Victor W. “Bill” Smith, Jr., 82, of New Sewickley Township, passed away on March 8th, 2025, in Allegheny Health Network, Wexford. He was born in Rochester on August 20th, 1942, the son of the late Victor W. Sr. and Vivien B. Carr Smith. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his first wife, Eleanor A. Bargo Smith and his second wife, Lois R. Walker Smith, one son, Mark Grant, a son-in-law, David Kemp and a sister, Sherry Cholewiak. He is survived by two daughters and a son-in-law, Tammie Sue Kemp of Rochester and Trisha J. and Mark Lawless of Mars, Pennsylvania, three sons and a daughter-in-law, Darren P. and Tammy Smith of Daugherty Township, Jeffrey F. Grant of Clarksville, Tennessee and Matthew J. Grant of Ambridge, sixteen grandchildren: Josh, Jessica, Kelsey, Audrey, Jill, Megan, Elaina, Jonathan, Jenna, Kenny, Ashley, Alex, Alyssa, Kaitlyn, Jordan and Harrison, nineteen great-grandchildren, one brother and sister-in-law, Thomas and Linda Smith of New Sewickley Township and his feline companion, Missie.

Victor was a retired independent real estate agent with Berkshire & Hathaway of Beaver. He was a member and former President of the Beaver County Association of Realtors. He was a member of Oak Grove Evangelical Lutheran Church of Zelienople where he was a former council member and served on various church committees. He spent 70 years with the Boy Scouts of America where he had been a cub pack leader and troop master with Troop 444. He was a district commissioner and a district chairman for 5 years and most recently served as a district member at large with the Beaver Valley District that he served for 25 years. Victor was a life-long advocate of Scouting in Beaver County. He was also a member and line officer with the Big Knob Fire Department. Friends will be received on Wednesday, March 12th from 3-7 P.M. in the William Murphy Funeral Home, Inc., 349 Adams Street, Rochester. Services will be held on Thursday, March 13th at 11 A.M. in the Oak Grove Evangelical Lutheran Church, 432 Harkins Mill Road, Zelienople. Officiating will be his pastor, Rev. Steve Slepecki. Interment will follow in Sylvania Hills Memorial Park. The family wishes memorial contributions by made to the Oak Grove Lutheran Church. The Boy Scouts of America ceremony will be held Wednesday, March 12th at 6 P.M. in the funeral home. The family would like to thank Concordia at Villa St. Joseph for the excellent care that he received.

Josephine (Josie/Jo) S. Hregdovic (Sozynski), 80, of Brighton Township, formerly of Shaler/Millvale, passed away with family by her side on March 7th, 2025. She was born in Lawrenceville on June 19th, 1944. She was preceded in death by her husband John Hregdovic, Sr., her parents Vincent and Sabina, her brothers Lenny and Walter, her sisters Trudy and Theresa, and her grandson Mike.She is survived by her children: Patty (Bob), Jackie (Jim), John Jr. (Rachel) and Pam; as well as her brother John and many grandchildren, nieces and nephews.

Josephine enjoyed a passion for food, her Polish heritage and dancing.
Family and friends will be recieved on Thursday, March 13th, from 2 p.m. until the time of a Blessing Service at 6 p.m. at the Noll Funeral Home Inc., 333 3rd Street, Beaver. Online condolences may be shared at nollfuneral.com.

In lieu of flowers, those wishing to honor her life can make a donation in her name to Wings 4 Vets, PO Box 255, Beaver, PA, 15009 (https://wings4vets.net).

Shelda E. Rudich, 75, of Economy Borough, passed away on March 5th, 2025.  She was born in Rochester on May 20th, 1949, a daughter of the late Earl and Joyce (Wilson) Lint.

She is survived by her loving husband, Charles Rudich, Sr., her children, Chaz, Christopher, Eric and Sarah Rudich, her daughter-in-law, Liz Rudich, her beloved grandchildren, Isaiah Rudich and Hannah Bella Yohe, her siblings: Linda Spratley, Earl Lint Jr., Cindy Tetrick, Ed Lint and Jeff Lint, their spouses, as well as many nieces and nephews.

Shelda was a caring, kind and loving woman who was deeply devoted to her family and to her faith.

In accordance with Shelda’s wishes, no services are being held. A Celebration of Life will be announced at a later date. Arrangements have been entrusted to the John Syka Funeral Home Inc., 833 Kennedy Drive, Ambridge.

In lieu of flowers, donations in Shelda’s name may be made to Concord Presbyterian Church at www.concordpreschurch.org

Wan Chun Shek, 80, passed away on March 7th, 2025 at her home in Pittsburgh. She was born in Jakarta, Indonesia on December 13th, 1944.

She is survived by her two daughters, Renee Tai Hsu (Albert) of Moon Township & Tammy Tai Lau (Joseph), Australia and three grandchildren, Jaiden Lau, Joshua Lau & Ashley Hsu.

Friends will be received on Friday March 14^th from 2-4 P.M. & 6-8 P.M. in the Huntsman Funeral Home & Cremation Services of Moon Township, 1522 Coraopolis Heights Road. Private interment will take place at a later date.

Edna Emma (Primo) Davis, 94, formerly of Monaca, Pennsylvania passed away peacefully on March 5, 2025, at the Arbors of St. Barnabas in Gibsonia, Pennsylvania.

