My sister Loretta Kuptz has lost her battle with her kidney failure. she pastaway at 19:30 on Jan 10, 2010 at Allegheny general Hospital with her family by her side. she will be greatly missed by the Negley vol. Fire Dept. she was always there in the middle of the night when our department was on a fire, she would get up and bring coffee and water, no matter the weather or how sick she was, she truly loved every one of our firefighters and all firefighters. i remeber last winter we had a structure fire on a night the weather was not fit for man or beast, i was running the pump and i felt a tug on my gear. when i turned around there was loretta and her husband(charlie still sleeping) it was nothing but ice and snow and cold. i wanted to kick her butt. i said what are you doing here. she said you guys need something hot to drink. i loved here so much. she will be truely missed by all. service are 13:00-15:00 and 18:00-20:00 on Jan 13 at warrick-kummer funeral home on columbiana and 11:00 Jan14 at the funeral home. memorial contributions can be made to the Negley Vol. Fire Dept. sign the register or send condolences at www.familycareservices.com. thank you and stay safe.