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News of Record Obituaries News Record Thursday Seifct 22 1994 47 Obituaries James A. Collins Ross Purchasing agent James A. Coiling dj, died Tuesday, Sept. 20. 1994, at Passat ant Hospital.

McCandless. Mr. Collins was born Aug 10, 1931, in Pittsburgh, a son of the late Timothy Collins andjulia a i I ullins of (i Obituary policy Aspinwall police warn of scam attempts A a a of North Catholic High School artd Duquesne University he was a purchasing agent for Bloom i i Pius- burgh. He served in the Air Force during the Korean War. Survivors i his wife.

hirley a Collins, one daughter, Cheryl Scnven of South Bend, two sons, Kerry Michael Collins of Alabama and Brian James Collins of Ross, two ae" 5 'e' -eiat ves We ac "C' "or PIS serv.ce like ar oD'tuary 'o 3DDea in News D'ease can your fi jne a home ca jS oec'iy a', one of "ulcers i s'ed Deiow i will ouDiisn ot 1 vivcxs "lenorals and DIO' grapnica. encourage you to orovae us wit a recent pnoiograpn Other arM dMtht We also publish noxes i other Pittsbufgh-area deaths We encourage uneral (Tome directors to call us with frrfor- 1 nation The 'S no chafae for 'his service Ou telephone nu noe are ASPINWALL: Police cautioned area residents to be wary of irangers attempting to get into their after recent instances involving attempted scams. Police Chief Bill Eckert suggested that if anyone is suspicious about the intent of a stranger at their door to iirunediaieK phone police through Shaler dispatching base at 961-0600 Eckeri said one of ihe incidents look place about 3.45 p.m. Sept. 13 when three males managed to gain entry into two of three homes.

Nothing was stolen, but the suspects did manage to get into second-floor bedrooms while the residents were distracted downstairs. They will tell residents that they are repairing a sidewalk outside their house and they need some hot water to use on the job," said Eckert. Then, when the suspects are inside the house they distract the Around the North and Phone: Address: JAOSON 1 9 Oct fi Parents will have the to meet the teachers view. their and meet other a i i Pupils are encouraged to attend with their parents A Junior-Senior High vhool will have an open house 7 to Oct 13 Parents will meet the teachtrs to learn about the goals and curriculum for each subject Events pass available to senior citizens Senior citizens in tht district can obtain at the administration building on 1324 Roosevelt Road The annual pass allows tree admit tance to school events. Food service workers settle contract cr Texas and William i of Bridgeville, and four grandchildren Friends will be received from 2 toi-and 7 to 9 p.m.

today arKfTriaey in the T.B. Devlin funeral Ffcmie, 806 Perry Highway, RossvChristian Funeral Mass will be (celebrated at 10 a.m. Saturday Athaoasius Roman Catholic West View. Burial will folldw in North Side Catholic Cemetery, Ross. Memorial contribupons may be made to Cancer Soci- etv 1-800-87X-9994 OJT 'ax 772-3915 Mi McCarixlless, HomemaEer lack Marie Lysik Koselnack, 90, died Tuesday, Sept 20,1994, at the Wexford House Nursing Home, McCandless.

Formerly of Knoxville, Mrs. Koselnack was a homemaker. Survivors include her daughter, Dorothy Reinhart of Ross; two ters, Helen Alexson of Sheridan and Josephine Sutter of Poland; three granddaughters; 10 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren. Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. today in the T.B.

Devlin Funeral Home, 806 Perry Highway, Ross. Christian Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.riv. Friday in St. Teresa Avila Roman Catholic Church, Ross. Burial will follow North Side CathoHtr-Gemetery, Ross.

Lois McCartney Kroen Bellevue Call for Action volunteer Lois Jane McCartney Kroen, 68, died Tuesday, Sept. 20, 1994, at Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh. Mrs. Kroen was a volunteer for KDKA's Call for Action for several years. Survivors include her husband, Norbert A.

Kroen, one son, Kris A. Dana L. Wolfram of McCandless andDanaaJr Mrs. McGowan was born flov. 10, 1912.

in Pittsburgh, a daughter of the late William RpGould and Ethel Cella Gould. She was a homemaker and lived in Shaler for the past 40 Survivors include one daughter, Patricia J. Mamula of Shaler; two sdhs. Thomas E. McGowan of Sterling, and Robert- D.

