B-4 PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE SUNDAY, APRIL 30, 2017 WWW.POST-GAZETTE.COM News Obituaries THOMAS FRANCIS FORKNER Firm founder dies weeks after partner Died April 26, 2017 Associated Press Ric Press Waffle House co-founders Joe Rogers left, and Thomas Francis Forkner Sr. pose in front of the Norcross, location after eating lunch there in 2005. Mr. Forkner, who jumped from real estate to the restaurant business when he co-founded Waffle House in the 1950s, has died weeks after the death of his business partner, who helped him create the famous Southern diner chain. ATLANTA Thomas Francis Forkner who jumped from selling real estate to the restaurant business when he co- founded Waffle House in the 1950s, has died less than two months after the death of his business partner who recruited him to help launch the fa- mous Southern diner chain.
Waffle House said in a statement that Mr. Fork- ner died Wednesday at age 98. He grew up in DeKalb County just out- side of Atlanta, the com- pany said, and returned there to sell real estate af- ter serving as an Army intelligence officer dur- ing World War II. Mr. Forkner sold a house to his neighbor, Joe Rogers who worked for the Toddle House restaurant chain.
Mr. Rogers persuaded Mr. Forkner to join him in starting a restaurant of their own. They opened the first 24-hour Waffle House in the Atlanta sub- urb of Avondale Estates on Labor Day 1955. They opened a second lo- cation two years later, and they kept building the busi- ness over the next two de- cades.
Under Mr. Forkner and Mr. Rogers, the Waffle House chain grew to 400 restaurants by the time they sold the business in the late 1970s. Mr. Rogers died March 3, just seven weeks before Mr.
Forkner. The company said Mr. wife of 71 years, Martha Forkner, died March 4. The Atlanta-based com- pany now has more than 1,500 locations. Mr.
Fork- ner was known to drop by the company headquar- ters regularly, up until a few weeks before his death. He would often drive there to have lunch with new manager trainees, said Waffle House chair- man Joe Rogers Jr. whose father started the company with Mr. Fork- ner. and my father had a handshake deal, and their partnership and friendship continued for more than 60 Joe Rogers said in a statement.
and Joe were great partners working the real estate side of the business and my father operating the restau- Mr. Forkner also was an accomplished golfer, the company said, and won enough senior cham- pionships to warrant his induction into the Geor- gia Golf Hall of Fame in 2007. BENJAMIN R. BARBER Author of vs. Aug.
2, 1939 April 24, 2017 By William Grimes The New York Times Benjamin R. Barber, a po- litical theorist whose 1995 book, vs. presciently analyzed the so- cioeconomic forces leading to the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and a surge in tribalism around the world, died Mon- day in Manhattan. He was 77.
The cause was pancre- atic cancer, said his son, Jeremy. Mr. Barber was an aca- demic and public intellec- tual who argued, with mis- sionary zeal, the virtues of decentralized democracy, or self-gov- ernment by an engaged as he once wrote. In books like De- mocracy: Participatory Poli- tics for a New (1984) and Conquest of Poli- tics: Liberal Philosophy in Democratic (1988), he outlined the ways that or- dinary citizens might as- sume a more powerful role in shaping their lives through local, communal in- stitutions a network of encouraging interconnectedness and citi- zen involvement in politics. His cause gained urgency with the rise of globalization and the growing resentment of traditional societies against the secular, consum- erist values of Western capi- talism.
The nation-dissolving forces of information tech- nology and global markets were on a collision course, he argued, with resurgent religious fundamentalism and parochial loyalties de- riving from blood and soil. we export capitalism without democracy, we breed anarchy and terror- Mr. Barber told The Washington Post after the Sept. 11 attacks, an event that seemed to confer pro- phetic status on vs. McWorld: How Globalism and Tribalism Are Reshap- ing the and propelled it onto best-seller lists.
said precisely that the war of Jihad versus McWorld, if it was not alle- viated by global democ- racy, an international civic infrastructure, was likely to he told The Post. two sets of forces could not avoid clashing and exploding; they were going to create nothing but death and ex- plosion unless we did this third thing, and we Benjamin Reynolds Bar- ber was born Aug. 2, 1939, in Manhattan. On his way to earning a degree in political science in 1960, he studied for a year at the London School of Economics. At Harvard, he was awarded a degree in government in 1963 and a doctorate in 1966.
In 1969, he began teaching political sci- ence at Rutgers. In 2001, he joined the University of Maryland as the Kekst Pro- fessor of Civil Society. went into the aca- demic world under the illu- sion that it was a place where people cared pas- sionately about ideas, about teaching, about dis- course and about reflecting he told The Post. I discovered was a world of small- minded, partisan profes- sionals, many of whom were there because they figure out what else to do. So I created a life inside the academy that re- flected the life I wanted to He served as an informal adviser to President Bill Clin- ton, a less than satisfying ex- perience that he wrote about in Truth of Power: Intel- lectual Affairs in the Clinton White (2001).
