Obituaries

Oct 23, 2009

Don Orvosh, 71 of Greensburg, Pa., passed away Friday, October 23, 2009 in Akron Hospice Care Center. He was born Wednesday, August 10, 1938 in Indianola, Son of the late Andrew and Celia J. Orvosh. Don was a retired senior process engineer for the former Volkswagen Corp. in East Huntington Twp. He was a member of St. Vincent Basilica and...

Oct 22, 2009

Neil E. Shellhammer, 86 of Greensburg, passed away Thursday, October 22, 2009 in Latrobe Regional Health and Rehab. Center. He was born Saturday, January 20, 1923 in Apollo, Son of the late Carlton and Mabel Shellhammer. Neil had served in the US Coast Guard during WW II abroad an LST in the South Pacific and was a Lifetime member of...

Oct 22, 2009

Betty Jean Tennant, 88 of Vicksburg, Mississippi, formerly of Greensburg, Pennsylvania, passed away Thursday, October 22, 2009 in Vicksburg . She was born April 14, 1921 in Fairmont, W Va., a Daughter of the late Camden H. and Betty Nichols Bartlett. Early in life, she was a secretary for Monongalia Power Co. in Fairmont, WV. She married Don Tennant in...

Oct 21, 2009

John S. Myers, 78 of Greensburg, formerly of Ligonier passed away Wednesday, October 21, 2009 at his home. He was born April 29, 1931 in Washington, PA, a Son of the late John W. and Margaret (Seaman) Myers. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Greensburg and was vice president of the Westmoreland Jazz Society and...

Oct 18, 2009

Mary Loughner Burkart, 86 of Greensburg, passed away Saturday, October 17, 2009 in St Anne Home. She was born Sunday, April 1, 1923 in Jeannette, Daughter of the late Ralph E. and Marie P. Loughner. Mary was a member of Blessed Sacrament Cathedral and was a retired employee for the City of Greensburg Tax Office . She was preceded in...

Oct 10, 2009

Diane E. Guidas, 54 of Latrobe, passed away Saturday, October 10, 2009 in Presbyterian University Hospital, in Pittsburgh.. She was born Monday, July 18, 1955 in Latrobe, Daughter of the late Edward and Dolores Duffey Guidas. Diane was a member of St. Vincent Basilica and the bereavemnt committee of the church. Surviving are her Daughter, Antoinette Blair and husband...

Oct 8, 2009

Kathryn Marie Sullivan, 87 of Greensburg, formerly of Greenfield passed away Thursday, October 8, 2009 in Excela Westmoreland Hospital. She was born Thursday, August 24, 1922 in LaBelle, Daughter of the late Paul and Kathryn Nagy Kuty. Kathryn was retired from the Accounting dept. for Duquesne Light Co. . She was preceded in death besides her parents by her husband,...

Oct 6, 2009

Mary Lou Brady, 67 of Greensburg, passed away Monday, October 5, 2009 in Greensburg. She was born December 3, 1941 in McKeesport, a Daughter of the late Andrew and Mary Stroka. Mary Lou graduated from the Divine Redeemer Academy in Elizabeth Township. She worked at Cox's in McKeesport and Bell Telephone before becoming a housewife and taking an active roll...

Oct 1, 2009

Betty Jane Snyder, 82 of Greensburg, passed away Thursday, October 1, 2009 in Redstone Highlands. She was born November 12, 1926 in Columbus, Ohio, a daughter of the late Charles H. and Rosa P. (Norman) Bradford. She was a member and deacon of the First Presbyterian Church in Greensburg. Betty was very active in many Church organizations and was a...

Sep 30, 2009

William Charles Guyker, Jr., 76 of Greensburg, passed away September 29, 2009 in Excela Westmoreland Hospital. He was born August 21, 1933 in Donora, a Son of the late William C. Sr. and Mary (Kurylak) Guyker. Bill was a professional electrical engineer, researcher and a graduate from MIT, class of 1959. He had held various engineering positions with Allegheny Power...

