Obituaries
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Monessen, Pennsylvania, Westmoreland County, & Surrounding Areas

Michael Peckyno
Mar 12, 2008
Michael Peckyno, 79, of Monessen, died Wednesday, March 12, 2008 in the Residence at Hilltop.He was born in Monessen on January 3, 1929, the son of the late Frank and Sophia Drahobecky Peckyno. Mr. Peckyno was a life long resident of Monessen and a 1947 graduate of Monessen High School. He received his bachelor's degree in Education from the University...

Angeline Lombardo
Mar 1, 2008
Angeline Lombardo, 82, of Belle Vernon, formerly of Monessen, died Saturday, March 1, 2008 in Monongahela Valley Hospital Inc..She was born in Monessen on July 3, 1925, the daughter of the late James and Philomena (Stella) Lombardo.She is survived by five cousins, Teresa Peters and husband William of Camphill, Joseph Canestrale of Monessen, Matt Canestrale and wife Lorraine of Rostraver...

Donna Marie Marmie
Feb 29, 2008
Donna Marie Marmie, 65, of Lackawanna, NY, died Friday, February 29, 2008 at her residence.She was born in Monessen on July 18, 1942, the daughter of the late Bernard A. and Edith A. (Domenick) Marmie.Donna grew up in Monessen, was a 1960 graduate of Mt. Alvernia High School in Millvalle, and attended Carlow College. She was a member of the...
Agnes M. Bellora
Feb 24, 2008
Agnes M. Bellora, 87, of Monessen, died Sunday, February 24, 2008 in Country Care Manor.She was born in Monessen on October 16, 1920, the daughter of the late John and Mary Tormasi Kolveck.Mrs. Bellora was a life long resident of Monessen and a member of Epiphany of Our Lord R. C. Church.She is survived by three sons and two daughters-in-law,...
Guy Lang
Feb 23, 2008
Guy Lang, 86, of Monessen, died Saturday, February 23, 2008 in Monongahela Valley Hospital Inc.He was born in Belle Vernon on July 1, 1921, the son of the late John and Anna Catherine Winn Lang. Mr. Lang was a resident of Monessen most all his life, and a member of Epiphany of Our Lord R. C. Church and the former...
Mary V. Polinchak
Feb 16, 2008
Mary V. Polinchak, 94, of California, formerly of Charleroi, died Saturday, February 16, 2008 in Jefferson Regional Medical Center.She was born in Greensburg on September 21, 1913, the daughter of the late Luigi and Amelia (Annie) Rich Romasco.Prior to living in California, Mrs. Polinchak was a resident of Monessen and Charleroi, and a member of Mary Mother of the Church...

Genevieve Williams
Feb 8, 2008
E. Genevieve Williams, 88, of Monessen, died Friday, February 8, 2008 in U.P.M.C. Mercy Hospital, Pittsburgh.She was born in Rostraver Twp. on March 5, 1919, the daughter of the late William Charles Williams and Isabella Alice Hall Williams. She was a life long resident of Monessen, and a member of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Monongahela. Ms. Williams was a...
Pasquale "Patsy" S. Martucci
Feb 5, 2008
Pasquale "Patsy" S. Martucci, 74, of Monessen, died Tuesday, February 5, 2008 in Monongahela Valley Hospital Inc.He was born in Monessen on September 25, 1933, the son of the late Alfano and Rose Petrancosta Martucci.Mr. Martucci was a life long resident of Monessen, a 1951 graduate of Monessen High School, and received his bachelor and masters degree in Music/Music Education...

Helen K. Sivak
Jan 27, 2008
Helen K. Sivak, 88, of Monessen, died Sunday, January 27, 2008. She was born in Monessen on March 19, 1919, the daughter of the late Vasil and Anna Chornak Krivyanik. She was a life long resident of Monessen, and a 1937 graduate of Monessen High School. Mrs. Sivak was a former member of St. John the Divine Orthodox Church and...
Audrey Ann DiFlorio
Jan 19, 2008
Audrey Ann DiFlorio, 69, of Boynton Beach, FL, formerly of Monessen, died Saturday, January 19, 2008 in Del Ray Medical Center, Del Ray Beach, FL.She was born in Monessen on June 8, 1938, the daughter of the late William and Olga Spadolini DiFlorio. She was a graduate of Monessen High School Class of 1956 and a graduate of Michigan State...
Delio "Day-Day" D. Perozzi
Jan 19, 2008
Delio "Day-Day" Perozzi, 82, of Monessen, passed away on Saturday, January 19, 2008 in Jefferson Regional Medical Center following a brief illness. He was born on November 13, 1925, the son of the late Luigi and Annita Mignini Perozzi. He was a 1944 graduate of Monessen High School, and a veteran of World War II, having been drafted into the...

