Dec 30 2008 Post-Gazette PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 2008 WWW.POST-GAZETTE.COM A-9 NEWS OBITUARIES LATEST DEATHS ALLEGHENY COUNTY ABERCROMBIE, Charlotte Major, 79, formerly of Pleasant Hills, died Dec. 29. Jefferson Memorial Funeral Home, Pleasant Hills. (CO) BARTLEY, Melvin P. 86, of Pine, died Dec.
29. George A. Thoma Funeral Home, McCandless. (CO) BECKER, Donald James, 78, died Dec. 24.
Leo J. Henney Funeral Home, Carnegie. (CO) BELOTTI, Arthur A. 89, of Blawnox, died Dec. 29.
Thomas M. Smith Funeral Home, Blawnox. (CO) BONNER, Alex, died Dec. 26. White Memorial Chapel, Point Breeze.
(CO) BORKE Mitchell Louis, 89, died Dec. 24. (CO) BRADFORD Hazel 105, of Monroeville, died Dec. 28. House of Funeral Home, Penn Hills.
BROURMAN, Leah Penner, died Dec. 29. Ralph Schugar Chapel, Shadyside. (CO) BROWN, Rebecca M. Sutherland 88, died Dec.
30. T.B. Devlin Funeral Home, Ross. (CO) CLARK, Sarah A. Sherbine 87, of Hampton, died Dec.
29. Neely Funeral Home, Shaler. (CO) CROWELL, Joseph R. 84, of Windgap, died Dec. 29.
Stover Funeral Home, McKees Rocks. (CO) CUMMINGS, Anna 96, of Baldwin Borough, formerly of Brighton Heights, died Dec. 30. John F. Slater Funeral Home, Brentwood.
(CO) DELP, William 55, of Pitcairn, died Dec. 30. William O. Pearce Funeral Home, Pitcairn. (CO) ELLISON, Richard 59, of East Liberty, died Dec.
25. Coston Funeral Home, Larimer. FIERST, John T. 89, of East McKeesport, died Dec. 30.
Forgie-Snyder Funeral Home, East McKeesport. (CO) FINCKE, William 90, of Shaler, died Dec. 28. Neely Funeral Home, Shaler. (CO) FOSTER, Lillian 102, of Shaler, died Dec.
30. Bock Funeral Home, Shaler. (CO) GOLTZ, Dorothy J. Lander, of Pine, died Dec. 28.
Thomas L. Nied Funeral Home, Swissvale. (CO) GREGORY, William formerly of Braddock Hills, died Dec. 30. Thomas L.
Nied Funeral Home, Swissvale. (CO) HAMM Ruth 42, of Penn Hills, died Dec. 29. House of Law Funeral Home, Penn Hills. HARLER, Roxanne, 24, died Dec.
29. John D. Son Funeral Home, Hazelwood. (CO) HUNGER, Dorothy 75, of Whitehall, died Dec. 29.
William Slater Sons Funeral Home, Mount Washington. (CO) JESSUP, Howard of Upper St. Clair, died Dec. 29. Thomas L.
Nied Funeral Home, Swissvale. (CO) KANSELBAUM, Arnold died Dec. 30. Ralph Schugar Chapel, Shadyside. (CO) KUHN, Danny 55, of Penn Hills, died Dec.
28. Rapp Funeral Home, Penn Hills. LEWIS, James H. died dec. 26.
West Funeral Home, Hill District. (CO) LEWIS, Verena, 58, of Penn Hills, died Dec. 27. Samuel E. Coston Funeral Home, Larimer.
MAZUR, Michael, died Dec. 29. Szafranski- Eberlein Funeral Home, Carnegie. (CO) McCAMBRIDGE, Armond, 86, formerly of Scott, died Dec. 28.
Beinhauer Mortuary, Peters. (CO) MIDDLETON, Madison infant, of Bethel Park, died Dec. 29. Jefferson Memorial Funeral Home, Pleasant Hills. (CO) NATH, Kenneth G.
