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Doris Mae Stipkovits

February 19, 2026 |

By Strifflers Family Funeral Homes | Posted in: Strifflers Family Funeral Homes

Doris Mae Stipkovits, age 98, of McKeesport, PA, died on Thursday, February 19, 2026. She was born in McKeesport, PA, on October 18, 1927, and was the daughter of the late Louis and Mary Movic Ferry.

 
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Alex Donavich

February 15, 2026 |

By Strifflers Family Funeral Homes | Posted in: Strifflers Family Funeral Homes

Alex Donavich, age 83, of White Oak, PA, died on Thursday, February 12, 2026. He was born in Connellsville, PA, on October 10, 1942, and was the son of the late Helen Foster.

 
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Wanda Lee Kemrer

February 13, 2026 |

By Strifflers Family Funeral Homes | Posted in: Strifflers Family Funeral Homes

Wanda Lee Kemrer, age 56, of Mills, PA, died on Thursday, February 12, 2026. She was born in Lewisburg, PA, on December 9, 1969, and was the daughter of the late Charles A. and Violet V. Weller Blyler.

 
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Janet Spicer Mangus

February 06, 2026 |

By Strifflers Family Funeral Homes | Posted in: Strifflers Family Funeral Homes

Janet Spicer Mangus, age 91, of Whitehall, PA, formerly of White Oak, PA, died on Thursday, February 5, 2026. She was born in New Castle, PA, on May 5, 1934, and was the daughter of the late Elbert Chye and Olive Fraley Spicer.

 
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Rev. Arthur Benjamin Ackerman, Jr.

January 31, 2026 |

By Strifflers Family Funeral Homes | Posted in: Strifflers Family Funeral Homes

Rev. Arthur Benjamin Ackerman, Jr., age 93, of White Oak, PA, passed away on Saturday, January 31, 2026 at Juniper Village at Monroeville. He was born in Donora, PA on October 31, 1932 and was the son of the late Arthur Benjamin, Sr. and Gladys Phythyon Ackerman. Arthur married on August 14, 1954 to Lois Cochenour Ackerman who survives him.

 
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Ruth Ann Gribbin

January 30, 2026 |

By Strifflers Family Funeral Homes | Posted in: Strifflers Family Funeral Homes

Ruth Ann Gribbin, age 85, of Ewing, NJ, died on Tuesday, January 27, 2026, in White Oak, PA. She was born in McKeesport, PA, on April 14, 1940, and was the daughter of the late William and Ruth Steele Thomson.

 
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Janine J. Petrsoki Kapcin

January 29, 2026 |

By Strifflers Family Funeral Homes | Posted in: Strifflers Family Funeral Homes

Janine J. Petroski Kapcin, age 58, of North Huntingdon, PA, passed away in her home on Wednesday, January 28, 2026. She was born in North Braddock, PA on April 20, 1967, and was the daughter of the late Anthony and Barbara (Sandor) Petroski. She was the wife of the late Charles (Chas) Kapcin, who passed away on July 1, 2025.

 
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Donald Robert Carney

January 26, 2026 |

By Strifflers Family Funeral Homes | Posted in: Strifflers Family Funeral Homes

Donald Robert Carney, age 41, of McKeesport, PA, passed away on Saturday, January 24, 2026. He was born in Monroeville, PA on June 7, 1984 and is the son of Margaret Lucas Carney of McKeesport, PA and the late Donald Peter Carney.

 
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Vicki Ann Gonzales

January 23, 2026 |

By Strifflers Family Funeral Homes | Posted in: Strifflers Family Funeral Homes

Vicki Ann Gonzales, age 57, of McKeesport, PA, passed away on Thursday, January 22, 2026. She was born in McKeesport, PA on May 19, 1968 and is the daughter of Loretta Sanoba of Kittanning, PA and the late Joseph “Bud” Gonzales. Vicki was employed as a cashier at Dollar Tree, where she made many close friends. Her favorite activities included watching movies and listening to music, especially her favorite artist, Prince. Her favorite color was purple, and she had such a big, loving heart.

 
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Ruby E. Sundberg

January 19, 2026 |

By Strifflers Family Funeral Homes | Posted in: Strifflers Family Funeral Homes

Ruby E. Sundberg, age 86, of Irwin, PA, formerly of McKeesport, PA, died on Friday, January 9, 2026. She was born in McKeesport, PA on January 24, 1939, and was the daughter of the late Edward Walter and Ruby Pearl Pratt Sundberg. She was employed as an aide at Kane Community Living Center for many years.

 
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Beverly Ann Liberty

January 08, 2026 |

By Strifflers Family Funeral Homes | Posted in: Strifflers Family Funeral Homes

Beverly Ann Liberty, age 79, of Port Vue, PA, died on January 7, 2026. She was born in Liberty Borough, PA, on March 9, 1946, and was the daughter of the late John A. and Anna Marie Wassel Canelle.

 
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Edward Gordon Schaffer

January 02, 2026 |

By Strifflers Family Funeral Homes | Posted in: Strifflers Family Funeral Homes

Edward Gordon Schaffer, age 94, of White Oak, PA, passed away on Thursday, January 1, 2026. He was born in McKeesport, PA on May 26, 1931 and was the son of the late Donald Gordon and Margaret Dandar Schaffer. He was the husband of the late Eleanore V. Mitro Schaffer, who died on June 22, 2016. Edward was employed as a mail carrier for the United States Postal Service. He was a former member of the White Oak Lions Club, Service Order of Serra Catholic, and Mary, Mother of God Parish, St. Angela Merici Church.

 
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Dorothea C. VanKirk

January 02, 2026 |

By Strifflers Family Funeral Homes | Posted in: Strifflers Family Funeral Homes

Dorothea C. VanKirk, age 66, of McKeesport, PA, died on Saturday, December 27, 2025. She was born in McKeesport, PA on May 24, 1959 and was the daughter of the late Ronald Stricklin, Sr. and the late Patricia Kucsmas Stricklin Coulter and Harry Coulter, Jr.

 
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Ian Lee Mills

December 31, 2025 |

By Strifflers Family Funeral Homes | Posted in: Strifflers Family Funeral Homes

Ian Lee Mills, age 24, of White Oak, PA, died on Monday, December 29, 2025. He was born in Johnstown, PA, on June 17, 2001, and is the son of Mark (Tammy Fox) Mills of White Oak, PA; and the late Emily Marie Maris Mills.

 
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Keisha Danielle Fortner-McKamey

December 29, 2025 |

By Strifflers Family Funeral Homes | Posted in: Strifflers Family Funeral Homes

Keisha Danielle Fortner-McKamey, age 45, of McKeesport, Pennsylvania, passed away on Sunday, December 21, 2025. She was born on May 5, 1980, to James Fortner Sr. and Teresa Fortner in Chicago, Illinois, where she spent the first several years of her life. At the age of seven, Keisha moved to Pennsylvania with her parents and her younger sister. Throughout her childhood, her family lived in several apartment communities, where Keisha formed friendships that would last a lifetime.

 
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