After the Sept. 11 attacks, he returned to the subject of the West and its enemies in Empire: War, Ter- rorism and (2003). Mr. Barber, in his later writing, promoted cities as solution generators for pressing world problems, their size and flexibility al- lowing them to generate and implement ideas more cre- atively than national gov- ernments. Acting on one of his own suggestions in Mayors Ruled the World: Dysfunc- tional Nations, Rising Ci- (2014), he founded the Global Parliament of May- ors, which convened for the first time last year in The Hague.
It was attended by mayors from 60 cities around the world. His book Cities: Ur- ban Sovereignty and the Fix for Global was published last week by Yale University Press. Wolf and Stack: a pair but not a couple By Angela Couloumbis Harrisburg Bureau Gov. Tom Wolf Lt. Gov.
Mike Stack The two rarely appear together HARRISBURG In style and substance, Gov. Tom Wolf and Lt. Gov. Mike Stack be any more different. Where Mr.
Wolf is re- served, Mr. Stack has a taste for the theatrical. Where the governor built his resume on running a multimillion- dollar family business in Central Pennsylvania, Mr. Stack hails from a long-en- trenched political family from northeast Philadel- phia. Mr.
Wolf comes off as stu- dious. Mr. Stack, a card-car- rying member of the Screen Actors Guild, likes to throw the political equivalent of glitter onto the staid, every- day workings of govern- ment. The two Democrats are supposed to be a team, and next year, a political ticket. But their painfully distant, arranged marriage is on the brink.
Within weeks, the state inspector office is expected to wrap up its in- vestigation into Mr. Stack and his treatment of state employees an in- quiry ordered by Mr. Wolf. Details about the probe have been murky, but are said to include complaints the couple repeatedly mis- treated or verbally abused troopers assigned to protect them, as well as household staff at their official resi- dence near Harrisburg. Examples cited by sources none authorized to speak publicly about the ongoing investigation portray the Stacks as occa- sionally tyrannical and petty: an irate Tonya Stack demanding the trooper chauffeuring her in a tax- payer-funded SUV from a Philadelphia Eagles home game activate the emergency lights to clear traffic; Mike Stack, a fitness buff, sprinting out of sight from his protective detail during a run, then berating the troopers who lost him.
In a public apology, Mr. Stack has acknowledged an- ger and frustration can lead to what he calls Stack mo- Last week, he took it a step further, calling their behavior a symptom a larger de- clined to elaborate. His one-time campaign manager, Marty Marks, called the problem deeply personal for the Stack family. Mr. Marks said the 53-year-old lieu- tenant governor is taking ac- tions that are the best in- terest of the health and well- being of his and in- tends to run for re-election next year.
Others close to Mr. Stack believe Mr. moves asking for the probe, and then revoking the state police protection before complete are signs of a calculated political ploy. With a tough re-election campaign looming next year, they say, Mr. Wolf wants to knock out a lieu- tenant governor he believes is a liability.
in the front office have hated him from Day said one longtime Cap- itol insider who asked not to be identified discussing the inner workings, and went on a jihad against Asked this month if he would consider backing an- other Democrat next year for lieutenant governor, Mr. Wolf dismiss the idea but simply said: thought about He has since gone silent on the topic of Mr. Stack. not going to talk anymore about he told reporters Monday. According to Wolf loyal- ists, none of whom would be named discussing intra- party issues, it was Mr.
Stack who had been urged by some to consider a run against the sitting governor in next primary. Still, they push back on the idea that any probe into his con- duct is a Machiavellian ma- neuver. Said one of Mr. Stack: not a relevant person to They say Mr. Wolf has been personally offended by reports of state employees being treated badly, and worried that it could lead to nasty and public litigation.
Mr. Stack, they note, was warned personally several times by the governor and his office and fix the problems. Like Mr. Wolf, the Stacks received protection from troopers, including a state police SUV escort. Their resi- dence in Fort Indiantown Gap includes a state-hired maintenance staffer and a housekeeper.
For Mr. Stack, the office was the culmination of a long but not unlikely path. His grandfather was a con- gressman, his father a Democratic ward leader in Philadelphia. Before becoming a judge, his mother, Felice Rowley Stack, was once a teacher inspired to do so to help Mr. Stack, who as a child strug- gled with dyslexia and atten- tion deficit disorder, accord- ing to Mr.
Marks. Mr. Stack met Tonya while she worked as a server at an Ardmore restaurant, according to a 2014 profile in the Main Line Times. They married in 2001. With a background in law and experience in the Na- tional Guard, Mr.