76, of Whitehall, formerly of Carrick, died Dec. 30. John F. Slater Funeral Home, Brentwood. (CO) NEWRING, Curtis Rodney, 54, died Dec.
29. Samuel J. Jones Funeral Home, Hill District. (CO) PARKER, the Rev. John C.
76, of Mt. Lebanon, died Dec. 27. Jefferson Memorial Funeral Home, Pleasant Hills. (CO) PETRAGLIA, Lois Jean, 76, of Overbrook, died Dec.
28. Brusco-Falvo Funeral Home, Mount Washington. (CO) POLLOCK, Joann L. Wolovich, 92, of Lawrenceville, died Dec. 29.
Walter J. Zalewski Funeral Home, Lawrenceville. (CO) REMALY, Wilma 89, formerly of Ross, died Dec. 29. Laughlin Memorial Chapel, Mt.
Lebanon. (CO) ROBERTS, Marlene, 73, of East Liberty, died Dec. 30. Spriggs-Watson Funeral Home, Homewood. (CO) ROMANI, Raymond 55, of Carnegie, died Dec.
28. Leo J. Henney Funeral Home, Carnegie. (CO) SAUNDERS, William 77, of Munhall, died Dec. 28.
George Irvin Green Funeral Home, Munhall. (CO) TRISCILA, Dorothy B. Bencho, of Kennedy Township, died Dec. 29. Valerian F.
Szal Funeral Home, McKees Rocks. (CO) VOLKMAN, Loretta E. Stempler, 77, died Dec. 29. H.P.
Brandt Funeral Home, Ross. (CO) WOTHERSPOON, Marian Rose, 87, of White Oak, died Dec. 29. Mortuary Services, White Oak. (CO) BEAVER COUNTY JORDAN, Marjorie Jean, 77, of Aliquippa, died Dec.
30. Tatalovich Funeral Home, Aliquippa. McCONKEY, the Rev. Howard 87, of Ohioville, died Dec. 29.
Noll Funeral Home, Beaver. MOTTES, John E. of Aliquippa, died Dec. 30. Tatalovich Funeral Home, Aliquippa.
BUTLER COUNTY BAIER, John A. 91, of Evans City, died Dec. 23. Rapp Funeral Home, Penn Hills. (CO) STAUFFER, Charles of Cranberry, died Dec.
29. Devlin Funeral Home, Cranberry. (CO) WIEST, Richard 84, of Butler, died Dec. 28. Geibel Funeral Home, Butler.
(CO) WASHINGTON COUNTY BROWN, Kevin 46, of Monongahela, died Dec. 18. Frye Funeral Home, Monongahela. JONES, E. Dale, 82, of Washington, died Dec.
29. William G. Neal Funeral Home, Washington, Pa. (CO) SIMS, Rosemarie, 80, of Marianna, died Dec. 29.
John B. Greenlee Funeral Home, Beallsville. (CO) WIEGMAN, Theresa A. Brezinski, 96, of Peters, died Dec. 28.
Beinhauer Mortuary, Peters. (CO) WESTMORELAND COUNTY BAUM, Marian 80, of Lower Burrell, died Dec. 29. Frank F. Gigler Funeral Home, Lower Burrell.
BRUNO, Thomas 36, of New Kensington, died Dec. 29. Frank F. Gigler Funeral Home, Lower Burrell. JACKSON, William Leroy, 69, of Jeannette, died Dec.
26. Watts Memorial Chapel, Braddock. (CO) KOTESKI, Pauline Trulik, 96, of Lower Burrell, died Dec. 29. Frank F.
Gigler Funeral Home, Lower Burrell. OTHER DECKER, Christopher Dennis, of Wharton, Fayette County, died Dec. 28. Andrew Ferguson Funeral Home, Uniontown, Fayette County. (CO) GMITER, Kenneth James, 43, of Atlanta, formerly of Sewickley, died Dec.
