Edmund Alex Roscoe
Edmund A. Roscoe, 75, of Ruff Creek, died Wednesday, August 24, 2022, in the Pittsburgh VA Medical Center following a sudden illness. Ed was born January 20, 1947, and grew up in Carmichaels before enlisting in the United States Army.
Ed is survived by his wife of 53 years, Mary Lou; his children, Julie Kelley (Ryan) of Canonsburg, Edmund Zachary Roscoe (Rebecca) of Morgantown, W.Va., and Joshua Roscoe of Carnegie; and three grandchildren, Nathaniel Coyle, Isabella Coyle and Megan Kelley.
Ed was preceded in death by his parents, Edmund “Al” and Garnet Roscoe; a sister, Joyce Roscoe; a daughter, Tina Coyle; and a daughter-in-law, Amanda Broskey Roscoe.
He proudly served with the United States Army in Vietnam with the 18th Engineer Brigade, 159th Engineer Headquarters Company as a UH-1 Crew Chief. While Ed graduated from California University of Pennsylvania with a teaching degree in biology using the GI Bill, he preferred work in the steel mills, coal mines and long-haul trucking.
He loved watching his children in all of their sports and activities and never missed a game or event. Most recently, Ed could be seen at any of Megan’s lacrosse games as this was his favorite pastime. He loved his cats, taking care of the yard and his cars.
Ed was a member of the Church of the Covenant Presbyterian Church in Washington. He was also a proud member of the Vietnam Veterans of America and made many close friends at his support group at the Morgantown Veterans Center.
Friends will be received from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., the hour of a funeral service, Wednesday, August 31, in the Warco-Falvo Funeral Home, Inc., Wilson at East Katherine Avenues, Washington, S. Timothy Warco, supervisor / owner, Holly Renay Warco, director, S. Timothy Warco II, director, Park N. Crosier, director. The Rev. Dr. William Younger will officiate. Interment will follow at 2:30 p.m. in the National Cemetery of the Alleghenies, Bridgeville, where full military rites will be accorded by the American Legion Edwin Scott Linton Post #175 and the United States Army.
In lieu of flowers, the family is asking that donations be made, in memory of Ed, to organizations that meant a great deal to him in life: Church of the Covenant, 267 E. Beau Street, Washington, PA 15301; the Humane Society of Greene County, 183 Jefferson Road, Waynesburg, PA 15370; or the Morgantown Veterans Center, 34 Commerce Drive, Westover, WV 26501.
Condolences may be expressed at www.WarcoFalvoFuneralHome.com.