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Charles J. Farkas

September 08, 2024 |

By Strifflers Family Funeral Homes | Posted in: Strifflers Family Funeral Homes

Charles J. Farkas, age 88, of White Oak, PA, died peacefully in his sleep surrounded by his family on Sunday, September 8, 2024. He was born in McKeesport, PA on December 14, 1935 and was the son of the late Charles and Mary Yurjevsic Farkas. He was a member of Mary, Mother of God Parish, St. Angela Merici Church. He was employed by Farkas Trucking and then later was the owner/operator for 63 years. He then retired from Pleasant Trucking. (He took his first trip to Chicago at the age of fourteen, all on his own.) He enjoyed truck magazines, going to truck shows in Harrisburg with his friend, Bernie, and always enjoyed talking trucks. He was a member of the Teamsters Local 30, White Oak Boro Volunteer Fire Company, #1 (retired), and Wheels of Time, Transport Topic, and Landline. He was honorably discharged veteran from the United States Army.

 
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LuAnn Hill

September 05, 2024 |

By Strifflers Family Funeral Homes | Posted in: Strifflers Family Funeral Homes

LuAnn Hill, age 70, of McKeesport, PA, passed away surrounded by her family on Wednesday, September 4, 2024. She was born February 17, 1954, in Brownsville, PA, to the late Thomas and Betty Harrison Furlong.

 
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Irene Hionis

September 01, 2024 |

By Strifflers Family Funeral Homes | Posted in: Strifflers Family Funeral Homes

Irene Hionis (Eirineé Katsenou), age 92, was called to her heavenly home on August 30, 2024, in White Oak, PA surrounded by her family. Born on February 2, 1932, in Kefalonia, Greece, she embodied the virtues of a life lived with kindness, humility and gratitude, and a profound reverence for her faith.

 
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Constance Baczkowski Noll

September 01, 2024 |

By Strifflers Family Funeral Homes | Posted in: Strifflers Family Funeral Homes

Constance Baczkowski Noll, age 86, of White Oak, passed away on August 30, 2024. She was born in McKeesport on February 14, 1938.

 
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Sarah “Sally” Ann Mains

August 13, 2024 |

By Strifflers Family Funeral Homes | Posted in: Strifflers Family Funeral Homes

Sarah “Sally” Ann Mains, age 82, of Elizabeth Township, PA, died on Tuesday, July 30, 2024. She was born in McKeesport, PA on February 16, 1942 and was the daughter of the late James A. and Winifred Kelly Mains. Sally retired from the Allegheny County Record of Deeds after approximately fifty years of service.

 
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Mary “Molly” Gertrude Haughey

August 13, 2024 |

By Strifflers Family Funeral Homes | Posted in: Strifflers Family Funeral Homes

Mary “Molly” Gertrude Haughey, age 97, of North Versailles, PA, formerly of McKeesport, PA died on Tuesday, August 13, 2024. She was born in McKeesport, PA on February 8, 1927 and was the daughter of the late James Gregory and Gertrude Mary Clay Haughey. Molly was a 1945 graduate of Saint Xavier’s Academy in Latrobe, PA retired after forty-two years as a secretary from B&O Railroad. After her retirement, she enjoyed traveling throughout the world. She was also a member of Mary, Mother of God Parish.

 
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Elaine Session

August 11, 2024 |

By Administrator | Posted in: Strifflers Family Funeral Homes

Elaine Session, 87, died July 31, 2024. Arrangements in care of Robert A. Waters Funeral Home.

Visitation
Tuesday
August 13, 2024
10:00 AM to 11:00 AM
Fresh Word Ministries
119 South 5th Street
Duquesne, PA 15110

Funeral Service
Tuesday
August 13, 2024
11:00 AM
Fresh Word Ministries
119 South 5th Street
Duquesne, PA 15110

Committal
Tuesday
August 13, 2024
11:00 AM
Fresh Word Ministries
119 South 5th Street
Duquesne, PA 15110

 


Esther Anne Flatley

August 02, 2024 |

By Strifflers Family Funeral Homes | Posted in: Strifflers Family Funeral Homes

Esther Anne Flatley, age 74, of White Oak, PA, died on Friday, August 2, 2024. She was born June 1, 1950, in Pittsburgh, PA, and is the daughter of the late Martin and Lillian Caryl Kelly Flatley. She loved to cook, especially spaghetti.