McGowan of Brookline; one sister, Dorothy Howe of Shaler; four brothers, William Gould of California, George Gould and Vincent Gould, both of West View, and Robert Gould of Finleyville; nine grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren. Mrs. McGowan was preceded in death by her husband. Thomas E. McGowan.

and a brother, Ralph (Pete) Gould. Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. today at theiThomas Funeral Home, 930 Center Blawnox, where a service will be held at 11 a.m. Friday. Burial will follow in Lakewood Gardens, Indiana Township.

Marie M. Robinson Zelienople Secretary Marie M. Robinson, 97, died Monday, Sept. 19, 1994, at Passavant Health Center, Zelienople. Mrs Robinson retired from Button McLain Architects as a secretary.

She was an active member of Calvin Presbyterian Church, Zelienople. She was also past president of the following organizations: the Butler County Women's Federation Club, Women's Community Club Association of Zelienople, Pittsburgh Doll Club, Early American Glass Club of Pittsburgh and the Travelers Club i She was a charter merrrbeTof the Zelienople Historical Society and a member of the Harmony Historical it! Mretrwfc'" Club. and six grandchildren. A funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. today in St.

John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Perry Highway, with the Rev. Robert Strobel officiating. Entombment will follow in Allegheny, County Memorial Park, McCandless. Memorial contributions may be made to St. Evangelical Lutheran Church Arrangements were handled by the McDonald-Linn Funeral Home, Avalon.

Muriel McGowan Shaler Homemaker Muriel McGowan, 81, died Tuesday, Sept. 20. at St Barnabas Nursing Home, Richland Survivors include one son, Neal Robinson of Kansas; arid two grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, R. Roger Robinson, in 1951; one son, Robert Robinston, in March 1985; and two brothers, Norman McDermott and Raymond McDermott.

Friends will be received from 7 to 9 p.m. today in the Boylan Funeral Home, 325 E. Grandview Zelienople. A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Friday in Calvin Presbyterian Church, 415 E.

Grandview Zelienople, with the Rev. Richard W. Anderson officiating. Burial will follow in Zelienople Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to 1 the Zelienople Public Library or to Calvin Presbyterian Church.

Suspect in Sharpsburg arson released on bail Staff report Wolf, 22, of a who is charged i arson, reckless endangerment and strophe, was released from Allegheny County Jail on a bond reduced from 8500,000 The bond was reduced at an appeal a i Sept 12 before Allegheny John Zottola He was released the same day and. i viola- i i i rernain free until his trial in County ''Court in November i was posted for Wolf by Florence Long and Richard Allen, both of Verona. Long is the mother of Rebecca Long, Wolf's fiancee. Wolf is charged with setting a fire in a trash bin at Sharps Terrace, an County Housing project, in Sisca Street, Sharpsburg, Aug. 29 He is i i in relation to 12 arson fires that have Wolf residents wnae anotner suspect goes throughout the house, looking for valuables" Eckert said the men prey on senior citizens.

One suspect is in his late 30s, and is described as a chubby, white male with a mustache. The second suspect was a chubby white male with a head. The third suspect was a younger, white male who had dark hair. All spoke with a foreign accent of some type, Eckert said. t.

RttCMPa Borortgh hires former Mars police officer Craig Sorg.of Zebenople beganJtis duties as the borough's llth police officer last week. District Justice Raymond Casper swore in Sorg, 30, on Thursday. He was employed as an officer with the Mars Police Department in Butler County for eight years. Sorg is a graduate of Seneca Valley High School and holds an associate's degree in administration of criminal justice from Allegheny County Community College. He also attended the Allegheny County Police Academy in North Park, He and his wife, Cynthia, have a 13-month-old son, Nicholas.

MCCANDLESS Attorneys to discuss state's divorce code An overview of the Pennsylvania Divorce Code will be presented by attorneys from the firm of Rome, Ecker Simpson at 7:30 p.m. Monday at the Northland Public Library, Cumberland Road, McCandless. Among that will be addressed ire pensions and child custody. and answer session wilHbuow. Registration is sign up.tall the library at 368100.

