Charles Francis Marchlewski, Jr.

Charles Francis Marchlewski Jr., 90, of Logan’s Ferry Heights, Plum Borough, passed away peacefully on Sunday, May 3, 2026, peacefully at home, surrounded by his loving family.

“Sunday, our family said goodbye to our patriarch - the man who built the foundation everything else rests on.  

He was the steady hand, the wise voice, the one who showed us what it meant to show up - for family, for the people you love, for the life you’re building.  His stories shaped us.  His lessons live in us.  His love holds us together even now, especially now.  

Losing him leaves a silence that can’t be filled.  But it also leaves a legacy that can’t be taken - in everyone of us he raised, guided, and called his own.  

Rest easy, Pap  We love you & will carry you with us always.”  Love from the family.

He was born in Logan’s Ferry on August 14, 1935 to the late Charles Sr., and Marcella Bolubasz Marchlewski, graduated from Plum High School in 1953, then joined the US Navy Seabees during the Korean Conflict, serving on the then new satellite station in Cuba.  

Mr. Marchlewski was a lifetime member of St. Mary of Czestochowa Roman Catholic Church of New Kensington.

He was a coal miner, then worked at Ingles Iron Works, finally finishing up his career at Allegheny Ludlum (now Allegheny Teledyne) in Brackenridge. 

Surviving are his wife with whom he would have celebrated 68 years of marriage on May 10, 2026, Marlene H. Young Marchlewski; daughters, Kathleen “Kathy” A. (Jack) Kirchartz of Vandergrift, Karen A. (Kim) Boteler of Magnolia, TX and Susan L. Gates of Spring, TX; grandchildren, Jack, April, Jesse, Bobby, Heather and Troy; and 15 great-grandchildren.

Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by his brother Frank Marchlewski and sister, Marcella Zmietzewski.

Viewing will be Monday, May 11, from 11AM until a funeral liturgy outside of Mass at 12 NOON in ROSS G. WALKER FUNERAL HOME LTD., 217 Freeport Road, New Kensington.  Military Honors conferred by the Vandergrift Veterans Honor Guard will immediately follow.  Burial will be in Greenwood Memorial Park, Lower Burrell.  

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