In Memoriam
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2024
Barbara Beck Israel, who retired from Shaler Area SD and passed on March 16, 2024 age 79
Dr Donald J Wonderling, who retired from the Allegheny Intermediate Unit and passed on February 4, 2024
Albert J Yedlicka, who retired from Penn Hills SD and passed on June 29, 2024 age 95
Cliff Kirschner, who retired from Shaler Area SD and passed on June 30 age 75
Virginia McKown, who retired from Mt Lebanon SD and passed on February 18 age 95
Fred Polesky, who retired from Allegheny Intermediate Unit and passed on April 21 age 92
Susan West, who retired from Mt Lebanon SD and passed on May 20 age 87
2023
Delores Harding, who retired from McKeesport Area SD, passed away March 22, 2023 age 95
Albert E Byers, passed away June 21, 2023 age 75
Eleanor Krasnow, who retired from Pittsburgh SD, and passed away January 1, 2023 age 97
Mary C Parento, who passed away January 1, 2023
Mary Jane Chemsak, who passed away November 1, 2023 at age 89
Betty Conn, who retired from North Allegheny SD and passed on October 6, 2023 age 102
Lorraine H DiNatale, who retired from Fox Chapel SD and passed on November 27, 2023 age 90
Joanne Duncan, who retired from West Mifflin SD and passed on July 22, 2023 age 91
Francis R Griffin, who retired from West Mifflin SD and passed on December 25, 2023 age 87
Ruth Mansfield, who retired from North Hills SD and passed on August 12, 2023 age 102
Phyllis Pastore, who retired from Clairton SD and passed on October 13, 2023 age 88
Elizabeth Peach, who retired from Baldwin Whitehall SD and passed on April 14, 2023 age 87
Jeanette Fedora Sonic, who retired from Baldwin Whitehall SD and passed on April 5, 2023 age 92
Wilton Barber, who retired from North Allegheny SD and passed on September 23, 2023 age 86
Eleanor Buran, who retired from 30 years of teaching and passed on December 14, 2023
Martha B Hunt, who retired from Pittsburgh City SD and passed on January 8, 2023 age 96
Evelyn Stephan, who retired from Highlands SD and passed away on January 10, 2023
2022
Camille Toth, who taught in several school districts passed away July 2, 2022 age 86
Mary Jane Hoover, who retired from Penn Hills SD and passed away June 4, 2022 age 91
Josephine Matthews, who retired from North Hills SD and passed away May 27, 2022 age 101
Donald McGhee, who retired from Allegheny Valley SD and passed away February 2, 2022 age
Walter Sakaluk, who retired from Gateway SD and passed away October 28, 2022 age 96
John P Sebastian, who worked at Glassport HS and in Pittsburgh schools, passed on April 30, 2022 age 95
June R Swiger, who retired from Avonworth SD and passed away on June 17, 2022 age 100
Anna S Williams, who retired from West Jefferson Hills SD and passed away on January 5, 2022 age 97
Alvin Clark, who retired from Pgh City Schools and passed away July 19, 2022 age 98
Ruth Carew, who retired from Baldwin Whitehall SD and passed away on May 30, 2022 age 97
Mary Ann Marczak, who passed away November 12, 2022 age 101
Betty L Miller, who passed away August 8, 2022
2021
Janet Roberts, who retired from Bethel Park SD passed away December 7, 2021 age 83.
