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Mount Oliver Councilman John Smith Sr. passed away last Wednesday, May 8 after a long illness. He was 82. Mr. Smith had a long history of service to the Mount Oliver Fire Department, joining the company in 1957 and rising to lead the organization as...

Arthur M. Butler, Sr., left a legacy of devotion to important community organizations serving both seniors and youth. But those who knew him said that he always put his family first--and advised...

The South Side recently lost a figure who was part grandmother, part unofficial community mayor. Metropolitan Cleaners owner Margaret Hurney was 85 when she died on January 7. She owned and ran the dry cleaner for 44 years. Her family remembers even...

Delores Lillian Reese Guthrie, the little South Hills girl who grew up on Rochelle Street in Knoxville and graduated from South Hills High School in 1948 to become one of Pittsburgh's best-known...

JoAnn Herman, the sassy southern belle who founded the 29th Ward Block Watch more than 25 years ago died on Thursday, April 9. She was 74. Mrs. Herman started the 29th Ward block watch after 15...

— Theodore G. Erdel —Theodore G. Erdel, a local singer under the name of Ted Perry whose career spanned 50 plus years, died of pancreatic cancer on October 12, 2005. He was 84 at the time of his death.His professional career started in 1939 at KQ...

Philomena Rose (Pisacreta) Jones of Mount Washington, a self-taught Morse Code operator during WWII who also worked as a telegraph operator and translated Morse Code for play-by-play broadcasts of Bob Prince, died on July 19 at the Altoona Center...

Elizabeth L. “Betty” Koffler, of Brookline, who edited the South Hills Record from 1964 to 1982, had a life filled with small adventures. Virginia Leas, of Whitehall, a friend from Mrs. Koffler's youth in Overbrook, recalled her adventurous...

By Al Lowe Contributing Writer Most people who knew John L. “Jack” Schultz also knew his golden retrievers, Abbey and Haley. He would walk the dogs through his Arlington neighborhood and would notice problems that needed to be corrected. Mr. Schu...

Jo Ann Salopek's picture will never appear on a Wheaties box, but to the hundreds of South Siders whose lives she touched during nearly 40 years of community concern, she was a true champion. Mrs....

Bill Holzer left Mount Oliver council almost 10 years ago, but the life-long borough resident remained active in the community until his death June 9. Holzer, 82, passed away suddenly while on a trip to a race track/casino in Wheeling, W.Va. with...

Joseph Mario Rotondo is fondly remembered as proprietor of the South Side's Hollywood Barber Shop, where, in 1998, you could still get a haircut for $5. “Joe, why don't you give yourself a raise?” his longtime friend Marty Dorfner of Schwartz...

Free-lance newspaper reporter Jim Hosek, 50, a life-long Mount Oliver city neighborhood resident, passed away March 4 after a lengthy illness. Mr. Hosek was the proprietor of Tri-State Sports & News Service, a company organized by him to provide...