All Obituaries

James B. Mewhirter. 89 of O’Hara Twp, passed on Friday, September 7, 2018. Beloved husband of Ruth Anne Mewhirter. Loving father of James D. (Jill), David M. (Belinda), Susan L. (Michael) Tag, and Douglas R. (Allyson) Mewhirter. Dear grandfather of Tyler, Travis, Joshua, Cody, Rebekah, Connor, Cameron, and Owen. Preceded in death by his brother Robert Mewhirter. James worked for the Penn Hills School District for 33 years where he was a Director of Guidance, teacher, and...

Vera V. Viale. 93 of Oakmont passed on Tuesday, August 14, 2018. Beloved wife of the late Dominick J. Viale. Survived by the Rommes, Kerr, Viale, Delvecchio, and Tuerffs families as well as many cousins, church family, and friends. A Memorial Service will be held on Tuesday, August 21,2018 at 11:30 am in the Oakmont Presbyterian Church, 415 Pennsylvania Ave, Oakmont. A private interment will be in Verona Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made in Vera’s name to Humane Animal...

Rita T. Thaner. 88, formerly of Verona, passed away on Friday, August 10, 2018 in Lady Lake, Florida. Beloved wife of the late Raymond C. Thaner. Loving mother of James (Charmaine) Thaner of Idaho and Janice (Wayne) Callen of Florida. Dear grandmother of 5 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren. Preceded in death by brothers, Frank, William, and Leonard Galewski and sister, Clara Cygnarowicz. Visitation will be on Friday, August 17, 2018 at 9:00 am at English Funeral Home &...

Judy Bridges. 76 of Oakmont passed on Tuesday, August 7, 2018. Beloved wife of James S. Bridges. Dear mother of Sandy (Edward) Morgan, Lale (Timothy) Laubach, and Justi (Raymond Anthracite) Grubor. Sister of Susan Nicholas. Loving grandmother of Brandon, Olivia, Mia, Alex, and Eva. Friends will be received on Saturday, August 11, 2018 at 11 am in the English Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Inc. 378 Maryland Ave, Oakmont, PA 15139 where a memorial service will begin at noon. Interment...

George Lewis “Lew” Dexter   George Lewis "Lew" Dexter. 79 of Oakmont passed on July 23, 2018 at UPMC Presbyterian Hospital, Pittsburgh. Born on December 4, 1938 in Pittsburgh, PA to the late George and Mildred (Trax) Dexter. He is survived by his loving wife Donna L. (Eaton) Dexter of 40 years, 2 sons Douglas Dexter, NC and Timothy (Sharon) Dexter, Springdale, a daughter Jennifer (Frank) Lombardo, Oakmont, 4 grandchildren Dexter Lopez, Logan, Jocelyn and...

Bernice O. Berg. 90, of Penn Hills, passed away Sunday July 22, 2018, at home, with family members nearby. She was born Dec. 24, 1927, daughter to the late John H. and Pauline Boehmer. Bernice was an avid church-goer and an activist for many issues, locally and nationally. She was at the forefront for bringing sanitary sewers to Penn Hills along with battling government waste and corruption there. Her greatest cause was campaigning to eliminate fluoridation in drinking water. She was...

Gertrude Auld. 102 of Turtle Creek, passed on Friday, July 20, 2018. Beloved wife of the late Daniel Auld. Loving mother of Kathleen (John) Fragomeni. Dear grandmother of James, Michelle, Lisa and Amy. Great grandmother of Shaina and Katie. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Monday, July 30, 2018 at 9:30 am in St. Colman Church, 100 Tri-Boro Expy, Turtle Creek, PA 15145. Interment will be in Good Shepherd Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made in Gertrude’s name to...

Kathy Irene Longas. Age 57 of Verona passed unexpectedly on Tuesday, July 17, 2018. Daughter of Kay and John Lewis. Sister of George (Kim) Gregory, Mark (Sevasti) Longas, and Scott Longas. Aunt of Jessica Longas, and Sarah and Stephanie Gregory. A Funeral Service will be held on Saturday, July 21, 2018 at 11:00 am in the Dormition of the Theotokos Greek Orthodox Church, Oakmont where visitation will start at 10:00 am. Interment will be private in Mt. Hope Cemetery. In lieu of...

Patricia Dible Thompson. Age 90, of Longwood at Oakmont, born in Penn Hills, previous resident of Mt. Lebanon, passed away peacefully on July 15, 2018.  Beloved wife of Dr. W. Richard Thompson VMD for 61 years, loving mother of Lynn (Tom) Asp, Trent (Jean) Thompson, grandmother of James Asp, Andrew Asp, Alexis Thompson and Paul Thompson.  She was preceded in death by her parents William T. Dible and S.Lois Dible, sister Mary Lois Dible and brother William T. Dible.  Pat...

Marie Josephine Golobic. On Thursday, July 12, 2018 age 99 of Oakmont formerly of Lawrenceville.  Beloved daughter of the late Frank and Mary Golobic.  A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Wednesday, July 18, 2018 at 10:30am in St. Bernadette Catholic Church Monroeville, Pa.  A private inurnment will take place in Verona/Oakmont Cemetery.  Arrangements entrusted to the English Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Inc.  Online condolences may be made to:...