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Passed away on  January 12, 2019

Passed away January 2019

Age 78 of Pittsburgh, PA passed away peacefully on Monday, December 31, 2018 at his home. Son of the late Clabe and Houston Jones; loving husband of Patricia Jones; devoted father of Juan C. Jones and Jose (Carol Elaine) Jones; grandfather of eight; great-grandfather of four; brother of Lloyd (Cyerl) Jones and Carolyn Jones. James graduated from Westinghouse High School in 1958. He served in the US Air Force after graduation. James retired from City of Pittsburgh as a fire truck mechanic after 41 years and was an elder in  West Wilkinsburg Congregation. Services Private. Arrangements by ROSE FUNERAL HOME & CREMATION SERVICES.

    A memorial service and celebration of life for Janyce Marbury Wiebe will be held on 11:00 am, Saturday, April 27, 2019 at the Heinz Memorial Chapel, at the corner of Fifth and Bellefield Avenues, Pittsburgh, PA, followed by a wake and reception at the nearby Phipps Conservatory, in the Special Functions Room. Born on January 19, 1959, Jan, a native of Albany, NY who found a true home in Pittsburgh, lost her 37-month battle with leukemia on December 10, 2018. Beloved daughter of Richard A. and Jean P. Wiebe of Cedar Park, TX, she is also survived by her aunts Robin Wiebe of Green Valley, AZ and Patti Frost of Scottdale, PA, siblings Ellen Simms of Cedar Park and Rick Wiebe of Providence, RI, their spouses Rich Simms and Michele Mericle, and many loving nieces and nephews. Jan, who earned her PhD in Computer Science from the University of Buffalo, was a Professor of Computer Science and the former Director of the Intelligent Systems Program at the University of Pittsburgh, and a fellow of the Association for Computational Linguistics. She was blessed to have the love and support of her many friends from the Steel City throughout her ordeal, which she bore with tremendous grace and courage.   Donations to support cancer research may be sent to the Director’s Development Fund at the UPMC Hillman Cancer Center in memory of Janyce Wiebe, UPMC Cancer Pavilion, Suite 1B, 5150 Centre Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15232, 412-623-4700. In addition, the Department of Computer Science and the School of Computing and Information at the University of Pittsburgh have established a scholarship fund in Jan’s honor to assist worthy students. Donations may be made through the following website: https://engage.pitt.edu/wiebe . More about Jan and her work and life may be found through the following links: https://www.post-gazette.com/news/obituaries/2018/12/22/Obituary-Janyce-Wiebe-artificial-intelligence-computer-science-professor-researcher-pitt-university-pittsburgh/stories/201812210141 and https://naacl2019.org/blog/in-memory-of-jan-wiebe/ .

Of Sewickley Heights, PA passed away on December 9, 2018, at age 81, surrounded by his loving family. He was born on March 11, 1937 in Shiraz, Iran to the late Mohamad Javad Zia and Batool Bazmi. Hassan was the beloved husband of Dr. Neptune Kasraie Bazmi for 53 years; the loving father of Bahar, Babak and Shervin; cherished grandfather of Jasmine and Haley Heusey; and survived by his dear niece, Hengameh Holly Bazmi; and several other family members both in the Unites States and in Iran. Prior to immigrating to the United States in 1974 with his family, Hassan graduated from Pahlavi Medical School and served in the Army Health Corp.  In the U.S., Hassan completed his residency in General Surgery at Allegheny General Hospital, and later became the Head of General Surgery and President of the Medical Staff at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) Passavant Hospital.  In addition, Hassan was a Fellow of the American Society of Abdominal Surgeons. He was in private surgical practice for over 27 years in the North Hills, where he served thousands of patients in his community. In addition to being a dedicated surgeon, Hassan found much joy in spending time with friends and family, playing tennis and basketball, and singing classical Persian music. Remembrance services will be held in his honor at the Sherwood Oaks Retirement Community (100 Norman Drive) in Cranberry Township, PA on Friday, December 14th from 6-8 p.m. EST. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests making a donation to The Parkinson Foundation of Western Pennsylvania. You can donate online at their website https://pfwpa.org or donate by phone by calling the Foundation at (412) 465-1112.