http://www.post-gazette.com/obituaries/ Local obituaries and death notices en-us Copyright 2010, post-gazette.com. Sat, 31 Jul 2010 11:40:46 -0400 15 http://www.post-gazette.com/includes/2007design/images/150x30pg_now_logo.gif http://www.post-gazette.com/ 144 39 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10211/1076342-122.stm?cmpid=newsobits.xml Thelma Kane Waldorf, a little Irish woman with bright red hair, raised six children, fought to protect the rights of North Side residents who lost their homes due to construction of Interstate 279 and helped save St. Boniface Church, all while wearing 4-inch heels. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 01:13:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10211/1076340-122.stm?cmpid=newsobits.xml Julie Rydstrom Hudak was facing a dilemma. She wanted so badly for her three young children to see their father, who was bed-ridden and dying of melanoma, one last time. But he looked so different, so sick. He had grown a beard, and he couldn't speak. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:20:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10210/1076065-122.stm?cmpid=newsobits.xml Reedes Hurt, former executive director of Pittsburgh's Veterans Affairs Medical Center, died July 18 of advanced aphasia. He was 72. Born Aug. 11, 1937, in Hindman, Ky., Mr. Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10209/1075732-122.stm?cmpid=newsobits.xml Many Decembers ago, Ken Wagner Sr. brought home a special gift for Christmas. The gift was a young boy from the nearby Toner Institute, who didn't have anywhere to go for the holiday, welcomed with open arms into the Wagner residence to celebrate with the family of six. Wed, 28 Jul 2010 02:40:00 -0400