All Obituaries

Robert J. Loper, 75 of West Deer Township died Wednesday September 19, 2018 with his family by his side. He was born May 6, 1943 in Pittsburgh to the late Herbert E. and Irma A. (Blose) Loper. Bob grew up in Pittsburgh graduating from Washington Vo-Tech in 1961. Following graduation Bob enlisted in the US Army. Upon returning from the service he married the love of his life Jean M. (Wassell) Loper October 17, 1964. He worked as a machinist for National Valve Company in Pittsburgh for over 21...

Bertha S. (Creese) Fosnaught, 85 of Bairdford, West Deer Township died Monday September 10, 2018 at UPMC-Passavant, McCandless with her family by her side. She was born March 2, 1933 in Verona to the late Floyd and Dorothy (McDade) Creese. She grew up in Verona, where she lived until she moved to West Deer in 1953, where she has lived for the past 65 years. Bert was a member of the Deer Lakes Community Church of the Nazarene, West Deer. She worked as a School Bus Monitor for over 14 years...

Patricia A. (Schuller) Olzak, 79 of Curtisville, West Deer Township, died Sunday September 9, 2018 at Allegheny General Hospital. She was born August 11, 1939 in Harwick to the late Pete and Bertha L. (Rossman) Schuller. Pat grew up in Freeport graduating from Freeport High School in 1957. Pat has lived in Curtisville for the last 60 years. She worked as a cashier at the Russellton Shop & Save for over 42 years retiring in 2002. Pat was an active member of Transfiguration R.C. Church,...

Harry F. “Hobo” Baker, III, 61 of Russellton, West Deer Township died peacefully Monday August 13, 2018 at Harmar Village Care Center, Harmar. He was born July 24, 1957 in New Kensington to the late Harry F. and Dolores J. (Angeline) Baker, Jr., living in Russellton his entire life. A 1975 graduate of Deer Lakes High School then received his Bachelor’s degree from Robert Morris and then his Master’s degree from East Stroudsburg University in 2009. Hobo worked for over...

Teresa M. “Terri” Schuller, 57 of West Deer Township died suddenly Sunday August 5, 2018 up on arrival at Allegheny Valley Hospital, Harrison Township. She was born April 27, 1961 in New Kensington to Andrew R. and Donna L. (Johns) Schuller of West Deer. Terri grew up graduating from Deer Lakes High School in 1979, living most of her life in West Deer. She worked as a quality control supervisor for both Mycore in Hampton for about 10 years and then at Medrad in Indianola for over...

Charles R. McCorkle, 88, formerly of Clinton Township, died Tuesday July 24, 2018 at Elmcroft of Saxonburg, where he has been living these past 6 years. He was born May 16, 1930 in Clinton Township to the late Frank M. and Cora I. (Shorts) McCorkle. Chuck grew up and lived in Cherry Valley most of his life. He served his country in both the US Airforce and the US Army during the Korean Conflict. He worked as a welder for Railway Maintenance in Blawnox over 20 years then...

Lehman M. Kretz, 19 of West Deer Township, died Friday July 20, 2018 unexpectedly at UPMC-Passavant Hospital. He was born December 11, 1998 to Caroline C. (Heininger) (Rich) Hollibaugh with whom he lived and Ronald W. (Kerry) Kretz of Center Township. Lehman grew up in Wexford attending the Pine-Richland schools then moved to West Deer and graduated from Deer Lakes High School in 2017. He was attending the University of Pittsburgh School of Business where he just finished his freshman year....

John D. Pittman, 89 of Curtisville, West Deer Township, died peaceful on Wednesday July 18, 2018. He was born June 16, 1929 in Sarver to the late James and Eleanor (Simon) Pittman. He was a 1947 graduate of Mars High School. He worked as a State Health Inspector for the State of PA Department of Health, inspecting various hospitals throughout the Pittsburgh Area for over 20 years. He was a member of the Carpenter’s Union and was of Presbyterian faith. He enjoyed dancing, playing his...

Steve M. Slovenec, 85, of Rural Ridge, Indiana Township, passed away peacefully at home on Friday, June 22, 2018 with his family at his side. He was the beloved husband of 52 years to Genevieve (Hajduk) Slovenec; dear father of Sharon Slovenec, Angela (Ed) Schmitt, Jennifer (Mike) Hoy, Dorothy (Tony) Erlain, Stephen J. Slovenec and Michael Slovenec; Grandfather of Carly and Kayla Slovenec, Marissa and Matthew Schmitt, Mitchell and Braden Hoy, and Amanda, Anthony and Alex Erlain; son of the...

Rosann J. (Brown) Grieco, 75 of New Castle, formerly of Penn Hills, died Tuesday June 19, 2018 at UPMC-Presbyterian. She was born February 28, 1943 in Pittsburgh to the late Clyde R. and Margaret L. (Sallade) Brown. She grew up in Penn Hills and graduated from Penn Hills High School in 1961. She worked for her husband as an Administrative Assistant in his Insurance Damage Appraisal Company for over 10 years. She enjoyed water color painting, crocheting, needle work, gardening, reading, but...