Totin

Dr. Edward A. Totin Sr., 94, of Middlesex Township, Valencia, passed away on Friday, April 28, 2023, at Westmoreland Manor in Greensburg.

Born in Edenborn, Pa. Fayette County, on Sept. 24, 1928, he was the son of the late Peter and Mary Sidun Totin.

Dr. Totin was a physical therapist, beginning his career at St. Francis then with Butler Memorial Hospital until he maintained a private practice for 20 years at the Morgan Management Building in Butler. He was a member of the American and the Pennsylvania physical therapy associations.

He belonged to the United Commercial Travelers and the National Rifle Association.

He was a referee for the PIAA and WPIAL organizations and was an athletic trainer for 35 years in Mars, Butler and Armstrong County and with Fort Pitt Chapter of Track and Field. He was a founder and chairman of the advisory committee for the Butler VNA and served as an EMT and board member for Quality EMS.

He was a member of St. Andrew’s Byzantine Catholic Church in Gibsonia.

Surviving are his children, Edward A. Totin Jr. (Rose) of Middlesex Township, Dr. Andrea Totin Lavorde, M.D. (Randall) in Australia, Dr. Mary E. deBeus, Ph.D. in Arden, N.C., Pamela Althardt (Kevin) of Greensburg, Leatrice Totin Krivanski (Michael) of Allison Park and Anne Totin of Beechview. Also surviving are 11 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his beloved wife, Leatrice Slater Totin, whom he married on Oct. 21, 1950, and who died on June 25, 2012; and by his siblings, Peter G. Totin, Michael J. Totin, Marie Barbush and Irene Hess.

TOTIN — Friends of Dr. Edward A. Totin Sr., who died Friday, April 28, 2023, will be received from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the MCDONALD-AEBERLI FUNERAL HOME, 238 Crowe Ave., Mars.

A funeral Mass will begin at 10 a.m. Thursday in St. Andrew the Apostle Byzantine Catholic Church, 235 Logan Road, Gibsonia, with Fr. Radko Blichor officiating. Please meet at the church.

Burial will be in Mars Cemetery, Adams Township.

In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to the Kidney Foundation, St. Andrew’s Church or the American Heart Association.

Directions and condolences are available at www.mcdonald-aeberli.com.

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