| FABIAN | ANNA FABIAN On Friday, December 28, 1934, Anna Fabian, beloved wife of the late Herman Fabian in her fifty-second year. Funeral from her late residence, 384 Helen Street, McKees Rocks, on Sunday, December 30 at 2 p.m. |
| FALVO | BERTHA FALVO 83, formerly of McKees Rocks, Pa., passed away July 30, 2007. She was preceded in death by her loving husband of 57 years, Mike, and son, Mike Jr., along with sister, Marfissa, and brothers, Albert and Dante ANGOTTI. She is survived by her daughter, Josephine, and husband, Roland, grandchildren, April, Jason and his wife, Brooke Martinez, as well as her sister, Beatrice, and brother, Felix Angotti, along with several nieces and nephews. Pallbearers will be Roland and Jason Martinez, Tony and Gino Mazza, Santo Muti and David Macheski. The family will receive friends for visitation 6-9 p.m. Thursday August 3, 2007. A Catholic Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Friday August 4, 2007, at Most Holy Redeemer Catholic Church, with interment at Sunset Memory Gardens. The family would like to extend a special thank you to the staff at Delta Health Care for the compassionate care you gave our loved one. Arrangements were entrusted to Gonzalez Funeral Home,7209 N. Dale Mabry Highway, Tampa, FL 33614 |
| FEDYSKI | MARY FEDYSKI Mary Fedyski, 93, of Brighton Township, died Sunday, March 7, 1999, in the Beaver Valley Geriatric Center. Born Jan. 28, 1906, in McKees Rocks, a daughter of the late Thomas and Anna MORSZYN BARNICK, she was a retired cook from St. Cecilia Roman Catholic Church, Rochester. She was a member of St. John the Baptist Roman Catholic Church, Monaca; Third Order of St. Francis, and the Christian Mothers of St. Cecilia. She was preceded in death by her first husband, George POSTUPAC; her second husband, Steve Fedyski; a son, Peter Postupac; a daughter, Anna Postupac; two sisters, Ann DIMERLING and Kate SIREY, and three brothers, Pete, Steve and Tom Barnick. Surviving are four daughters and two sons-in-law, Ann L. Postupac, Monaca; Helen Young, Rochester; Mary J. and Richard NICHOL, Monaca, and Patricia and Gary ANKNEY, Valrico, Fla.; a son, George Postupac, New Brighton; 12 grandchildren; 25 great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; a brother and sister-in-law, John and BYRL Barnick, Raymond, Wash., and three sisters, Helen MILLER, Norfolk, Va.; Julia KING, Northfield, Minn., and Louise HEFNER, St. Louis, Mo. Private services were held in the WILLIAM MURPHY FUNERAL HOME INC., 349 Adams St., Rochester. Interment followed in Sylvania Hills Memorial Park. Memorial contributions may be made, if desired, to the Alzheimers Unit, Beaver Valley Geriatrric Center, Dutch Ridge Road, Beaver, Pa. 15009. |
| FERRY | ANNA J.(DROZDA) FERRY Age 96, of McKees Rocks, Kennedy Twp Went to the home of the Lord Peacefully on Tuesday, December 11, 2001; wife of the late William Ferry, Ernest HANKEY and Joseph KURTZ; beloved mother of Elizabeth HOFBAUER, Dorothy KOLLER and Beatrice KRALL and the late Joseph Kurtz; also survived by eight grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; also nieces and nephews. Anna was a member of the Ladies Auxiliary VFW #418 for over 60 years. Visitation Thurs. Only 2-4 & 7-9 pm at SCHEPNER-MCDERMOTT FUNERAL HOME, 165 Noble Ave., Crafton. Mass of Christian Burial 10 am Fri., in St. Malachy Church. |
| FETTERS | EARL B. FETTERS, 98, of 202 Wedgewood St., Greensboro, NC died Wednesday, June 18, 1990 at High Point Regional Hospital. Burial will be in Oaklawn Memorial Park in Sanford, Fla. A native of McKees Rocks, Pa., he was a Methodist and a retired railroad locomotive engineer. Surviving are daughter, Mrs. Phyllis LaFOND of the home; sons, Charles Fetters of Los Angeles, Laten Fetters of Pittsburgh, Pa.; nine grandchildren. Harold C. Davis Funeral Home is in charge of local arrangements. |
