Michael Haritan

Michael Haritan, 91, of Dormont went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, January 28, 2015. Born in Carnegie, PA on November 13, 1923 to immigrant parents from Ukraine, he attended Carnegie High School and received B.S. and M.S. degrees from the University of Pittsburgh. He also attended St. Francis College and the University of Virginia. A WW II veteran, Michael served in the U.S. Army in North Africa and Italy with the 34th Red Bull Infantry Division. After returning from the war, he began dating the love of his life, Alice Kucher, and they married in September,1948. Michael worked as a draftsman at Westinghouse Atomic, Blaw-Knox, and Obenchain Engineering and worked as a Drafting and Design Teacher at Connelley Vocational High School in the Pittsburgh Public School System for over 25 years before retiring in 1989. He loved his family, gardening, bowling, boating, dancing, reading, singing, traveling, vacations to the beach, decorating Ukrainian pysanky, making Ukrainian pyrohy, playing the harmonica, and eating & sharing M&M's. Michael was an longtime, active member of St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church, Friends of the Duquesne University Tamburitzans, the Pittsburgh Folk Festival since its founding in 1956. He is survived by his wife of 66 years, Alice, six children, Michael E. (Jane) Haritan, Dianne (Mike) Brown, Elaine Kimber, Adrienne (Alan) English, Monica Haritan, and Timothy (Andrea) Haritan, and 14 grandchildren, Matt (Christina), Andrew, Adam, and Danny Haritan, Neal (Kristin) and Amy Brown, Caryn (Joe) Bevins, Alex and Ian Kimber, Alana, Alden, and Alicia English, and Allegra and Tyler Haritan as well as 2 great-grandchildren, Ella and Mila Haritan. The family will receive friends Sunday 1-4, 6-8 at William Slater II Funeral Service (412-563-2800), 1650 Greentree Rd., Pittsburgh, PA. Parastas service at 3:30pm. Funeral Service Monday, 10:30a.m. at Holy Trinity Ukrainian Catholic Church, 730 Washington Ave., Carnegie, PA. Contributions in Michael's memory can be made to :
Diocesan Resource Committee
Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of St. Josaphat in Parma
P.O. Box 16319
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15242 and to
Family Hospice and Palliative Care
50 Moffett St
Pgh, PA 15243