Obituaries
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Local Obituaries for Monessen, Pennsylvania, Westmoreland County, & Surrounding Areas
David Jon Kernisky
Jun 2, 2016
David Jon Kernisky 55 of Monongahela formerly of Monessen on Thursday June 2 2016 in his home. Born in New Eagle on September 24 1960 he was the son of the late George and Lorraine Sweda Kernisky. He was a 1978 Graduate of Monessen High School. He was a member of St. Mary Byzantine Catholic Church. David was employed...
Albert J Kovach
May 6, 2016
Albert J. Kovach 86 of Monessen on Friday May 6 2016 in his home. Born in Pittsburgh on January 10 1930 he was the son of the late Joseph W and Elizabeth Bodnar Kovach. He was a retired Steel Worker and a US Army Veteran of the Korean Conflict. He was catholic by faith. Besides his parents he was...

David K Koval
May 5, 2016
David K. Koval 60, of Monessen passed away on Thursday May 5 2016 in Mon Valley Hospital. He was the son of the late John and Deloris Koval. He was a member of the United Methodist Church of Monessen. He is survived by his sister Diane (Koval) Lucas and her husband Robert of Indiana PA, Nephews Christopher and Gregory Lucas,...
Cletus R Doptis
Apr 30, 2016
Cletus R Doptis 83 of Monessen on Saturday April 30 2016 in his home.. He was the son of the late Alexander A and Mary Hega Doptis. He was the beloved husband of 59 years to Mary Louise (Gnip) Doptis. Loving father of Richard Doptis of Fort Lauderdale FL, Collette (Doptis) Veschio, and Wayne and Paula Doptis both of Monessen....

Stephanie T (Lazzari) Harbaugh
Apr 5, 2016
Stephanie T Harbaugh 62 of Monessen Tuesday April 5 2016 in Mon Valley Care Center after a long and courageous battle with ovarian cancer. Born in N. Charleroi on October 2 1965 she was the daughter of the late Eugene and Betty June Angelo Lazzari. She was a member of the Epiphany of Our Lord Roman Catholic Church. For...

Henry Harrison Mock Jr.
Apr 3, 2016
Henry Harrison Mock Jr. 68 of Franklin on Sunday April 3 2016 in Mon Valley Hospital Inc. Born in Fredreck MD on January 10 1948 he was the son of the late Henry and Catherine Shane Mock. He was a retired auto mechanic and towing truck operator. He is survived by his wife Diana Lynn Smith Mock. Funeral service...

Mary J Mullen
Apr 2, 2016
Mary J. Mullen 87 of Monessen on Saturday April 2 2016 in Consolate Nursing Center Canonsburg. Born in Monessen on September 7 1928 she was the daughter of the late Sylvester "Fay" and Bertha Brand Mullen. She was retired Executive Secretary for American Chain and Cable. She was a member of the Epiphany of Our Lord Roman Catholic Church....
Paul Sasko
Apr 2, 2016
Paul J. Sasko 55 of Belle Vernon on Saturday April 2 in Jefferson Regional Medical Center. Born in New Eagle on September 7 1960 He was the son of the late Paul and Rita Dinardo Sasko. Paul was a devoted member of St. Anne's Roman Catholic Church. He was President of Regal Industrial Corp of Donora and a beloved...

Rudolph Adolf Vernet Jr.
Mar 31, 2016
Rudolph A Vernet Jr. 83 of Monessen on Thursday March 31 2016 in Mon Valley Hospital Inc. Born in Monessen on August 5 1932 he was the son of the lateRudolph and Mary Arnoldi Vernet. He retired from Wheeling Pittsburgh Steel CO. Allenport Plant. He was catholic by faith . Besides his parents he was proceeded in death by...
Peter R Stefansky
Mar 29, 2016
Peter R Stefansky 98 of Steubenville formerly of Monessen on Tuesday March 29 in the Laurels of Steubenville. Born in Monessen on September 17 1917 he was the son of the late Roman and Eva Dudich Stefansky. he retired from American Chain and Cable Pages Plant. He was a former member of the Epiphany of Our Lord Catholic Church....