26. Thomas J. Gmiter Funeral Home, South Side. (CO) HALGAS, Bernard 67, of Masury, Ohio, died Dec. 29.
J. Bradley McGonigle Funeral Home, Sharon, Mercer County. (CO) LUNARDI, Catherine died Dec. 28. (CO) PAULUS, Peter 94, of Ocala, Fla.
(CO) PREVIOUS DEATHS BLOCHER, Carolyn 65, of Scott, died Dec. 28. William Slater II Funeral Service, Scott. (CO) BOBINYEC, Michael, 93, of Mt. Lebanon, formerly of Bethel Park, died Dec.
11. Laughlin Memorial Chapel, Mt. Lebanon. (CO) BREITENTSTEIN, Edith M. Simon, 90, of Spring Hill, died Dec.
28. T.B. Devlin Funeral Home, Ross. (CO) BROWN, Helen of Monroeville, died Dec. 29.
Gene H. Corl Funeral Chapel, Monroeville. (CO) CICCONE, Roseann Biega, 52, of Moon, formerly of Coraopolis and Hopewell, Beaver County, died Dec. 29. Funeral Home, Moon.
(CO) DeSIMONE, Marie 100, of Mount Washington, died Dec. 29. William Slater II Funeral Service, Scott. (CO) FALEY, John Michael III 37, died Dec. 3.
(CO) GANDY, Beverly Lucretia Griggs, 73, of Kettering, Ohio, formerly of Coraopolis, died Dec. 22. Funeral Home, Coraopolis. (CO) HEIL, George J. 88, of West View, died Dec.
29. Schellhaas Funeral Home, West View. (CO) KRAMER, Dorothy A. Kampas, 89, of Ross, died Dec. 29.
H.P. Brandt Funeral Home, Ross. (CO) LEE, James 84, of Homewood, died Dec. 28. Spriggs-Watson Funeral Home, Homewood.
(CO) LYONS, Lauren 84, of Murrysville, died Dec. 29. Hart Funeral Home, Murrysville. (CO) MAGDA, Walter 90, formerly of Chalfant, died Dec. 29.
Patrick T. Lanigan Funeral Home, East Pittsburgh. (CO) MILES, Angela Denise 48, of East Liberty, died Dec. 24. Spriggs-Watson Funeral Home, Homewood.
(CO) OSWALD, Scott D. 39, of the South Side, died Dec. 27. James J. Barry Jr.
Funeral Home, Allentown. (CO) PUSATERI, Albert P. 60, of Swissvale, died Dec. 26. Patrick T.
Lanigan Funeral Home, East Pittsburgh. (CO) SABOL, Tricia Molka, of Plum, died Dec. 28. William F. Gross Funeral Home, Penn Hills.
(CO) SCHWARTZ, Lillian Glick, 75, of Squirrel Hill, formerly of Mount Pleasant Borough, died Dec. 28. Ralph Schugar Chapel, Shadyside. (CO) WESELINSKI, Elizabeth P. Wolbert, 93, died Dec.
28. Anthony G. Staab Funeral Home, Elliott. (CO) ZUGEC, Loretta E. 87, of Robinson, formerly of Mount Oliver, died Dec.
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to 8:30 p.m. daily. Helped to start Pittsburgh Public Theater By Patricia Lowry Pittsburgh Post-Gazette How do you get to Carnegie Hall? For Bernard Brannigan, the answer to that question begins with the death of his Irish immigrant grandfather, who left behind a widow and a large family in Pittsburgh. Not long after, one of Julia North Side neighbors came to her door and asked if it would help her if he gave her boys some work. The work was Downtown at the Fulton, and it was the beginning of a life in the theater for three generations of Brannigans.
