Waros v. Borough of Vandergrift

KELLEY, Judge.

Vandergrift Borough Police Officer William J. Waros (Officer Waros) died on February 20, 1990 at sixty-one years of age. He was survived by his wife, Dolores Waros, one of the appellants herein.

At the time of Officer Waros’ death, he had been employed for twenty-two and one-half years as a regular, full-time, police officer of the appellee, the Borough of Vandergrift (borough). Officer Waros began his employment with the borough on September 7, 1967, at which time the borough’s Police Pension Ordinance, known as Ordinance 1-1958 provided in pertinent part as follows:

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