BARISANO CARMELA T. SHIRLEY (SPINA) Of Penn Twp., formerly of West Mifflin, on February 22, 2017, age 81. Beloved wife of Valentino F. Dino Barisano; mother of Domenic Barisano, Elaine (James) Quinn and Nancy (James, Jr.) Monda; grandmother of Michael, Carrie, Chelsea, Kevin, Jason, Anthony, Gregory and the late Brian; great-grandmother of Jordynn. Services and Interment Private. Arrangements entrusted to SAVOLSKIS - WASIK - GLENN FUNERAL HOME, INC., Munhall. www.swgfuneralhome.com. Send condolences post-gazette.com/gb
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SEBASTIAN JERRY SABS ON TUES...
SEBASTIAN JERRY SABS On Tuesday, February 21, 2017, after a courageous battle with pancreatic cancer, Jerry, age 66, of Shaler, formerly of Oakland, returned to his heavenly home. Son of the late Alfred and Magdalene; loving brother of Marilyn Bowen and the late Barbara (Chuck) Auen; uncle of Michael (Milinda) and other nieces and nephews; one great-niece and nephews and many friends. Family and friends are welcomed in the JOHN N. ELACHKO FUNERAL HOME, 3447 Dawson Street, Oakland FRIDAY ONLY 2-8 p.m. Mass of Christian Burial Saturday 9:30 a.m. in St. Regis Church. Contributions may be made to the Pancreatic Cancer Society. Visit Jerry's memorial page at ELACHKO.com. Send condolences post-gazette.com/gb
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KELLY BOSTON PEACEFULLY ON MON...
KELLY BOSTON Peacefully on Monday, February 20, 2017. Father of Boston (Yvette), Dewayne and Steven (Rhonda); brother of Curtis (Ann Marie), Dolores Doss, Mildred Brown, Barbara Steele (Carlos) and Paulette Thompson (Elliot); six grandchildren; and a host of other family and friends. Visitation Monday, February 27, 2017, 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. at HOUSE OF LAW, INC., with funeral service at 1 p.m. www.houseoflawinc.com Send condolences post-gazette.com/gb
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BUZZARD JUDITH L. AGE 78, OF P...
BUZZARD JUDITH L. Age 78, of Penn Hills, formerly of Wilkinsburg, on February 20, 2017. Loving mother of Cheryl (Jim) McCreary, Scott (Lori) Buzzard and the late Kenneth (Diane) Buzzard; grandmother of Dorianne (Calvin) Jarchow, Megan (Andy) Rudge, Kenny (Patty), Scott (Amber), Justin (Shannon) and Jared Buzzard; seven great-grandchildren; sister of the late Barbara Wilkins and the love of her life Larry DeLuca; also survived by a loving community of friends and extended family. Friends received in the WILLIAM F. GROSS FUNERAL HOME, LTD., 11735 Frankstown Road (at Rodi Road), Penn Hills Saturday from 12 p.m. until the time of the service at 4:30 p.m. In lieu of flowers, contributions acknowledged to the Animal Rescue League, 6926 Hamilton Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15208. Send condolences post-gazette.com/gb
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SCHREPFER JOHN ROBERT, JR. AGE...
SCHREPFER JOHN ROBERT, Jr. Age 52, of North Side, on February 17, 2017. Son of John and the late Mary Schrepfer, Sr.; brother of Carl, Melissa, Rebecca, Patricia, Matthew and Keith; also survived by loving family and friends. No visitation. Arrangements by STEPHEN M. BRADY FUNERAL HOME, INC., 412-321-0495. Send condolences post-gazette.com/gb
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DETAR LOUISE AGE 93, OF TURTLE...
