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Hall See Lee

May 19, 2024 |

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

Hall See Lee, age 88, a 70-year resident of McKeesport, PA, died on Monday, May 13, 2024. Born on November 6, 1935 in Canton China, he is the son of the late Henry King and Yee Chin Fay Thor. Hall immigrated to McKeesport, PA as a young boy. He graduated from McKeesport High School and worked at his family’s Chinese restaurant, Yee Wah, while attending the University of Pittsburgh for Civil Engineering. He eventually took over ownership and ran Yee Wah until its closing in 1968. He then applied his strong work ethic and knowledge at Westinghouse Airbrake and Adtranz. Hall often showed his love for family and friends with his love of cooking, greeting all with firm pats on the back enveloped within his bear-like hugs. His extraordinary love and dedication to family was his center for which he will be dearly missed.
 
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Rhonda Jean Russell

May 18, 2024 |

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

Rhonda Jean Russell, age 62, of McKeesport, PA, passed away after a lengthy illness on May 2, 2024. She was born January 17, 1962, in Sewickley, PA, and is the daughter of the late John “Jack” Howard and Theresa Frances Barnhart Russell.

 
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Joan Elenor Bicsey

May 13, 2024 |

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

We are saddened to announce the passing of Joan Elenor Bicsey of McKeesport, PA, age 95, who died at Asbury Heights on May 12, 2024, of natural causes.

 
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Francis Glenn Show

May 10, 2024 |

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

Francis Glenn Show, of Pittsburgh, PA, formerly of White Oak, passed away on May 9, 2024. He was born on August 17, 1930, in Uniontown, PA, to the late Harold and Flora Herrington Show. He was raised in Farmington, PA where he attended a one room school, and then Masontown where he graduated from high school. After graduating from Indiana University of Pennsylvania, he served in the Korean War. Upon his return, he attended Penn State University and moved to the McKeesport/White Oak area. In 1956, he served as the Director of Business Operations at the Penn State McKeesport Center where classes were conducted at that time in a school located in Dravosburg, PA. As property was acquired by Penn State at the present location near Renzie Park, he took great pride in overseeing the construction, building, development, and business of the entire campus until his retirement in 1988. Francis was employed at Penn State for 32 years.

 
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Cheryl Joy Stipkovits

May 09, 2024 |

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

Writing with a heavy heart, Cheryl Joy Lorincz Stipkovits lost her battle with multiple ailments, May 8, 2024, and will be sorely missed. Born January 15, 1962, she is the daughter of Elmer and June Lorincz of Elizabeth Township, PA.

 
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Jeffery David Richel

May 06, 2024 |

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

Jeffery David Richel, age 52, of Port Vue, PA, died on May 3, 2024. He was born August 31, 1971, and is the son of Charles and Susan Holtzman Richel of Port Vue, PA.

 
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Iris Gerendash Russ

April 27, 2024 |

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

Iris Gerendash Russ, age 65, of McKeesport, died on Saturday, April 27, 2024. She was born in McKeesport on November 7, 1958 and is the daughter of the late Marvin and Florence “Prissy” Hochhauser Gerendash. Iris was employed by the City of McKeesport from 1998 until her retirement in 2020.

 
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Edmund Francis Mularski

April 24, 2024 |

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

Edmund Francis Mularski, age 88, of Glassport, PA, died on Tuesday, April 23, 2024. He was born in Glassport on January 1, 1936, and is the son of the late Ralph and Stella Gniewkoski Mularski.

 
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Paulette Joan Anjeski

April 22, 2024 |

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

Paulette Joan Anjeski, age 80, of White Oak, PA, died on Sunday, April 14, 2024. She was born in McKeesport, PA on December 29, 1943 and was the daughter of the late John and Nellie Urbanowski Balash. She was the wife of the late Robert Bryan Anjeski, Sr.

 
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Lois M. Scheirer

April 18, 2024 |

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

Lois M. Scheirer, age 75, of West Mifflin, died on Saturday, April 13, 2024. She was born in Pittsburgh on October 13, 1948, and was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Ross.

 
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Nancy Archer Walk

April 16, 2024 |

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

Nancy Archer Walk, age 92, of Elizabeth Twp., died on Monday, April 15, 2024. She was born in South Bend, Indiana, on May 12, 1931, and was the daughter of the late Harry Langston Archer and Margaret Hire Archer. The family moved to Pleasant Hills in 1945. Nancy was a 1949 graduate of Baldwin High School, where she met her future husband, Dr. George Thomas Walk, who preceded her in death. A 1953 graduate of Allegheny College, in Meadville, Pennsylvania, she was a member of the national sorority Kappa Alpha Theta and was elected to Kappa Delta Epsilon, a national honors society in the field of education.

 
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Mary Ann Peterson

April 11, 2024 |

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

Mary Ann Peterson, age 91, of Elizabeth Twp., PA, died on Wednesday, April 10, 2024. She was born in Pittsburgh, PA on May 8, 1932, grew up in Forest Hills, PA, and was the daughter of the late Walter and Anna Szmyd Matusz. She was also the wife of the late Edward A. Peterson, Sr., who died on October 15, 2015. Mary Ann was employed as a secretary for the University of Pittsburgh for many years.

 
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Janet Whitney Baum

April 09, 2024 |

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

Janet Whitney Baum, age 85, of Elizabeth Twp., passed away peacefully on April 9, 2024 surrounded by family. Born Janet Frances Whitney on August 12, 1938, in McKeesport, daughter to James & Nora (Graham) Whitney. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband Donald Murin, ex-Husband David Del Signore, brothers James (Velma) & Gerald (Rose) Whitney and sister Laverne (Jerry) Shaner.

 
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Vicki Joann Lyons

April 06, 2024 |

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

On April 3, 2024, our dear sister, Vicki Joann Sowers Lyons, formerly of Monongahela and McKeesport, PA, passed away and is now with our Lord and Savior, our parents and grandparents.

 
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Audrey Laverne Conrad

April 05, 2024 |

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

Audrey Laverne Conrad, age 91, died on April 3, 2024. She was born in McKeesport on August 20, 1932, and was the daughter of the late James and Nancy Morgan Ryan. She was the wife of the late John “Jack” A. Conrad, who died on March 8, 1996.

 
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