Ed Bitler, who retired from Penn Hills SD and passed away January 25 2021, age 85
Ronald D Netchi, who retired from Fox Chapel Area SD and passed away April 22, 2021 age 85
Edward Verkleeren, who retired from McKeesport Area SD and passed away February 3, 2021, age 83
Bertha Ritchey, who passed away May 1, 2021
Norbert Wagner, who retired from Allegheny Valley SD and passed away Sept 4, 2021, age 101
Mary Ann Dixon, who retired from Elizabeth Forward SD and passed away April 23, 2021, age 83
Raymond Flickner, who retired from Bethel Park SD and passed away June 17, 2021 age 88
Jane S Parker, who passed away January 1, 2021
Robert Taylor, who retired from Baldwin Whitehall SD and passed on December 14, 2021 age 80
Dorothy Mae Hartmann, who retired from Fox Chapel Area SD and passed on November 27, 2021 age 88
Alda Emerick Kerscher, who retired from Hampton Top SD and passed July 24, 2021 age 92
Billye Kyle, who retired from Mt Lebanon SD and passed on September 5, 2021 age 91
Lois Preston, who passed on October 20,2021 age 89
John Ray Mueller, who passed away December31, 2021 age 75
Patricia Grubb, who retired from the Mt Lebanon SD and passed away on July 15, 2021 age 90
2020
Lois L Miller, McMahon, who retired from Avonworth SD and passed away December 20, 2020 age 93
Mary Jo LeDonne, who retired from Shaler Area SD and passed away November 20, 2020 age 78
Mary R Perry, who retired from Gateway SD and passed away May 17, 2020 age 92
Samuel Condeluci, who retired from Shaler Area SD and passed away on September 20, 2020 age 81
William D. Parsons
Sara Joan Miller, who retired from Fox Chapel Area SD and passed away November 4, 2020 age 83
Charles T Adamski, who retired from Hopewell SD and passed away August 24, 2020 age 91
Angela S Ciccone, who retired from Sto-Rox SD and passed away November 20, 2020 age 92
Maryln B Ignath, who retired from the North Hills SD and passed away on November 17, 2020 age 84
E Cornelia Lopez, who retired from Upper St Clair SD and passed away on September 3, 2020 age 94
Patricia Maxwell, who retired from Keystone Oaks SD and passed away March 3, 2020 age 89
Louis A. Zemanski, who retired from Chartiers Valley SD and passed away January 24, 2020 age 90
Kathryn Roth, who retired from Moon Area SD and passed away March 24, 2020 age 98
Patricia Gold who retired from Cornell SD and passed away on June 13, 2020 age 87
Richard Hummel, who retired from North Hills SD and passed away February 4, 2020 age 91
Nancy Myers, who retired from Fox Chapel SD and passed away July 6, 2020 age 87
Philip S Slaugh, who retired from West Mifflin SD and passed away May 1, 2020 age 88
Raymond Donatelli, who passed away July 27, 2020 age 87
Helen Louise Laughran, who passed away January 3, 2020 age 100
Mary Jane Moore, who retired from Fox Chapel SD and passed away on May 14, 2020 age 92
Lynda Simboli, who retired from Sunrise School and passed away on August 28, 2020 age 89
Luella Krah, who retired from Avonworth SD and passed away on September 30, 2020 age 90
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2019
Mary R Biesuz, who retired from Gateway SD and passed away June 25, 2019 age 91
Edward N Cochrane, who retired from Shaler Area SD and passed away December 14, 2019 age 86
Helyne McMullen, who retired from the MontourSD and passed away May 3, 2019 age 93
Rose M Rometo, who retired from Penn Hills SD and passed away on July 29, 2019 age 98
Helen Totin passed away April 10, 2019, age 88
Marian C Edwards, who retired from Wilkinsburg SD and passed away on March 25, 2019 age 90
James Binnix, who retired from Penn Hills SD and passed away September 9, 2019
Lois Hengstler, who retired from McKeesport Area SD and passed away on September 14, 2019 age 89
Barbara O'Palenick, who retired from Sunrise School and passed away on February 6, 2019 age 89
Barry L Young, who retired from North Hills SD and passed away on February 9, 2019 age 83