DETAR LOUISE Age 93, of Turtle Creek, peacefully embarked on her next journey on Thursday, February 23, 2017. Louise is survived by her children, Karen (Ronald) Lutz and Janice (Daniel) Moore; grandchildren, Katrina (Jason) Brown, Beth (George) Hoffman, Meghan (Chris) Thompson and Julia (Ronald) Bahn; and great- grandchildren, Taylor, Nathan, Kaitlyn, Ainsley, Prudence, Kyla, Aaron, and Grace. Friends received WOLFE MEMORIAL, INC. FOREST HILLS CHAPEL, 3604 Greensburg Pike, 412-731-5001, Sunday 2-5 p.m. only. Mass of Christian Burial St. John Fisher, 33 Lewin Ln., Pgh., PA 15235 on Monday at 10 a.m. Memorials may be made to the charity of your choice. Send condolences post-gazette.com/gb
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DRISCOLL PATRICIA ANN AGE 75, ...
DRISCOLL PATRICIA ANN Age 75, of Bonita Springs, FL, died Sunday, February 12, 2017, at Naples Community Hospital in Naples, FL. Patti was born in Youngstown, OH, on April 21, 1941, the daughter of the late Lewis and Josephine Maurer Magazzine. She was a graduate of Cardinal Mooney High School and Duquesne University. Patti was a devoted wife, mother and grandmother. She enjoyed sailing the Great Lakes and traveling the world with her family. Her love of cooking and entertaining lives on in her children. Patti is survived by her loving and devoted husband, Dick Driscoll of Bonita Springs, FL; daughter Beth Ann Calhoun (Steve) of Charlotte, NC; son Richard Driscoll (Erin) of Chantilly, VA; brothers Lou (Greta) Magazzine and Tom (Judy) Magazzine; and grandchildren Emma, Sadie, Jack and Lilly. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests a memorial donation be made to the American Stroke Association or a charity of one's choice. Online condolences may also be left by visiting ShikanyFuneral Home.com. Arrangements are being handled by SHIKANY'S BONITA FUNERAL HOME. Send condolences post-gazette.com/gb
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WILCOX KATHY AGE 64, OF PLUM B...
WILCOX KATHY Age 64, of Plum Boro, on Thursday, February 23, 2017. Beloved mother of Vito (Krissy) Geraci and Jesse Geraci; grandmother of Anthony, Domanic, Donte, Alex, Mia and the late Alexa; sister of Mary Alice Sabatasso, Grant Wilcox and the late Art Wilcox. Friends received, Monday, 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. at SOXMAN FUNERAL HOMES, LTD./ROTH CHAPEL,7450 Saltsburg Road (at Universal Road) Penn Hills. Mass of Christian Burial, Tuesday, 10:30 a.m. in St. John the Baptist Church. Send condolences post-gazette.com/gb
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ADAMCHIK THOMAS AGE 59, OF MOO...
ADAMCHIK THOMAS Age 59, of Moon Twp., formerly of McKees Rocks, peacefully on Friday morning, February 24, 2017. Beloved husband of Theresa (Scasserra) Adamchik; brother of Susan (Alan) Paharik, Alexis Adamchik, and Tony Adamchik; brother-in-law of Chris (Dave) Trunick and Maria (Howard) Sullivan; uncle of Lisa, Andrew, Zoe, Haley, Jen, Zach, Dallas, and Tristan; son of the late Alexander and Antoinette Adamchik. Family and friends are welcome for visitation on Sunday 2-8 p.m. at the ANTHONY M. MUSMANNO FUNERAL HOME, INC., 700 7th St., McKees Rocks, PA 15136. Mass of Christian Burial Monday 10 a.m. in St. Stanislaus Church, 57 21st St., Pgh., PA 15222. EVERYONE PLEASE MEET IN CHURCH. Memorial contributions may be made to ALS Association Pittsburgh Chapter. Please view and sign the family's online guestbook: www.musmannofh.com Send condolences post-gazette.com/gb
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MAJEWSKI MARY V. (SZYMCZAK) BO...