EMSWOffTH BELLEVUE MIU VALEJI SHABPSBURG Parents recognizec for foster care progrt Pressley Ridge School officials recognized more than 25 Master PRYDE Parents Monday night during a banquet on the Pressley Ridge campus. The PRYDE therapeutic foster care program provides warm, stable homes to troubled children. "Master Parent" status is awarded to parents who provide exceptional treatment and serve as models to others. The Pressley Ridge School is a 160-year-old, nonprofikagenfythal" provides an array of social and mental health services and special education programs in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio and Maryland. iuled today and Friday.

AlsoHoday and Friday, paving is scheduftd for Byron Court, Kinross Lane, Cypress Street, Hemlock Street, Majtff Street and Main Boulevard. The road jTork schedule is based on favorable weather. Volunteers needed to help with 5K-10R race Volunteers are needed to help with the township's 1994 5K-10K race, which witl be held Oct 9. To volunteer, call the township --Office at 931-7055. Township workers begin to pave roads The township's $900,000 fall road paving program is under way, and base repair work is scheduled today for Valley Court Road base repairs to Harden Drive Around the schools AVONWORTfl Parents are invited to open houses Avonworth Elementary School will hold its annual open house from 7 to 9 Sept.

29 for kindergarten through third-graders. Pupils in grades four through six will hold their open house from 7 to food service worker? union reached a three-year contract settlement with Mornson Hospitality Grou'p Monday. The Sfrmember bargaining unu received a salary raise, but details will not be released until the contract is signed within the next few das. said Jim Sheridan, the district's food service director. The last contract expired a year ago.

and workers were working without a contract. Sheridan said, NORTH HIS District mailing tax rebate checks North Hills School District mailed 551 refund checks totaling S150.985 to qualifying residents under the district's five-year tax relief program. By Friday, another 265 checks totaling $75 J12 will be sent Since August, the district were mailing refund checks every two weeks to qualifying residents in Ross and West View. Under the school district's program, county assessment increases are capped at 10 percent To qualify for the school district's refund, homeowners must have lived in their homes for 10 years and had their property assessments increase more than 10 percent as a result of the countywide property reassessment Applications are available in the school district's administrative offices on Sixth Avenue. The application deadline is Oct 31, and property owners who pay taxes in installments also are eligible to apply.

The average school district rebate has been S277 Allegheny County and Ross offer similar property tax rebates for qualifying residents. Application deadline for the county program was May 31, except in special cases. The programs require 10-year residency and a property assessment increase of more than 5 percent The county already began sending rebate checks, and the township expects to begin sending checks next month. Births ond child of Lisa M. (Scolaro) and Thomas C.

Woes of Penn Township. She was born Sept. 17, 1994, at Passavant Hospital, weighing 6 pounds. 12 ounces. Maternal grandparents are Beverly and Leonard Shaffer of Valencia, and Anita and Joseph Scolaro of Grove City.

Paternal grandparents are Judy and Thomas Woes of Valencia. Great-grandparents are Carl Manges of Saxonburg, Dorothy Fuches of Pittsburgh, Harriett West of Gibsonia, and Jenny Scolaro of Pittsburgh. Thomas C. 2, is their first child. Jessee Lee Brown is the third child of Terri Sue (Billiard) and Stephen Andrew Brown of Porters ville.

He was born Sept. 16,1994, at Passavant Hospital, weighing 8 pounds, lrh ounces. Maternal grandparents are Mary and Harold Hilliard of Connoquenessing. Paternal grandparent is Esther Miller of Slippery Rock. Nicholas Andrew, 2, and Abbie.

9, are their other children. John Charles Walter is the second child of Barbara Lynn (Eckhardt) and Jerry John Walter of Ben Avon--- He was born Sept. 16, 1994, at Allegheny Weirton, W.Va. Amanda, 44, is first other child. of Gibsonia.

Gretchen. 5: Brooke. and id Han- ing 6 pounds, 14 ounces. Maternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs.

William Eckhardt of New Castle, formerly of Bellevue. Paternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Harry Morrow of Bellevue. Great-grandparent is Mary Elmeier of New Castle, formerly of Bellevue.

Cassie, 11, is their first child. Kevin Arthur Zimmerman is the second child of Judith Lynn (Carroll) and Arthur Francis Zimmerman of Avalon. He was born Sept. 15, 1994. at Allegheny General Hospital, weighing 8 pounds.