Stack won his state Senate seat in 2000. But once in Harrisburg, he took a backseat to more vo- cal and prominent Philadel- phians, including Gov. Ed Rendell, state Sen. Vince Fumo, and former House Speaker John Perzel. Mr.
Stack was not known for flowery or long-winded floor speeches, but racked up a voting record by largely standing by traditional Democratic ideals, includ- ing advocating for union protections for workers and increasing the minimum wage. But he has long stood out in other ways. A passion for acting landed him a cameo stint as a boy in and later, in the Philadel- phia-based John Travolta movie Poli- ticsPA.com once dubbed Mr. Stack among the best- dressed elected officials, not- ing his attention to his Though his job title has changed, that image of Mr. Stack In the Capitol, he is often seen walking down the marbled hallway from his office on the bal- cony of the Capitol rotunda to the Senate chambers, where he presides over the sessions.
He is almost always sur- rounded by an entourage of either staffers or security, his hair in place, suit per- fectly pressed. His public schedule is pep- pered with wreath layings, swearings-in, visits to area schools. Mr. Stack has trav- eled quite a bit too, crisscrossing the state for meetings and traveling to New York, Arizona and Que- bec for conferences and events. Contrast that with Mr.
Wolf, the soft-spoken Massa- chusetts Institute of Tech- nology grad from York County whose first action as governor was to impose a no-gift ban on members of his administration and in- sists on taking his well-worn Jeep to and from work. He also was the man who cam- paigned heavily on the fact that he profit-shared with his employees while at the helm of his multi- million dollar kitchen cabi- net company. are not even from the same said Chris- topher Borick, a Muhlen- berg College political ana- lyst. Mr. Wolf and Mr.
Stack ran together in the 2014 gen- eral election, as required un- der state law, but that seemed to be where the rela- tionship ended. Rarely do they appear together. not unprecedented for governors to be estranged from their lieutenant gover- nors. Mr. Rendell, for in- stance, largely kept an distance between him and Lt.
Gov. Catherine Baker Knoll during his tenure. the governor wants to make a lieutenant governor relevant, he said Franklin and Marshall poll- ster G. Terry Madonna, a longtime observer of state government politics. Mr.
campaign has so far kept quiet about whether or how con- troversy will affect them during next election. At least through the pri- mary, each have their own race to run. think the best case for both of said Mr. Borick, that they peace- fully Angela Couloumbis: acou- Cont. on Next Page Classified Obituaries ABBOTT SUE MARIE At her Crafton home with her fami ly by her ide on Friday, April 28, 2017, Sue a i a 5 9 daughter of Catherine and the late John W.
Abbott; loving companion of the late Timothy Hul and lov ing mother of Abigail Marie Abbott; dear sister of Beth Ann (Pasqual) Carlini, Jeffrey W. Abbott, Janet (Bill) Finlay, Edwin G. (Annie) Knotts and the late Christie Abbott. Also numerous loving nieces and nephews. Best friend of Friends i a HERSHBERGER STOVER, FUNERAL HOME, 170 Noble Avenue, Crafton, on Monday and Tuesday 2-4 and 6-8 p.m.
where the funeral i i Wednesday at 11 a.m. Sue was a very active member of the former Crafton United Methodist Church and now with the Carneg ie Un i ted Methodist Church. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Abigail M. Abbott, Catherine Abbott, 24 Dinsmore PA 15205 to help defer medical and funeral expenses. Send condolences ALPERN BERNICE WEISMAN Age 100, of Squirrel Hill, on Saturday, April 29, 2017.
She was born in Pittsburgh on January 2, 1917, and as she enjoyed life, she thoroughly enjoyed a wonderful 100th i a a i surrounded by her adoring fami ly and iends. She is survived by her children Phyllis E. and Edward H. Powers of Flint, Michigan, Charles H. A lpern of i tsburgh, and Louise A.
and Dr. Jacob A. Epstein of Berkeley, California. Her grandchildren, Alexander L. (Jennifer) Powers, i S.
Powers, Annette L. Powers, Peter W. (Elizabeth) Alpern, Elaine C. (Nicholas Cafferillo) Alpern, Elizabeth S. (Ethan) Diamond, Emily R.
Epstein, and Dr. Matthew D. Epstein and her 14 great-grandchildren, Samuel P. Powers, Maxwell D. Powers, Noah R.
Hamilton, a A i a Alpern, Har lan W. Alpern, Wesley P. Alpern, Adria C. Cafferillo, Ania R. Cafferillo, Dominick N.
Cafferillo, Leo A. Cafferillo, Isadore S. Diamond, Herschel B. Diamond and Zelig A. Diamond.