Charles Wright, who retired from Avonworth SD and passed away on August 13, 2019 age 91
Vincent Ventresca, who retired from Gateway SD and passed away on November 23, 2019 age 90
2018
Elizabeth C Alcorn, who retired from Fox Chapel Area SD and passed away February 23, 2018
Antoinette T Alphonse, who retired from the Quaker Valley SD and passed away July 27, 2018 age 104
Helen Mae Baker, who retired from Moon Area SD and passed away September 5, 2018 age 95
Cazmeara S Bronowski, who passed away May 2, 2018
Adrienne W Ellis, who retired from Gateway SD and passed away February 14, 2018 age 97
Catherine Finch, who passed way December 12, 2018
James L Garzia, who passed away January 30, 2018
Louise A Gates, who passed away AUGUST 29, 2018
Gerald F Goga, who retired from Hampton SD and passed away July 6, 2018 age 74
Hilda Koppe, who retired from Mt Lebanon SD and passed away August 7, 2018 age 93
Gloria M Lutz, who retired from Chartiers SD and passed away November 17, 2018 age 97
Regina McCaslin, who passed away August 29, 2018
Goldie B Ottenheimer, who retired from Steel Valley SD and passed away October 31, 2018
Agnes C Patterson Hogg, who retired from Steel Valley SD and passed away November 6, 2018
Daniel Rolshouse, who retired from North Hills SD and passed away September 6, 2018 age 89
Marie E Veden, who retired from West Allegheny SD and passed away April 12, 2018 age 94
Jean Jaloski, who retired from West Deer SD and passed away March 28, 2018
Rita M Ebner, who retired from Shaler SD and passed on February 9, 2018 age 83
Walter Gibbons, who retired from Elizabeth Forward SD and passed on February 11, 2018 age 79
Ronald Markiewicz, who retired from West Mifflin SD and passed on Aprill 2, 2018 age 81
Inez Jean McGlothlin, who retired from Bethel Park SD and passed on January 12, 2018 age 97
Gene A. Mori, who retired from North Hills SD and passed on February 15, 2018 age 81
A. Richard Pitcock, who retired from Mt Lebanon SD and passed on January 16, 2018 age 79
Eleanor Hallie Wist, who retired from North Allegheny SD and passed on April 21, 2018 age 100
Yolanda Viola Rancone, who retired from the Cornell SD and passed on June 22, 2018 age 95
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2017
Beatrice Young, who retired from West Jefferson Hills SD and passed away February 7, 2017 age 99
Anna Mae Emery, who retired from Bethel Park SD and passed away April 5, 2017 age 86
John Vojnovich, who retired from Duquesne SD and passed away November 25, 2017 age 92
Joanne B Ostergaard, who retired from Mt Lebanon SD and passed away June 14, 2017 age 89
Aimee Sobbott Cupelli, who retired from Allegheny Valley SD and passed November 28, 2017 age 96
Thomas A. Brady Sr, who passed on September 28, 2017
Laura Jean Etzel, who retired from Shaler Area SD and passed on November 2, 2017 age 86
William Wiley Hicks, who retired from North Allegheny SD and passed on October 5, 2017 age 88
Thomas Andrew Labanc, who retired from Baldwin Whitehall SD and passed on Nov 19, 2017 age 71
John Takach, who retired from Allegheny Valley SD and passed on November 25, 2017 age 89
Helen L Vingin, who retired from Plum Boro SD passed on December 6, 2017 age 85
Mary Lou Watts, who passed on May 8, 2017 age 89.
2016
Patricia E Bair, who retired from the Highlands SD and passed away September 21, 2016 age 76
Louise Branzel, who passed away June 16, 2016 age 102
Mary M Melani, who retired from Baldwin Whitehall SD and passed away on April 10, 2016 age 95
Catherine Kacey, who retired from West Mifflin SD and passed away September 12, 2016 age 97
Annette (Kotchey) Scheid, who retired from Deer Lakes SD passed on November 7, 2016 age 100
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2015
Ruth C McCoy, who passed away March 11, 2015 age 97
Alice M Soos, who retired from the West Allegheny SD and passed away March 19, 2015 age 86
Shirley J Szurszewski, who passed away April 14, 2015 age 85
Elizabeth Felbinger passed on March 9, 2015 age 95.
