Category: Necrology

  • Obituary: June (Carnahan) Paul, Class of 1948

    June Lorraine Carnahan Paul, 95, current resident of Lighthouse Point in Aspinwall and longtime resident of Cheswick, passed away Monday, Aug. 29, 2022. She was born June 14, 1927, to her parents, the late Paul and Joanna McElroy Carnahan. Mrs. Paul graduated from the Western PA School for the Deaf (WPSD). She was married to…

  • Deceased: Anna (Smith) Reese, Class of 1953

    Linda Majocha’s sister Anna (Smith) Reese, 89 passed away on Friday, June 17, 2022. No funeral home planned.

  • Obituary: Dorothy Fallon, Class of 1966

    Dorothy Lea Fallon, born in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania on November 17, 1946, passed away in Westerville Ohio on April 25, 2022. She was a resident at Columbus Colony Elder Care.   The cause of death was Hodgkin’s lymphoma. She is predeceased in death by her parents, John and Dorothy Fallon; and is survived by sister Linda (Bill) Pastore of…

  • Obituary: Robert Wateras, Class of 1958

    Robert “Bobby” Wateras was born on May 12th, 1939 and died on April 19, 2022. He attended WPSD and graduated in 1958.  He was an avid fisherman and retired body mechanic.  He enjoyed working on his home and helping people fish in Texas.

  • Obituary: Peter Frontini, Class of 1979

    Peter A. Frontini III (November 7, 1959 – April 7, 2022), WPSD Graduate of 1979 died on Thursday, April 7th. There will be no funeral viewing and have graveyard service at Holy Redeemer/St. Agatha Cemetery by 11 a.m. on Wednesday, April 20th. His cremation ashes will be buried with his mother. This article is posted…

  • Obituary: Edna (Trefanoff) Humes, Class of 1952

    Edna May Humes, 87 of Cheektowaga, NY, died February 9, 2022 at ECMC Hospital. Edna was born in Erie, PA; daughter of Leon and Anna (Sokoloff) Trefonoff. She was preceded in death by her parents, and husband, Millard Humes; a sister, Evelyn Adams of Erie, PA and a brother, Sam Mange of Erie, PA. Survivors…

  • Deceased: Bradley Frase, Class of 1971

    Bradley “Brad” Kent Frase. Born November 13, 1951. Graduated WPSD in 1971. Died on January 4, 2022. He was 71 years old.Taken to Funeral home, “Simple Tradition” in St. Paul, Minnesota.

  • Obituary: May (Rice) Mahy, Class of 1951

    May Elizabeth (Rice) Mahy 1931 – 2021 May E. Rice Mahy, age 90, passed away at her home in Surprise, Arizona on Thursday, December 16, 2021. She was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota on April 6, 1931, and she was one of 6 children of Elijah Lincoln Rice and Florence Hyatt Rice. She was always proud…

  • Obituary: Patricia Klinger, Class of 1984

    Patricia K. Klingler, 57, of Knox passed away on January 11, 2022 at the Clarion Hospital following a brief illness. Born November 15, 1964, Patricia was the daughter of the late Stanley and Mary Etta Klingler. Patricia graduated from the Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf in Pittsburgh and the Mount Aloysius College.  She worked…