Janice Crompton

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A generous philanthropist, volunteer firefighter and former president and CEO of Philips Respironics, John Leo Miclot, it seems, could move mountains. After a life that left much to be proud of, Mr. Miclot, 66, of Fox Chapel, died March 18 of complications from men’s breast cancer, a rare type of cancer that represents less than 1% of new breast cancer cases, according to the American Cancer Society. For him, that was a call to action.

2 weeks ago | post-gazette.com | Janice Crompton

A Tamburitza Hall of Fame player, enthusiast and craftsman, Walter Naglich passed on his love for the Eastern European folk music to his children as his father did for him. “His dad was a player and taught him tamburitza when he was about six years old,” said his wife, Diane Naglich. “He learned all the different tamburitza instruments.”Mr. Naglich, of Greensburg, died April 29 of complications from a stroke. He was 92.

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May 15-Walter Luniewski Jr., longtime Monroeville police officer and former chief of the department, has died at age 81. Mr. Luniewski, of Murrysville, died April 19 from complications of Parkinson's disease. As an officer in Monroeville, he was tasked with reviving the position of community safety officer - a role he took to heart, said his son Mark Luniewski, of Clemmons, N.C."He would go around the neighborhood, talking to kids about stranger danger and drugs," he said.

3 weeks ago | post-gazette.com | Janice Crompton

Walter Luniewski Jr., longtime Monroeville police officer and former chief of the department, has died at age 81. Mr. Luniewski, of Murrysville, died April 19 from complications of Parkinson’s disease. As an officer in Monroeville, he was tasked with reviving the position of community safety officer — a role he took to heart, said his son Mark Luniewski, of Clemmons, N.C.“He would go around the neighborhood, talking to kids about stranger danger and drugs,” he said.

3 weeks ago | post-gazette.com | Janice Crompton

Arch Priest Alexander Poshyvajlo, 92, a Ukrainian immigrant who served as a parish priest for 65 years, has died. Father Poshyvajlo, of  West Deer, died surrounded by his family on April 22 of aspiration pneumonia. As a young boy he came to the United States with his father from Ukraine for jobs picking cotton in Mississippi. “It was like slave labor,” said his wife, Matushka Anna Poshyvajlo, who married Father Poshyvajlo in 1960 after gaining the approval of his bishop.