William E. McCafferty
Oct 30, 2025
William E. McCafferty, 95, of Fawn Township, passed away at home on Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025. He was born June 21, 1930, in Fawn Township, to the late James and Effie (Porter) McCafferty. William lived his entire life in Fawn Township and was an auto mechanic for McCafferty Automotive, Fawn Township. William was of the Methodist faith and a member...
Floyd D. "Skip" Ekas
Oct 29, 2025
Floyd (Skip) D. Ekas, 88, formerly of Natrona Heights, passed away Wednesday, October 29, 2025 at Aviata Rehabilitation Center at Spring Hill, Brooksville, FL. He was born July 5, 1937 in West Deer Township, to the late Wilbur and Gertrude (Marshall) Ekas, growing up on the family farm. Floyd lived most of his life in Natrona Heights and the past...
Raymond M. Napier
Oct 29, 2025
Raymond M. Napier, 81, of Pittsburgh, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, October 29, 2025. He was born October 13, 1944, to Sylvester and Genevieve (Yarosz) Napierkowski, in Natrona Heights. Following his high school graduation from Har Brack High School, he served in the United States Navy before attending Duquesne University and briefly working as a reporter for the Valley News...
Margaret F. Myers
Oct 29, 2025
Margaret F. Myers, 68, of Natrona Heights, passed away at home, Wednesday, October 29, 2025. She was born June 4, 1957 in Harrison Township to the late John W. and Barbara (Kapalka) Myers. Margaret lived most of her life in Tarentum and Natrona Heights.
Survivors include her siblings, John W. Myers, III, of Jeannette, and Patricia A. Wilczek, of New Kensington....
Lucille Jean Hopper
Oct 28, 2025
Lucille Jean Hopper, 100, of Rural Ridge, passed away Tuesday, October 28, 2025 at Seneca Place, Verona. She was born December 2, 1924 in Turtle Creek to the late Louis and Helen (McClintock) Senic. Lucille moved to the area from Myrtle Beach in 2007. She was a homemaker and also a Bank Teller at Southwest Bank for many years. Lucille...
Darla Louise Smith
Oct 27, 2025
Darla Louise Smith, of New Kensington, passed away peacefully at home on Monday, October 27, 2025, at the age of 79. She was born to the late Cecil and Lucille (Langston) Smith on January 23, 1946, at Citizens General Hospital in New Kensington, Pennsylvania.
Darla grew up and spent her entire life in New Kensington. She graduated from Ken High and...
Dr. Robert P. Bengel
Oct 20, 2025
Dr. Robert P. Bengel, 85, of Lower Burrell, PA and Ft. Myers, FL, passed away peacefully on October 20, 2025, at his home surrounded by family. He was born August 2, 1940, in New Kensington, PA, son of the late George and Genevieve (Vent) Bengel. He was preceded in death by his brother-in-law Charles Morrow, his sister Dolores (Bengel) Morrow,...
Thomas E. Gandziarski
Oct 18, 2025
Thomas E. Gandziarski, 90, of Frazer Twp., passed away peacefully at home on Saturday, October 18, 2025, after a brief illness. Born March 20,1935, in East Deer Twp, he was a proud USMC veteran, longtime Frazer resident, and retired foreman from Numec Nuclear Babcox & Wilcox. He was formerly the Buildings & Grounds Supervisor at Deer Lakes School District. Tom...
Donna Gaston
Oct 16, 2025
Donna (Amato) Gaston passed away suddenly on Thursday, October 16, 2025 in Jefferson Hills Hospital, PA. Born in Pittsburgh, PA to the late Alfred (Fred) and Catherine (Senchak) Amato on February 5, 1935. She was married to the late Alois Gaston and together raised four children who survive, Lorraine Schmidt (the late Charles), Rock Hill, SC; Gary Gaston (the late...
Ranata J. Kliemchen
Oct 13, 2025
Ranata J. Kliemchen, 75, of Tarentum, passed away Monday, October 13, 2025 at Quality Life, Apollo. She was born September 26, 1950 in Benton Harbor, MI to the late William and Ruby (Casey) Kliemchen. Ranata previously lived in Indiana for 37 years and moved to Pennsylvania in 2021. She was a self-employed Massage therapist and a member of the Unitarian...