10 ounces. Nora Carroll is the maternal grandmother. Libby, 4, is their first child. Max B. Reed is the second child of Gail (Goldstrom) and Brian Reed of Harmony.

He was born Sept 14, 1994, at Passavant Hospital, weighing 9 pounds, ounces, grandparent is Sue Goldstrom of Cranberry. Paternal grandparents are Alan and Janice Reed of Zelienople. Great-grandparent is Ethel Reed of is the third child of Michelle Lee (Russj and Keitn Alan Marsnatr br of Richland. He was born Sept. 13, 1994, at Passavant Hospital, weighing 6 pounds, 7 ounces.

Keith Jr 7, and Abigail, 1, are their other children. Zachary John Broujos is the first child of Deanna Christine (Pellicci) and Gregory Broujos of Ross. He was born Sept. 12, 1994, at Allegheny General Hospital, weighing 6 pounds, 6 ounces. Maternal grandparents are Gen Jack and Susan Pellicci of Alexandria, Va.

Paternal grandparents are and Louise Broujos of Carlisle Great-grandparents are Mary Terhune of Fairfax, and Pellicci ofPelham.NY Morgan Faye Adler is the fourth child of Linda and William Adler of Penn. She was born Sept 8, 1994, al Passavant Hospital. McCandless, weighing 8 pounds. Maternal a a are Ray and Barbara Curry of Gibsonia Paternal a a are Carl and Pat Adler of Gibsonia. Great-grandmother is Edith Curry 1 Joseph Donald Plazek is the third child ofCyntnla Ann Reinhart- Plazek and Joseph Stanley Plazek o'f Ross.

He was born Sept 7, 1994. at Passavant Hospital. McCandless. weighing 8 pounds. 7 ounces.

Amanda. 5. and Emily. 3. arejhe other Plazek children Ryan Michael Stephany is the first child of Mary Lynn and Kenneth Stephany of Park.

He was born Aug 24.1994, at Passavant Hospital, weighing 8 pounds, 1 ounce a a a a are Mr. and Mrs Patrick Casper of Hampton Paternal grandparents are Mr and Mrs Ronald Stephany of Avalon Great-grandparents are Carmella Martin of Shaler. and Wagner of Bellevue To have a birth announcement published, send information to the Sews Record Phone 772-7304 Fax 772-3915 Mali Xorth Hills Sews Record, 137 Commonwealth Drive. Warrendale.Pa 15086. Obituary for Flight 427 victim Ronald Cale Hampton Tax manager -RorraW L-Cate.

died Thursday, Sept 8, 1994, aboard TSAir Flight 427 He was born Jan 19. 1947, in Akron. Ohio, son of the late Lvle and i Cale Mr Cale lived in Painesville, Ohio, from 1972 to 1979 before moving to the Pittsburgh area, where he lived for the past 15 years Vlr a i A k'qrpn I 1-IamiL ton Jury 10,1971, at the Bethel Bible Church, Jefferson, Ohio. A Marine veteran, he served in Morocco from 1965 to 1968. A University of Akron graduate, Wr'Cale was a certified public accountant and tax manager for AMPCO-Pittsburgh Corp He previously worked for the Internal Revenue Service and American Ship Builders.

He was a member of the AICPA, the Ohio CPA Society, the Moraine Sailing Club and the Pittsburgh Power Squadron Mr Cale was a Missionary Alliance Church Survivors include his wife, Karen Cale. one son, Steve B. Cale. at home; one daughter. Rachel Cale.

at home, two sisters, Nancy Bashaw ofCinarinatf and Lois (Tover of Bradenton, Ha and his father- and mother-in-law, Jim and Wilma Hamilton of Jefferson. Ohio Friends will be received from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday- in Bethel Bible Church, 571 Goodale Road, Jefferson, Ohio. A meal will be provided imtnedi- atery after the visitation period.

A 11 a.m. Saturday in Lenox Center Cemetery, Lenox Township, Ohio, with the Rev. Russell Luther of Dorseyville Christian and Miaainnnry and the Rev, Lou Damiani of Bethel Bible Church officiating. Memorial i i be made to the i a Dorseyville. Christian and Missionary Alliance Church, burg Blvd Pittsburgh, Pa.

15238 A a handled by Fleming Funeral Home. uUl I.