Obituaries

Shirley Armbrust

Mar 7, 2013

Shirley A. Armbrust, 75 of Greensburg, passed away, Thursday, March 7, 2013 in New Haven Court. She was born May 9, 1937 in Greensburg, daughter of the late John and Ann (Redish) Utzman. Shirley was a retired second grade teacher for Penn Trafford School District. She was a member of Blessed Sacrament Cathedral in Greensburg. Besides her parents, Shirley was...

Raymond Davis

Mar 5, 2013

Raymond A. Davis, 81 of Mt. Pleasant, died peacefully at his home, Tuesday, March 5, 2013. Ray was born March 20, 1931 in Latrobe. He was a WWII Army veteran and retired from Teledyne Vasco in Latrobe. Ray was a member of the Hempfield Church of Christ in Greensburg. He loved golf, westerns, and spending time with his family and...

Nancy Veitch

Feb 23, 2013

Nancy M. Hoyle Veitch, 84 of Greensburg, passed away Saturday February 23, 2013 at her home.

She was born on 1/24/1929 in Greensburg and was the daughter of the late Harold and Grace Repp Hoyle.

Nancy was a member of the First Reformed United Church of Christ in Greensburg. She enjoyed her bridge playing ,...

Dorothy Rohrbacher

Feb 21, 2013

Dorothy Rae Rohrbacher , 91 of New Stanton formerly of Greensburg passed away on Thursday Feb. 21, 2013 in Greensburg.She was the daughter of the late Livingston W. and Margaret Steele Rae. Dorothy was the loving wife of 60 years to Ralph C. Rohrbacher . She and Ralph were blessed with three children, Pamela (Richard) Youhouse of Hopewell Twp., Gary...

Sondra Lettrich

Feb 12, 2013

Dr. Sondra D. Lettrich, 72 of Greensburg, PA passed away on Tuesday Feb. 12, 2013 She was born Aug. 15, 1940 in New Eagle Pa to the late Frank and Margret Dragone. She was a graduate of Monongahela High school and held: B.S., Penn State University, Elementary Education, Speech and Hearing; M.Ed., University of Pittsburgh, Special Education (Deaf Education); Ph.D.,...

David Wentzel

Feb 11, 2013

David Daniel Wentzel, 87 of Greensburg, passed away on Monday, February 11, 2013 in UPMC Presbyterian Hospital. He was born December 23, 1925 in Youngwood, and was the son of the late Alfred H.and Gladys Hoyle Wentzel . Dan served in the Navy during WW II aboard the USS Dufilho. He was a retired freight conductor with the Conrail Railroad....

Earl Vogt

Feb 8, 2013

Earl V. Vogt , 87 of Jeannette passed away on Friday February 8, 2013 in the Excela Westmoreland Hospital. .

He was born on June 6, 1925 in Greensburg and was the son of the late Arthur and Bertha Vogt.

Earl was a retired employee of the Elliott Corp .in Jeannette and a member of...

William Jameson Sr

Feb 6, 2013

William G. Jameson, Sr., 91, of Greensburg, died on February 6, 2013. Born in Pittsburgh on October 15, 1921, he was the son of John H. and Margaret (Rock) Jameson. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by brothers John Jameson and James Jameson. He is survived by his wife of 67 years, Janny Beck Jameson three...

Wanda Loutsenhizer

Feb 3, 2013

Wanda Verwelst Noble Loutsenhizer, 49 of Irwin, passed away, Sunday, February 3, 2013 in UPMC Presbyterian Hospital. She was born February 5, 1963 in Ligonier and was the daughter of Clarence Edward Verwelst of Latrobe and the late Thressa Pearl Carns Verwelst . Besides her father, Wanda is survived by her son, William Scott Noble III, a brother, Edward Verwelst...

Tamela Trauth

Jan 27, 2013

Tamela Jo Trauth, 37, of Greensburg, passed away Sunday, January 27, 2013 in Westmoreland Hospital, Greensburg. Tamie was born April 13, 1975 in Greensburg, PA, daughter of Rebecca Marie Velasco Trauth and the late Thomas Jacob Trauth. Tamie moved to Daytona, FL in 1999. There she studied and graduated in 2004 from Embry Riddle Aeronautical University with a BASCE Bachelors...

