Charles J. Streiff

Charles James Streiff died on Tuesday, April 28, 2026, at his home in Scott Township, just outside Pittsburgh. He was 82. He was a lawyer. Not the theatrical kind. The useful kind. For decades, Mr. Streiff advised transportation companies, pension funds, and labor organizations with a clarity that made complicated things manageable. He preferred the conference room to the courtroom, the well-reasoned memo to the dramatic argument. Clients trusted him because he did not waste words—and never lost the thread of what mattered. He was born December 31, 1943, at St. Francis Hospital in Pittsburgh and raised in Etna, Pennsylvania. He graduated from North Catholic High School and then from Duquesne University, where he joined Air Force ROTC. He also met Jean Ann. They became, by all accounts, inseparable. Through college, through military service, through law school, through a lifetime. If you understood that, you understood him. After Duquesne, he entered the United States Air Force as a first lieutenant. He served four years in intelligence at Karamürsel Air Base in Turkey, leaving the service in 1970 as a captain. He returned home, enrolled at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, made Law Review, and graduated in 1973. He clerked for Judge Price of the Superior Court, then joined Wick, Vuono & LaVelle. He stayed, built, and led. The firm evolved into Wick, Streiff, O’Boyle & Szeligo, where he became managing partner. His practice centered on transportation law and expanded into counsel for pension and welfare funds, including long-standing work with Teamster funds and a western Pennsylvania teachers consortium. He was not a trial lawyer. He was the lawyer you wanted before things became a trial. Outside the office, he played golf, appreciated a good bottle of wine, and traveled when he could. But he invested most heavily in people—family first, then friends, then the long relationships that defined his professional life. He was preceded in death by his beloved wife, Jean Ann Streiff, and by his sisters, Mary Ellen Ross and Louise Malone. He is survived by his son, Matthew Streiff, his daughter-in-law, Jennifer Streiff, and his grandchildren, Ben and Anna Streiff. A life does not need to be loud to be large. He proved that. Family and friends welcome on Monday, May 18, 2026 from 9:30 am until the time of service at 11:00 am in WILLIAM SLATER II FUNERAL SERVICE (412-563-2800) 1650 Greentree Rd. Scott Twp. 15220. Burial with Military Honors to follow in the National Cemetery of the Alleghenies at 12:30 pm. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorial contributions to a charity of one’s choice. www.slaterfuneral.com