Madeline McGinnis, who retired from Moon Area SD and passed on February 25, 2015 age 97
2014
Martin F Andrews, who retired from Duquesne City SD and passed away November 24, 2014 age 65
John Haack, who retired from the East Allegheny SD and passed away February 11, 2014 age 87
Katherine J Pokorny, who passed away October 24, 2014 age 80
Renee D Schultz, who retired from McKeesport Area SD and passed away June 5, 2014 age 85
Edward W Ewaskey, who retired from Chartiers Valley SD and passed on September 27, 2014 age 84
Ruth D Schaming, passed on April 4, 2014 age 92
2013
Elizabeth E Denniston, who retired from North Hills SD and passed away December 10, 2013 age 90
Dorothy E Hileman, who retired from North Hils SD and passed away September 3, 2013 age 93
Shirley L Kerchner, February 6, 2013
Nick Lenosky, who retired from North Hills SD and passed away September 26, 2013 age 88
Ruth Torrence, who retired from Shaler Area SD and passed away March 31, 2013 age 93
Peggy Murphy Linsenbigler, who retired from Steel Valley SD and passed on June 7, 2013 age 94
2012
Eleanor K Brown
Dorothy A Milashin, who retired from Fox Chapel Area SD and passed away November 12, 2012 age 91
Florence C Tabor, who passed away October 29, 2012 age 102
Patricia L Watson
Dorothy Nary, who retired from Highlands and Tarentum SD and passed away April 19, 2012 age 95
Dorothy Copeland, who retired from Elizabeth Forward SD and passed away August 22, 2012 age 91
Norma Jean Scott who retired from Plum Boro SD and passed away January 5, 2012 age 79
2011
Helen W Allen, who retired from Elizabeth Forward SD and passed away October 23, 2011 age 96
Eva Carlson, who retired from the Clairton SD and passed away January 23, 2011 age 98
Hubert W Winner
Joseph M Vossel , who passed away May 12, 2011 age 90
Esther M Williams, who passed away January 25, 2011 age 83
2010
Isabelle M Carns, who passed away October 31, 2010 age 89
Albert Hazeem, Jr, who retired from Moon Area SD and passed away April 30, 2010 age 81
Pearl S Hazlett, who passed away October 5, 2010 age 94
Eva Mae Lepant, who passed away April 26, 2010
Mary L McCain, who retired from West Mifflin SD and passed away October 14, 2010 age 88
Anna Jean Schmidt, who retired from Brentwood SD and passed away January 15, 2010 age 81
Dorothea L Spangler, who passed away November 11, 2010 age 94
Dorothy B Mikus, who retired from Carlynton SD and passed away on February 8, 2010 age 94
Florence Zeigler, who passed away June 2010.
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2009
Elizabeth H Newhall, who passed away December, 2009
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2007
Dorothy Waters, who passed away February 7, 2007 age 91
Michael Stupar, who passed away December 20, 2007 age 83
Mary Elizabeth Molyneaux, who retired from Steel Valley SD and passed away December 16, 2007
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2006
Lois J Carlisle, who passed away September, 2006
Ruth Bennett, who retired from West Jefferson Hills SD and passed away August 8, age 89
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2004
Catherine S Halladay, who passed away December 22, 2004 age 94
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2003
Thomas Underwood, who passed away August 15, 2003 age 82
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2002
Frederick L. Del Monte, who retired from North Hills SD and passed away October 21, 2002 age 80
Mary Phillips, who retired from North Hills SD and passed on July 28, 2002 age 84
Eileen Hoehn, who passed away January 8, 2002
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2001
John DeSantis Jr, who passed away January, 2001
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2000
Albert Stefick, who passed on October 8, 2000 age 77
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1999
Agnes Veblun, who retired from the Steel Valley SD and passed on May 13, 1999 age 91
Camille Fernekes, who passed away September 15, 1999 age 95
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1995
Emma Burkhouse passed away September, 1995 at age 99
Lawrence Callo, who passed away November 4,1995 age 75
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1994
Nancy K Howell, who passed away January, 1994
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1992
Frances B Hagen, who passed away May 1992
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1988
Robert Roche, who passed away March, 1988
Martha Atwell, who passed away February 25, 1991
A School Teacher's Poem
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One hundred years from now
it will not matter
what kind of car I drove,
what kind of house I lived in
how much money was
in my bank account
nor what my clothes looked like..
But the world may be a
better place because
I was important in the life of a child!
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