For more than 64 years, Mrs. Alpern was the beloved wife of the late Dr. A. Nathan Alpern. She was the devoted daughter to the late a a i Weisman, and the loving sister to her three brothers, the late Samuel Weisman, Benjamin (Margaret) Weisman and Alan (Ger rude We isman The fami ly i ra te fu to Mrs Alpern's marvelous and loyal care givers: Wendy Hodge, Carla Street, Barb Williams and Fran Peters, who treated Mrs.
Alpern with the utmost care and loving kindness. Graveside Service and Interment will be held on Monday, May 1, 2017, a 2 i Cemetery. Contributions may a i a i a Pittsburgh, 234 McKee Place, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, Rodef Sha lom Bib ica Botan ica Gardens, 4905 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213; League of Women Voters, 436 Seventh Avenue i tsburgh, PA 15219; or a char i ty i Arrangements entrusted to RALPH SCHUGAR CHAPEL, INC. www.schugar.com Send condolences ALPERN BERNICE WEISMAN Age 100, of Squirrel Hill, on Saturday, April 29, 2017. She was born in Pittsburgh on January 2, 1917, and as she enjoyed life, she thoroughly enjoyed a wonderful 100th i a a i surrounded by her adoring fami ly and iends.
She is survived by her children Phyllis E. and Edward H. Powers of Flint, Michigan, Charles H. A lpern of i tsburgh, and Louise A. and Dr.
Jacob A. Epstein of Berkeley, California. Her grandchildren, Alexander L. (Jennifer) Powers, i S. Powers, Annette L.
Powers, Peter W. (Elizabeth) Alpern, Elaine C. (Nicholas Cafferillo) Alpern, Elizabeth S. (Ethan) Diamond, Emily R. Epstein, and Dr.
Matthew D. Epstein and her 14 great-grandchildren, Samuel P. Powers, Maxwell D. Powers, Noah R. Hamilton, a A i a Alpern, Har lan W.
Alpern, Wesley P. Alpern, Adria C. Cafferillo, Ania R. Cafferillo, Dominick N. Cafferillo, Leo A.
Cafferillo, Isadore S. Diamond, Herschel B. Diamond and Zelig A. Diamond. For more than 64 years, Mrs.
Alpern was the beloved wife of the late Dr. A. Nathan Alpern. She was the devoted daughter to the late a a i Weisman, and the loving sister to her three brothers, the late Samuel Weisman, Benjamin (Margaret) Weisman and Alan (Ger rude We isman The fami ly i ra te fu to Mrs Alpern's marvelous and loyal care givers: Wendy Hodge, Carla Street, Barb Williams and Fran Peters, who treated Mrs. Alpern with the utmost care and loving kindness.
Graveside Service and Interment will be held on Monday, May 1, 2017, a 2 i Cemetery. Contributions may a i a i a Pittsburgh, 234 McKee Place, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, Rodef Sha lom Bib ica Botan ica Gardens, 4905 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213; League of Women Voters, 436 Seventh Avenue i tsburgh, PA 15219; or a char i ty i Arrangements entrusted to RALPH SCHUGAR CHAPEL, INC. www.schugar.com Send condolences BILLANTE MARY ANN Age 76, of Boca Raton, FL, born in Pittsburgh, PA. Passed on Easter Apr i 16, 2017. Cherished mother of Rosalia (Ronald), Patricia, Tammy and a Ronnie (Laura), Cara (Stephen), Brandon, Kyle, and Sophie.
She ived for her chi ldren and grandchildren. She loved her chi ldren and family to the moon and back! Family and Friends will be received on Wednesday, May 3, 2017, at BABIONE FUNERAL HOME, 10060 Calle, Boca Raton, FL 33428, between the hours of 12 and 4 p.m. dignitymemorial. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the American Cancer Society. Send condolences BISHOP RONALD J.
A 7 1 Wednesday, April 26, 2017. Beloved husband of 47 years to Patricia (Stolowski); father of Deborah (Anthony) Rossi and Jeffrey (Jennifer) Bishop; grandfather of Dominic and Vincent Rossi Rhyan, and Maxsimis Bishop; brother of Roseanne Bishop. Ron proudly served in the US Navy during the Vietnam War aboard the USS Intrepid. He retired after 26 years from the Federal Reserve Bank of Pittsburgh. He a i i i grandkids, spending time with family and his dog, Chloe, and golfing.
He was a member of American Legion and VFW Post 92, New Kensington. Friends received, Monday, 1-4 and 6-9 p.m. at SOXMAN A CHAPEL, 7450 Saltsburg Road (at Universal Road), Penn Hi ls Mass of Chr ist ian Bur ia Tuesday, 10:00 a.m. in St John the Baptist Church. Entombment in Good Shepherd Cemetery.