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JOSEPH E. FICKULAK Joseph E. Fickulak, 88, of Canonsburg, died Saturday, December 8, 2007, in his home. He was born September 3, 1919, in McKees Rocks, a son of Vincent and Mary SCHULTY Fickulak. Mr. Fickulak served as a tech sergeant with the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II in Rhineland and elsewhere in Europe. He lived most of his life in Canonsburg, where he was a member of St. Patrick Church, White Eagles, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 191 and American Legion of McMurray. Prior to his retirement in 1982, Mr. Fickulak was employed at the former McGraw-Edison Power Systems, Canonsburg. On July 22, 1950, he married Gilda BEVILACQUA, who survives. Also surviving are three daughters, Diane (Daniel) BAKER of Steubenville, Ohio, Dr. Joanne (Michael) OLECK of Coraopolis and Nancy (Carl) MARONDE of McMurray; six grandchildren, Lesley and Patrick Baker, Halley Oleck and Scott, Greg and Doug Maronde; and several nieces and nephews. He was the last of his immediate family. Deceased are a sister, Mary SEKORA; and two brothers, John and Vincent Fickulak. Friends will be received from 11 a.m. to noon Tuesday in Salandra Funeral Service Inc., Joseph P. Salandra, owner/supervisor, 304 West Pike Street, Canonsburg. A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at noon Tuesday, December 11, in St. Patrick Church, Canonsburg. Interment will follow in St. Patrick Cemetery, Canonsburg. |
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MILDRED C. FIGGINS Mildred C. Figgins, 63, of Strasburg, Illinois, died at 4:49 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2001 in Decatur Memorial Hospital, Decatur, Illinois. Mass of Christian Burial will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday in the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Shelbyville, Illinois. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday in Howe & Yockey Funeral Home in Shelbyville with a Rosary Service at 7:30 p.m. Graveside services with military rites will be in Annunciation Catholic Cemetery, California, Missouri on Sunday at 2 p.m. Mrs. Figgins was born May 14, 1937, in McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Patrick Joseph and Julia Mildred McMAHON McGRATH. She was a U.S. Navy veteran and a member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Shelbyville and American Legion Auxiliary Post #289, Strasburg. She married William Eugene Figgins on January 14, 1956 at the U.S. Naval Training Center in Bainbridge, Maryland. Surviving are her husband; four children, Charlotte HEATHER and husband Mitchell of Clarksburg, Missouri, Eileen COFFELT of California, Missouri, William Figgins and wife Cathy of Vandenburg AFB, California and Robert Figgins and wife Cathy of Ozark, Arkansas; sisters, Gemma GOGAL of Harrison City, Pennsylvania and Geraldine PRINCE of Bridgeville, Pennsylvania; ten grandchildren; and four great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, two brothers and four sisters. |
| FILICKO | JOHN A. FILICKO SR. Age 70, of Sheraden, formerly of McKees Rocks, on Thursday, January 25, 2001, beloved husband of Regina (SULLIVAN); loving father of Verna Ann, John Jr., Yvonne, Mark, James, Thomas, Paul and Regina; six grandchildren; brother of James, Jeanette and Ronald. Friends may call 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday at the MCDERMOTT FUNERAL HOME, INC., 1225 Chartiers Ave., McKees Rocks (Family owned & operated since 1886). Mass of Christian burial 10 a.m. Monday, Holy Innocents Church. |
| FINNIE | PAMELA DIANE (CUNNINGHAM) FINNIE Pamela Diane (Cunningham) Finnie, of Ocean Springs, MS passed away unexpectedly on September 12, 2008, at the age of 59. She was preceded in death by her father, Bernard Cunningham. She is survived by, dearly loved, and sadly missed by her mother, Hilda (Dempsey) Cunningham of Fombell, PA, brother Bernard "Smokie" Cunningham and his wife Mary of Portage, IN, sister Janet "Sissy" WARD and her husband Buddy of Aliquippa, PA, brother Bernie Cunningham and his wife Marybeth of Fombell, PA, sister Debbie GILLECE and her husband Pat of Bethel Park, PA, son Len Finnie and his wife Rachel of Gautier, MS, daughter Kim Finnie of Ocean Springs, grandsons Christian Finnie of Ocean Springs, MS, L.J. and Eli Finnie of Gautier, MS, 