MAJEWSKI MARY V. (SZYMCZAK) Born on February 14, 1918, passed away on December 18, 2016, in Athens, TX. Wife of the late Stanley E. Majewski; mother of Marie (Philip) Erfort and the late Edward R. Majewski and Patricia (Patrick) Smith; sister of the late Stanley and Thaddeus Szymczak, Julia Lukus, and Josephine Vidic; grandmother of Anne, Catherine, and Timothy; great-grandmother of Aiden, Jace, Seth, Jaxon, Patrick, Benjamin, and Katlynn; beloved aunt of John (Therese) Lukus, Joseph (Bernadette) Lukus, Joann (John) Strebeck; and many dear great-nieces and nephews. Former president of Group 224; Council #2 of the Polish Woman's Alliance; member of the Confraternity of the Christian Mother's of Prince of Peace Parish; and AARP Chapter 1018 Meals on Wheels. Visitation on Monday, February 27, 2017, from 1-3 and 5-7 p.m. in THOMAS J. GMITER FUNERAL HOME, INC., 2323 E. Carson St. Mass of Christian Burial on Tuesday, February 28, 2017, at 10 a.m. in St. Adalbert Church, Prince of Peace Parish. www.thomasjgmiterfh.com Send condolences post-gazette.com/gb
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LUTZ ROSE M. ROSE, 91, OF OAKD...
LUTZ ROSE M. Rose, 91, of Oakdale, went to be home with her heavenly father on Thursday, February 23, 2017, at Country Meadows Nursing Center, Bridgeville. She was born October 25, 1925, in Midway, a daughter of the late Edwin and Hannah Belle Powelson Mitchell. Mrs. Lutz was a member of Oakdale U.P. Church. She was employed as Registrar by the PA Dept. of Vital Records for over 43 years, issuing death certificates for many funeral directors in the area. Previously she was a waitress at the coffee shop in the Greater Pittsburgh Airport for 28 years. Surviving are her daughters, Deborah (Dan) Reha of IL and Patricia Lutz of the Allegheny Valley School in Coraopolis; granddaughter, Stacy Perkins of IL. She was preceded in death by her grandson, Matthew Perkins; and sister, LaRue (William) Windsheimer. Friends will be received Sunday 5-8 p.m. in the THOMAS - LITTLE FUNERAL SERVICE, INC., 5000 Noblestown Road, Oakdale, (724-693-2800), where funeral service will be held Monday at 11 a.m. Interment will follow in Robinson Run Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be given to the Allegheny Valley School, 1996 Ewings Mill Road, Coraopolis, PA 15108, attention Dorothy Gordon. Please sign the guestbook at thomas- littlefuneralservice.com. Send condolences post-gazette.com/gb
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TAKACS ELMER J. AGE 88, OF CAN...
TAKACS ELMER J. Age 88, of Canonsburg, on Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017. Beloved husband of Rose Frances (Bacik) for 63 loving years. He was an electronics technician for Bettis- Westinghouse. Devoted father of Sandra Votodian (Frank), Jane Spellman (James), Nicholas J. (Michele); five grandchildren, Frankie Votodian (Teresa), Joseph Votodian (Julie), Ken Spellman (Dana), Martin Spellman, Jessica Boyle (Shane); two great-grandchildren, Benjamin and Lindsay Votodian. Elmer was preceded in death by his parents, Joseph and Elizabeth (Kovacs); sister, Margaret Pajak; brothers, Nicholas and Joseph in WWll and John; nephew, Bobby Pajak. Funeral arrangements by BEINHAUER'S. Friends welcome at 2828 Washington Rd., McMurray, 724-941-3211 on Sunday 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at Holy Rosary R.C. Church, Muse, PA Monday 10 a.m. Entombment Calvary Mausoleum. Please add or view tributes at: www.beinhauer.com Send condolences post-gazette.com/gb
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KEARCHER JOHN P. JACK AGE 81...
KEARCHER JOHN P. JACK Age 81, on Thursday, February 23, 2017 beloved husband of Josephine Kearcher; brother of Joan Kearcher of Glendale, CA and the late Eleanor K. Hoffman and Bertha D. Kearcher; uncle of Jeffrey, John, James and Susan Hoffman, and Nancy Sobek. Also survived by seven great-nieces and nephews and five great-great nieces and nephews. Jack graduated from Central Catholic High School in 1953 and served in the Navy in the Pacific. He was an avid golfer and reader, miniature train enthusiast. He and Josephine traveled extensively. Friends received Sunday 2-4 p.m. and 6-8 p.m. at the WINTER FUNERAL HOME, P.C., 4730 Friendship Ave., Funeral on Monday at 9 a.m. Mass of Christian burial in St. Maria Goretti Church, Friendship Campus at 10 a.m. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the American Heart Association. Send condolences post-gazette.com/gb
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STANHOFF MITCHELL MITCH AGE ...