Send condolences BLOOMER EDWARD G. Age 52, on Wednesday, April 26 2017 Son the la te a a a a a (Thomas) Bloomer, beloved father of Angelina Bloomer and Daniel Bloomer; brother of Valerie (Kenneth) Curtis and Deborah Johnson; survived also by nieces and nephews. Mr. Bloomer was a Volunteer Fireman for Seville VFD and an EMT for severasl communities. Friends may call Monday 2-4 and p.m.
at 3724 Cal i fornia at Cooper N.S. where there will be a Blessing Service Monday, 7:30 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorials to the family to help defray the cost of the funeral. Send condolences BLOOMER EDWARD G. Age 52, on Wednesday, April 26 2017 Son the la te a a a a a (Thomas) Bloomer, beloved father of Angelina Bloomer and Daniel Bloomer; brother of Valerie (Kenneth) Curtis and Deborah Johnson; survived also by nieces and nephews.
Mr. Bloomer was a Volunteer Fireman for Seville VFD and an EMT for severasl communities. Friends may call Monday 2-4 and p.m. at 3724 Cal i fornia at Cooper N.S. where there will be a Blessing Service Monday, 7:30 p.m.
In lieu of flowers, memorials to the family to help defray the cost of the funeral. Send condolences BONDI CLAUDIA Age 84, McKeesport passed away peacefully at home surrounded by friends and family after a long and a a i Parkinson's Disease. Claudia was born March 13, 1933, the youngest of seven children of Russian immigrant parents, Anasim and Anna Arashinko. Claudia graduated from the McKeesport Hospital School of Nursing, as well as being a member of the first graduating a School for Anesthesia. She spent her entire career as a a i a McKeesport Hospital where she always enjoyed helping others A te re i rement Claudia volunteered for Meals on Wheels and kept active at St.
Gregory's Russian Orthodox Church where she was a lifetime member. Claudia is surv ived by her husband, Donald; daughter, Kimberly of Tampa, Florida; her brother, Jack (Joan) Arin of Baldwin; sister-in-law, Sandra (Ronald) i a nephews th ree ca ts and granddogs, Mzee and Mika. The Bondi family would like to extend their thanks to all of Claudia's home healthcare workers who treated her with a a compass ion iends and fami ly wi be received at A A I A CREMATORY on Sunday, April 30, 2017, from 2-8 p.m. Funeral service will be held on Monday, May 1, 2017, at 1 in the funera home chape Commit ta a Mt Vernon Cemetery on Monday, a 1 2 0 1 7 I i flowers, the family has asked for donations to be made to White Oak Animal Safe Haven Shelter, 2295 Lincoln Way, White Oak, PA 15131, www. whiteoakanimalsafehaven.org i a Foundation for Parkinson's a a a Station, P.O.
Box 4777, New 1 0 1 6 3 4 7 7 7 www.michaeljfox.org. Condolences may be shared at www.jaycox-jaworskifh.com. Send condolences BOYLE DOROTHY (CROSKEY) A 7 8 i a i Kennerdell, passed away on Wednesday, April 26, 2017. a 2 0 1 9 3 8 i i a daughter of the late Eugene a Croskey. Dolly enjoyed playing cards with friends and helping out in the community.
She loved caring for her pets. She was the beloved mother of Jeff (Debbie) Becker, David Becker and Cindy Becker Kulbacki; proud grandmother of ix a i i Kathleen Jespersen, Diane Hoover and Judith Black. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her first husband, Ronald Becker; her husband, Richard Boyle; brother, James Croskey; and sister, Sharon Glunk. family will welcome friends from 2-4 p.m. and 6-8 p.m.
on Monday, May 1, 2017, at KING A CREMATION SERVICES, 2841 Woodland Circle in Allison Park. A Funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, May 2, 2017, at the King Funeral Home. She will be a i i a Cemetery in A i son Park Express ions sympathy may be shared with Dolly's a i a kingfuneralhome.com. Send condolences BOYLE DOROTHY (CROSKEY) A 7 8 i a i Kennerdell, passed away on Wednesday, April 26, 2017.
a 2 0 1 9 3 8 i i a daughter of the late Eugene a Croskey. Dolly enjoyed playing cards with friends and helping out in the community. She loved caring for her pets. She was the beloved mother of Jeff (Debbie) Becker, David Becker and Cindy Becker Kulbacki; proud grandmother of ix a i i Kathleen Jespersen, Diane Hoover and Judith Black. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her first husband, Ronald Becker; her husband, Richard Boyle; brother, James Croskey; and sister, Sharon Glunk.
family will welcome friends from 2-4 p.m. and 6-8 p.m. on Monday, May 1, 2017, at KING A CREMATION SERVICES, 2841 Woodland Circle in Allison Park. A Funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, May 2, 2017, at the King Funeral Home.