 
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Frances A. Hoffman

August 02, 2024 |

By Strifflers Family Funeral Homes | Posted in: Strifflers Family Funeral Homes

Frances A. Hoffman, age 82, of White Oak, PA, died Thursday, August 1, 2024. Born June 28, 1942, in Braddock, PA, she is the daughter of the late Ronald F. and Marguerite J. Coyne Shephard.

 
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Timothy James Stine

July 30, 2024 |

By Strifflers Family Funeral Homes | Posted in: Strifflers Family Funeral Homes

Timothy James Stine, age 52, of North Huntingdon, PA, died on Saturday, July 27, 2024. Born March 15, 1972, in Braddock, PA.

 
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Christine Hamilton

July 27, 2024 |

By Strifflers Family Funeral Homes | Posted in: Strifflers Family Funeral Homes

Christine Hamilton, age 93, of White Oak, PA, died on Friday, July 26, 2024 at her home surrounded by family and friends. She was born in McKeesport, PA on July 8, 1931 and was the daughter of the late Dr. Arthur Henry, Sr. and Henrietta Michael Hartman. Christine graduated from the Pennsylvania College for Women, now Chatham University, in an era when this was not commonplace for women. She was a member of the McKeesport College Club, and the 20th Century Club where Christine served as past president in both clubs. She also volunteered for McKeesport Meals on Wheels, the McKeesport Regional History and Heritage Center, the McKeesport High School Alumni Association as well as many, many other organizations and charities that are too many to mention. She was absolutely one of the kindest women ever born. She truly loved her children and her many, many friends with whom she spent so much time enjoying her life.

 
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Edward Browning Collins

July 27, 2024 |

By Strifflers Family Funeral Homes | Posted in: Strifflers Family Funeral Homes

Edward Browning Collins, age 93, of West Newton, PA, formerly of McKeesport, PA, died on Friday, July 26, 2024. He was born in Philadelphia, PA on July 17, 1931 and was the son of the late Dr. Edward Wilson and Margaret Jones Collins. Edward was the husband of the late Suzanne Kohler Collins and the late Joan Thompson Collins. He proudly served in the United States Navy during the Korean War as a Lieutenant having served aboard a gasoline tanker in the Pacific. He earned his Bachelor of Science in Pre-Med and Bachelor of Arts in Journalism from the University of Pennsylvania in 1952. To better utilize his writing skills, Ed took a job with Westinghouse as a technical writer and editor at the Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory in the Advanced Reactors division.
 
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Katherine Mary Grace Bernthaler

July 27, 2024 |

By Strifflers Family Funeral Homes | Posted in: Strifflers Family Funeral Homes

Katherine Mary Grace Bernthaler, age 82, of White Oak, PA, died on Friday, July 26, 2024. She was born in McKeesport, PA on May 26, 1942 and was the daughter of the late Michael J. and Helen B. Funa Koss. She was the wife of the late Thomas P. Bernthaler, who died on February 10, 2009. Katherine was employed as a draftsman for various companies throughout her career. She was a member of Mary, Mother of God Parish, St. Angela Merici Church.

 
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Goldie Elaine Yeager

July 21, 2024 |

By Strifflers Family Funeral Homes | Posted in: Strifflers Family Funeral Homes

Goldie Elaine Yeager, age 83, of McKeesport, PA, died on Thursday, July 18, 2024. She was born in Addison Township, PA on April 6, 1941. She was the daughter of the late Roy and Goldie Bonnell McClintock. She was the wife of the late August Yeager, who died on September 10, 1994.

 
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Andrew Kozarian

July 19, 2024 |

By Strifflers Family Funeral Homes | Posted in: Strifflers Family Funeral Homes

Andrew Kozarian, age 99, of McKeesport, PA, died on Sunday, July 14, 2024. He was born in Meadville, PA on December 12, 1924 and was the son of the late Michael and Mary Agopian Kozarian. Andrew proudly served in the United States Army during WWII. He was the owner of Kozarian’s Heating and Cooling that originated in McKeesport then moved to Duquesne, then to North Huntingdon.

 
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