Dorothy Rose Gigliotti
Jan 14, 2008
Dorothy Rose Gigliotti, 89, of Monessen, died Monday, January 14, 2008. She was born in Milwaukee, WI on September 12, 1918, the daughter of the late Frank F. and Frances A. Miller Palm. She has been a resident of Monessen for the past 46 years, and a member of Epiphany of Our Lord R. C. Church. She was also a...

Ralph Buffa
Jan 3, 2008
Ralph Buffa, 81, of Rostraver Twp., formerly of Monessen, died Thursday, January 3, 2008 in Monongahela Valley Hospital Inc.He was born in Monessen on December 5, 1926, the son of the late Michael and Louise Minardi Buffa.Mr. Buffa owned and operated Dunn Rite Siding and Soffit Company until his retirement. He was a member of Epiphany of Our Lord R....
Bertha T. Bradley
Nov 30, 2007
Bertha (Bronislawa) T. Bradley, 90, of Monessen, died Friday, November 30, 2007 in Jefferson Regional Medical Center, with her son and daughter-in-law by her side.She was born in Monessen on June 25, 1917, the daughter of the late Ben (Bronislaus) and Stella (Stefania) Skoczylas Tyburski. Mrs. Bradley was a life long resident of Monessen, and attended St. Hyacinth Parochial School...
Anthony E. Lucchino
Nov 23, 2007
Anthony "Tony" E. Lucchino, 57, of Fairfield, Iowa, formerly of Monessen, went home to be with the Lord following a brief illness, on Friday, November 23, 2007 in University of Iowa Hospital.He was born in N. Charleroi on August 17, 1950, the son of Dominic and Angela Talarico Lucchino, who survive and reside in Monessen. Anthony was a 1969 graduate...
Alfred M. Tarquinio
Nov 19, 2007
Alfred M. Tarquinio, 87, of Monessen, died Monday, November 19, 2007 in Monongahela Valley Hospital Inc.He was born in Monessen on May 7, 1920, the son of the late Eugene and Josephine Mallino Tarquinio. He was a 1939 graduate of Monessen High School and a life long resident of Monessen. Mr. Tarquinio was a devoted husband, loving father and grandfather,...
Steve L. Kostolansky
Nov 4, 2007
Steve L. Kostolansky, 90, of Charleroi on Sunday Nov. 4, 2007.He was born in Charleroi on June 28, 1917, the son of the late Steve and Pauline Kostolansky.Survived by his wife Mary, two sons, Stephen and Dennis, and a daughter Joyce.Services are private.
Angela M. Giannetti
Nov 2, 2007
Angela M. Nicolette Giannetti, 93, formerly of Monessen, died Friday, November 2, 2007 at her residence in Brookline.She was born in Fayette City on January 14, 1914, the daughter of the late John and Julia Bonasso Nicolette. Mrs. Giannette moved to Brookline in May, and had previously lived in Monessen all her adult life. She was a member of Epiphany...
Patricia F. Vrable
Oct 29, 2007
Patricia F. Vrable, 72, formerly of Monessen, died Monday, October 29, 2007 in Coal Center.She was born in Monessen on July 28, 1935, the daughter of the late Joseph P. and Helen Caruso Falbo.Mrs. Vrable was a graduate of Charleroi High School and Robert Morris College. She had worked as a secretary in the office at the former Pages Plant...

Patricia F. Vrable
Oct 29, 2007
Patricia F. Vrable, 72, formerly of Monessen, died Monday, October 29, 2007 in Coal Center.She was born in Monessen on July 28, 1935, the daughter of the late Joseph P. and Helen Caruso Falbo.Mrs. Vrable was a graduate of Charleroi High School and Robert Morris College. She had worked as a secretary in the office at the former Pages Plant...