STANHOFF MITCHELL MITCH Age 85, of Richland, on Feb. 20, 2016. Mitch was the beloved only son of the late Anna (Velicoff) and Dan Stanhoff. He lived his early years on the North Side of Pittsburgh. Since the early 1950's, when his parents built a home in Gibsonia, he has lived there most of the time. In later years, he took care of his widowed mother who he loved dearly until her death in 2006. Mitch found comfort, hope, and friendship in his faith as one of Jehovah's Witnesses and he loved to share the Bible's promises with anyone he met. He was a bright spot for all his friends at the Kingdom Hall, always ready with a smile, a one-liner and often breaking out in song just for you with his crooner-voice. He will be missed by all his friends! Memorial services will be held Sunday at 1 p.m. in Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses, 2513 Wildwood Rd, Allison Park, PA 15101. Arrangements by SCHELLHAAS FUNERAL HOME, Bakerstown. www.schellhaasfh.com Send condolences post-gazette.com/gb
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CHURMA LAURITA A. (MULLIN) AGE...
CHURMA LAURITA A. (MULLIN) Age 74, of Munhall, formerly of Carnegie, PA. Daughter of the late Richard and Sophia (Zupanc) Mullin; beloved wife of Edward Churma of 50 years; much loved mother of Michael (Hanako), Karen Kamon (Timothy) and Christine Stupakis (Nick); grandmother of George Stupakis and one month old twins, Sophia and Michael Stupakis; also survived by brothers John (Margaret) Mullin and Richard (Marian) Mullin; and sisters-in-law Nancy Wright and Kris Muchko; along with many nieces and nephews. Laurita graduated from St. Luke High School and Pittsburgh Hospital School of Nursing. She worked as a Registered Nurse at Willis Center and Jefferson Regional Hospital. Laurita enjoyed volunteering throughout her lifetime. Due to her personal experience with breast cancer, she volunteered for the Reach to Recovery of the ACS. She became a trainer for other volunteers in this peer support and education program for several years. She also became a co-coordinator for the program where she helped match patients with other R to R volunteers. She also helped initiate the Look Good Feel Better program at Jefferson Hospital. In 2008, she was awarded the Terese Lasser award for her outstanding service to women experiencing breast cancer. Laurita volunteered for the Leukemia/Lymphoma Society as an Advocate, visiting her legislators for issues involving cancer. At various times, she volunteered at St. Therese Church as RCIA Sponsor, Eucharistic Minister to the sick, Resurrection Choir for funerals and Ladies of Charity. Laurita was a member of the Pittsburgh Hospital Alumnae Assocation, the RN Club of SW PA and the Red Hats of Steel Valley. Her favorite role was that of Grandmother to her three beautiful grandchildren. We will all miss you, my beautiful, loving and caring wife. In lieu of flowers, family suggests donations to Sisters of Charity of Seton Hill or St. Therese School, Munhall, PA. Friends received SAVOLSKIS- WASIK-GLENN FUNERAL HOME, INC., 3501 Main Street, Munhall, Saturday 7 to 9 p.m. and Sunday 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Funeral Mass Monday 10:00 a.m. St. Therese Church, Munhall. Everyone please meet at church. The interment will be private. www.swgfuneralhome.com Send condolences post-gazette.com/gb
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GRIFFITHS DAVID ALLEN AGE 77, ...
GRIFFITHS DAVID ALLEN Age 77, of Pittsburgh, passed away on Thursday, February 23, 2017, after a long spell with an illness. Husband of Judith A. Griffiths; father of David (Gerda), Daniel (Allison), Diana, and Nancy (Drew); grandfather of Bridger, Benjamin, Isabella, Kelsey, Evan, and Alexandria; brother of Dennis (Jane). Memorial service to be held Saturday, February 25, 2017, at 2:30 p.m. at the Pittsburgh New Church, 299 Le Roi Rd., Pittsburgh, PA 15208. Memorial contributions may be made to the United Way. Send condolences post-gazette.com/gb
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REGAN TOM TOM REGAN, THE AMERI...
