May 23, 2003 2 min read

John E. Soltis, 53, of Waynesburg R.D. 1, Pa., and formerly of Carmichaels and Connellsville, Pa., died at 5:35 p.m., on Wednesday, May 21, 2003, at the Greene County Memorial Hospital, Waynesburg, Pa. Mr. Soltis was a 1968 graduate of Connellsville High School and worked at the former Consolidated Coal Company Dilworth Mine in Greene County for 28 years. Previous to that, he worked at the U.S. Steel Robena Mine.

His wife, Valerie E. Smitley Soltis, whom he married on July 8, 1999, survives.

Also surviving are a son, Brian Soltis of Mount Pleasant, Pa.; a daughter, Shannon Soltis of Brownsville, Pa.; two stepdaughters, Cyndee Bedilion of Canonsburg, Pa., and Debbie Jenkins of Burgettstown, Pa.; four grandchildren, Felicia Virgili, Daylon Rivera, Aliyah Soltis and Corrine Soltis; two brothers, Michael J. Soltis of Connellsville, Pa., and Stephen Soltis of Uniontown, Pa.; three sisters, Suzanne Staszel of Dunbar, Pa., Joanne Kimmel of Normalville, Pa., and Barbara Hiltabidel of Medina, Ohio; and several nieces and nephews.

Friends will be received in the Yoskovich Funeral Home, Martin J. Yoskovich, Funeral Director, 300 South Vine St., (Route 88), Carmichaels, Pa., from 7 to 9 p.m., on Saturday and from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m., on Sunday, where a blessing service will be held at 10:45 a.m., on Monday, May 26, 2003.