By 1920, four of boys were working as stagehands at the old Nixon Theater. Eventually, all toured with Broadway shows and worked on Broadway, then went back to Pittsburgh and settled said her grandson, theater consultant Robert Brannigan of Connecticut. Another grandson, brother Bernard, also got his start as a stagehand at the Nixon, then left to join the Marines, serving in Korea and playing clarinet in the Marine Corps Band. When he returned to America, he embarked on a career that took him to Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, where he worked as a draftsman on stage designs; to Philharmonic Hall, where he was assistant to the general manager; and to Carnegie Hall, where he was director of operations. Mr.
Brannigan, who also played an essential role in the early success of the Pittsburgh Public Theater, died Dec. 19 in Bridgewater, N.J., after complications from surgery to treat a brain aneurysm. He was 72. remember Bernie very well from the first days of the said Public Theater co-founder Joan Apt. was one of those stalwart people you could depend on.
Without him, we could not have opened our theater. He knew or had contacts with everyone in the technical world. He was a On his Web site, another Public Theater co-founder, Ben Shaktman, describes Mr. Brannigan as the technical director and who knew where to find the best equipment and the best people. reputation as a longtime, successful Broadway stagehand made it relatively easy to recruit the local manpower who would be assembling the scaffolding, building the seats, rigging the lighting and hoisting platforms into position by opening in September 1975.
Those crews to work with and learn from Mr. Brannigan was the technical director for three years, also serving as set designer for its production of It was at Carnegie Hall that Mr. Brannigan met his second wife, Carol, in 1986. She was an assistant house manager; he was her boss. was an extremely honest, compassionate person who expected the same traits in she said.
have a lot of patience with superficial Although he retired seven years ago, she said, he continued to work occasionally as a sound technician for at the Golden Theatre. He also continued to enjoy music classical and jazz as well as photography, trips to Italy and reading about history. worked in practically every aspect of said Robert Brannigan, adding that seven Brannigan descendants of his and his generation who worked in the theater are being succeeded by three more in the third generation. In addition to his wife and brother, Mr. Brannigan is survived by four sons, Timothy and Brien, of New York City, and Connor and Robbie, of Bridgewater, N.J.; a daughter, Kerry Brannigan, of Goshen, N.Y.; a sister, Patricia Doherty, of Sewickley; and two grandchildren.
A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Jan. 5, 2009, at the Bridgewater United Methodist Church, 651 Country Club Road, Bridgewater, N.J. Arrangements are by Bruce C. Van Arsdale Funeral Home, Somerville, N.J.
Memorial contributions can be made to Broadway Fights AIDS, 165 West 47th Street, Suite 1300, New York, NY 10036. Patricia Lowry can be reached at or 412-263-1590. BERNARD BRANNIGAN June 15, 1936 Dec. 19, 2008 By The Associated Press Lark Previn, a daughter of actress Mia Farrow whose sister Soon-Yi Previn was at the center of Miss messy breakup with Woody Allen, has died. She was 35.
Lark Previn died Christmas Day at a hospital in New York City. No cause of death was given. Ms. Previn was born in Vietnam in 1973. She was one of three children adopted by Miss Farrow and her then-husband, conductor Andre Previn, who was music director of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra from 1976-84.
The couple also had three biological children. Miss Farrow adopted two children and had a biological son during her relationship with Mr. Allen. She starred in several of Mr. movies during their relationship, which ended in 1992 when she discovered that Mr.
Allen was having an affair with her adopted daughter Soon-Yi, then 22. LARK PREVIN Died Dec. 25, 2008 Daughter of Mia Farrow BROURMAN LEAH PENNER On Monday, December 29, 2008; Beloved wife for 67 years of the late Samuel Brourman. Cherished mother of Diane Dr. Jon Brillman and Margie the late Douglas Kessler.
Sister of the late Harold Penner. Adored and devoted grandmother of Michael Dr. Salima Brillman, Daniel Alyson Brillman, Dr. Amy Benjamin Kahn, Kate and Jacob Kassab, David Kessler and Julie Brillman. Also survived by many sisters-in-law, brothers-in-law and loving nieces nephews.
