All Obituaries

Gary D. Tano, 65, of Dunedin, Florida formerly from West Deer Township, died Thursday, November 24, 2022, at Good Samaritan Hospice, Cabot with his family by his side. He was born in Natrona Heights on April 21,1957, to the late Robert R. Tano and Marie “Joyce” (Morgan) Tano, and was a resident of the local area until 2019 when he moved to Duniden, Florida. Gary was a 1975 graduate of Deer Lakes High School and received his MBA from the University of Pittsburgh. He began his...

Gregg L. Pompe, 69, of West Deer Township, died Thursday, November 10th, 2022 at UPMC-Passavant Hospital, McCandless with his family by his side. He was born October 16, 1953 in Pittsburgh to the late Richard G. and Helen (Locke) Pompe. Gregg grew up in West Deer graduating from Deer Lakes High School in 1971. Following graduation, he went on to the University of Chicago to receive his Bachelor’s degree. He went to work for West Penn Testing in New Kensington working over 35 years as a...

Mark L Morrow, 63 of Curtisville, West Deer Township, gained his wings November 2, 2022 while being a patient at Shadyside Hospital following a long illness. He was born March 23, 1959 to Virginia (Serafine) Morrow of Curtisville and the late Robert Morrow. Mark was born in Kaylor, PA, Cambria County, but lived most his life in West Deer and attended Deer Lakes High School. He was a machinist at Goldsborough & Vansant, Inc (Butler Forge) for over 10 years. Mark was a member of the...

Timothy R. Dawson, 66 of Russellton, West Deer Township, died Wednesday November 2, 2022 at UPMC Presbyterian Hospital, Pittsburgh. Tim was born August 20, 1956 in New Kensington to the late Frank S. and Dorothy D. (Kellaway) Dawson. Tim grew up graduating from Deer Lakes High School in 1974. He has lived in the West Deer Township most of his life. Tim worked for a window and door company installing them for many years. He enjoyed fixing most anything and teaching his step-grandson how as...

Thomas M. O’Toole, Sr., 86 of West Deer Township, died October 29, 2022 at home with his family by his side. He was born April 30, 1937 in Pittsburgh to the late Martin and Josephine (Gornick) O’Toole. Tom grew up in Pittsburgh graduating from Allegheny High School in 1954. Tom was a member of Our Lady of the Lakes Parish, West Deer, the Teamsters Union Local 249, Pittsburgh where he worked for over 40 years. He enjoyed going to NASCAR Races with his family, working in...

Raymond D. Zier, 64 of Ford City, formerly of West Deer Township, died Thursday October 27, 2022 at his home. He was born April 11, 1958 in Blawnox to Clarence P. Zier and the late Margaret C. (Schreiber) Zier. Ray grew up in West Deer and graduated from Deer Lakes High School in 1976. Ray worked as a Union Tree Trimmer for many years working for various companies including Lewis Tree Service, Asplundh Tree Service and Davy Tree Service, just to name a few. He will be remembered for having a...

Derrick J. Edwards, 66, of Russellton, West Deer Township, formerly of Saxonburg, died Monday October 24, 2022 with his wife by his side at Allegheny Valley Hospital, Harrison Township. He was born February 7, 1956 in Pittsburgh to the late Julius and Lettie Mae (Strader) Edwards. Derrick was an electronic percussionist for many years playing in various local bands especially Keys to your Heart, Norm Nardini & the Tigers, Tom Watt & the Fruit Cakes and played on the CTV show Light...

Ronald S. Butler, 69 of Bairdford, West Deer Township, died Wednesday October 12, 2022 at UPMC Passavant with his family by his side. He was born June 23, 1953 in Pittsburgh to the late Stewart F. Butler and Iva S. (Enos) Leigh of Bairdford. Ron grew up in West Deer, where he has lived most of his life. He worked for Trailmobile for over 20 years as a welder. Ron at one time owned and operated his own gun repair shop. He was a member of the American Legion Riders, Post 820 in Monroeville....

Elizabeth "Betty" (Slimick) Radage, 96, of West Deer Township, died Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022, at Holy Family Manor, where she had been a patient for the past three years. Betty was born May 31, 1926, in West Deer, to the late Paul and Catherine (Mackrel) Slimick. Betty grew up and has lived in West Deer all her life. She retired from the Deer Lakes School as a cook after working over 15 years. She worked at numerous other jobs in her lifetime, but the job she enjoyed most...

Irene M. “Jimmie” Matecka, 88 of Russellton, West Deer Township, died Wednesday October 5, 2022 at Concordia at Ridgewood Place, Plum, where she has been a patient, for the past two weeks. Jim was born on February 23, 1934 in Curtisville to the late John and Mary (Sumyard) Matecka. She grew up in Curtisville and graduated from West Deer High School in 1952, and has lived in West Deer most of her life. Jim went to work for Saxonburg Ceramics, Saxonburg where she worked over 37...