Sep 23, 2009

Dr. Richard E. Raizman, of Ligonier passed away early Tuesday morning, September 22nd after a long and valiant battle with cancer. Dr. Raizman, a gastroenterologist, loved his work and his patients; he loved his family, his daughter Dr. Emma J. Raizman, his son Dr. Noah M, Raizman and his wife of 42 years, Dorothy L. Raizman, all of whom were...

Sep 14, 2009

Loretta V. Rowe, 94 of Greensburg, passed away Sunday, September 13, 2009 in Bethlen Home, Ligonier.

She was born August 18, 1915 in Jeannete, a Daughter of the late Lemuel R. and Marie I. (Everson) Stevenson.

She was a faithful Christian and formerly attended the Baptist Church in Southwest Greensburg.

In addition to...

Sep 14, 2009

Donna Brashear Kier, 66, of Greensburg PA and Charleston SC, fell asleep peacefully to be with the Lord on Monday, September 14, 2009. Donna was a faithful member of the Maplewood Presbyterian Church, where she was Circle Chairman and served as a deacon and an elder. Before her retirement, she worked devotedly at Smail Auto Group in various positions for...

Sep 14, 2009

Betty H. Freed, 85 of Greensburg, passed away Sunday September 13, 2009 in Excela Jeannette Hospital.

Betty was born October 19, 1923 in Mt. Pleasant, a Daughter of the late Chester P. and Mary K. Hart.

She was a member of First United Methodist Church of Greensburg and was a graduate of Ramsay High School...

Sep 13, 2009

Glenda A. Paxton, 70 of Latrobe, passed away, Saturday, September 12, 2009 in Excela Health Westmoreland Hospital, Greensburg. She was born April 8, 1939 in Greensburg a daughter of the late Glenn and Elizabeth Gwynn Bush.

She was a graduate of Greensburg Salem High School and was formerly employed by Volkswagen, New Stanton. Most recently, she had...

Sep 10, 2009

Alma C. (Backus) Palmer, 84 of South Greensburg, Passed away , September 10, 2009 in RNC of greater Pittsburgh in Greensburg.She was born September 15, 1924 in Jeannette and was the Daughter of the late Frank and Leatha (Beaver) Backus.She was a member of First United Church of Christ, Greensburg, and the North Hempfield VFD Ladys Auxiliary. Alma enjoyed singing...

Sep 7, 2009

Dorothy A. Weyandt, 83 of Greensburg, passed away Monday, September 7, 2009 in Excela Westmoreland Hospital.

She was born November 6, 1925 in Herminie, a Daughter of the late Walter and Elizabeth Christner.

She was a member of the Church of the Brethren in Southwest Greensburg.

In addition to her parents she was...

Aug 31, 2009

Mary Jane Armstrong, 78, of Greensburg passed away Monday, August 31, 2009. She was born on October 4, 1930 in Bradford, PA, daughter of the late Charles and Marion O'Neil. She was a graduate of Bradford Area Senior High School. Mary was a mother and homemaker in addition to having worked at Volkswagen Westmoreland. Mary is survived by husband Philip...

Aug 26, 2009

Anne Marie (Kravanja) Hild, 97 of Greensburg, passed away on August 26, 2009 in Excela Health Westmoreland Hospital, Greensburg, PA.Born March 25, 1912 in Gladbeck ( Essen) Germany, she was the daughter of the late John and Kristina (Fleiss) Kravanja. Anne Marie was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Greensburg. She was a devoted wife and loving...

Aug 12, 2009

Charles Harmer "Chick" Trafford, educator and the latest in a line of family owners of Greensburg's Peterson Handwriting system, passed away Wednesday following a long illness at the age of 75. Trafford was born in Greensburg on August 4, 1934, and lived in Manasquan, N.J., and attended college in Greensboro, N.C., prior to returning to western Pennsylvania in 1956 to...