Charles A. Halahan — 1992 obituary search (2026-11-07)
Charles Andrew Halahan, b. 1947-10-29 Pittsburgh, d. 1992-08-20 (one-car crash, Route 160, Northampton Twp, Somerset Co). Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and Pittsburgh Press were on strike May 1992 – Jan 1993.
Result: no obituary or death notice found online
The only 1992 newspaper item is the Somerset Daily American crash article (1992-08-21 p. 2, already saved).
Records found (saved)
| Record | What it says | File |
|---|---|---|
| Social Security NUMIDENT (FamilySearch 1:1:6K3C-DYB3) | Charles Andrew Halahan, b. 1947-10-29 Pittsburgh, Allegheny; SS application Dec 1961; d. 1992-08-20; parents Andrew Halahan and Laura G. Conner | familysearch_NUMIDENT_Charles-Andrew-Halahan-b-1947-10-29-Pittsburgh-d-1992-08-20_parents-Andrew-Halahan-Laura-G-Conner.jpg |
| Social Security Death Index (FamilySearch 1:1:J1MZ-K4D) | Charles A. Halahan, PA, age 45 (sic — 44), b. 1947-10-29, d. 1992-08-20 | index only |
| Find a Grave 179995856 (via findagrave.py; FamilySearch index 1:1:ZR7Y-X1MM) | Calvary Cemetery, Pittsburgh; headstone inscription "AMHAN3 US NAVY VIETNAM" (a Navy rating abbreviation — Aviation Structural Mechanic, Hydraulics, Airman); parents linked Andrew Halahan (1914–1984) and Laura Grace Conner Halahan | headstone photo is a locked/blurred thumbnail on FamilySearch; direct findagrave.com fetch blocked |
| US Public Records index (1:1:K5RB-Y2H) / Residence DB (1:1:6TRW-Y2MD) | Pittsburgh addresses 1982, 1993–98 (post-death address records; index only) | — |
Side find — VA Nationwide Gravesite Locator, surname Halahan (screenshot saved,
va-gravelocator_Halahan-results_George-Halahan-1931-2015-Army-Korea-Sacramento-Valley-NC.jpg):
George Halahan, b. 1931-06-06, d. 2015-11-07, PFC US Army, Korea, Sacramento Valley National Cemetery, Dixon CA
(wife Elaine 1935–2005) — matches "George (Iggy) Halahan of California", Andrew Sr.'s brother (FAG 1931–2015).
Also listed (relationship unknown): John Halahan 1918–2007 CM3 US Navy (Jupiter FL); Michael Andrew Halahan
1943–2026 PFC Army Vietnam (Riverside NC, CA); William Richard Halahan 1949–2022 SP4 Army Vietnam (Hayward CA).
Charles is not in the VA locator (buried in a Catholic cemetery; no VA-marker record listed).
Sources checked, no obituary
- newspapers.com keyword "Halahan" PA 1992-08-20 → 09-30: Daily American 8/21 p2 (crash, saved), News Herald (Perkasie) 9/23, Latrobe Bulletin 9/26 p12 (Brian Halahan of Trafford, motocross — not ours), Standard-Speaker 8/29 (Anna Halahan, Weatherly — not ours).
- OCR variants Hallahan, Halahn, Holahan, Halaban, Halehan (PA, Aug 20 – Sep 10 1992): only eastern-PA Holahan/Hallahan families.
- Keyword "Kanai" (the family's funeral home, Edward P. Kanai, Greenfield) Aug 20 – Sep 10 1992: no PA hits.
- "Calvary Cemetery" + Navy, PA Aug 20 – Sep 5 1992: eastern PA only.
- Coverage gap: western-PA papers on newspapers.com for Aug 1992 are only The Daily American (Somerset), Latrobe Bulletin, Indiana Gazette, Ellwood City Ledger, Titusville Herald, and the New Pittsburgh Courier. No Tribune-Review, McKeesport Daily News, Valley News Dispatch, Observer-Reporter, Herald-Standard or Beaver County Times for 1992. The strike-period Pittsburgh papers are not on newspapers.com.
- Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh genealogy guide (death records): no online obituary index for 1992 Pittsburgh; obituary extraction volumes exist for Armstrong Co and Vandergrift (not relevant).
Where the obituary would be
- Greensburg Tribune-Review / Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Aug 21–25 1992 — the Trib was the main paper printing in Pittsburgh during the strike. Microfilm at Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania Dept.), or a CLP research request: https://carnegielibrary.org/service/research-request-forms/
- McKeesport Daily News and the Valley News Dispatch (Tarentum) — microfilm at CLP / local libraries.
- Catholic Cemeteries Association of Pittsburgh (ccapgh.org, Calvary Cemetery) — burial card for LL-133-6 gives burial date and funeral director, which would point to the funeral home's records.
- His PA death certificate (1992) — order from the PA Dept. of Health, Division of Vital Records (death records become public after 50 years, so 1992 requires eligibility as a child — Andrew qualifies).
- Navy service record: NPRC (St. Louis) SF-180 — Andrew as next of kin can request his DD-214.