Richard A. Sollosi
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Richard A. Sollosi, 66, of Finleyville, went home to be with the Lord Wednesday, October 3, 2018, in Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh.
He was born February 4, 1952, in New Eagle, a son of Thomas and Ruth Clark Sollosi of New Eagle.
Mr. Sollosi was a 1970 graduate of Monongahela High School, a 1993 graduate of Community College of Allegheny County and in 2009, he completed a counseling program from the Institute of Nouthetic Studies.
He served in Company C 110th Inf. 42nd Battalion of the PA National Guard during the Vietnam era from 1971 to 1977, from which he received an honorable discharge.
Mr. Sollosi was a retired UNMA coal miner from the former Mathias Coal Mine and as a counselor from Mercy Behavioral Health Unit in 2005.
He was a member of Riverview Baptist Church in New Eagle and a founder of Finleyville Soccer Association, where he coached youth soccer in the 1980s.
On September 2, 1971, he married his high school sweetheart, Mary Ann Wagner, who passed away November 18, 2011.
Also deceased are his maternal grandparents, Tom and Bessie Overly Clark; paternal grandparents, Tamas and Margarit Szollosi; mother and father-in-law, Harold and Loretta Wagner; and brothers-in-law, William and James Wagner and Gary Sollosi.
Surviving, in addition to his parents, are two sons, James Sollosi (Jenni) of Acme and Gary Sollosi (Kristi) of Ypsilanti, Mich.; two brothers, Dr. Tom R. Sollosi (Linda) of Glenville, Ga., and Ronald Sollosi of New Eagle; two sisters, Marilyn Ricci (Marcello) and Shari Necciai (Kevin), both of Monongahela; brother-in-law and sister-in-law Walter and Nancy Wietrzykowski of Finleyville; six grandchildren, Grace, Rick, Rhema, Lainey, Fallyn and Katherine; close friend, Chris Lombardo; and many nieces, nephews and cousins.
Friends will be received from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday in Kegel Funeral Home Inc., Tim P. Kegel, supervisor, David P. Kegel director, 3560 Washington Avenue, Finleyville. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, October 6, in Riverview Baptist Church, New Eagle. Everyone is asked to meet at the church. Private interment will follow in Finleyville Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to Riverview Baptist Church, 405 Main Street, New Eagle, PA 15067.