Services at RALPH SCHUGAR CHAPEL, 5509 Centre Avenue, Shadyside on Wednesday at 12 Noon. Visitation one hour prior to services 11 AM 12 Noon. Interment Homewood of David Section. Contributions may be made to The Neil Brourman M.D. ALS Research Fund and ALS Association, 27001 Agoura Suite 150, Calabasas Hills, CA 91301-5104.
Send condolences at BROWN REBECCA M. (SUTHERLAND) Age 88, on Tuesday, December 30, 2008. Loving mother of Ruth Whitfill, Richard Brown and Kathryn Cinker; proud grandmother of Melody and Stacey Mackin; sister of Christine Woods. A Memorial Service will be held on Saturday, 1 pm, at T.B. DEVLIN FUNERAL HOME, 806 Perry Highway.
In lieu of flowers contributions can be made to the Greater Pittsburgh Food Bank. Send condolences at BROWN HELEN M. Of Monroville, on Monday, December 29, 2008. Beloved wife of the late Harold Brown; sister of Emil R. Bohinski, Herman Bohinski, and the late Bertha Hodoba, Carolyn Remcheck Edward Bohinski.
She is also Cont. on Next Page CICCONE ROSEANN (BIEGA) RoseAnn (Biega) Ciccone, age 52, of Moon Township, formerly of Coraopolis and Hopewell, passed away peacefully on Monday, December 29, 2008 at Forbes Hospice. Beloved wife of 15 years to Anthony D. Rossi; loving daughter of Patricia (Cox) and the late Leo Biega; devoted mother of Christopher Ciccone and the late Nicholas Ciccone; precious granddaughter to Rose Cox and the late William Cox and Joseph and Ann Biega; cherished sister of Andrea (Joseph) Durinsky and Jacky (Rick) Bayne; sister-in-law to David Rossi and Perry (Linda) Rossi; aunt to Chandler Rossi, Selena Rossi, Jennifer (Jason) Warren, Rebecca Bayne, Kyra, Zachary Kristine Durinsky; also numerous aunts, uncles and friends. 1974 graduate of Hopewell High School; 1996 graduate of Sewickley Valley Hospital School of Nursing R.N.
at Dr. office and First Health. Member of St. Joseph Church. 25 year plus secretary of the card club.
Visitation Tues. 2-4 7-9 at MOON TWP. 981 Brodhead Rd. www.copelandfuneralhomes.com with prayer on Wednesday at 9:30 AM followed by Mass of Christian Burial at 10 AM at St. Holiday Hours Obituary Department New Years Day January 1st 12 Noon to 4 PM ABERCROMBIE CHARLOTTE (MAJOR) Age 79 of Pittsburgh, formerly of Pleasant Hills, on Monday, December 29, 2008.
Beloved wife of the late James Robert Abercrombie; loving mother of Patricia (Tom) Jarusinski, James (Sharon) Abercrombie and Charles (Catherine) Abercrombie; sister of the late Betty Galvin, Ginger Smith and William Major; also survived by five grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Friends will be received on Friday, 2-4 7-9pm at the JEFFERSON MEMORIAL FUNERAL HOME, INC 301 Curry Hollow Pleasant Hills, where services will be held at NOON Saturday. Interment Jefferson Memorial Park. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, 406 Old Clairton Pittsburgh, PA 15236. www.jeffersonmemorial.biz Send condolences at BAIER JOHN A.
91, of Evans City, on Tuesday, December 23, 2008. Jack has made his final journey to be with his Lord and Savior. He was born October 13, 1917 to the late Albert and Mabel Stewart Baier of Pittsburgh, who are welcoming him along with his late wife, Louise, to his everlasting life. He was truly a of all He spent a long time off and on as a truck driver, but his most recent endeavors were Proprietor of the Den Tavern on Butler Street, Evans City and Property Manager. Jack leaves behind a loving sister, Margaret Brown of Rome, PA, a brother, William E.