She will be a i i a Cemetery in A i son Park Express ions sympathy may be shared with Dolly's a i a kingfuneralhome.com. Send condolences BROWN MILDRED WEBER Formerly of Glenshaw, age 102, of Westminster Place, Oakmont, passed away on April 24, 2017. Born July 17, 1914 and preceded in death by her beloved husband of 58 years, Paul S. Brown. Mildred will be lovingly remembered by her family including her daughters Caro lyn (K i rk French, Pamela (David) Kos a i i grandchildren, Chelsea (Chuck) Sargent, Christina French, Kate (Rui) Daniel, Andrew Wilson; step-granddaughter, Linda Kos; three great-grandsons; and Monte.
A graduate of I i a a i i Pennsylvania, Mildred was an elementary school teacher, animal lover, gardener, avid reader, and 75-year member of Glenshaw Presbyter ian Church. She was happiest spending time with her family and many specia iends. family is so grateful for the incredible kindness of the loving staff at Westminster Place. A memorial service will i A i Westmins te lace 1215 Hu ton Rd Oakmont on Sunday, April 30, 2017, at 2:30 p.m. Private interment will be in Mt.
Royal Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to resby te i an i a a i (des ignated to the Senior CAREFUND), 1215 Hulton a A 1 5 1 3 9 a i a 3 0 0 A a A 1 5 1 1 6 Arrangements made by BOCK A Glenshaw. Send condolences BRUSH ROBERT Jr. Robert L. Brush, age 79, passed away on April 28, 2017.
He was born in Washington, PA on June 23, 1937, to the late Robert and Virginia Brush. He attended St. Veronica High School in Ambridge, PA. After graduating from Duquesne University, he served in the United States Navy as a Supply Corps Officer. He worked at A a a i i Columbus before founding Discom Sales.
He was a loving father, grandfather, brother and friend who will be dearly i a a preceded in death by i parents; and brother, John a i survived by his children, Laurie (Duane) Schroeder, Steven Brush, Julie (Greg) Lechtenberg and Jeffrey (Sarah) Brush; grandchildren, John, Thomas, a a a a Lechtenberg and Brooklyn, a a i brother, David (Mary) Brush; and sisters, Sr. Mary Elizabeth a (Richard) Moffatt. Friends may call Tuesday from 4-7 p.m. at EGAN RYAN NORTHWEST CHAPEL, 4661 Kenny Road. Mass of Christian Burial will be Wednesday at 10:30 a.m.
at St. Andrew Church, 1899 McCoy Road. Burial to follow in St. Joseph Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to The Sisters of St.
Joseph, 1020 State Street, a A 1 5 0 0 5 Andrew School, 4081 Reed Road, Columbus, Ohio 43220. Visit www.egan-ryan.com to offer condolences. Send condolences BRUSH ROBERT Jr. Robert L. Brush, age 79, passed away on April 28, 2017.
He was born in Washington, PA on June 23, 1937, to the late Robert and Virginia Brush. He attended St. Veronica High School in Ambridge, PA. After graduating from Duquesne University, he served in the United States Navy as a Supply Corps Officer. He worked at A a a i i Columbus before founding Discom Sales.
He was a loving father, grandfather, brother and friend who will be dearly i a a preceded in death by i parents; and brother, John a i survived by his children, Laurie (Duane) Schroeder, Steven Brush, Julie (Greg) Lechtenberg and Jeffrey (Sarah) Brush; grandchildren, John, Thomas, a a a a Lechtenberg and Brooklyn, a a i brother, David (Mary) Brush; and sisters, Sr. Mary Elizabeth a (Richard) Moffatt. Friends may call Tuesday from 4-7 p.m. at EGAN RYAN NORTHWEST CHAPEL, 4661 Kenny Road. Mass of Christian Burial will be Wednesday at 10:30 a.m.
at St. Andrew Church, 1899 McCoy Road. Burial to follow in St. Joseph Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to The Sisters of St.
Joseph, 1020 State Street, a A 1 5 0 0 5 Andrew School, 4081 Reed Road, Columbus, Ohio 43220. Visit www.egan-ryan.com to offer condolences. Send condolences BUCKLEY JAMES CORNELIUS Age 88, of Allison Park, on Friday, April 28, 2017. Beloved husband of 59 years to Mary (Cocco) Buckley; loving father of Stephen (Deborah) Buckley, Kathryn (Bret) Cunningham, Sherry (Michael) Ludecker, Amy Buckley and the late James M. Buckley; brother of Margaret Forsyth, Mary Phillips and the late John and David Buckley; son of the late John and Marie (Sherry) Buckley.
