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Stanley Lawrence (Larry) Niedzalkoski, of Jeannette died Wednesday, April 9, 2014 in Excela Health Westmoreland Hospital, Greensburg. He was born November 17, 1941 in Jeannette, the son of the late Joseph and Lillian Defabo Niedzalkoski (Joe and Lil Bush). A natural-born athlete, he proudly wore the football uniforms of the Greensburg Lions and West Virginia University Mountaineers. While earning his physical education degree at WVU, he met grad student Marlene Peltonen of Charleroi, who he married on April 4, 1964. The newlyweds moved to Jamestown, NYwhere Larry began coaching high school football. He continued coaching when they moved back to Pennsylvania, first at Jeannette, and then served his alma mater Greensburg as assistant coach to his mentor and idol Bob Williams. In addition to his career teaching health and physical education for the Greensburg Salem School District, he turned his love of model railroading into a successful business venture, beginning in the basement of his home in 1971 and later moving to downtown Jeannette. Niedzalkoski's Train Shop is still thriving today, operated by his son Mike. Larry was well known in the community, having been named a Paul Harris Fellow in the Jeannette Rotary Club, serving on the Church Council and financial committee of Sacred Heart Parish, as President of the Greensburg Teachers Credit Union and as a proud member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles. He was unmatched in his knowledge of sports trivia and 1950's rock and roll. He also loved poetry, crossword puzzles and second-guessing the call of every referee and coach on each televised sporting event he watched. Larry is survived by his wife Marlene and sidekick pug Rookie, daughter Laura Neal and husband Kyle Duckworth of Bar Harbor, Maine, daughter, Kim Lee and granddaughters, Lily, Lila and Lydia of Beijing, China, son and protegee Michael Niedzalkoski and special friend Linda Irwin of Greensburg, brother and best friend Joe Niedzalkoski and wife Judy of Greensburg, niece Amy Niedzalkoski Brown and husband Alex and children Alaina and Nathan of Bryn Mawr, Aunt Lacy Sartoris of Latrobe and aunt Gloria Defabo of Greensburg, and many cousins, teammates, students and friends. Friends will be received Friday from 2-4pm and 6-8 pm in the MASON-GELDER FUNERAL HOME, INC., 201 N. First St., Jeannette. A mass of christian burial will be celebrated Saturday at 10:00 am in the Sacred Heart Church, Jeannette, concelebrated with Fr. Paul Lisik and Fr. Paul Taylor. Interment will follow in Sacred Heart Cemetery, Jeannette. A reception will follow at Rizzo's Malabar Inn, Crabtree. Larry's family wishes to thank the staffs of the Arnold Palmer Cancer Center, Westmoreland Hospital and Latrobe Hospital for their tireless and compassionate care. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the donor's favorite charity.

On February 10, 1940 the world was given the gift of a beautiful baby girl. In Forbes Road Loretta M. Conaway was born to her parents, the late Violet Sprung Noble and William McKinley Noble. 72 years later, early on the morning of September 16, 2012, God took Loretta home ending her suffering after a lifetime of health struggles. She was a wonderful woman who touched the lives of so many around her. She volunteered for years ringing the bell for the Salvation Army Church. She will be missed but remembered by those who knew her. Loretta will be missed by her family and friends but we are comforted knowing that her pain is now over and she is at peace. She now spends eternity with her husband of 41 years, Lewis R. Conaway and her other loved ones that passed before; her parents, her brothers, Wayne Noble, Bob Noble, and Regis Noble. Known by her loved ones as Mom, Mammy, and Slim she will be missed by her children, Brian Conaway, Charlotte Long and fiancé John Miller, and Brad Conaway and wife, Ginger Conaway, her grandchildren, Angelina Long and fiancé James Schmidt, Richard Long, Sara Long, and Dakota Conaway; and her great grandchildren Ariana Long, Kaleb Schmidt; and Penelope Schmidt. Also by her surviving siblings, Shirley Bear, Betty and John Crock, Virginia Fennel, and sister-in-law Diane Noble, and by many nieces, nephews, and many loving in-laws. Though we miss her kind and loving heart and spirit, we will always remember her and cherish the time and wonderful memories we shared. Family and friends will be received on Wednesday from 2 to 4pm and 6 to 8pm at the KEPPLE-GRAFT Funeral Home, (an authorized remembrance provider) 524 North Main Street Greensburg, Pennsylvania where services will be held on Thursday at 10 am with Rev. Almon Birt officiating. Interment will be private at Thomas Cemetery.