Baier of Vestal, NY, a very close nephew Edward W. Baier of Duncan, SC as well as a niece and nephew of Binghamton, NY. Arrangements by RAPP FUNERAL HOME. Send condolences at BARTLEY MELVIN P. Age 86 of Gibsonia on Monday, December 29, 2008; beloved husband of Katherine (Shelleby) Bartley; father of Pamela Lorence and her husband Stanley and the late Gail Palamone Johnson; brother of the late Jack Bartley and Leona Randall; grandfather of Jake Lorence, Michael Palamone and Beth Joseph; also survived by 6 great-grandchildren.
Friends may call FRIDAY 2-4 pm and 6 pm until time of Blessing Service at 8 pm at the GEORGE A. THOMA FUNERAL HOME, INC. 10418 Perry Hwy. McCandless. Send condolences at BECKER DONALD JAMES Donald James Becker, 78, on December 24, 2008, went home to be with his Savior.
He was the loving husband and best friend of 33 years to Judith Ann Becker. He is survived by his daughters Kristine Lea Becker and Amy Ulm Boule. He was the loving brother of Larry J. Becker and the late Jerry L. Becker.
He was the loving and caring Pap Pap of Hannah Ulm and Grant and Benjamin Boyle. Also greatly loved by Patty and Roman Matyja and Julie Maidens and Family. You are invited to Celebrate the life of Donald James Becker, Saturday, January 3, 2009 at 2:00 p.m. at the Gospel Chapel, 433 Jacks Run Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15202. If desired, the family suggests Memorial contributions be made to The Gospel Chapel in name.
Arrangements made through the LEO J. HENNEY FUNERAL HOME, Carnegie, PA. Send condolences at BELOTTI ARTHUR SR. on Monday, December 29, 2008, age 89, of Blawnox; husband of Ralphia Belotti; father of Arthur A. Jr.
(Marian), David M. and Richard C. Belotti; grandfather of Christina and Annette Belotti; also survived by nieces and nephews; brother of the late Mary Ferraro and Michael and Joseph Belotti. Friends received from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. FRIDAY ONLY at the THOMAS M.
SMITH FUNERAL HOME CREMATION LTD 930 Center Avenue, Blawnox where prayers will be recited Saturday morning at 10:15 followed by Mass of Christian Burial in St. Edward Church at 11 Art served in the US Army Air Corps. during WWII. Send condolences at BLOCHER CAROLYN C. Age 65, of Scott suddenly on Dec.
28, 2008; beloved wife of Norman; loving mother of Michael (Christine) and Daniel (Marina); Nanu of Nicolas, Courtney and Aidan; sister of Michael (Arlene) Gualtieri, Toni Gualtieri and Joanne (Michael) Korczynski; also survived by four nephews and great nieces and nephews. Carolyn was a beloved wife, mother, Nanu and sister who loved to cook and spend time with her family. She was a hair stylist and an avid bowler. Visitation private. Friends are invited to a Mass of Christian Burial Wed.
11 a.m. in SS. Simon Jude Church. PLEASE MEET AT THE CHURCH. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to SS.
Simon Jude Angel Fund, 1625 Greentree 15220. Arrangements by WILLIAM SLATER II FUNERAL SVC. 1650 Greentree Scott Twp. www.slaterfamilyservice.com Send condolences at BOBINYEC MICHAEL Of Mt. Lebanon, formerly of Bethel Park, on Thursday December 11, 2008; beloved husband of Rella (Betty) Bobinyec; father of Judy (Robert) Breidigan; grandfather of Timothy Breidigan, Brian (Carol) Breidigan Julie (James) Dombroski.
Also survived by 8 great- grandchildren. A Memorial Service will be held on Saturday January 3, 2009 at 1:00 PM in the Mt. Lebanon United Presbyterian Church. If desired, memorials may be made to Mt. Lebanon U.P.
