All Obituaries

MILDRED  (SIPPOS)  TOMKO        Mildred “Millie” Tomko, age 94, a 7 year resident of Mt. Vernon of Elizabeth Personal Care Home in Elizabeth Township, Pennsylvania, died there on Wednesday, July 3, 2019.  Millie, formerly of West Mifflin, Pennsylvania, was born one of seven children of Stephen J. and Mary Magdeline (Urban) Sippos in Homestead, Pennsylvania on August 19, 1924.   Millie served in the United States Navy during World War II...

  MICHAEL  "MICK"  KEARNS        Michael “Mick” Kearns, age 70 of Pleasant Hills, Pennsylvania, passed away suddenly, from cardiac issues, at his home on Monday, June 17, 2019.  He was born April 25, 1949 Michael Charles Kearns, one of five children of William Michael Kearns and Gervase Mary (Hegerly) Kearns.        Mick entered the US Coast Guard in Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan with his best...

WILLIAM  BACCILE        William Baccile, age 90 of Jefferson Hills, Pennsylvania died on Wednesday, June 12, 2019.  He was born on April 9, 1929 one of three children of Michael and Mary (De John) Baccile in Vandergrift, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.  Bill was a U.S. Army Veteran during the period after World War II and into the early stages of the Korean Conflict.        He was preceded in death by his parents, both of his...

     RUTH  (HOWARD)  MANSOUR      Ruth Mansour, age 93, of Johnstown, Pennsylvania earned her wings by her loving daughter’s side and with her faithful canine companion, Sadie, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on June 11, 2019.  Ruth was born in Johnstown on May 26, 1926 the daughter of Daniel and Edith (Makin) Howard.  In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Eli “Cy” Mansour in...

  DAVID A. LOHR     David A. Lohr, age 78, of Elrama in Union Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania, died on Saturday, June 8, 2019 after a long illness.  He was born on April 26, 1941 and raised in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, one of two children of W. Noel Lohr and Virginia Iona (Lantz) Lohr.   Dave owned a Honda Motorcycle Shop for several years in Waynesburg.  He also operated a dragline for various mining companies, a job he loved; and finished his...

Nancy (Danklef) Whitfield                 Nancy Whitfield, age 71, of Jefferson Hills, Pennsylvania, passed away on Friday, June 7, 2019. She was born April 5, 1948, 1 of 3 children of the late Charles and Laura Danklef. She was a member of Olivet Presbyterian Church in West Elizabeth, Pennsylvania.               Loving wife of A. Wayne Whitfield; mother of Chip...

  DONNA MARIE (BUCHES) WINTER   Donna died Saturday, June 1, 2019 after an eight year battle with ovarian cancer. She was born on her Grandma's birthday, March 28, 1959. Donna was the daughter of Ruth Buches and the late Walter Buches. She was the loving wife for 29 years to Michael Winter and loving mother to Adam and Hannah Winter. She was the sister of Dorothy Zewe, Gregory (Rita) Buches, Lawrence (Linda) Buches and the late Diane Ferrari. She was also loved by many...

JOHN  YASKO         John Michael Yasko, age 53, of the Dravosburg / West Mifflin, Pennsylvania area, passed away in his sleep on Wednesday, May 29, 2019.  He was born on August 30, 1965 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, one of three children of George Frank Yasko and Carol Hilda (Graham) Yasko.         John graduated from West Mifflin South High School in 1983; was a U. S. Marine Veteran and worked for Holtec International in...

JAMES A. BUCK       James Allen Buck, age 92, of West Mifflin, Pennsylvania, passed away on Wednesday, May 8, 2019.  He was born on May 3, 1927 in Gallitzin, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, one of fifteen children of John and Lucy (Litzinger) Buck.         Jim was a U. S. Army Veteran of the Korean War; he retired from US Steel’s Irvin Works in West Mifflin and had worked for the West Mifflin Volunteer Fire Company #...

James G. Succop                 James Gilbert Succop, age 62 of Jefferson Hills, Pennsylvania, peacefully passed away on Monday, May 6, 2019 at Paramount Senior Living in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.  Jim was born on February 19, 1957, in Pittsburgh, 1 of 11 children of the late William Gilbert and Gladys Marie (Deering)...