Portrait of Joan Torkeo

Joan Torkeo

, Pennsylvania

Joan Torkeo 92 formerly of Lower Burrell passed peacefully on March 31 2026 in Brookville PA. She was born July 31 1933 in Tarentum to the late Raymond Bill W. Ryan and Helen Schmidt Ryan. In addition to her parents Joan was preceded in death by her beloved husband John Torkeo Jr. in 2010 two brothers William E. Ryan and Raymond Michael Ryan and two sisters Dorothy May Johnson and Beverly Jane Kudla. She is survived by her loving children Linda Gelorme of Lancaster Dr. Gary Michael Torkeo and his wife Nancy of Fort Wayne Indiana and Jacqueline Brenda Stelika Torkeo of Brookville. Joan was a proud and devoted grandmother to Jeramiah Kim Cieszynski Joshua Julia Danahey Cieszynski Lindsay GelormeSarah Seth Lengacher and Jacob Jill Torkeo. She is also survived by five cherished greatgrandchildren Vivienne Jude and Delilah Lengacher and Scarlett and Cecilia Torkeo. Joan was a longtime member of…

Portrait of Robert Graziano

Robert Graziano

, Pennsylvania

Born September 2 1939 in New Kensington he was the secondborn child of the late Dominic Graziano and Ermelinda Amy Bonelli Graziano. Robert Bob had three brothers the late Anthony Graziano of Champaign IL Dominick Mickey Graziano of Huntersville NC and the late David Graziano of Arnold PA. Bob attended Arnold High School and earned his bachelors degree in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering from Saint Vincent College in Latrobe. Following college he worked as a labor foreman for Easley Rivers Interior Contractors in Pittsburgh. From 1964 to 1966 he served his country in the U.S. Army as a military policeman in Garmisch Germany. Following an honorable discharge from the Army he returned to Easley Rivers for a short time before beginning a dedicated and rewarding career with Alcoa Laboratories in New Kensington and Merwin PA. After 30 years as a chemical and metallurgical technician with Alcoa he retired in 1999…

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