Mary Theresa Coyne
Feb 7, 2017
Mary Theresa Coyne of Sharon passed away at 8:15 a.m. Tuesday, February 7, 2017, in her residence. She was 91. Mrs. Coyne was born July 12, 1925, in Belfast, Ireland, a daughter of Andrew and Elizabeth McCourt O'Neill. She was educated in Ireland and moved to the United State in 1944. A homemaker, she was a member of St. Joseph...
Adella M. Johnson
Feb 6, 2017
Adella M. Greer Bigley Johnson, formerly of Old Princeton Road, passed away early Monday morning, February 6, 2017. She was 85. Bunny was born February 26, 1931 in New Castle the daughter of Fern Greer and Daniel Cassella. Her mother later married Edward Bigley, Bunny's stepfather. She was a lifelong area resident and a 1949 graduate of New Castle High...
Robert "Bob" Allen Sakonyi
Feb 6, 2017
Robert "Bob" Allen Sakonyi of Hermitage passed away suddenly at 6:30 a.m. Monday, February 6, 2017, in his home. He was 72. Mr. Sakonyi was born April 20, 1944, in Grove City, a son of Frank J. and Nellie Lisac Sakonyi. Bob was a 1962 graduate of Farrell High School. He attended Edinboro University to further his education until his...
Olivia Maria Gonzalez
Feb 6, 2017
Olivia Maria Gonzalez of Hermitage passed away Monday afternoon, February 6, 2017, in her residence. She was 18. Olivia was born July 15, 1998, in Aurora, CO, a daughter of Stephen and Maikki Smith Gonzalez. She attended the former Notre Dame Parochial Grade School and Hickory High School, both Hermitage, and was currently enrolled in Cyber School. Olivia was employed...
Rudolph "Rudy" J. Bodnar
Feb 6, 2017
Rudolph "Rudy" J Bodnar of Hubbard passed away at 11:43 a.m. Monday, February 6, 2017, in Autumn Hills Care Center, Niles, OH. He was 83. Mr. Bodnar was born January 21, 1934, in Atlasburg, PA, a son of Frank and Mildred Dobroski Bodnar. Rudy was a 1951 graduate of Burgettstown Union High School. He was a veteran of the US...
Eva E. Heini
Feb 5, 2017
Eva E. Heini of Transfer passed away at 6:30 p.m. Sunday, February 5, 2017, in the hospital of Sharon Regional Health System. She was 87. Eva was born October 13, 1929, in Transfer, a daughter of Michael Heini and Theresa Guster Heini Jergler. She attended Transfer schools and was a 1948 graduate of Hickory High School. She retired in 1991...
Terrence Walters
Feb 4, 2017
Terrence Walters of West Middlesex passed away with his wife by his side at 6:48 a.m. Saturday, February 4, 2017, in his residence. He was 68. Mr. Walters was born August 31, 1948, in Sharon, a son of Wallace W. and Jane Yankevich Walters. Terrence was raised in Farrell and was a member of the 1967 graduating class from Farrell...
Bette C. Acker
Feb 4, 2017
Bette C. Acker, 93, of New Castle passed away peacefully with her family by her side at 9:03 a.m. February 4, 2017, in her residence. Mrs. Acker was born December 17, 1923, in New Castle, a daughter of the late Edward V. and Margaret Cosgrove Callahan. Following her graduation from New Castle High School she matriculated to the University Of...
Michael L. Butchko
Feb 4, 2017
Michael L. Butchko of Sharon passed away at 12:10 p.m. Saturday, February 4, 2017, in the hospital of the Sharon Regional Health System. He was 91. Mr. Butchko was born September 4, 1925, in Farrell, a son of Steven and Anna Yurak Butchko. Michael was employed as a welder by the Sharon Transformer Division of the Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Sharon,...
William J. "Bill" Boyle
Feb 4, 2017
William J. Boyle of Hermitage, formerly a longtime resident of Sharpsville, passed away peacefully in his home at 11:00 a.m. Saturday February 4, 2017. Bill entered his eternal life following an extended illness, with his wife, Barbara, and several of his caretakers by his side. Bill was 74. Bill was born March 3, 1942, in Sharon, a son of Thomas...