REGAN TOM Tom Regan, the American moral philosopher whose work championed animal rights, died on Friday, February 17, 2017. The cause was complications from Parkinson's disease, which he had battled bravely for several years. He was 78. In 1983 Regan published the groundbreaking book, The Case for Animal Rights, and soon was traveling the world defending its argument against critics from all corners, including the United States Congress and the British Parliament. Often introduced as "the father of animal rights," this son of Pittsburgh working class parents could not have foreseen his rise to such intellectual prominence. In his youth, he took a job as a butcher and went to Thiel College with his mind on playing halfback for the football team. In stark contrast to his meat-and-potatoes upbringing, he took an unforeseen turn and became a vegan as an adult. As he told the story, three events influenced his thinking. First, he and his wife, Nancy, were deeply affected by the death of their dog, Gleco. A philosopher by temperament as well as training, Regan wondered why he was not affected by the deaths of the cows and pigs that provided him with meat in the same way that he mourned the loss of their pet. If all so-called "food animals" are also (what he would later describe as) "subjects-of-a-life," shouldn't we respect and care for them in the way we do our companion animals? Second, during the Vietnam War, Regan joined with his students in protest and guided them through discussions of Gandhi's philosophy of nonviolence. His 1960s activism led him both to pacifism and to veganism. He came to believe that we are wrong to assume that we are justified in using animals as means to our ends. Third, Regan met philosopher Peter Singer in 1973 and three years later they co-edited an anthology, Animal Rights and Human Obligations. Regan and Singer are often tagged together as founders of the animal rights movement, but only Regan actually believed in moral rights for animals. The utilitarian commitments of his friend Singer, wrote Regan, were objectionable and kept Singer from endorsing Regan's view. Dr. Regan found the implications of consequentialist ethics untenable. He defended a strong, deontological version of the position, thus earning him the aforementioned title, "the father of animal rights." However, he rejected the appellation more than once, objecting that it carried the implication that someone had given rights to animals. We do not give rights to individuals, he was fond of saying. Rather, we discover they had rights all along. Regan's view has practical, and radical, implications for contemporary society. He spent the latter part of his career explaining and defending the abolitionist case against using animals in scientific research, hunting, zoos, circuses, and food. Regan wrote or edited more than 30 books. They include Bloomsbury's Prophet: G.E. Moore and the Development of his Moral Philosophy (1986) and Empty Cages: Facing the Challenge of Animal Rights (2003). A festschrift of essays written to honor him, The Moral Rights of Animals, appeared last year. His work was criticized by leading figures in the academy. However, such a reception is a badge of honor among philosophers who sometimes seem to evaluate the strength of their views by the reputations of the people who disagree with them. Asked about the controversial nature of his views at a Bioethics Institute in Lisbon, Portugal, Regan responded by saying that he sometimes felt like one of those plastic clown figures that children punch and tip over. The clown, he reminded the audience with a grin, always pops right back up. Even those least inclined to accept Regan's conclusions found his work worthy of investigation. And many were convinced. Here is how one colleague assessed Regan's achievements: Aristotle, Aquinas, Descartes, Kant, Bentham, Mill: all thought seriously about the role of animals in our lives. But not until Tom Regan published The Case for Animal Rights did the world possess a theory of the rights of animals. When philosophy students come to this issue hundreds of years from now, they will read the greats in light of the arguments presented here. After earning a doctoral degree from the University of Virginia, Regan began teaching at North Carolina State University in 1967 and served as Department Head in the late 1990s. A charismatic teacher beloved by his students, he won numerous awards for excellence in undergraduate and graduate teaching. In 2000, North Carolina State University gave Regan the highest honor it can bestow upon one of its faculty, the William Quarles Holladay Medal. At his retirement in 2001, the University Library established the Tom Regan Animal Rights Archive, the first such archive in the world. In it is a copy of the Utne Reader that names him one of "50 Visionaries Who Are Changing the World." Despite his academic bona fides, Dr. Regan was never content in the ivory tower. He and his wife Nancy founded and directed the Culture & Animals Foundation. Since 1985, the organization has awarded grants in support of individuals who advance the understanding, appreciation and treatment of non-human animals. In recent years, Regan returned to his lifelong interest in fiction writing and self-published two books of short stories, Maud's Place and Other Southern Stories and A Better Life and Other Pittsburgh Stories. With Tom, conversation could flow from the subtleties of Kant and Moore's philosophies to his golf swing going south. Despite his academic preeminence, he was quick to laugh and always the life of the party. Give him some great jazz, a good Scotch, and a nine iron, and you'd think you were speaking with a PGA pro. It's safe to say he was one of the few philosophers with a Steelers bumper sticker proudly displayed on his car. At his core, Regan was first and foremost a family man. He is survived by his wife, Nancy; son, Bryan Regan; daughter, Karen Regan; four grandchildren; and sister, Catherine French. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Culture & Animals Foundation, 3509 Eden Croft Drive, Raleigh, NC 27612. Condolences may be shared at CremationSocietyNC.com. Send condolences post-gazette.com/gb
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SYPIEN JANE BABE ON THURSDAY...
