All Obituaries

Lorel B. (Rockot) Shoup, 74, of Springdale, passed peacefully, on Saturday, August 28, 2021. She was born in Pittsburgh on November 24, 1946, to the late Joseph and Martha Ashbacher Rockot. She had worked as a secretary for Best Oil for 25 years retiring in 2012. She enjoyed traveling, reading, puzzles and playing games. She is survived by a Daughter; Donna Rittman (Sloane) of Brackenridge, 3 Sons: Robert Shoup (Diana) of New Kensington, Kenneth Shoup of North Versailles and James Shoup...

    Naomi Meckley, 88, of Natrona Heights passed away peacefully on Friday, July 23, 2021 in the Concordia Lutheran Ministries, Cabot, with her family by her side.   She was born January 29, 1933 in Monroe Twp., Clarion County to the late Barrett and Rose (Henry) Pugh, and has lived in Natrona Heights area since 1969.   Naomi graduated from Tarentum High School in 1950. She worked as a library clerk for South Butler School District for 25 years prior to her...

Betty L. Thompson, 79, of Brackenridge, died at 5:10 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 20, 2021, at Platinum Ridge Personal Care, Brackenridge, after a lengthy illness. She was born Nov. 5, 1941, in Pittsburgh, and lived in this area since 1997. She was employed as a coordinator of senior services for Allegheny Valley Library from June 2005 to 2017. She was a daughter of the late G. Gilbert Nichols and Betty L. Logan. She was a member of St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Oakmont. She was active in church, as...

Donald E. Carnathan, 74, of Fawn Township, passed away Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021, at Passavant Hospital, Pittsburgh, after a few months of illness. He was born March 14, 1946, in Fawn Township, and lived in the vicinity all of his life. He served in the Army from 1965 to 1971, and was an electrician for Allegheny Ludlum Steel for 38 years, retiring in 2003. He was the son of the late Stella E. Jones and Walter Carnathan. He was an active member of Bairdford United Methodist Church, Bairdford...

Janice A. McIntyre, 83, of Natrona Heights (Harrison Township), passed away Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021, suddenly, in Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021. She was born Oct. 23, 1937, in Harrison Township, and lived in the area all of her life. She worked in the business office, accounting department and circulation for the Valley News Dispatch for 37 years, and retired in 1999. She was a member of Center United Methodist Church. She enjoyed music and reading, and she...

Thomas A. Joswick Formerly of Lower Burrell, Charleroi and Washington Thomas A. Joswick, 92, formerly of Lower Burrell, Charleroi and Washington, passed away peacefully Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2020, in the personal care facility at Concordia Haven, Cabot. Tom is remembered for being named Charleroi's "Outstanding Citizen" in 1970 by American Legion Post 22. He was born Sept. 5, 1928, in Mt. Pleasant, a son of the late Andrew F. and Mary Ellen Joswick. Tom was a 1946 graduate of...

Lois "June" Hetrick, 87, of Natrona Heights, died Saturday, Nov. 14, 2020, in Quality Life Services at Fair Winds Manor Skilled Nursing Home, Winfield Township. She was born April 28, 1933, in Brackenridge, where she lived all of her life. She was a homemaker, and a member of Wesleyan Methodist Church, Tarentum, who enjoyed sewing, baking and cooking. She is survived by two sons, Harry Hetrick (Linda), of Sagamore, Pa., and Chester Hetrick Jr. (Kimberly), of Lower Burrell; four...

Carole T. Huet, 87, of Natrona Heights, died at 1:15 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020, at Allegheny Valley Hospital, Harrison Township, after an illness for which she was hospitalized for three and one half weeks. She was born Nov. 16, 1932, in Tarentum, Allegheny County, daughter of the late Dr. Albert E. Mosley and Edith Thomas and lived in this area all of her life. She graduated from Penn State with a degree in home economics and English. She was an English teacher for Highlands School...

Bernice Jean Thompson, 97, formerly of Harrison Township, widow of Robert R. Thompson, who died March 24, 2006, passed away Friday, Oct. 2, 2020, in Platinum Ridge nursing home Brackenridge, after a lengthy illness. She was born July 6, 1923, in Pittsburgh, to the late Mary Josephine (Shepley) and Jay Susman, and lived in area most of her life. She was a nurse's aide for Allegheny Valley Hospital, and also worked for Georgian Manor, Sunny Crest and Saxony Health Center (Nursing Homes)...

Terri L. Bowser, 61, of Buffalo township, went to be with the Lord, surrounded by her family, Saturday, September 26, 2020. Terri was born April 15, 1959, in Butler, to Shirley Loraine Updegraff Bowser, of Buffalo Township and the late Harold Frederick Bowser. Terri graduated from Thiel College, Greenville, Pa with a bachelor's of speech and hearing science and a master's of science in speech-language pathology, and she was a member of the Alpha Gamma Delta Sorority-Alpha Chi...