Jim is also survived by ten a i great -g randch i ld ren and i a nephews. Jim was a 70 year member of the International Brotherhood of lectr ica Workers-Local He was born and raised in Homewood, PA, he was a member and a usher at St. Mary of the Assumption Church, Glenshaw, avid hunter and fisherman, US Airforce Korean War Veteran. He was a be loved husband, fa ther ro ther randfa ther and friend. Friends will be received on Sunday from 4-7 p.m.
at the BOCK FUNERAL HOME, 1500 Mt. Royal Glenshaw. A Funeral Mass will be celebrated in St. Mary of A i Glenshaw on Monday at 10:00 a I i donations may be sent to Saint Vincent de Paul, St. Mary of the Assumption Church, 2510 Middle Road, Glenshaw, PA 15116.
Send condolences BYRNES CARRIELYNN ANNE On Wednesday, Apri 26, 2017, Carrielynn, age 33, of Lawrencev i Mother A a a a Mariah and a a daughter of Allene Byrnes; granddaughter of Dorcas and the late Robert Byrnes. Also i a a uncles, nieces and nephews. Friends received at the JOHN A A HOME, Butler at 52nd Lawrenceville. Visitation Saturday 6-8 p.m. and Sunday 2:00 until time of service at 8 p.m.
Send condolences CARDINALE GRACE MARY Age 84, of Plum Boro, on Thursday Apr i 27 2017. Beloved wife of 63 years to A i Richard (Maria), David (Sandi) a i a a grandmother of Marc, Jennifer Joshua Gray Ke (B i Crankshaw, Andrea (Ty ler Stiner) Cardinale, and Rosalia Cardinale; great-grandmother of Joshua, Kayla, Alex, Wyatt and Grant; ister of Frank (Elizabeth) Mozina of TX; also survived by numerous nieces and nephews; and she wil also be missed by her dog, Mugsy. Friends received, Sat. 6 8 a a 2 4 and 6-8 p.m. at SOXMAN FUNERAL HOMES, LTD.
7 4 5 0 a a a Universal Road), Penn Hills. a i i a i a Monday 10 a.m. at St. John the Baptist Church. Send condolences DADDIO WILLIAM Of Fox Chapel, passed away Tuesday, April 25, 2017, at the age of 69.
After many years of battling cancer, it was time to surrender and move on to the a i a predeceased by his father, Louis William "Bill" Daddio, all Amer ican footba layer coach and scout and is mother, Angella Ross Daddio. He is survived by his sister, Saundra of Asheville, NC; long ime fami i end Kathy Caine, also of Asheville; and A i i nephews and -o course friends. Born in Meadville, PA July 16, 1947, Bill had a full life. He lived in West Lafayette as well as South Bend, Indiana, but he called Pittsburgh home. a a Adams High School in South Bend and was a 1969 graduate of The University of Notre a i a A i Accounting.
He started his a a a a i Mitchell but continued on to a long career at WTAE Fox Sports, where he found his stride. During his short life, Bil had the opportunity to i i National Guard. He was an accompl i shed spor tsman having won the Pittsburgh Field Club Golf Championship in 1981. Bill was an all around lover of sports, especial ly University of Pittsburgh sports! cheering the horses around the track, or most days at the i a i a rounds of Gin with his buddies or at Oakmont Country Club engaged in a lively game of Bridge. As a younger man, his family remembers how much he loved to listen and dance to Motown music.
Bill was a huge fan of old movies especially anything John Wayne. He was we oved and had many lifelong friends that included the Great Because Bill had a great love for children and golf, his choice for donations is the First Tee of Pittsburgh. Even though there were so many fami ly members, he was Aunt Wanda's favorite a find a good place to eat," we will all be on the lookout for a good restaurant that he would Finally! Bill was TRULY an all around good guy! He will be sorely issed by eve ryone who knew him. There will be no i i a i a a Interment wi be pr ivate. Arrangements by JOHN A.
FREYVOGEL SONS, INC. (freyvogelfuneralhome.com). Send condolences DAVIES THOMAS Jr. Age 87, of Ross on Tuesday, April 25, 2017. Mr.
Davies was born on June 30, 1929, in Pittsburgh, son of the late Thomas Sr. and Florence (Vogeley) Davies. He was the beloved husband of the fo rmer Nancy Beron whom he married on January 30, 1954; lov ing father of Susan (Russell) Davies Jenkins, and Laurie (Thomas) Lynch; dear grandfather to his six grandchildren, Melissa (Matt) Aston, Andrew (Erin) Lynch, and Bridget, Kelly, Jonathan, and Luke Lynch. Thomas was preceded in death by his wif and sister, Reta Davies. Also surv ived by is cher ished canine companion, Babe.