Betty Appleby

Jan 26, 2013

Betty G. Appleby, 96, of Greensburg, passed away peacefully on Saturday, January 26, 2013 at Redstone Highlands, Greensburg. She was born April 14, 1916 in Greensburg, a daughter of the late John A. and Lucy Murray George, Sr. She was a graduate of Greensburg High School, Class of 1934 and her yearbook, the Brown and White best described this beautiful...

M. Altman

Jan 26, 2013

M. Blanche Altman 78,formerly of Greensburg, PA passed away on Saturday, January 26, 2013. Born January 26, 1935 in Export PA. She was the 12th child out of 13 to the late Joseph and Matilda Stover Glunt. She will be laid to rest beside her husband, James E. Altman, Sr. and her son, James Altman, Jr. Mrs. Altman retired with...

Eileen Johnson

Jan 21, 2013

Eileen B. Johnson, of Greensburg, PA, died on January 21, 2013. She is survived by her husband, Russell and her two younger brothers, Terence Beck, of New York, NY and David Beck, of Warren, NJ. She is also survived by her father and mother in law, Bill and Ann Johnson of Salem, WV, her sister and brother in law, Carol...

Charles Dozois

Jan 20, 2013

Charles Louis Dozois, 88, of Greensburg, died Sunday afternoon, January 20, 2013 at Hempfield Manor Nursing Home, where he had been undergoing physical therapy resulting from a recent hospital stay. He was born October 16, 1924 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, the son of the late Harold and Bertha Holtz Dozois. Prior to his retirement in 1989, he was a contracts...

David Pletcher

Jan 12, 2013

VISITATION: Kepple-Graft Funeral Home Thursday from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 PM SERVICE: Thursday 8 PM in funeral home

Mary Herrington

Jan 9, 2013

Mary Byers Herrington (Mrs. Edgar Paul Herrington Jr.) died peacefully Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013, in her sleep at her home in Williamsburg, Va. A lifelong resident of Greensburg, Mrs. Herrington moved to Williamsburg with her husband in June 2012. Mrs. Herrington was born Feb. 11, 1925, in Greensburg, to Mary and H.A. Byers. Her father was a Greensburg businessman who...

Clair Mcelhinny

Jan 4, 2013

Proud Korean War Veteran and G.C. Murphy Company Executive Passes Clair Arthur McElhinny, 84, of Mooresville, NC and formerly of Greensburg, PA, died peacefully on Friday, January 4th, 2013, at the Levine and Dickson Hospice House in Huntersville, NC. He was born to the late Clair J. and Dorothy Reese McElhinny on August 3, 1928 in McKeesport, PA. He was...

John Turnbull

Jan 1, 2013

John (J.D.) Turnbull, 49 of Greensburg, passed away, Tuesday, January 1, 2013 at his home. He was born July 22, 1963 in Reading, and was the son of J. Donald and Jean (Kreider) Turnbull of Greensburg . J.D. was a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh and a member of the Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Greensburg. Most...

Ann Miller

Dec 31, 2012

Ann Louise Hill Miller, 86 of Greensburg, passed away, Monday, December 31, 2012 in Excela Westmoreland Hospital. She was born January 19, 1926 in Greensburg and was the daughter of the late Russell and Katherine (Waugaman) Hill. She had a passion and talent for music which provided her with the opportunity to be a member of the Mendelssohn Choir in...

Pratibha Mehta

Dec 30, 2012

Pratibha Gautam Mehta, 63, of Greensburg, PA, passed away Sunday, December 30 at her home in Greensburg. She is survived by her husband, Gautam Ishwarlal Mehta, and her children, Rahul Mehta, Nishi Langhorne, and Vinay Mehta. She is also survived by her son-in-law Daren Langhorne, her daughters-in-law Anjana Mehta and Ami Mehta, and her three grandsons Ajay Langhorne, Neal Langhorne,...