Robert Curtis Steede
Robert Curtis Steede, 86, of Washington, passed from this earth Sunday, June 24, 2018, in West Penn Hospital, Pittsburgh.
He was born August 18, 1931, in Mill Run, a son of the late Raymond Myron Steede and Dolly Mabel Rugg Steede.
Mr. Steede attended Connellsville High School. He delivered newspapers, set up pins at Connellsville Bowling Alley and worked at Anchor Hocking, Mayview Hospital and Valley Forge Hospital as a medic, Fort Pitt Bridge Works, Banberry and Mulach Steel, from where he retired.
During the Korean War, he served in the U.S. Army as a corporal, earning a Good Conduct Medal and National Defense Service Medal.
Mr. Steede was a member of First Christian Church, Canonsburg.
His favorite pastime was fishing and camping at Yough Dam. A member of Anawanna Club, he also enjoyed feeding birds and deer. Most of all, he loved his family and wildlife.
On May 27, 1952, he married Joan Miller, who survives.
Also surviving are three sons, John (Janet) Steede, David (Anna) Steede and Barry (Janice) Steede; grandchildren John, Joell, Matthew (Emily), Curtis, Barry Jr. (Elizabeth), Adeline, Mandoline (James) and Jessie Jo (Chris); great-grandchildren Kyleigh Jo, Devlin, Collin, Sydney, Branson, Layne, Rosie, Bay, Blake, Sarah, Vance, Vanessa, Vivian, Kaylee and Skylar; brother and sister-in-law Donald and Patty Jones of Washington; son-in-law John McDonald of Sycamore; and many cousins from the Rugg family.
Deceased are a daughter, Cindy Jo McDonald Graham; grandchildren Timothy and April Steede; great-granddaughter Lily Steede; and sister Trella Mae Brennan.
Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday in William G. Neal Funeral Homes Ltd., 925 Allison Avenue, Washington, where services will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, June 29, with the Rev. Janet Scott-Mace officiating. Burial will follow in Forest Lawn Gardens, McMurray, with military rites accorded graveside by American Legion Edwin Scott Linton Post 175.
Additional information and a guest book are available at www.NealFuneralHome.com.