Obituaries

McKOWN
GLADYS AUEL

Gladys Auel McKown, born October 17, 1946, passed away after a brief illness at her home in Johnstown, PA.


Gladys was an accomplished woman who married her high school sweetheart David when both were 19. "They said it wouldn't last" but they were one year shy of their 60th anniversary.

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MILLER
BARBARA GOLDFARB THORPE

Age 88, died peacefully at home, on December 2, 2025. Barbara was the daughter of the late Samuel and Rachel Goldfarb of Washington, PA; and granddaughter of the late Rabbi Jacob and Zelda Goldfarb, who founded Beth Israel Congregation in Washington, PA. She grew up in Washington and...

MILLIERN
SHIRLEY

On Monday, December 8, 2025, Shirley Milliern passed away at the age of 73.


Shirley came from a large family. After her high school graduation, she lived in North Side near Annunciation Church. Along the way she met the Grubbs family and joined their household while attending school to become a...

MYERS
DENNIS W. "DENNY'

Age 84, of Peters Township, formerly of Upper St. Clair, peacefully passed away, on Thursday, December 4, 2025, with his beloved wife, Diane, at his side. A graduate of Carnegie Mellon University majoring in mathematics, he worked as a systems engineer for IBM and later BNY Mellon. Denny was...

PARKE
RICHARD JAMES

Age 77, he grew up in Mooncrest, moved to Coraopolis in the 1970s, passed away peacefully, on Wednesday, December 3, 2025, at Allegheny General Hospital. He was born in Moon Township, on September 22, 1948, to the late Olive (Miller) Sneed. In addition to his mother, he was preceded in death by...

PERRY
CALVIN

Calvin, 92, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, passed away peacefully on the morning of Sunday, December 7, 2025.


A devoted husband and proud father, formerly of the Mt. Washington neighborhood, Calvin is now joyfully reunited with his beloved wife, Janet, who preceded him in death earlier this year. The...

POZYCKI
JOHN JOSEPH

Age 65, of Naples, FL, formerly of Oakland and Jefferson Hills, passed away on December 3, 2025, after a courageous battle with cancer. He was the loving husband of 40 years to Deborah Bon Pozycki; proud father of Jill (Ryan) Hicks and Rachel (Trevor) Wildman; extremely proud grandfather of...

QUEENAN, JR.
CHARLES J. "CHUCK"

Age 95, of Mt. Lebanon, passed peacefully, on December 3, 2025. Chairman Emeritus of K&L Gates, civic and faith leader. Beloved husband of the late JoAnn (Hawkins) Queenan. Loving father of Suzanne M. Von Drehle and Charles J. Queenan, III and daughter-in-law, Jeri Eckhart Queenan....

SALAMON
RONALD LEE "SAL"

On Thursday, December 4, 2025, Ronald Lee Salamon, of Bellevue, peacefully passed away, at the age of 83. Son of the late John and Mary (Lapiska) Salamon; beloved husband of 57 years to Kathy Salamon; loving father of Michael (Jennifer) Salamon, Marlene (Scott) Story and Erin Salamon;...

SCHERER
REGIS WILLIAM (MICKEY)

Age 92, of Bakerstown, PA, passed away on December 6, 2025. Beloved husband of 70 years to Margaret Lucille Faett Scherer; father of Kathleen Prazer (Mark), Michael Scherer (Pamela), Timothy Scherer (Maria), Robert Scherer (Christine) and Lisa Scherer. Proud grandfather of Tim Jr.,...

SCHNEIDER
LaVERNE A. (HERMANOWICZ)

Of Reserve Township, age 89, on Thursday, December 4, 2025.


Beloved wife for 64 years of the late Raymond F. Schneider; mother of Ray Jr. (Karen), Ken (Cindy), David and Gary (Carol); grandmother of Dan, Kim, Tom, Courtney, Kristi, Kari, Jessica, Jamie, Gary and Rose; 12...

SERRANO, MD
EMMA RITA

Age 87, of Baldwin, died Wednesday, December 3, 2025. Born in Ponce, Puerto Rico, January 18, 1938, to the late Erasmo and Caridad Gonzalez Serrano.


Dr. Serrano was the medical director for Woodville State Hospital and assistant medical director for Mayview State Hospital. She is survived...