Lorraine Loretta Gordon McCartan, 86, of Pleasant Hills, formerly of Rostraver Township, died Monday, March 11, 2019. Born in Bloomfield on Jan. 4, 1933, she was the daughter of the late Raymond and L...

Patricia Clark McCusker, age 87, of Elizabeth Township, formerly of Glassport, died Saturday, March 9, 2019.  She was born in Mexico, Maine, on Nov. 13, 1931, daughter of the late James and Dorothy Ce...

Eugene J. “Gene” “Dude” Backus, 72, of Monongahela, Forward Township, died Wednesday, March 6, 2019, in Monongahela Valley Hospital. Born Feb. 20, 1947, in McKeesport, he was the son of the late Eugen...

David J. Dyky, 67, of Monessen, died on Thursday, March 7, 2019, after a lengthy illness. He was born in Monessen on Feb. 23, 1952, son of the late John and Ann Talpas Dyky. Dave was a member of the E...

Rickey Jon Kurdilla, 66, of Belle Vernon, passed away on March 9, 2019, at his home surrounded by his family.  Born March 7, 1953, in North Charleroi, he was the son of the late Michael and Roseann Si...

Linda L. Laughland, 62, of Rostraver Township, died Thursday, March 7, 2019. She was born in Monongahela, on May 13, 1956, the daughter of the late Harry T. Sowers and Louise Boyd Sowers, who survives...

Patricia Ann Grace Martinelli, 75, of Belle Vernon, and Pompano Beach, Fla., passed away early Sunday morning March 10, 2019, in her home with her loving family by her side after a heroic four-year ba...

Antoinette L. Young, 92, of Charleroi, went to be with the Lord on Saturday March 9, 2019. She was born April 17, 1926, in Charleroi, the daughter of Thomas and Bessie Arrigo Parnella. Antoinette was ...

Carol A. Dansak, 72, of Rostraver Township, died Thursday, March 7, 2019. Born in Fellsburg on July 4, 1946, she was the daughter of the late William and Christine A. Schwindling Berg. Carol was an en...

Alan Davis, 77, of Belle Vernon, Washington Township, passed away Wednesday, March 6, 2019 at Mon Valley Hospital, Carroll Township. Born May 16, 1941, in Baltimore, Md., he was the son of the late El...

Jerry Frost Sr. went home to be with the Lord on March 4, 2019, surrounded by his loving family, after an extended illness. He was a son of the late Edward Sr. and Roberta Tartt Frost. He was preceded...

Felix Pritchett, 56, of Donora, passed away March 5, 2019, in Mon Valley hospital. He was born Feb. 17, 1963, to Margie Scales Pritchett and the late Thomas A. Pritchett. He served his military time i...

Polly Sue Mathews, 54, of Jeannette, died peacefully, surrounded by her family, Tuesday, March 5, 2019. She was born on Oct. 10, 1964. Polly was a surgical technician at Jeannette/Excela Health and re...

Betty Swanson (Elizabeth Marie Soltis Swanson), 95, of Charleroi, passed away on March 7, 2019. She was a beautiful person who always put others first. She was a devoted wife to her husband, Frank Swa...

Donald “Don” Ray Harris, 74, of North Belle Vernon, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, March 6, 2019, in Mon Valley Hospital. A son of the late Olan and Alva Baer Harris, he was born in California...

William Gaylord DeiCas, 71, of Charleroi passed away Friday, March 1, 2019. He was born March 3, 1947, in North Charleroi, the son of the late William Gaylord and Sarah Mouyard DeiCas. Bill graduated ...

Esther Costas Greco, beloved wife, loving mother, and treasured “Yiayia”, 88, of Donora, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, March 4, 2019 at home. She was born in Donora on May 18, 1930, daughter to t...

Dorothy Jean Richardson, 76, of Bentleyville, formerly of New Eagle, was taken into our Lord’s loving embrace Saturday, March 2, 2019. She was born Nov. 15, 1942, in East Monongahela and was the daugh...

David R. “Shep” Shepler, 70, of Perryopolis, Jefferson Township, passed away Tuesday, March 5, 2019, after a four-year courageous battle with pancreatic cancer in his home surrounded by his loving fam...

William Gaylord DeiCas, 71, passed away on Friday, March 1, 2019. A complete obituary and funeral arrangements will appear in Wednesday’s edition of the Mon Valley Independent . Arrangements were entr...