All Obituaries

Raymond J. Spirnak, 93, of Munhall, entered eternal life peacefully at home on Sunday, May 8, 2022. Born in Duquesne, February 7, 1929, he was the son of the late John  and Elizabeth (Balogac) Spirnak. Mr. Spirnak was a member of St. Thomas the Apostle Parish, St. Rita Church, Whitaker and a retired supervisor of Fisher Body, General Motors Corporation and proud veteran of the U.S. Army Korean War. Beloved husband of the late Marie (Dickson) Spirnak, he is also survived by his loving...

Timothy Stephen Petrisko, 80 years old of Duquesne, PA, passed away on Saturday, May 7, 2022.  Tim was born in Duquesne to the late Stephen and Helen Petrisko. He grew up with his siblings, Sean, Joel and Mary Lou. Tim worked at the Duquesne Steel Mill until the plant began to close down. After a variety of opportunities, he went to work for UPMC and became a supervisor for numerous parking facilities. During this time, he served on the Duquesne Public Schools school board for six...

Dorothy Sylvia (Kapso) Hubbell, 90, lifelong resident of Duquesne, Pennsylvania, peacefully passed away and entered into Heaven on Wednesday, March 23, 2022.  Dorothy was born on November 25, 1931 in Duquesne, PA.  She was the daughter of the late Anton and Agnes (Vucetic) Kapso.    She was a retired caseworker for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and later served as a Croatian translator helping immigrants with their United States citizenship and medical...

Bernard John Ducar, 65, of Whitaker, peacefully fell asleep in the Lord, surrounded by his loving family on Sunday, March 20, 2022 at Promedica skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Greentree. Beloved son of Bernard E. and Janet (Palmer) Ducar, "Bernie" was born in Homestead, April 7, 1956. In addition to his parents, he is also survived by loving brothers and sisters; William "Bill" (Joanne) Ducar, Robert Ducar, Denise (late Dean) Carr,  Deborah (Ronald) Wolfe,...

John Bonacci Jr., 86, of White Oak, peacefully fell asleep in the Lord on Tuesday, February 22, 2022 in Washington Hospital, Washington, PA. Born in West Mifflin, July 13, 1935, he was the son of the late John and Mary (Fecenko) Bonacci. Mr. Bonacci was a member of SS. Peter and Paul Byzantine Catholic Church, Duquesne and a retired maintenance repairman for the former Mellon Bank Corp. He was the beloved husband of the late Phyllis (Kacik) Bonacci, he is survived by his loving children,...

Norma Louise (Baughman) Samudosky,90, of West Mifflin, peacefully entered eternal life on Wednesday, February 2, 2022 at Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh. Born in Whitaker on April 1, 1931, she was the daughter of the late Ruben and Loretta (Steimer) Baughman. Beloved wife of sixty-seven and a half years to Edward A. Samudosky, she is also survived by two loving children, Linda L. Halliday and David (Cindy Ivaska) Samudosky; two grandchildren Stacey (James Payne) Halliday and Justin...

Carole A. (Bovee) Collins, 69, of Bethel Park, peacefully fell asleep in the Lord, Tuesday, February 1, 2022 in Jefferson Regional Medical Center. Born in McKeesport, May 18, 1952, she was the daughter of the late Luther M. and Anna M. (Krenitsky) Bovee. Mrs. Collins was a retired assistant manager from Rite-Aid Drug Company. She was the beloved wife of the late Robert J. Collins. She is survived by a son, Adam R. Collins, a daughter, Ashley E. Collins, a brother, Martin L. (Patricia) Bovee,...

Francis W. Balombiny, 95 of North Versailles, peacefully fell asleep in the Lord, on Tuesday, December 21, 2021, at Forbes Regional Medical Center. Born March 5, 1926, in Duquesne, he was the son of the late George and Mary (Hayduk) Balombiny and loving husband of the late Antoinette (Paul) Balombiny. In addition to his parents and beloved wife he was preceded in death by four brothers, Raymond, Edward, George and John Balombiny and two sisters, Irene Bartos and Geraldine Selznick. He is...

  Helene R. Nulty, 52, of West Mifflin, died at home on Friday, December 10, 2021. Born in McKeesport, June 13, 1969, she was the daughter of Johnny Nulty and the late Diana Korbanic Nulty. Helene spent her working career in department store loss prevention. In addition to her father she is also survived by a son, Jonathan Nulty, a brother John W. Nulty, and two sisters, Dawn (Ronald Gates) Nulty and Tiffany Nulty.   All services are private and entrusted to the William S....

On Friday December 9th at 2:55PM, Helen Uhren (Bakota) joined her late husband Michael Uhren in Heaven.  She was born on June 15th, 1931 in Homestead, PA to her late parents Albert Bakota and Sophia Bakota (Panocha) and had one brother, the late John Bakota of West Mifflin, PA.  She is survived by her loving son Gregory Uhrlen of South Fayette, PA as well as beloved granddaughters Kayla Uhrlen and Juliana Uhrlen both of South Fayette, PA. Helen graduated from the Robert Morris...