All Obituaries

Julia Sauro White, of Leet Twp., Pa. passed away on September 11, 2022. Wife of the late Julius Sauro and Cullen "Jack" White. Mother of Emil and Debbie Sauro. Sister-in-Law of Geraldine Walters of Texas, Aunt of Betty Stumo and Bill Scimio and many other nieces and nephews. Also preceded in death by her three brothers; Dario, Romeo and Guido Scimio. Friends will be received in the Richard D. Cole Funeral Home, Inc., 328 Beaver Street Sewickley, Pa. 15143 on Friday September...

Joan "Jennie" Pitts, 95, passed away on Sunday, September 11, 2022. Born in Sewickley in 1926 on Thanksgiving Day to Antonio Rupert and Raffaela DeGori, she was preceded in death by her husband of 65 years, Ernest "Ernie" F. Pitts Sr. The youngest of five, Jennie was known for her generosity and hospitality. In her Italian tradition, but also out of her innate kindness and compassion, Jennie always looked to help and feed people. She was an outstanding cook, with...

David Devere Johns, son of Nancy Walters Johns and Kenneth E. Johns, Sr., passed away on August 23, 2022.  David spent his life in Sewickley, PA and graduated from  Quaker Valley High in 1963.  Starting in 1965, he served two tours of duty as a Green Beret in the Vietnam conflict. David was an alumni of Slippery Rock College and Robert Morris University.  He maintained a successful career as a credit union auditor and accountant.  David was a longtime Sewickley...

Velma Saire, 89, of Sewickley, passed away in the early morning hours of Thursday, August 18.  A native of Glassport, she was born to Virginia (Altman) and Albert Backstrom.  Despite a childhood filled with obstacles, she was valedictorian of Glassport Jr /Sr. High School in 1951 and attended the University of Pittsburgh, where she received her B.S. in Elementary Education, M. Ed. in School Administration, and Doctorate in Administration.   In her 50+ years as an...

Lois Jane Asche Rush, 89, of Sewickley, was born Jan. 8, 1933, in Rochester, Pa., the second of four children born to the late Charles F. and Irma M. Edmonds Asche. Lois departed this life Saturday, July 23, 2022, at her residence. Raised in Beaver Falls, Pa., she graduated from Beaver Falls High School in 1950 and the Garfield Business Institute in 1953. On Aug. 4, 1956, she married Homer Rush, who preceded her in death on March 12, 2008. Lois was a longtime member of Triumph Baptist Church...

Joseph F. Smith, 69, former resident of Sewickley, Pa. passed away on July 23, 2022. Son of the late Leo Paul Smith Jr. and Eleanor Someroak Smith, Joe grew up in Sewickley, graduating from Quigley High School and then Duquesne University with a Batchelors and Masters Degree in English. His education led him to be a Journalist for The Sewickley Herald and The Publisher and Editor of "Sewickley Magazine". He was very active in The Sewickley Historical Society where he was on...

Dr. Harold Jordan Garber, 67, of Sewickley, 67, passed away after two years of fighting cancer Tuesday, June 14, 2022. Jordan was born in Queens, N.Y., in 1954, to Morris and Alice (Rose) Garber. He graduated from Yale University in 1976 and worked at Yale Psychiatric Hospital, where he set his path to medicine and went on to graduate cum laude from Loyola Medical School in Chicago in 1982. Jordan did his internship and residency at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, and postdoctoral...

SEWICKLEY - Sasha Sava Koledin, a long time resident of Sewickley, Pa. passed away peacefully at his home in Sewickley on May 17, 2022. Born in the former Yugoslavia on October 6, 1938, he and his family fled communism to find a better life in America after the Second World War. They first lived in Ambridge and later moved to Sewickley. After graduating from Quaker Valley High School in 1958, Sasha joined the US Army. He...

John Christian David LeCornu   On Wednesday, May 11th, 2022, John Christian David LeCornu passed away at the age of 31.   Christian was born at Sewickley Valley Hospital on August 18th, 1990. He was a graduate of Sewickley Academy and received his bachelor's degree at Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was a highly respected and successful Senior Strategist at Shareability in Austin, TX, the city he called home for the last 9...

Shirley Sue Stevens 82, formerly of Sewickley, Pa. passed away at her home on April 25, 2022. Daughter of the late Samuel and Esther Trudell Stevens. Sister of Stuart Stevens and the late Stephen Paul Stevens. Shirley was a graduate of the first graduating class of  Quaker Valley in 1957, and went on to teach there from 1961-2001, when she was awarded The Teacher of Excellence Silver Award. She was a member of St. David's Christian Writers Assn., The Pittsburgh Literary...