Harold O. ‘Buck’ Casteel, Sr.
Harold O. ‘Buck’ Casteel, Sr., age 74, of Brownsville, passed away Monday, December 17, 2012 in UPMC Presbyterian Hospital in Pittsburgh with his loving family at his side. He was born January 17, 1938 in Uniontown, son of the late Roger Casteel and Mabel Maust Casteel.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his sister, Elizabeth Urick.
Harold was a deckhand for Mon River Towing with twenty-five years of service and was a veteran of the United States Air Force. He enjoyed watching the Pittsburgh Steelers and Tiger Woods and playing bingo.
He is survived by his wife, Loretta Cole Casteel; his children, Karl Lease of Masontown, Helen Rafitz of Allison and Florence Lancaster and husband, William, of Vestaburg; ten grandchildren; ten great-grandchildren; brother and sisters, Lucy Goldberg and husband, Larry, of Hopwood, Janie Kalman of Ohio, Connie Hill of Ohio, Lois Sampson and husband, William, of Ohio, Dee Seibert of Ohio and Bud Casteel and wife, Michelle, of Georgia and numerous nieces and nephews.
Friends will be received in DEARTH FUNERAL HOME, New Salem, on Thursday, December 20, 2012 from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. and on Friday, December 21, 2012 until 11:00 a.m., the hour of service. Interment will follow in Sylvan Heights Cemetery, Uniontown.