Joan Nickoloff

Joan B. Nickoloff, 72, of Greensburg, died Saturday, Feb. 28, 2015, in UPMC Shadyside. She was born Sept. 15, 1942, a daughter of the late Louis and Helen Black Slaipoh. Joan was the CFO of Fotorecord Print Center, Greensburg. Previously, she had worked at JC Penney in the accounting department and as a Realtor for Hammill-Quinlan Realty Co., both in Pittsburgh. Joan was a member of Blessed Sacrament Cathedral, Greensburg, and was a volunteer at Cathedral Grade School, now known as Aquinas Academy. She is survived by her husband, George P. Nickoloff; son, Paul Nickoloff and wife, Diane, of North Huntingdon; a sister, Bertha Brown, of Winston-Salem, N.C.; a brother, Louis Slaipoh, of Florida; a niece, Jeanne Brown, of Southport, N.C.; and a nephew, Dr. Stephen Brown, of Dinwiddie, Va. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her daughter, Kari Nickoloff. Family will receive friends from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at KEPPLE-GRAFT FUNERAL HOME INC., 524 N. Main St., Greensburg. Private prayers of transfer will be recited at 9 a.m. Wednesday in the funeral home, followed by her funeral Mass at 9:30 a.m. in Blessed Sacrament Cathedral. (Please, everyone go directly to church.) Entombment will be held at noon at Jefferson Memorial Cemetery, Pittsburgh. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, Western Pennsylvania and West Virginia Chapter, River Walk Corporate Centre, 333 E. Carson St., Suite 441E, Pittsburgh, PA 15219 (Please mark donations, Research Only). For more information and online condolences, please visit www.kepplegraft.com.




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