Albert E. Klaric, Sharon, passed away at 4:15 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 22,  2020, after a short illness in UPMC Horizon Greenville. He was 79.

Mr. Klaric was born Dec. 18, 1940, in Sharon, a son of Peter Klaric and Edith Parker Klaric.

He was raised in Brookfield and attended Brookfield High School before  getting his GED.

Al worked as a welder for 20 years at National Castings, Sharon. He was also a roofer on the side and he loved it.

He enjoyed tinkering on different things especially fixing and figuring out clocks.
He was a member of the Army Reserves.

Al was first and foremost a family man. He was a wonderful husband, father and grandfather. He would do anything for his family.

Al married Maria Negrea Klaric on Sept. 26, 1959, and they made a home and raised a family together for the past 60 years. They never spent a night apart.

Al is survived by Maria at home, a daughter, Teri Tarr and her husband  Bill, Warren, Ohio; two sons, Albert Klaric and his wife Lynda, Venice, Fla.; and Frank Klaric and his wife Missy, Sharon; seven  grandchildren, Zach and his wife Rachel, Dylan and his girlfriend Trisha McCutchen and Tyler Stanton and his girlfriend Cassie Mattix; Ainsley and Camille Klaric; and Destiny and A.J. Klaric; four great-grandchildren, Nicholas, Jackson, Adam and Ryan Stanton; two sisters, Loretta McClurg and her husband Wendell, Cortland, Ohio; and Frances Peters and her husband Bill, Transfer; a brother, Gary Klaric, Hubbard; and a host of loving nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents; a son, Ronn; and four brothers, Terry, Frank, Joseph and Bill.

The family suggests memorial donations in Al's name can be made to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation at www.jdrf.org .

Calling hours will be 10 a.m. until the time of the service Monday (09/28/2020) in J. Bradley McGonigle Funeral Home and Crematory, Inc., 1090 East State St., Sharon.

Funeral service will be at noon, Monday, in the funeral home, with Rev. Matthew Ruyechan, officiating.