Hope Bard
Feb 4, 2017
Hope Jolley Bard of Hermitage passed away at 8:14 p.m. Saturday, February 4, 2017, in Nugent Convalescent Home, Hermitage. She was 74. Mrs. Bard was born February 15, 1942, in Sharon, a daughter of William and Louise Dale Jolley. She was a 1960 graduate of Sharon High School and matriculated to the State University of Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, where she...
P. Thomas "Tom" Siege
Feb 3, 2017
P. Thomas "Tom" Siege of Sharpsville passed away at 1:36 a.m. Friday, February 3, 2017, in his residence. He was 83. Mr. Siege was born April 7, 1933, in Sharon, a son of Philip and Elizabeth Young Siege. He was a lifelong area resident and a 1951 graduate of Sharon High School. Tom was inducted into the US Navy November...
Jennie M. Davies
Feb 2, 2017
Jennie M. Davies, formerly of Sharon, passed away peacefully at 11:40 p.m. Thursday, February 2, 2017, in St. John XXIII Home, Hermitage. She was 97. Mrs. Davies was born October 9, 1919, in Sharon, a daughter of Samuel and Maria Russo Yannerilla. She is a lifelong area resident and attended Sharon Schools. Jennie was a homemaker and devoted her life...
Francis W. "Fran" Leonard
Feb 2, 2017
Francis W. "Fran" Leonard of Sharpsville passed away unexpectedly the morning of Thursday, February 2, 2017 in the emergency room of UPMC Horizon, Greenville. He was 52. Fran was born August 21, 1964, in Sharon, a son of Stanley W. and Rosemary Bonacci Leonard. He was a lifelong area resident and a 1982 graduate of Kennedy Catholic High School, Hermitage....
Zora Rose Horodnic
Jan 26, 2017
Zora Rose Horodnic, formerly of Shenango Township, passed away at 6:50 p.m. Thursday, January 26, 2017, in Hospitality Care Center, Hermitage. She was 94. Mrs. Horodnic was born October 7, 1922, in Sharon, a daughter of Ivan and Mildred Gorichky. She was a lifelong area resident and attended school in Farrell. During WW II, Rose worked at the former Sharon...
Mary Ann Robertson
Jan 25, 2017
Mary Ann Robertson, formerly of Sharon, and a resident of Nugent Convalescent Home, Hermitage, for the past 9 years, passed away at 4:40 p.m. Wednesday, January 25, 2017, in the intensive care unit of Sharon Regional Health System. She was 77. Mrs. Robertson was born June 28, 1939, in Pittsburgh, a daughter of Robert and Odella Swain Yarnell. She was...
Mird "Skip" Duane Darlington
Jan 25, 2017
Mird "Skip" Duane Darlington of Sharpsville left this world Wednesday evening, January 25, 2017, for a "hot date" with Emily, his beautiful bride of 64 years. He was 90. Mr. Darlington was born May 6, 1926, in Sharon, a son of Paul and Mary Bond Darlington. Skip entered the US Navy at age 17 and served in the South Pacific...
Charles "Chuckie" M. Toten
Jan 24, 2017
Charles "Chuckie" M. Toten, formerly of Sharpsville, passed away Tuesday, January 24, 2017, in Hospitality Care Center, Hermitage. He was 74. Mr. Toten was born April 18, 1943, in Sharon, a son of Michael and Myrtle Blair Toten. He was a 1961 graduate of Sharpsville High School, and served with the US Army, during the Vietnam War. Chuckie was employed...
Edwin Dean Phillips
Jan 22, 2017
Edwin Dean Phillips, formerly a 32 year resident of Hermitage, passed away Sunday, January 22, 2017, in Evansville, IN, where he resided for the past year. He was 94. Mr. Phillips was born January 8, 1923, in Sharon, a son of Daniel and Gertrude (Frohm) Phillips. A graduate of Sharon High School, he received his bachelor's degree from Westminster College,...
Mary Ann Widmyer
Jan 22, 2017
Mary Ann Widmyer of Sharon passed away unexpectedly at 11:11 a.m. Sunday, January 22, 2017 in the emergency room of Sharon Regional Health System. She was 43. Mary Ann was born August 9, 1973, in Sharon, a daughter of Anthony J. and Mary E. Duffy Reno. She was a 1991 graduate of Hickory High School and attended Penn State University,...
