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Xenia M. Vranesevich

Obituaries | The Tube City Almanac | September 19, 2025

Xenia M. Vranesevich, age 75, of Sorrento, FL, formerly of McKeesport, PA, passed away on Monday, September 8, 2025.

Xenia was born in McKeesport, PA on December 6, 1949 and was the daughter of the late Milan and Stoyanka (nee Popovich) Vranesevich. She was the granddaughter of the late Very Rev. Dr. Milan G. and Zoritza Popovich.

At the age of two, she had a stroke. She had a brain operation at age seven and was taken to Boston for her surgery. She was employed for the United States District Attorney’s Office in Pittsburgh as a secretary who could type over sixty-five words a minute with one hand. She retired after thirty-two years and had a retirement party with thirty-two attorneys attending.

Xenia kept in touch with her friends from Pennsylvania.

Xenia was an active member St. Sava Serbian Orthodox Church, in McKeesport, PA since she was a child. She sang in the Church choir for more than twenty years. There were a lot of weddings and banquets. Xenia would help by placing plates, silverware, and coffee cups for all occasions. She was loved by many of the parishioners, whom she also loved. She also attended Sunday School. When Xenia moved to Florida, she attended the Orthodox Church of Saint Stephen the Protomartyr. Father Daniel Hickman would often visit Xenia in the Bayview Nursing Home and whenever she was admitted to the hospital there were many other parishioners that would come to visit. Her niece-in-law, Rachael, would decorate her room and organize it. She enjoyed visits from all of the family dogs.

Xenia is survived by her siblings, Zora (the late George, Jr.) Russell; Milan (Lisa) Vranesevich; niece-in-law, Rachel Russell; and great-nephew, Dalton Russell.

In addition to her parents, Xenia is preceded in death by her nephew, George Russell, III.

We will miss our loving, caring sister.

May Xenia's Memory Be Eternal.

Family and friends are invited to gather and honor Xenia’s memory on Sunday, September 21, 2025 from 3:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. (there will be a Mali Pomen Service at 6:30 p.m.) at Strifflers of White Oak Cremation and Mortuary Services, Inc., 1100 Lincoln Way, White Oak, PA 15131 (Sue Striffler Galaski, supervisor, 412 678 6177). Burial Service officiated by the Very Rev. Stavropher Stevan G. Rocknage will be held on Monday, September 22, 2025 at 9:30 a.m. at St. Sava Serbian Orthodox Church, 901 Hartman Street, McKeesport, PA 15132. Entombment will follow at McKeesport and Versailles Cemetery.

Should friends desire, memorial contributions in her memory may be made to the St. Sava Serbian Orthodox Church Renovation Fund, 901 Hartman Street, McKeesport, PA 15132.

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Originally published September 19, 2025.

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