Melvin Dean Osman Sr., 89, of Rochester Twp., passed away on Sunday, September 6, 2026 in his home. He was born in Vanport, Pennsylvania on December 23, 1936 a son of the late George and Mary Osman. He was a retired steelworker with Union Drawn Steel in Beaver Falls and was a US Marine Veteran. Mel was an active member of Aliquippa Christian Assembly. He was a very faithful man who was a volunteer minister at the Beaver County Jail….
Alice (Gold) Dietrich, 96 of New Sewickley Twp., passed away on Tuesday, September 1, 2026 in her home. She was born in New Sewickley Twp., Pennsylvania on December 31, 1929 a daughter of the late Robert Henry and Mary Ellen Gold. She was a 1948 graduate of New Brighton High School and Garfield Business Institute of Beaver Falls. She was member of St. Peter’s Lutheran Church which is now Prince of Peace Lutheran Church where she attended LWML conventions and…
Christopher Joseph “Vid” Vidovich, 50 of Independence Twp., passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, September 1, 2026 in his home. He was born on March 22, 1976 in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania the son of Veda Vidovich and the late Joseph Henry Vidovich. He was a 1994 graduate of Hopewell High School. Chris was a US Air Force veteran serving in Iraq as a crew chief. He was stationed at Tyndall Air Force Base in Panama City, FL from 2001 until the time…
Edward Carl Podany, 93 of Sewickley, Pennsylvania passed away peacefully on Wednesday, August 26, 2026 at Masonic Village of Sewickley. He was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on October 5, 1932, the son of the late Edward and Victoria (Gunnerson) Podany. He retired from J&L Steel in 1984 after 32 years of dedicated service. Ed was a long-time member of New Bethlehem Presbyterian Church and a proud member of the Coraopolis Lodge #674 Free and Accepted Masons for 65 years. In…
Karen Louise Edenfield, 72 of Brighton Twp., passed away on August 26, 2026 in AHN Wexford. She was born in Newport Rhode Island on December 21, 1953 a daughter of the late Harry & Esther Martin. Karen loved to read and she especially liked to watch the Steelers. She worked as a prep cook and bartender at Harolds Inn. She is survived by her husband, William D. Edenfield; two sisters: Joyce Tucker and Lori (Dave) Purnell; her step son: William…
Marian L. Brandt, 94 of New Sewickley Twp., passed away on Tuesday, August 25, 2026 in Celebration Villa of Chippewa. She was born on May 14, 1932 to the late Gladys & Ralph Barto. She retired from Freedom Area Schools and was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Rochester. Marian enjoyed square dancing and hiking with her husband and camping with her family. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 72…
Doris Gail Merz, 73 of Rochester passed away on Wednesday, August 19, 2026 in UPMC Passavant Hospital McCandless. She was born in Sewickley, Pennsylvania on September 28, 1952 the daughter of Cora Mae Kelly and the late Charles Kelly. Doris was retired after working for many years at Cranberry Place and then later at James Motel. Her life revolved around helping her family, but in her free time she did enjoy crafting. In addition to her father, she was preceded…
Lee Edwin Hostetler of Moon Township died on August 15,2006 in St. Clair Hospital. He was born in Johnstown, Pa on November 20,1953, the son of Harold and Olive (Giffin) Hostetler. After graduating from Richland High School where he was a member of the wrestling and cross-country teams, he proudly served in the United States Navy as a machine mechanic. Following military service, he explored the country and held various jobs including planting trees with the United State Forest service,…
Larry J. Freeze, 73, formerly of Rochester, passed away on August 14, 2026. He was born in East Liverpool OH, on September 20, 1952, a son of the late Melvin and Suzie (Moore) Freeze. He is preceded in death by his wife, Sharon (Moakley-Hall) Freeze, his siblings, Melvin, Floyd, David, Robert and Barbara Nagy. He is survived by his son, Eric Freeze; step-children, Chris Hall, Tony Hall, and Jeremy Hall; 14 grandchildren; his sisters, Violet Reidy and Rose Gaviniski and…
Raymond S. Rudek (Ray), 82, of Ohio Twp., passed away on August 9, 2026 in his home surrounded by his loving family. Ray was born in Pittsburgh, PA on September 11, 1943, the son of the late Stanley Rudek & Susan (Farkas) Rudek. Ray grew up in Oakland with his identical twin brother, Richard, and younger sisters Christine and Marion. He learned the value of hard work early in life being an altar boy before school each day and…