7 nephews and 2 nieces, numerous aunts, uncles, cousins, friends and co-workers, and her cat Sassy. Born in Richwood , WV on March 20, 1949, her family moved to southwestern Pennsylvania when she was a small child and she was a resident of the Pittsburgh area until 2002, when she moved to Mississippi to be closer to her children and grandsons. She graduated from Sto-Rox High School in McKees Rocks, PA in 1967, married her former husband James Finnie in 1968 and they raised their children together. She recently celebrated her 5 year anniversary at The New Palace Casino as a hotel room inspectress. Pam had a loving and generous heart, donating financial to the ASPCA and The Humane Society, where she adopted Sassy a little more than a year ago. Pam loved listening to her brother's Bluegrass band, which she was able to see perform live on a recent trip to Pittsburgh. She loved her family and her friends. She loved Frank Sinatra and James Dean. She loved playing POGO on the internet. She loved bingo. Services will be held at Water's Funeral Chapel in Summersville, WV, on Friday, September 19, 2008 at 6:00 p.m. A graveside service will be held at West Virginia Memorial Gardens in Calvin, WV, on Saturday, September 20, 2008, at 11:00 a.m. |
| FISCHER | LOIS FISCHER On Friday, April 4, 2008. Lois was born in Pittsburgh, PA and raised in McKees Rocks, PA. As an Army wife, she accompanied her husband on numerous tours of duty through Japan, Hong Kong, Thailand and various parts of the United States. After her husband's retirement from the Army, she again traveled the United States with him while he worked for Amoco Oil Company. One of her greatest joys was being a grandmother to Morgan and Taylor. Preceded in death by her devoted husband, Col. Richard Fischer, U.S. Army (Ret). She was the mother of Ann (Thanh) NGUYEN, Michael (Tricia) Fischer and Carolyn (Lars HELGERT) Fischer; grandmother of Morgan and Taylor Fischer; sister of Jean (Robert) BUTTER and Carol GLANTZ. Also survived by numerous nieces and nephews. Relatives and friends may call Jefferson Funeral Chapel, 5755 Castlewellan Drive, Alexandria, VA on Friday, April 11, 2008 from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. A Mass of Christian Burial will take place on Saturday, April 12 at 12 Noon at St. Louis Catholic Church, 2907 Popkins Lane, Alexandria. |
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RICHARD L. FISCHER Richard L. Fischer, 78, a retired Army colonel and lobbyist for the Amoco oil company, died of congestive heart failure Dec. 29 at Inova Mount Vernon Hospital. He lived in Alexandria. Col. Fischer was vice president of government affairs for an oil industry trade group for 14 years until his retirement in 1992. He served in the Army from 1949, when he was an enlisted soldier, to 1977, when he retired after turning down a promotion to brigadier general because he was tired of moving. Born in McKees Rocks, Pa., Col. Fischer was scouted while in high school by Ohio State University. From 1946 to 1952, he played minor league baseball for the Boston Braves farm system. He was appointed to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point while playing ball but turned down the appointment, got married and enlisted. After four years, he entered the air defense artillery and was commissioned through the Officer Candidate School at Fort Bliss, Tex. Some of his first assignments were in Japan, as an artillery battery commander and assistant division commander. In 1962, he became the intelligence adviser to the chief of the Royal Thai Army in Bangkok, where he commanded a counterinsurgency field exercise involving 11 battalion combat teams, 14,000 troops and paramilitary forces. In 1966, he graduated from what is now Park University in Parkville, Mo. In 1972, he was promoted to colonel, graduated from the U.S. Army War College and received a master's degree in mass communications from Shippensburg State College in Carlisle, Pa. He served as chief of the Senate Liaison Division for the secretary of defense from 1974 to 1977. His work as a Washington lobbyist included briefing senators daily on the oil industry. He served on several business- and industry-related committees and on Meridian House International's board of governors. His military awards included the Legion of Merit medal. He is survived by his wife of 58 years, Lois STREINER Fischer of Alexandria; three children, Ann Fischer NGUYEN of Alexandria, Michael Fischer of Potomac Falls and Carolyn Fischer of Alexandria; and two granddaughters. |
