Obituaries

Dec 1, 2012

William A. Kovalcik Sr., 80, of Latrobe (Unity Township), died Saturday, Dec. 1, 2012, in Excela Health Latrobe Hospital. Born July 27, 1932, in Latrobe, he was a son of the late John and Anna Cernance Kovalcik. Prior to retirement, he was a machinist for Elliott Co. He was a member of Holy Family Roman Catholic Church, Lloydsville Firemen's...

Oct 20, 2012

William Dale Aukerman, 82, of Unity Township, died Saturday, Oct. 20, 2012, in Excela Health Latrobe Hospital. Born Sept. 26, 1930, in Pleasant Unity, he was a son of the late Ira "Pete" and Lillian (Bronson) Aukerman. He was a member of St. Vincent Basilica Parish. Prior to retirement, he had been employed as a bricklayer by Latrobe Steel...

Oct 13, 2012

Barbara A. Grimm, 60, of Latrobe, died Saturday, Oct. 13, 2012, at home. She was born May 1, 1952, a daughter of the late Anthony Todaro and Anna Nalevanko. She was an artist/cake decorator/worked at Dairy Queen. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by several aunts and uncles. She is survived by her husband, Dennis...

Oct 3, 2012

Brett Alan Lloyd, 26, of Latrobe passed away Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012, at his home. Born April 20, 1986, in Latrobe, he was a son of Douglas Eric Lloyd and Renee R. (Bollinger) Lloyd. Brett was a published poet, enjoyed gardening, movies, music and his fish. He was preceded in death by his maternal grandfather, Carl R. Bollinger Sr.;...

Oct 1, 2012

Mary Crusan, 88, of Latrobe passed away at Monday, Oct. 1, 2012, at Loyalhanna Care Center, Derry Township. She was born March 8, 1924, a daughter of the late Charles Gronsky and Josephine Kopetsky Demase. Mary was a dishwasher at William Penn Tavern, until she married and started a family, when she took on the most important job of...

Sep 24, 2012

Martha F. Kozesky - 90, of Latrobe died Monday, September 24, 2012. Services and internment will be private.

Sep 18, 2012

Virginia S. Griffin, 93, of Latrobe, died Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2012, at Excela Health Latrobe Hospital. She was born Dec. 22, 1918, in Youngstown, a daughter of the late Hugh Shirey and Bertha (Marks) Shirey. Virginia retired from Teledyne Vasco with 41 years of service. She was a member of Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, honorary life member of the...

Sep 6, 2012

Donald T. Pynos Sr., 70, of Latrobe, died Thursday, Sept. 6, 2012, in UPMC Shadyside. He was born July 23, 1942, in Latrobe, a son of the late Theodore Frank Pynos and Anna (Goodman) Pynos. He was a member of St. Rose Roman Catholic Church. He was a Navy veteran. Prior to his retirement, he was employed as a...

Aug 12, 2012

At Rhoda's request, all services were private.

Aug 7, 2012

Betty I. Hayden Ruby, 88, of Latrobe passed away Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012, in Excela Health Latrobe Hospital. Born Nov. 22, 1923, in Peanut (Derry Township), she was a daughter of the late Peter and Elizabeth (Dando) Hayden. Prior to her retirement, she was a cook for the Mozart House. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in...

Jul 30, 2012

George Vucish Latrobe George Vucish, 93, of Latrobe, died Monday, July 30, 2012, at Excela Health Latrobe Hospital. He was born April 3, 1919, in Crabtree, a son of the late Rada Vucish and Lena Katuch. An Army veteran of World War II, George retired from Latrobe Steel and was a licensed Pennsylvania auctioneer. He was a member of...

Jul 24, 2012

Dorothy "Dee-Dee" Holden, 83, of Latrobe, entered into eternal peace Tuesday, July 24, 2012, at home. Born July 25, 1928, in Latrobe, she was a daughter of the late William (Ben) Stouffer and Mildred A. (Johnson) Stouffer. She was a devout homemaker to her family. Dorothy's hobbies that gave her joy when she was younger were taking care of...

Jul 12, 2012

Betty J. (Stadler) Felbaum, 86, of Ligonier, formerly of Youngstown, passed away Thursday, July 12, 2012, at home. Born June 24, 1926, in Latrobe, she was a daughter of the late Frank M. and Iona (Loughner) Stadler. Prior to retirement, Betty was fifth floor ward clerk at Latrobe Area Hospital. She was a member of Prince of Peace Lutheran...

Jun 4, 2012

Steven L. Pallow, 60, of Latrobe, died Sunday, June 3, 2012, at home. Born July 3, 1951, in Latrobe, he was a son of the late John S. and Josephine L. (Zavada) Pallow. He was a retired state park ranger, and had also previously worked at the former Volkswagen New Stanton plant. He was a member of the Latrobe...

May 4, 2012

Harold Richard "Dick" Scott, 72, of Youngstown, Pa., died Friday, May 4, 2012, at home. He was born March 5, 1940, in Holbrook, the son of the late Harold Webster Scott and Viola (Sellars) Scott. Prior to retirement, he was employed as a systems analyst by Allegheny Energy. He was a member of Hope Evangelical Methodist Church of Youngstown....

Apr 27, 2012

Edward N. Gleckl, 87 (formerly of Loyalhanna) passed away on Friday, April 27, 2012 in Excela Hospital in Latrobe. He was born September 20, 1924 in Latrobe the son of the late Max and Mary (Prohaska) Gleckl. Ed had retired from Penn Furniture as a truck driver and had worked part time for Green Thumb. Ed is survived by...

Apr 20, 2012

Carole M. Cairns, 80, of Latrobe passed away on Friday, April 20, 2012 comfortably at home after a long battle with cancer. She was born July 20, 1931 in Johnstown, PA a daughter of the late Rockwell and Mable (Martin) Marietta. Carole was a member of the Latrobe Presbyterian Church. She was as devoted mother and wife and volunteered...

Apr 9, 2012

Burial will be in Unity Cemetery, Latrobe, PA.

Arrangements are incomplete at this time.

Mar 28, 2012

Arthur R. 'Artie' Lapka, 82, of Latrobe, died Wednesday, March 28, 2012, at Loyalhanna Care Center, Latrobe. He was born May 24, 1929, in Greenwald, a son of the late Andrew Lapka and Barbara (Wojtanek) Lapka. Artie was self-employed and an Army veteran of the Korean War. He was a member of St. Bartholomew Catholic Church in Crabtree, American...

Mar 18, 2012

Josephine M. 'Jo' Petruzzi, 88, of Greensburg, formerly of Annadale, Va., died Sunday, March 18, 2012, in Redstone Highlands, Greensburg. She was born Dec. 16, 1923, in State College, PA, daughter of the late Lawrence P. Miller, PhD, and Eva M. (Gross) Miller. Josephine graduated from Penn State University and served her country by working in the Boeing Aircraft...