Edna was born on May 8, 1930 in Coraopolis, Pennsylvania, the daughter of the late Frank and Rosina (Castrone) Primo. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, John, her two brothers, Anthony (Clara) Primo and Robert (Anna) Primo, and infant brother John, and her five sisters: Mary (Vincent) DeBacco, Avelia (Matthew) Fronko, Julia (Eugene) Zigerelli, Evelyn (Allen) Swain and infant sister Elisa, as well as her in-laws Robert and Fannie Davis.

Edna is survived by her three sons, Mark Davis, Michael (Bianca Russo) Davis, and Jeffrey (Renee Grandchamp) Davis. She was a proud and loving grandmother to five grandchildren, three great-grandchildren, two step-grandchildren, and four step-great-granddaughters.

The Primo family eventually settled in Monaca, where Edna graduated from Monaca High School as a member of the class of 1948. She then attended the Providence Hospital School of Nursing in Beaver Falls, where she graduated in 1951 and became a Registered Nurse.

Not long after her graduation, Edna, her sister Evelyn, and their good friend Theresa Susa, moved to Chicago, Illinois, where she embarked on her nursing career at St. Luke’s Hospital. It was there that Edna met a young man named John Davis, who soon became the love of her life. John and Edna were married on February 19th, 1955, at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Monaca, and began their more than 60 years of life together in an apartment on the southwest side of Chicago. One by one, they welcomed three sons into the family, Mark, Michael, and Jeffrey, and soon they had outgrown their small two-bedroom apartment. The family moved to Woodridge, Illinois, to a new home that John and Edna shared for almost 50 years. They raised their three children together and Edna dedicated herself to her home and family, as well as continuing to work part-time as a nurse at Edward Hospital in Naperville, Illinois. She was a parishioner of St. Scholastica Church, where she was an active member of the Joliet Diocese Council of Catholic Women, serving a term as President of that organization. She was named “Parish Woman of the Year” by the Council, an honor for which she was very proud. In addition, she was a founding member of the Woodridge Garden Club, where she also served a term as President.

Soon after they retired, Edna and John began to spend their winters in Clearwater, Florida, sharing a condominium at Imperial Cove with Edna’s sister Evelyn and her brother-in-law, Allen Swain. They eventually chose to live there year-round, and while there, they traveled, enjoyed many social activities, and welcomed visits from their children and new grandchildren, with whom they swam in the pool and took to the many attractions in the area. They remained in Clearwater until John passed away in 2016. During her time in Clearwater, Edna was a parishioner of St. Catherine of Siena Catholic Church.

Following John’s passing, Edna returned to western Pennsylvania, residing at the Village of St. Barnabas in Gibsonia, Pennsylvania, where she was a member of the St. Barnabas Red Hat Society and enjoyed many social activities with new friends and enjoyed frequent visits from her children and grandchildren.

The family will receive friends on Thursday, March 13th from 2-4 pm and 6-8 pm at Simpson Funeral & Cremation Services, 1119 Washington Avenue, Monaca where parting prayers will be offered on Friday, March 14th at 9:30 a.m., followed by a mass of Christian burial at 10 a.m. at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church of Monaca. Interment will follow in the parish cemetery.

The family has suggested rather than flowers that memorial gifs be given in Edna’s memory to the American Cancer Society.

To share online condolences, view Edna’s video tribute, get directions, please visit www.simpsonfuneralhome.

Rev. Arthur I. Peters, Sr., 85, of Rochester, passed away on March 8th, 2025 in Heritage Valley Beaver. He was born in East Liverpool, Ohio on November 26th, 1939, a son of the late Caesar A. Sr. and Dorothy Wright Peters. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by one daughter, Victoria E. Peters, a sister, Millicent Russell, two brothers, Caesar A. Peters Jr. and Richard Peters. He is survived by his wife of thirty-one years, Beverlee D. (Law) Peters, three daughters and one son-in-law, LeTecia D. and James Worsley of New Jersey, Anita L. Peters, of Mississippi and Sarah L. Jacobs of Ohio, three sons and a daughter-in-law, Arthur I. Peter II of California, Jason A. and Nia S. Peters, of Lexington, North Carolina, Jacob M. Peters of Ohio, twenty-one grandchildren, seventeen great-grandchildren, one great-great grandson, as well as several nieces and nephews.

Reverend Arthur was a retired service technician and customer service director with Xerox Corporation of Youngstown, Ohio. He was a former member of the Second Baptist Church of East Liverpool, Ohio and the former pastor and former member of the Mt. Olive Baptist Church of Weirton, West Virginia. He was a member of Christian United Association where he was a chaplain, having served in that capacity, with the former Friendship Ridge. He was a Peacetime Navy Veteran, a member and former president of the East Liverpool NAACP, a member of the Urban League of Youngstown, Ohio. Reverend Arthur was a former police patrol officer in Canton, Ohio, and a technician of animation with Walt Disney Inc. He was a retired school bus driver with Hopewell School District, a former DART bus driver, as well as a volunteer program director with the Society for the Blind, providing a radio program for the visually impaired. His passion was being a motorcycle enthusiast, as a member of the Gold Wing Road Rider Association. He loved traveling with his wife Beverlee by motorcycle and motorhome.  Friends will be received on Friday, March 14th, from 10 a.m. until the time of service at 11 a.m., at William Murphy Funeral Home, 349 Adams Street Rochester. Officiating will be Pastor Richard Jackson. Interment will follow in Spring Grove Cemetery of East Liverpool, Ohio. The Vietnam Veterans of America will provide full military honors for their fallen comrade Friday, March 14th at 11:45 a.m. at the funeral home.