Church 255 Washington Rd. Pittsburgh, PA 15216. LAUGHLIN MEMORIAL CHAPEL www.laughlinfuneralhome.com Send condolences at BONNER ALEX Quietly on December 26, 2008, beloved husband of Anna Belle Bonner; loving father of Gloria Bonner, Clarice Johnson, Alex Bonner III and the late Nadine Johnson and Deborah Stroud; brother of Martha Johnson and Eliza Jackson. Also survived by 14 grandchildren, 35 great grandchildren and 26 great great grandchildren. Friends may call Friday 2-8pm at Grace Memorial Presbyterian Church, 1001 Bryn Mawr Road, Hill District where the Funeral Ceremony will be held on Saturday, January 3, 2009 at 12:00 noon.
Interment Homewood Cemetery. Arrangements entrusted to WHITE MEMORIAL CHAPEL of Pt. Breeze. Send condolences at BORKE MITCHELL LOUIS, Ph.D. Mitchell Louis Borke, Ph.D., 89, of Pittsburgh, died Wednesday, December 24, 2008.
Surviving Dr. Borke are his daughters: Louise I. Borke and Susan Borke, grandchildren: Laura I. Sciuto, Louis H. Sciuto, Liza G.
Brecher. He is also survived by Joanna Stebbins and Agnes Kofman. He belonged to The Fulbright Association, Sigma Kappa Phi, The Polish Cultural Council and the Duquesne University School of Pharmacy Faculty Association.Mitchell Borke was born as Mieczyslaw Borkowski in 1919 in Warszawa (Warsaw), POLAND. He graduated from General Joseph Sowinski 1-st Municipal Gymnasium (high school) with Honors in 1936, and went on to study medicine at the Medical Faculty, Joseph Pilsudski University in Warsaw, until the outbreak of World War II on September 1, 1939.He spent the war years in the Soviet Union in a forced labor camp and on a collective farm, surviving to immigrate to the United States after the war. In the US, Mitchell Borke studied pharmacy at the College of Pharmacy, University of Illinois in Chicago, Illinois, graduating in 1951 B.S.
in Pharmacy, with Honors and continuing with his studies to achieve a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Pharmaceutical Chemistry.From 1957 until 1989, he was a member of the faculty of the School of Pharmacy, Duquesne University, in Pittsburgh, advancing in rank from an assistant professor to full professor and retiring as a Professor Emeritus. While at Duquesne University, he established the programs in Nuclear Science, Radiopharmacy and in Radiological Health as well as the Laboratory in Nuclear Science. Mitchell Borke held membership in numerous professional and honor societies and had 25 refereed journal publications and 6 book reviews (2 in Russian). For the academic ear, 1969-1970, he held a Fulbright fellowship to teach Pharmaceutical Chemistry in Taiwan.In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the U.S. Holocaust Museum in Washington, DC.
Send condolences at BREITENSTEIN EDITH M. (SIMON) Age 90 of Spring Hill on Sun. Dec. 28, 2008; beloved mother of Edith Joseph (Charles) of McCandless, Edward (Linda) of Mills, PA, Karen Hawes (Richard) of FL and the late Francis (survived by his wife Dorothy); proud grandmother of ten and great-grandmother of fourteen. Friends received Tues.
2-4 7-9 pm at T.B. DEVLIN FUNERAL HOME 806 Perry Highway. Mass of Christian Burial in Most Holy Name Church Wed. 12 pm. In lieu of flowers contributions may be made to UPMC Hospital or the Animal Rescue League of Western, PA.
Edith retired from H.J. Heniz Co. where she was an employee for almost 20 years. Send condolences at survived by nieces and nephews. Friends received at the GENE H.
CORL INC. FUNERAL CHAPEL CREMATION CENTER OF MONROEVILLE, 4335 Northern Pike 1 block East of Mosside 48) (A Golden Rule Member). Visitation 2-4 7-9 p.m. Wednesday. Mass of Christian Burial at North American Martyrs Church on Friday 10 a.m.
CORL FAMILY DIRECTORS, 412-372-2100. www.corlfuneralchapel.com Send condolences at.
