McCUNE GERARD A. JERRY Of Braddock Hills, age 87, died on Friday, March 2, 2018. Jerry was the beloved husband of Roberta E. Bobbi McCune for 62 years; loving father of Douglas (Celeste) McCune of AZ, David McCune of Penn Hills, and Dwight (Jodi) McCune of Robinson Twp.; proud grandfather of Tiffany Stepanik and Nicole Sweeney, Christopher McCune, Connor, Nicholas and Alyssa McCune; great-grandfather of Coby Stepanik and Austin and Aven Sweeney. Jerry is preceded in death by his siblings, Margaret Gross, Edward, John, and Robert McCune. Jerry quit school after 10th grade to help support his family and join the U.S. Navy. In 1958, he became one of the original employees of WTAE-TV and was a local television pioneer. He retired as the Film Director with over 37 years at the station. Mike Clark respectfully remembers Jerry as such a gentle, good-natured, faith-filled, honorable man. He always had a smile and a kind word for me. Jerry was a published writer and a frequent contributor to the Post-Gazette Letters to the Editor. He also was a song-writer and singer; poet and family historian. In 2013, after a culmination of 2 years of studies, Jerry earned his high school diploma through the G.E.D. program of the Greater Pittsburgh Literacy Council. His motivation was to demonstrate the value of a solid education to his grandchildren and that it is never too late in life to achieve one's goals. For over 40 years, Jerry served as a Lector for both his former parish, St. James in Wilkinsburg and his current parish, St. Maurice in Forest Hills. Friends are welcome on Wednesday from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. at PATRICK T. LANIGAN FUNERAL HOME & CREMATORY, INC., Turtle Creek/Monroeville Chapel, 1111 Monroeville Ave., Turtle Creek, 412-823-9350. Mass of Christian Burial will be held for Jerry on Thursday at 10 a.m. in St. Maurice Church. He will then be laid to rest with military honors at Calvary Cemetery. Memorial donations may be made to the Greater Pittsburgh Literacy Council, 411 7th Ave., Pgh., PA 15219/ www.gplc.org; St. Maurice Parish, 2001 Ardmore Blvd., Pgh., PA 15221; or the American Cancer Society, 320 Bilmar Rd., Pgh. 15205. www.cancer.org. Jerry's motto has been, I shall pass this way but once. Therefore, any good that I can do, or any kindness that I can show, let me do it now. For I shall not pass this way again. Send condolences post-gazette.com/gb