Pennsylvania Obituary and Marriage Records, 1947-2010
Ann Dumnich
Latrobe
Ann Dumnich, 80, of Latrobe, died Thursday, July 27, 2000, in IHS of Greater Pittsburgh, Hempfield Township. Born Aug. 6, 1919, in Cooperstown, Pa., she was a daughter of the late Metro and Mary I. Lesko Shafron. She was a member of St. Vincent Basilica, Latrobe, and its Rosary Altar Society. She was retired from St. Vincent Archabbey. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Michael D. Dumnich; two sisters , Mary E. Zabkar and Helen Gannon; and two brothers , Stephen and Joseph Shafron. She is survived by three sons , Michael T. Dumnich and his wife, Carla, of Latrobe, Barry W. Dumnich and his wife, Shirley, of Las Vegas, Nev., and Donald G. Dumnich and his wife, Edna, of Ligonier; a brother, Thomas Shafron and his wife, Peggy, of Baggaley; a sister, Margaret Klipa and her husband, Bronko, of Westmoreland City; six grandsons, Barry, Paul, Christopher, Stephen, Donald and Jonathan; two great-granddaughters, Madeline and Natalie; two great-grandsons, Paul Jr. and Alexander; and a number of nieces and nephews. Friends will be received from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday and Sunday in the JOHN J. LOPATICH FUNERAL HOME INC., 601 Weldon St., Latrobe. A Funeral Mass will be celebrated Monday at 10 a.m. in St. Vincent Basilica. Interment in St. Mary's Cemetery, Unity Township.
Arthur J. Gibson
Penn Hills
Arthur J. Gibson, 91, of Penn Hills, died on Thursday, July 27, 2000, in Heartland Health Center, East Liberty. He is survived by cousins and many friends. He was preceded in death by his wife, Catherine E. Gibson. There will be no visitation. Service will be at 11:00 a.m. today in Allegheny Cemetery Temple of Memories, 4734 Butler St., Pittsburgh. (Everyone please meet at the cemetery.) Arrangements by SOXMAN FUNERAL HOMES, LTD., Penn Hills.
Fausie (Hamilton) Gregory
McKees Rocks
Fausie (Hamilton) Gregory, 83, of McKees Rocks, died on Thursday, July 27, 2000. She is survived by two sons , Robert W., Donald J., and David T. Gregory; five grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Walter "Buddy" Gregory. Fausie was a member of the Local #418 Ladies Auxiliary. Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday and 12 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday at MCDERMOTT FUNERAL HOME, INC., 1225 Chartiers Ave., McKees Rocks, where a funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Monday.
John J. 'Bud' Hanka
Brookline
John J. "Bud" Hanka, of Brookline, died Thursday, July 27, 2000. He is survived by his wife, Susan (Sipa) Hanka; two daughters , Tracy Ellwood and Niccole Hanka; one son, Michael Hanka; two grandsons, Adam and Alexander; two sisters , Sylvia Getty, and Jeanne Burtost. Mr. Hanka retired from 84 Lumber Co., as a regional purchaser. Friends will be received from 8:30 a.m. to 10 a.m Saturday in the CIESLAK & TATKO FUNERAL HOME, INC., 2935 Brownsville Road, Brentwood. A funeral prayer will be at 10:00 a.m., and a Christian Funeral Mass will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday in St. Pius X Byzantine Catholic Church with Monsignor Nicholas X. Smiciklas officiating. Interment will be in Calvary Cemetery.
Marie (Zabel) Heard
Ross
Marie (Zabel) Heard, of Ross, on Tuesday, July 25, 2000. Beloved wife for 47 years of Norman G. Heard. mother of Janet H. Carnot and her husband, Claude, of France and Deborah H. Frazee and her husband, Phil, of Oregon. Grandmother of Julien P. and Fanny V. Carnot. Sister of Irene K. Williams and William A. Zabel. Also survived by nieces and nephews. Friends receives 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday and Sunday in the HEARD FUNERAL HOME INC., 4047 Perrysville Ave., Observatory Hill. Services Monday in the Northmont United Presbyterian Church, 8169 Perry Highway (McCandless), at 11 a.m. Please meet at church. Family suggests memorials to the Passavant Hospital Foundation, 9100 Babcock Blvd., Pittsburgh, PA 15237.