SYPIEN JANE BABE On Thursday, February 23 2017. Wife of the late Edward Sypien; loving mother of Jane Taylor, Raymond Sypien and the late Mary Lou Capozzi; sister of Joseph, Michael and George Ziembicki and the late Mary Moreika, Stella Zarick, Rose Haight, Alice Wittas and Stanley and Edward Ziembicki; grandmother of Dana Sheppard, Matt Taylor and Nicholas and Nicole Capozzi; great-grandmother of Abbey Sheppard. Friends received Sunday 2-6 p.m. at the SZAFRANSKI - EBERLEIN FUNERAL HOME, INC., 101 Third St., Carnegie. Mass of Christian Burial in St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church on Monday at 10 a.m. Burial in St. Ignatius Cemetery. Send condolences post-gazette.com/gb
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SARICH RUTH B. RU AGE 90, OF...
SARICH RUTH B. RU Age 90, of Verona, on Wednesday, February 22, 2017. Beloved daughter of the late Samuel and Mary Sarich; sister of Robert Sarich and the late Cecelia Grice and Homer "Sonny" Sarich; cherished and treasured aunt of Mary (James Sedlack) Macioce, Linda (James) Calgaro, Tammy (Ralph) Capozzoli, Jackie (Blaine) Petroski, Suzanne Sarich and the late Robert Grice; great- aunt of Alanna (Rich) Caffas, Adam Macioce, Christa and Sonny Calgaro, Matthew Grice, Dino Capozzoli, Alex and David Petroski; great-great-aunt of Camille and CeCe Caffas. Ruth was retired from Forbes Regional Hospital where she worked as an LPN. Family was the most important thing to Ruth and she remained lovingly devoted to them throughout her life. Friends received Sunday 2-6 p.m. at SOXMAN FUNERAL HOMES, LTD./ROTH CHAPEL, 7450 Saltsburg Road (at Universal Road), Penn Hills. Mass of Christian Burial Monday 11:30 a.m. in St. John the Baptist Church. Send condolences post-gazette.com/gb
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WENTLAND RUTH MARIE AGE 90, OF...
WENTLAND RUTH MARIE Age 90, of Pittsburgh, on Wednesday, February 22, 2017. Daughter of the late Charles and Constance Perczak Wentland; loving sister of Lois (Jack) Klingler, the late Charles Wentland, late Rita Wentland, and the late Betty Bryer; aunt of Jack (Michelle) Klingler, Jim (Joann) Klingler and Jan (John) Kinol. Friends welcome Sunday 4-8 p.m., FREYVOGEL - SLATER FUNERAL DIRECTORS (412-835-1860), 112 Fort Couch Rd., Bethel Park (Opposite Macy's South Hills Village). Mass of Christian Burial 1:00 p.m. Monday in St. Thomas More Catholic Church. Interment will follow in Queen of Heaven Cemetery. www.slaterfuneral.com Send condolences post-gazette.com/gb
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