The National Cemetery of the Alleghenies hosted a Memorial Day ceremony on Sunday, featuring a keynote address by Cmdr. Justin R. Jolley, the commanding officer of the U.S. Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit, Pittsburgh. The Canon-McMillan High School Band and South Hills Keystone Chorus supplied the musical presentation for the event.
Sunday marked Peggy Quatman’s first Memorial Day service without Bob. The Glenshaw resident’s husband, a factory worker and Neville Island steelworker, once stood shoulder-to-shoulder with his U.S. Navy peers while serving during the Vietnam War. His bleach-white headstone — section 13, site No. 460 — in the National Cemetery of