Sue (Caprio) Gnora
Mar 26, 2016
Sue Caprio Gnora 92 of Monessen on Saturday March 26 2016 in Mon Valley Hospital Inc. Born in Monongahela on December 8 1923 she was the daughter of the late Andrew and Assunte Rivetti Caprio. Sue was a member of St. Mary's Byzantine Catholic Church, an avid Pittsburgh sports fan and she lived her life for her extended family....
Carl Swade
Mar 13, 2016
Carl Anthony Swade 86 of Monessen on Sunday March 13 2016 in Hallsworth House. Born in Brownsville on August 18 1929 he was the son of the late Andrew G. and Pauline Pustinger Swade. Carl was a U.S. Army Veteran during the Korean Conflict. He was a member of the Epiphany of Our Lord R.C. Church, the Mon Valley...

Louise O (Kortina) Prezgar
Feb 16, 2016
Louise Olga Prezgar, R.N. (Retired), 87. An “Angel of Mercy” left us on Monday, February 15, 2016. A graduate of Charleroi High School, then McKeesport School of Nursing, she accepted a position at Charleroi-Monessen Hospital and eventually became Med-Surg supervisor. Louise then helped pioneer the first group of Coronary Care Unit (C.C.U.) nurses at C-M hospital. She continued as a...
Anne (Kubesz) Miller
Feb 14, 2016
Anne Miller 92 of Belle Vernon on Sunday February 14 2016 in Ligonier Garden Personal Care Home. Born in Jerome PA on April 30 1923 she was the daughter of the late Thomas and Mary Kubesz Bartus. Ann was a licensed Practical Nurse and a Certified E.K.G. Tech. She was a member of the Epiphany of Our Lord R.C....

Ann (Zupan) Kovalsky
Feb 12, 2016
KOVALSKY, Ann, 89 of Monessen, died on Friday, February 12, 2016. She was born in Monessen on September 1, 1926, the daughter of the late Adam and Katherine Priselac Zupan, wife of the late Andrew Kovalsky Jr., and sister of three brothers: the late John Zupan, the late Jacob "Jack" Zupan, and Joe Zupan. She is survived by sons Dennis...

Bernadette Mary (Simon) Waggoner
Feb 9, 2016
Bernadette M. Waggoner 62 of Monessen on Tuesday February 9 2016 in her home. Born in N. Charleroi on September 20 1953 she was the daughter of the late George and Mary Ann Witlinsky Simon. She was Christian by faith. She is survived by two sons and a daughter in law Ryan and Carol Waggoner of Monessen and Brandon Waggoner...
Mavis Govern
Feb 6, 2016
Mavis Gwendolyn Govern, 89, formerly of Monessen, passed away on February 6, 2016 in Cary, North Carolina.She was born in Nottingham, England in 1926 and was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Walter, in 1969. The best Mom and Grams is survived by her four children, Denise Govern of Ruffs Dale, Walter (Tresa) Govern of Mechanicsburg, PA, Vicki...

Stephen Pfeister II
Jan 30, 2016
Steve "Brodie" Pfeister II 76 of Monessen on Saturday January 30th 2016 in Mon Valley Care Center. Born in N. Charleroi on September 20 1939 he was the son of the late Stephen and Irene Kotys Pfeister. Brodie was a retired heavy construction worker, a US Air Force Veteran serving in Japan and a member of St. Mary's Byzantine Church....

Andrew G Kovalik Jr.
Jan 23, 2016
Andrew G Kovalik Jr. On January 23 2016, passed away peacefully in his home town of Monessen. He was 96 years old. Andy was the son of European immigrants Anna and Andrew Kovalik. In 1939 Andy joined the Civilian Conservation Corps to assist with family financial issues during the Depression Era. After a brief stint in the local steel...
Lawrence A Elyanich
Jan 15, 2016
Lawrence " Mooney" Elyanich 97 of Monessen on Friday January 15 2016 in Mon Valley Care Center. Born in Charleroi on December 12 1918 he was the son of the late Peter and Ann Lescanac Elyanich. Mooney was self employed operating several businesses in Monessen. He was a member of the Epiphany of Our Lord Roman Catholic Church, C.F.U....