| FLEWELLING | KENNETH J. FLEWELLING Memorial services for former Baldwinsville resident Kenneth J. Flewelling, 85, who died Monday in Windsor, Vt., will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Hanover, N.H. A native of McKees Rocks, Pa., Mr. Flewelling lived in Baldwinsville during World War II and moved to Grantham, N.H., in 1948. He was a 1930 graduate of the New York State College of Forestry at Syracuse and was employed with the National Park Service before returning to Syracuse. During the war years he was a factory worker in Syracuse. After the war, Mr. Flewelling developed a natural recreation area in Grantham that he called Sherwood Forest. While at the forestry college, Mr. Flewelling was a member of the Robin Hood Society and Phi Kappa Tau fraternity. He also was editor of the Empire Forester. Surviving are his wife, the former Ramona E. BENTLEY; three sons, J. David of Wappingers Falls, the Rev. F. Lauren of Somerville, Mass. and Bruce K. of Rochester; six grandchildren; and several nieces, nephews and cousins. Contributions in lieu of flowers may be made to the Flewelling Scholarship Fund at Lebanon High School, Lebanon, N.H.03766. Ricker Funeral Home, Lebanon, has charge of arrangements. Post-Standard, The (Syracuse, NY) - December 5, 1990 |
| FLUHARTY | CATHERINE HANEY FLUHARTY On Sunday, January 23, 1938, Catherine Haney Fluharty, wife of Luther E. Fluharty of 623 Woodward Avenue, McKees Rocks, formerly of Coraopolis. Funeral from McDermott Bros., 531 Chartiers avenue, McKees Rocks, on Wednesday, January 26 at 8:30a.m. Requiem at St Francis De Sales Church at 9 o'clock. (Colleen Haney Morgan - colleenmorgan@embarqmail.com) |
| FOGARTY | Albert Lawrence Fogarty, 91, of Somerset, passed away Sunday, June 22, 2008, at Pickering House in Lancaster, OH. He was born Sept. 21, 1916, in McKees Rocks, Pa. He was a heavy equipment operator for Peabody Coal Co., a 56-year member of the Knights of Columbus, 1065 past Grand Knight -4th degree, 50-year member of Bishop Fenwick 812, member of Elk's 509 of New Lexington, Somerset Lions Club and served as past president and a member of St Joseph's Catholic Church, were he served as a Eucharist minister and member of the finance committee. He is survived by his wife of 68 years, Sophie KOCAY Fogarty, whom he married Oct. 12, 1940; his children, Albert "Butch" (Emily) Fogarty of New Lexington and James (Vickie) Fogarty of Thornville; Sister Joan Fogarty OSF of Dublin; a son-in-law, Richard STARNER of New Lexington; seven grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents; George Thomas and Margaret HOWELLS Fogerty; a daughter, Betty G. Starner; a son, William Richard; sisters, Alice KASPER and Marg MURAN; and brothers, Howard, Thomas and George Fogerty. Calling hours will be held from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. today, June 24, at the Chute-Wiley Funeral Home, 118 S. Jackson St., with Elk's services at 7 p.m., Rosary and Knights of Columbus at 7:30 p.m. Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Wednesday, June 25, 2008, at St. Joseph's Catholic Church, 5757 Ohio 383 NE, Somerset, with Monsignor William Maroon and Father Joseph A. Breen as celebrants. Burial will follow in St. Joseph's Cemetery. |
| FONTANA | MARIE FONTANA On Monday, Jan. 1, 2007, Marie, age 64 of Stowe Twp, daughter of Anna Fontana, mother of Vince WINDSHEIMER; sister of Patsy Fontana and Eleanor HOOPER; also survived by 3 grandchildren. Friends received at the ANTHONY M. MUSMANNO Funeral Home, 700 7th Ave, McKees Rocks, Funeral Mass in St. John of God Parish the Church at St. Marys on Friday 9:30AM, Visitation Thursday 2-4 & 6-8PM. |