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Robert Burgess Obituary

September 12, 1938 - April 9, 2025 Robert Gary Burgess, 86, of Fredericktown, passed peacefully Wednesday, April 9, 2025, in hospice care at Pittsburgh VA Medical Center, University Drive in Pittsburgh, surrounded by family. All friends and family are welcome to attend a Celebration of Life Memorial Service at 11:30 a.m. Friday, April 25, in Westminster Presbyterian Church, 2040 Washington Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15241. Interment, with military honors, will follow at 1:30 p.m. at the National Cemetery of the Alleghenies. In lieu of flowers, donations, in Robert's memory, are encouraged to the Veterans Health Foundation, the American Red Cross, or the Wounded Warrior Project. www.slaterfuneral.com

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Published by Observer-Reporter from Apr. 21 to Apr. 22, 2025.

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