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Ruth Whiteman

December 27, 2017 |

By Strifflers Family Funeral Homes | Posted in: Strifflers Family Funeral Homes

Ruth Whiteman, age 70, of White Oak, died on December 24, 2017. She was born October 27, 1947 in McKeesport, the daughter of the late Andrew and Mary (Stanwiki) Balawajder. Ruth was employed as a secretary for the U.S. government at the Pentagon for over 30 years. 

 
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Betty Jane Dinning

December 27, 2017 |

By Strifflers Family Funeral Homes | Posted in: Strifflers Family Funeral Homes

Betty Jane Dinning, age 91 of Wilkinsburg, formerly of Braddock, died Friday, December 22, 2017.  She was born in Somerset on August 26, 1926 and is the daughter of the late Connell and Mary Elizabeth Love Dinning.  She is also preceded in death by her brother, John Love Dinning.  She worked as an executive secretary at Westinghouse for nearly 50 years when she retired.

 
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James J. Zager, Sr.

December 21, 2017 |

By Strifflers Family Funeral Homes | Posted in: Strifflers Family Funeral Homes

James J. Zager, Sr., age 76 of N. Huntingdon, died Wednesday, December 20, 2017. He was born April 29, 1941 in McKeesport, the son of the late Samuel F. and Regina K. Butler Zager. James retired from East Allegheny School District where he was a Physical Education teacher for many years. 

 
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Marek J. Ptak

December 19, 2017 |

By Strifflers Family Funeral Homes | Posted in: Strifflers Family Funeral Homes

Marek J. Ptak, age 67 of North Versailles, died Monday, December 18, 2017.  He was born in Dzierzoniov, Poland on June30, 1950, the son of the late Zbigniew Ptak and Anna Debowska. He was preceded in death by his wife Urszula I. Kubera Ptak and his youngest brother from Poland. 

 
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Scott A. Bulischeck

December 18, 2017 |

By Strifflers Family Funeral Homes | Posted in: Strifflers Family Funeral Homes

Scott A. Bulischeck, age 51 of Penn Hills, died suddenly on Friday, December 15, 2017. He was born April 7, 1966 in McKeesport, the son of  Phyllis L. Burtner Kelly of Port Vue and the late Ronald D. Bulischeck.

 
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Ann Marie Guide

December 17, 2017 |

By Strifflers Family Funeral Homes | Posted in: Strifflers Family Funeral Homes

Ann Marie Guide, age 85 of White Oak, formerly of East McKeesport, died Saturday, December 16, 2017. She was born April 3, 1932 in McKeesport, the daughter of the late John and Martha M. Easterley Attig. She is the wife of the late Alexander J. Guide. They were the retired owners of the former Double G Car Wash & One Stop Beer Distributor in White Oak. Ann was an avid reader and loved to travel.

 
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Patricia A. Black

December 15, 2017 |

By Strifflers Family Funeral Homes | Posted in: Strifflers Family Funeral Homes

Patricia A. Black, age 86, died December 14, 2017, in Granger, Indiana, where she resided for the past year. Patricia (Patsy) Ann Black was born on October 5, 1931, in McKeesport, Pennsylvania, the third child of the late Robert Joseph and Ann Marie Gibbons Black. She was preceded in death by her brother Anthony Robert Black, sister Loyola B. Black and many aunts and uncles.

 
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Shirley A. Reinhard

December 04, 2017 |

By Strifflers Family Funeral Homes | Posted in: Strifflers Family Funeral Homes

Shirley A. Reinhard, age 82 of White Oak, died Monday, December 4, 2017. She was born May 16, 1935 in McKeesport and is the daughter of the late John and Beulah Brush Folwarczny. She was the wife of the late Charles N. Reinhard. 

 
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Joyce Audrey Sturgess

November 30, 2017 |

By Strifflers Family Funeral Homes | Posted in: Strifflers Family Funeral Homes

Joyce Audrey Sturgess, age 62 of McKeesport, died suddenly on Wednesday, November 29, 2017.  She was born June 5, 1955 in McKeesport, the daughter of the late Paul J. and Audrey Isabelle Miller Gabriel.  She was employed at Magic Creation in McKeesport. She is survived by her husband of 44 years, Paul N. Sturgess; sons, Todd Sturgess of Erie, PA, and Ryan (Mindy) Sturgess of McKeesport; grandchildren, Noah, Ella and Connor Sturgess, and McKenzie and Brooke Moody; sister, Lois Jean (Bishop William) Ilgenfritz of Kissimee, Florida; brother, Paul K. Gabriel of Texas; also nieces and nephews.

 
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George William Bradley, Sr.

November 30, 2017 |

By Strifflers Family Funeral Homes | Posted in: Strifflers Family Funeral Homes

George William Bradley, Sr., age 86 of Port Vue, died peacefully at home surrounded by his family on Thursday, November 30, 2017. He was born October 8, 1931 in Glassport, the son of the late George J. and Elizabeth Conley Bradley.

 
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Margaret Ann "Peg" Hollis

November 29, 2017 |

By Strifflers Family Funeral Homes | Posted in: Strifflers Family Funeral Homes

Margaret Ann “Peg” Hollis, died Monday, November 6, 2017. Burial was held at the National Cemetery of the Alleghenies on Tuesday, November 28, 2017. Arrangements by Hunter-Edmundson-Striffler Funeral Home, 600 Market St., McKeesport, PA 15132. Condolences may be made at www.strifflerfuneralhomes.com.

 


Theodore T. Grunwald

November 28, 2017 |

By Strifflers Family Funeral Homes | Posted in: Strifflers Family Funeral Homes

Theodore T. Grunwald, age 82 of Monessen, died Monday, November 27, 2017.  Born June 11, 1935 in Belle Vernon, he was the son of the late Joseph and Frances Walchok Grunwald, and the husband of the late Patricia Rekrut Grunwald.  He worked at Wheeling Pittsburgh Steel Corporation, Allenport Plant until he retired.

 
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Rose Marie Yuran

November 28, 2017 |

By Strifflers Family Funeral Homes | Posted in: Strifflers Family Funeral Homes

Rose Marie Yuran, age 94 of Duquesne, died Thursday, November 23, 2017. She was born August 24, 1923 in Pittsburgh, the daughter of the late Ivan and Mary Vukelja Yuran and step daughter of the late Katherine Opat Yuran.

 
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Regina H. Zahorchak

November 13, 2017 |

By Strifflers Family Funeral Homes | Posted in: Strifflers Family Funeral Homes

Regina H. (Nowicki) Zahorchak, age 91 of White Oak, died Monday, November 13, 2017. She was born October 16, 1926 in McKeesport, the daughter of the late Wiktor Florian and Lottie Tulowiecka Nowicki, and the wife of the late John F. Zahorchak. She was preceded in death by her son Dennis V. Zahorchak in 1987, the same year as her husband. She worked in retail most of her life for Murphy’s, Cox’s, and then My-Shop in Olympia Shopping Center. During the WWII she worked at Christy Park as an inspector.

 
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Mary Ann Eger

November 10, 2017 |

By Strifflers Family Funeral Homes | Posted in: Strifflers Family Funeral Homes

Mary Ann Eger, age 82 of McKeesport, died Thursday, November 9, 2017. She was born June 28, 1935 in Portsmouth, Virginia, the daughter of the late William E. and Emma Martinette Williamson. She was the wife of the late Edward F. Eger and is survived by her daughter Cynthia (Jeff) Brady of Weirton, West Virginia.

 
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