The family would ike to thank Tom's team of caregivers who enabled him to remain in his beloved home: Cate, Tricia, Marie, Eileen, Kaitlyn, Abigail, Hav i lah, Sue and LeaAnn. Family and friends received Sunday and Monday from 2-4, 6-8 p.m. at DEVLIN FUNERAL HOME, 806 Perry North Hills. Funeral services will be held Tuesday morning at 11 a.m. at St.
John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, celebrated by Rev. Michael Robinson. I i i Allegheny County Memorial Park. The family requests in lieu of flowers, donations be made in Tom's memory to A i a i a Horne Road or to the Special Mus i Fund a ohn Evangelical Lutheran Church, 920 Perry Highway. Please visit www.devlinfuneralhome.com to view this tribute and send online condolences.
Send condolences News Obituaries JULIUS YOUNGNER Oct. 24, 1920 April 27, 2017 By Mark Roth and Andrew Goldstein Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Last surviving member of Salk polio team As the last surviving member of the team that de- veloped the Salk polio vac- cine in the 1950s, Julius Youngner was justifiably proud of his contribution to that landmark effort. Youngner made mon- umental contributions to the field of Vincent Ra- caniello, Higgins Professor of Microbiology and Immunol- ogy at Columbia University, said in a statement. most, simply working with Jonas Salk on the develop- ment of the polio vaccine would be enough for a career; he also made important con- tributions to our understand- ing of the antiviral roles of in- terferon, cell culture and other But Mr. Youngner, who died Thursday at the age of 96, never forgave Jonas Salk for his failure to acknowledge Mr.
Youngner and the other members of the research team that created the vaccine against the crippling disease. In a reve ling oral history done by the local chapter of the National Council of Jew- ish Women in 1992-93, Mr. Youngner described what happ ned. Dr. an- uncement of the succ ss of the polio vaccine in field tri- als in 1955 created a sensa- tion, he said, and the group that had fund the effort, then known the National Foundation for Infantile Pa- ralysis, knew that was much asier to continue rais- ing money you have a hero, a they had an enor- mous public relations depart- ment that took up na as the he which he serve in the meantime, Jonas was, how shall I say, not very generous to his col- leagues and he made sure that nobody else was ever Years later, Dr.
son, Peter, made efforts to recog- nize Mr. contri- bution as well as the con- tribution of many others to the creation of the polio vac- cine. really important thing to recognize is that the development of the polio vac- cine at the University of Pitts- burgh was a team effort. Ev- eryone who took part in that had a role to play, and Dr. Youngner had a significant and primary role in what was undertake the younger Dr.
Salk said Saturday. think my father recognized the importance of the team, and if there were circum- st nces in whic that was adequately expressed, I would feel that it needs to be expressed now and very clearly While Mr. name was always associated with the polio vaccine break- through, he went on to have a distinguished career as a re- search scientist at the University of Pittsburgh. He helped discover a key im- mune system component known as gamma interferon, and later, his team developed a vaccine for equine influ- enza, saving the lives of horses around the world. According to a statement released by Pitt, Mr.
Young- ner published about 200 pa- pers and mentored dozens of students, of whom went on to make great contri- butions to the field them- he was very proud of was was a reat teacher and his son, Stuart, said Friday. gave to his students and he spent a lot of time with his junior fac- ulty and Ph.D. students, many of whom went on to very, very successful ca- Mr. Youngner was born in New York City and gradu- ated from high school when he was 15. He went on to get his degree at New York University and a mas- and doctorate in micro- biology at the University of Michigan.
He met his first wife, Tula Liakakis, in Michi- gan, a they married in 1943. During World War II, after he was drafted into the Army, Mr. Youngn worked for the Manha tan Project, testing the effects of uranium salts and plutonium on lab ani- mals at the University of Rochester. After a br ef stint attheNa- tional Cancer Institute, Mr. Youngner came to Pitts- burgh in 1949 to continue his work on arning to grow vi- ruses in live cell cultures.
That is where he met Dr. Salk, who told him he would fund Mr. re- search, as long as one of the germs he grew the polio- virus. Mr. Youngner first figured out a way to break down monkey cells so that the team could grow large amounts of poliovirus in the lab.
Then, after the Salk group began to work on a vaccine, Mr. Youngner developed a way to inactivate the virus so it could safely be injected as a vaccine, and then developed tests to see how effective it was in the first human pa- tients. He never intended to remain here, but got so in- volved in polio vaccine that I decided to stay in His first wife died in 1963 after suffering from Hodg- disease for nearly 20 years. A year later, he mar- ried his current wife, Rina Balter, who went on to be- come an expert in the use of industrial imagery in art. He has two children from his first marriage, Stuart, a psy- chiatry and bioethics profes- sor at Case Western Reserve University in Ohio, and Lisa, a ceramic and com- puter graphics artist in Al- buquerque, N.M..
