All Obituaries

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)...

BETTY  (KELLY)  CASTO   Betty M. Casto, age 86, formerly of West Mifflin, Pennsylvania died on Tuesday, April 30, 2019.  She was born Betty Marie Kelly on September 11, 1932 in the Coal Valley area of Allegheny County (today Jefferson Hills Borough), Pennsylvania.  Betty was one of five children of Willis Maine Kelly and Wilma Blanche (Allen) Kelly.  She worked and retired from the Central Intelligence Agency of the United States Government.   In...

BONETIA (HALL) WOLFE          Bonetia Wolfe, age 91, died on Easter Sunday, April 21, 2019.  She was born in Kittanning, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Bonetia Sara Hall on June 6, 1927 one of three children of Ward Hall and Iola (Roofner) Hall Wolff.   Bonetia grew up in Kittanning and attended Kittanning High School.  After marrying Raymond Clair Wolfe they eventually moved to Jefferson Borough, now Jefferson Hills Borough, where they raised...

KATHLEEN (RUFFING) YAKSICK   Alma “Kathleen” Yaksick, age 87, passed away at her home in Elizabeth Township, Pennsylvania on Tuesday, April 16, 2019 with family by her side.  She was born Alma Kathleen Ruffing on February 16, 1932 in Clairton, Pennsylvania, one of seven children of Leonard C. and Emma P. (Bildhauser) Ruffing.    She was a graduate of Clairton High School in 1950; worked for Westinghouse and Firth Loach and was a member of the St....

AL  THOMAS Alexander “Al” Thomas, formerly of Pleasant Hills Borough in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, passed away peacefully with his family by his side on Thursday, April 11, 2019 at Providence Point, a retirement community in Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania.     Al was born in 1925 one of two children of Alessandro and Anna Marie (Godderz) Thomas in Brownsville, Pennsylvania.  Upon graduating from Monongahela High School in Monongahela, Pennsylvania in 1943,...

VIRGINIA  “JEAN”  LLOYD   Virginia “Jean” Lloyd, age 88 ½ years young of West Elizabeth, Pennsylvania, passed away on Tuesday, April 9, 2019 with her loving family by her side. She was born October 7, 1930 in McKeesport, Pennsylvania, one of eight children of William and Olive (Caruthers) Grimes. Virginia was a homemaker who loved her family very much, and looked forward to spending every possible Saturday with her daughter, Lori, going...

AUDREY (MILLER) OSKIN          Audrey E. Oskin, age 88 went to be with our LORD on Sunday, April 7, 2019.  She was born Audrey Elizabeth Miller on September 16, 1930 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, one of ten children of Charles Jacob Miller and Mathilda Ursula (Schmidt) Miller.  Audrey was a life-long resident of Pleasant Hills Borough in Pittsburgh and a life-long member of the Pleasant Hills Community Presbyterian Church        In...

    JAMES R. HARVEY     James Regis Harvey, age 88 of Clairton, Pennsylvania, died on Friday, March 29, 2019.  He was born in West Elizabeth, Pennsylvania on October 7, 1930 a son of Frederick and Ora (Penn) Harvey.  James worked for US Steel at the Clairton Works as a Supervisor; he loved to golf and spend time with his wife, Fannie.     He was preceded in death by his parents and is survived by his wife of 66 years, Philomena...

RUSSELL JOSEPH SMITH        Russell Smith, age 78 of Elizabeth Township, Pennsylvania passed away on Wednesday, March 13, 2019.  He was born on August 10, 1940 in Sidman, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, one of sixteen children of Vincent Joseph Smith and Regina (McConnell) Smith.        Russell was a Sergeant in the U. S. Airforce during the early 1960’s at the time of the Cuban Missile Crisis; worked for over 50 years at the...