Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Pittsburgh, PA, Allegheny County & Surrounding Areas

Ruby A. Pulver
Jun 10, 2011
Beloved Wife of the late Lloyd Pulver. Loving Mother of Edna Ann (William) Weikel , Glenn S. (Teresa) Pulver and Barbara (Walter) Sanner. Daughter of the late Grady and Edna Stiles. Sister of the late Margaret Stiles and Grady Stiles Jr. Also survived by seven grandchildren and ten gr-grandchildren.

Mary G. (Carcara) DeFrank
Jun 9, 2011
Beloved Wife of the late Michael J. DeFrank. Loving Mother of Anthony (Ginny) DeFrank and Victoria DeFrank of West Hartford,CT. Sister of the late Angelina Corbin and Leo Carcara (survived by his spouse Marie). Grandmother of Michael (Jessica) , Jamie (Maureen) , Ginny and Darren DeFrank. Gr-Grandmother of Paloma and Sofia. She was a longtime Catholic schools teacher in several...

Margery (Chulack) Salak Poeschl
Jun 5, 2011
Beloved Wife of the late "Tip" Poeschl and the late Andrew Salak. Loving Mother of Ken (Sue) Salak. Grandmother of Abigail Salak , Melissa Prendergast , Rebecca (David) Walker and Sara Salak. Survived by her sister Dorothy Collins and Preceded in death by 11 brother and sisters. The Family suggests Contributions to : Suncoast Hospice , 6770 102ND Ave ,...

Corrinne (Ryan) Olzak
May 30, 2011
Beloved Wife of Ralph A. Olzak. Loving Mother of Thomas (Tina) , Daniel , Jonathan (Nova) , Rebecca , Paul and Jessica Olzak. Grandmother of Raymond , Tyler , Hayden ,Jude and Isabel. Daughter of Eleanor and the late Donald Ryan. Also survived by four Brothers and six Sisters.

Helen Verlihay
May 29, 2011
Beloved Wife of the late Peter Paul Verlihay. Loving Mother of Michael , Mark and the late Paul and Beverly. Grandmother of Brian and Steven. Sister of the late Alice Smola and Gwen Hainaut.

Mary E. (Kramer) Rudolph
May 27, 2011
Beloved Wife of the late Carl W. Rudolph. Sister-in-Law of Bill Rudolph. Aunt of Sandy and Susan. Sister of the late Alice.

Rita Stella Sims
May 21, 2011
Beloved Wife of the late Charles L. Sims. Loving Mother of Karen (Ralph) Smay and Ronald (Judith) Sims. Grandmother of Spenser Smay and Kirsten and Matthew Sims.

Samuel N. Pekich
May 21, 2011
Beloved Husband of the late Carolyn (Jones) Pekich. Loving Father of Carol "Lynn" (Frank) Cerra. Grandfather of Derrick (Liz) Cerra , Stephanie Grimm , Tracy (Taru) Davis and Tiffany (William) Felger. Gr-Grandfather of seven. Son of the late Samuel N. and Anna R. Pekich. Brother of Eleanor Earls , George and Stephen Pekich , the late Charles ,Bill and Anna...
Bernard T. Szymczak
May 19, 2011
Beloved Husband of Linda. Loving Father of Thomas R. Son of the late Bernard and Margaret (Dluhy) Szymczak. Brother of Robert (Dana) Szymczak and Colleen (Daniel) Walker. Uncle of Sarah and Stephen Walker and Krystyna Szymczak. He was a retired Medical Technolgist (most recently Suburban General) as well as talented artist. He also enjoyed gardening , music and the Pittsburgh...

Verna Backovski
May 18, 2011
Beloved Wife of John Backovski. Loving Mother of Marianne (David) Easton , Michael (Cynthia) Backovski and Margaret (William) Wamboldt. Daughter of the late Theodore and Mary Zambelin. Sister of Michael and Theodore Zabelin. Loving Baba of Kara , Adrien , Andrew , Allison and Katherine. Also many Nieces , Nephews and Friends. She was a 1952 graduate of the St....

Carl J. Mehalich
May 18, 2011
Beloved Husband of the late Joan. Brother of Josephine Salka. Uncle of Stephen Salka and family. He was a US Army veteran.

Mary J. (Donley) Creedon
May 16, 2011
Beloved Wife of the late Harry M. Donley. Loving Mother of Patricia Ann Donley. Daughter of the late John and Julia Setar. Sister of Olga Radick. Aunt of John J. Radick.

Loretta May Lombardi
May 15, 2011
Beloved Wife of the late Ronald A. Lombardi. Loving Mother of Rhonda Kyte , Cheryl Nutter , Ronald Lombardi Jr. and the late Barbara Jo. Grandmother of Ronald Lombardi III , Stephanie Lombardi and Alexander and Zackary Nutter. Daughter of the late James and Hilda (Walker) Wolfe Sr. Sister of Florence Wolfe and the late Edward , Raymond and James...

Genevieve Marie Ehrenfeld
May 14, 2011
Beloved Wife of the late Russell H. Ehrenfeld. Loving Mother of Russell S. (Dorothy) , the late Dennis (survived by Barbara) , Susan L Majetic , Ronald L. (Mary Lou) , Paul A. (Judy) , Peter D. (Patricia) and Christopher L. Daughter of the late Peter and Anna Simon.Sister of the late William Simon , Peter Simone , Thomas and...

Olga (Kobasa) Nescott
May 13, 2011
Beloved Wife of the late Lewis J. Nescott . Loving Mother of Adrienne Nescott Hirsch of Evanston,IL. - Gregory Nescott of Allison Park,PA and Lewis Nescott of Hamden ,CT. Loving Grandmother of five and Gr-Grandmother of one. She was the daughter of the late Very Rev. Gregory Kobasa and Marie Kostyzak Kobasa. Sister of Lucille Kobasa and Mona Bulazo and...

Catherine M. (Leitsch) Karavlan
May 10, 2011
Beloved Wife of Philip Karavlan. Daughter of the late Joseph A. and Catherine (Goebeler) Leitsch. Loving Mother of Philip (Donna) and their children Philip and Stepanie - Sandra Karavlan , and Susan (Thomas) Kubiak and their children Michelle and Sean. Great-Grandmother of Layla Mae Kalanquin. Sister of Nancy J. (Robert) Weber and Joseph M. (Ann) Leitsch. Also, survived by many...

Mary Wisniowski
May 9, 2011
Beloved Wife of the late Stanley. Loving Mother of John "Jack" (Jean) Wisniowski , Mark (Donna) Wisniowski and Susan (George) Doernberger. Grandmother and Best-Friend of Christine (Dan) , Greg , Amy , Sarah , Genna , Zak and John-Paul. Gr-Grandmother of Chae , Sladen and Denault. Sister of Dolly Stapanik , Ruth Hardesty , Edward Stapanik and the late Jack...

John C. Sefscik
May 4, 2011
Beloved Son of the late Vasko and Mary Sefscik. Brother of Ann Sefscik and the late Michael , Nicholas , Pauline and George Sefscik. Also survived by Nieces and Nephews - Nick , Susan , Ray , June , Rich and Paulette Tsorvas. John was a WWII US Army veteran who served under Gen. Patton. He also was retired from...

Evelyn L. "Nunny" Lococo
May 1, 2011
Beloved Wife of the late Joseph Lococo. Loving Mother of Deborah Ann , Samuel (Mary) , Kimberly and Aliceann Lococo. Grandmother of Kelley (Richard) Romesburg and Joseph and Nicholas Lococo. Sister of Gladys Buchlmayer.