Born in Pittsburgh on January 12, 1944, to the late Thomas and Edith (Dunlap) Kirby. Married June 18, 1966 to John W. Ward, she had 49…

Mr. Walter E. Turner, 91, passed away at 8:37 p.m., on Monday, June 25, 2018, at his residence. Mr. Turner was born on Feb. 2, 1927, in Youngsville, to the late Monte and Myrtle Crawford Turner. He was employed for 43 years at Parker White Metal Company in Fairview. He worked in the finishing, grinding…

Mary Suzanne “Sue” (Schrift) (Headrick) Lawton, 74, of Greensburg, passed away Friday, June 15, 2018, at Westmoreland Regional Hospital from complications of metastatic breast cancer. She was born in Johnstown on Dec. 31, 1943, the daughter of Leonard and Mary Louise (Tully) Schrift. Sue was a graduate of the Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf…