All Obituaries

80, of Baldwin, passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on September 11, 2020. Born in Pittsburgh on May 15, 1940. Beloved son to the late Chester and Lottie Godlewski. Loving husband of 55 years to Suzanne Renkin Godlewski. Caring father to Susan Godlewski (Joe McKibbin), Jill A. Godlewski, Stacey Godlewski and Kenneth Godlewski. Brother to Dolly Schultz and Marcella Piotrowski as well as many loving nieces, nephews and family members. He was born on the Southside and was one of 13...

80, of Brentwood, passed away on August 18, 2020. Born in Pittsburgh on March 17, 1940. Beloved daughter to the late Waclaw and Josephine Bobinski. Caring mother to Chris (Diana) Capra. Proud grandmother to Christopher and Gina Capra. Sister to John Bobinski. Also survived by many loving friends and family members.   Due to restrictions services will be held in private at the Cieslak & Tatko Funeral Home and Cremation Services; 2935 Brownsville Rd. Pittsburgh, PA...

63, of Brentwood, passed away on August 14, 2020. Born in Pittsburgh on May 22, 1957. Beloved daughter to Madeline Kowalski Sanctis and the late Joseph Kowalski. Loving wife of 9 years to Pete Jones. Caring sister to Lori (Tony) LaBarbera. Beloved aunt to Natalie and Alex LaBarbera. Also survived by many loving family members. Preceded in death by one brother Denis Kowalski who passed in 2019.   Due to restrictions on gatherings, services will be held in private at the Cieslak &...

40, passed away on August 4, 2020. Born in Pittsburgh on July 22, 1980.  Beloved daughter to Mary Lou Meyer Higgins and William E. Higgins. Loving sister to Natalie Higgins. Loving and Caring Aunt to Malachi Higgins. Granddaughter to Nancy Duffy.  Great Aunt and Uncle Jane and Barry Gehringer. Niece to JoAnn and Vincent Giunta, Diana and James Colosimo, Ginger and Gary Palmer, Dolores Murphy, Becky Higgins.  Cousin to Gage, Gia, Jaime, Lauren, Kimberly, Elizabeth, Dele, Judy,...

51, passed away on July 29, 2020. Born in Pittsburgh on February 7, 1969. Beloved son to John W. Banaszak and Kathleen Kopycinski Banaszak. Caring father to Amber Banaszak, Ashley Banaszak and Amanda Banaszak. Grandfather to Gino, Isabella and McKenzie. Brother to Vince Banaszak and Cassie Darroch. Uncle to Vinny, Abbey and Brandon. Also survived by Megan Owens.  Visitation will be held on Monday, August 3, 2020 from 2-4 pm. at the Cieslak & Tatko Funeral Home and Cremation...

97, of Brentwood and Baldwin Boro, passed away on August 1, 2020. Born in Pittsburgh on December 17, 1922.  Beloved daughter to the late Peter and Helen Tkicsuk. Married to the love of her life the late Sam Fanzo. Daughter–in-law to the late Lee and Consiglia Fanzo. Loving sister to Emma Tamburri, Olga Koehler and Barbara Ehert. Preceded in death by two sister’s Julia Nort, Victoria Renzi II and one brother Peter Tkicsuk. Also survived by many loving nieces and nephews on...

68, of Baldwin passed away on July 29, 2020 at her home. Born in Pittsburgh on February 10, 1952.  Beloved daughter to Franklin and Jean Hobby. Loving mother to Tricia (David) Timko and Tracy Humphreys. Beloved grandmother to Samantha, Dominic, Mia, Taylor, Nikki, Trace and Tommy. Sister to Susan Parks. Caring aunt to Jennifer, Stephanie and Erica. Arrangements by Cieslak & Tatko Funeral Home and Cremation Services; 2935 Brownsville Rd. Pittsburgh, PA 15227 No Services are...

65, of Brentwood, passed away on July 21, 2020. Born in Pittsburgh on October 5, 1954. Beloved son to the late Robert and Mary Voelker. Loving husband of 29 years to Fran Sroka Voelker. Caring father to Krystal Schricker. Step-father to Justin (Liz) Speicher. Also survived by his many loving siblings and one step-daughter in law Sara Speicher. Preceded in death by one step son Kenny Speicher   Visitation will be held on Sunday, July 26, 2020 from 1-3 pm. at the Cieslak & Tatko...

Barbara Ann Sites   73, passed away peacefully on Friday, July 24, 2020. Born in Pittsburgh on July 10, 1948. Beloved daughter to the late William and Marie Sites. Caring sister to Bill (Donna) Sites of Raleigh, NC; Richard (Luci) Sites of Kileen, TX; Claudia (Joe) Reljac of Wexford, PA; Kathy Cadman of Mt Oliver, PA; Roberta (Don) Reiland of Harrisville, PA and Laura(Bob) Spiegel of Mt. Oliver, PA. Barbara was a favorite aunt to her many loving nieces and nephews....

Cletus “Clete” M. Schirra unexpectedly died July 4, 2020, 17 days after his 72nd birthday.  He is survived by his devoted and loving wife, Karen Lynch-Schirra; step-children Tammy Weinheimer Bilski and Colleen Weinheimer Cuba (Jay); step-grandchildren Jeffrey, Christina, and Jake Bilski and Victoria, Olivia, and Sam Cuba.  Survived by numerous cousins.  His parents, Cletus L. Schirra and Clea McCloskey Schirra, preceded him in death.  He retired as a librarian...