Frank Kofile
McKeesport
Frank Kofile, 83, of McKeesport, died Thursday, July 27, 2000, in the Senior Care Plaza, McKeesport. Born in Trauger, Feb. 23, 1917, he was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Michael Kofile. He was the husband of the late Alice Radvansky Kofile. He is survived by a son, Frank G. Kofile and his wife, Rebecca, of Lewisville, Texas ; and a grandson. He was a loader in the shipping department of the National Works, USX. He was a former member of St. Nicholas Byzantine Catholic Church. Visitation at HUNTER-EDMUNDSON-STRIFFLER, 600 Market St., McKeesport, Sunday from 7 to 9 p.m. and Monday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Parastas service Monday at 8 p.m. A memorial service will be held Tuesday at 9 a.m. in the funeral home. An Order of Christian Burial at 9:30 a.m. at St. Nicholas Byzantine Catholic Church with Father John Cucarro as celebrant. Interment is in Mt. St. Macrina Cemetery, Uniontown.
Robert Lloyd
Herminie
Robert "Bob" Lloyd, 78, of Madison Road, Herminie, died Wednesday, July 26, 2000, at his home. He was born April 25, 1922, in Madison, a son of the late Frank and Mayme (Mitchell) Lloyd. Prior to his retirement, Bob was employed by Westinghouse Semi-Conductor in Youngwood as a heating and air conditioning maintenance technician. He was a World War II veteran, having served in the U.S. Army Air Corps with the 448th Bomb Group. He flew 34 bombing missions over Germany and France and, among other honors, received two Purple Hearts, a Distinguished Flying Cross and an Air Medal. Bob's memberships included the Madison United Methodist Church, Shidle Lodge #601 F&AM, Tall Cedars of Lebanon Westmoreland Forest #77, Syria Temple of Pittsburgh, Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite Valley of Pittsburgh, also the Eighth Air Force Historical Society, Western Pa. Wing, Herminie VFW Post #8427, Herminie L.O.O.M. Lodge #1604 and the Jacktown Ride & Hunt Club. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his brother, Kenneth Lloyd. Mr. Lloyd, "Bob," is survived by his wife of 46 years, Josephine "Jody" (Pekar) Lloyd; a brother, James "Ike" Lloyd and his wife, Ann, of Acme; a sister, Helen Arnold and her husband, Frank, of Madison; a brother-in-law, Charles Pekar of North Huntingdon; a sister-in-law, Mary Stravasnik of Herminie; and numerous nieces and nephews. Friends will be received at the JOSEPH W. NICKELS FUNERAL HOME INC., Herminie, Saturday from 7 to 9 p.m. and Sunday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Funeral services will be held Monday at 11 a.m. in the Madison United Methodist Church with Pastor Robert K. Moffat officiating. Interment with military honors accorded by the Greensburg VFW Post #33 Honor Guard will follow in the Madison Union Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, please make memorials to the Madison United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 86, 142 Main St., Madison, PA 15663. The Shidle Lodge #601 F&AM will meet for services Saturday at 8 p.m. and the Herminie VFW Post #8427 will meet for services Sunday at 8 p.m., both in the funeral home.
Jay Todd Mellon
Ambridge
Jay Todd Mellon, 23, of Ambridge, died Wednesday, July 26, 2000. Survivors include his mother , Clare Lewis Phillips; his stepfather, Kenneth Paul Lewis; his grandparents, James and Agnes Schratz Phillips and Martha Mellon; a stepgrandmother, Madeleine Lewis; a brother, Aaron Scott Mellon; and two stepbrothers, Kenneth Paul Lewis II and Charles Nicholas Lewis. Friends will be received from 2 p.m. until services at 7 p.m. Saturday at O'BRIEN'S FUNERAL HOME, 3724 California Ave., North Side. Burial is private. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial be made to FOR Center, McKees Rocks, PA 15136.
