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Erin Marie (Pittman) Koontz

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Obituaries | The Tube City Almanac | January 30, 2016

Erin Marie (Pittman) Koontz, age 44 of Clairton, passed away on Friday, January 29, 2016 in Jefferson Hospital.  Born February 1, 1971 in McKeesport, Erin was the daughter of Sylvia (Piatek) Pittman of Clairton and the late Harry Pittman.

An office manager for Magnotti and Sons Fireplace and Patio Place in Pittsburgh who also worked at the SkyVue Restaurant in West Mifflin, Erin was a parishioner at St. Clare of Assisi in Clairton who also earned her associate's degree in Business.  Erin loved being the active mother of a young athlete and was very involved with Clairton youth sports.  She was the homecoming and prom queen at Clairton High School and loved to travel and dance, even dreaming of owning her own dance studio one day.  Besides being survived by her mother, she was the loving wife of Brian T. Koontz, loving mother of Taafe Randall Koontz, and was the loving sister of Scott (Linda) Pittman of Elizabeth Twp. and Craig (Lora) Pittman of Jefferson Hills.  She is also survived by her aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces, nephews, father-and-mother-in-law Melvin and Judy Long of Clairton, and mother-in-law Delta Koontz of Donegal.  Besides her father, she was preceded in death by her father-in-law Randall Koontz, Sr. and grandmother and grandfather Mary and Joseph Piatek.  Friends will be received in the A.J. Bekavac Funeral Home, 555 5th. St., Clairton, PA 15025 (412-233-5700) on Monday, February 1, 2016 from 12 to 4 PM and 6 to 9 PM.  A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Tuesday, February 2, 2016 at 1 PM in St. Clare of Assisi Church.  Procession and burial will follow to Jefferrson Memorial Park in Pleasant Hills.  Memorial contributions in Erin's name should be made in c/o the Koontz family to be used for Clairton's many youth sports programs.  www.bekavacfuneralhome.com  

Originally published January 30, 2016.

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