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Richard W. Celani

Washington, Pennsylvania

Dec 5, 1934 – Aug 3, 2025 (Age 90)

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BORN
December 5, 1934
DIED
August 3, 2025
AGE
90
LOCATION
Washington, Pennsylvania

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Richard W. Celani, 90, of Washington, went to be with his Lord Sunday, August 3, 2025, in the Washington Hospital, surrounded by his loving children. He was born December 5, 1934, in Washington, a son of the late Pietro and Virginia Aloia Celani. Rich was a 1954 graduate of Washington High...

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Richie You are missed so much by so many people. You were such a big influence in my life.

Thank you God for sharing Rich with me. He was a great friend and Spiritual mentor. I will always miss and love him and I'm certain of our meeting again.

I am sitting here in Portland,Maine looking at a framed and matted print of W&J by Rich Celani and it is signed to me by Rich. He was a great artist and I have several of his works. I met Rich Celani when I was 15 in 1960 and he instantly became a mentor and big brother figure until I left for the Air Force.He taught me a lot about auto body work and especially painting . One of my favorite stories about Rich is about how he and Skip took my wife,Carlene and me to see the movie MASH in...

So very sorry to hear about the loss of your father Rich. Your family has our sympathy

I'm sorry to the Celani Family; I forgot to comment on how I enjoyed his paintings! God bless you all.

I am so sorry for your loss. Rich was a very special friend of mine. We spent a lot of time together out at Rusty´s and he will be truly missed.

We are so sorry to hear that Rich is gone, we just learned about it tonight. What a Jem of a human, kind ,loving , and talented. He will be so missed. God bless

Praying for your family! I met Richie as a kid he worked with my dad Brian at Rusty´s for years. He always called me Emily instead of Emma just to joke with me. He always lit up the room with his humor. He will be missed by so many!

Richie was not only a great friend to us and our family he was like a father to Leroy & I at Rusty's at the end he still thanked me for everything we did for him over the years however Richie was the one always doing for us, our families, and our customers, whenever asked, he always did his best to do for everyone, not many like him & never ask for nothing in return, what a great man that absolutely loved his family & us that were like family to him. Our sincere condolences and sympathy to...