Mary Lou (Belamarich) Mullins
Ross
Mary Lou Belamarich Mullins, 64, of Ross, died Friday, July 28, 2000, in UPMC Passavant, McCandless. Born Nov. 21, 1935, in Pittsburgh, she was the daughter of the late Christopher and Mary Belamarich. Mrs. Mullins was a homemaker. She was a member of St. Sebastian Roman Catholic Church, Ross, and its choir. She also was a member of the Croatian Fraternal Union Lodge 4. Survivors include her former husband, Malcolm "Moon" Mullins; two daughters , Alison Schreiber of Ohio and Linsey Bellan of Warrendale; a son, John Mullins of Mars; a brother, Joseph Belamarich of Shaler; two sisters , Mildred Schriver of Indiana Township and Dorothy Snyder of Cecil; and eight grandchildren. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a sister, Gloria Skoff. Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday and Sunday in the T.B. DEVLIN FUNERAL HOME, 806 Perry Highway, Ross. Christian Funeral Mass will be at 10 a.m. Monday in St. Sebastian Roman Catholic Church, Ross. Burial will in St. Mary's Cemetery, O'Hara. Memorial contributions can be made to St. Sebastian Church Spark of Hope or the American Cancer Society.
Jean Daood Parks
Butler
Jean Daood Parks, 72, of Penn, died Tuesday, July 25, 2000, in UPMC Passavant, McCandless. Born Dec. 23, 1927, in Pittsburgh, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Anna Ellis Daood. Mrs. Parks was employed by the Allegheny County Department of Health as a secretary to the director for thirty one years until her retirement in 1986. She was a member of the St. Catherine of Sweden Roman Catholic Church, Hampton. Survivors include her husband, Dr. Walter S. Parks; a stepson, Walter "Steve" Parks Jr. of East Longmeadow, Mass.; four sisters , Mae, Betty, and Vivian Daood of Charlotte, N.C., and Susan Zischkau of Orlando, Fla.; and two brothers , Jeffrey Daood of Rochester, Minn., and John Daood of Shaler. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by three brothers , Peter, David, and Edward Daood. A memorial mass will be 9:30 a.m. Thursday, August 3, 2000, in St. Catherine of Sweden Roman Catholic Church, West Hardies Road, Hampton, with Father Regis Farmer officiating. The family will greet guests at the church starting at 9 a.m. Arrangements are by HERBERT R. KING JR. FUNERAL HOME INC., Route 8 at 2841 Woodland Circle, Hampton.
Floyd Eugene Reeves
Deer Lake, Chalk Hill
Formerly of Marianna
Floyd Eugene Reeves, 61, of Deer Lake, Chalk Hill, formerly of Marianna, died Friday, July 28, 2000, at his home. He was born Sept. 27, 1938, in Marianna, a son of the late James and Marjorie Barr Reeves. In addition to his parents, he was predeceased by his son, Richard Eugene Reeves. Surviving are his wife, JoAnn Lambert Reeves; and these children, Tammy Haun and husband, Jason, of Farrell, Sandy Foster of Hawaii, Harry Good of Waynesburg and Ralph Good of Florida; five granddaughters, Shana Reeves, Candy Good, Melissa Good, Tamela Foster and Holly Good; four grandsons, Harry Good, Michael Foster, Tim Foster and Sean Good; two sisters , Madeline Nelson and husband, Robert, of Indiana, Pa., and Mona Barr and husband, Frank, of McKees Rocks; and a brother, James Reeves and wife, Carol, of Washington , Pa. Mr. Reeves was a graduate of West Bethlehem School District in 1956. He worked for Bethlehem mines and R&P Coal for 18 long years. He was a veteran serving with the U.S. Army. Friends will be received in the DONALD R. CRAWFORD FUNERAL HOME, Hopwood, Sunday from noon to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. and Monday until 11 a.m., the hour of the service. Interment will be in Horn Cemetery, Marianna.
