Leo W, Smigel
Jan 21, 2017
Leo W. Smigel of Hermitage passed away peacefully at 11:39 a.m. Saturday, January 21, 2017, in his residence, with his family by his side. He was 88. Mr. Smigel was born July 4, 1928, in South Fork, PA, a son of William A. and Sophia Steback Smigel. He moved to the area in 1940 and was a 1946 graduate of...
Mary Elizabeth Burdick
Jan 21, 2017
Mary Elizabeth Burdick of Sharon, went to be with her Lord on Saturday, January 21, 2017, in Nugent's Continuing Care Retirement Community. She was 86. Mary was born in Greenville, PA, on December 10, 1930, the daughter of Walter Emerson Beardsley and Elizabeth Jane Cook Beardsley. She was a graduate of Penn High School and a member of the First...
Myra Natalie Beloff
Jan 20, 2017
Myra Natalie Beloff, formerly of Dougherty Ave., Sharon, passed away at 2:35 a.m. Friday, January 20, 2017, in the emergency room of Northside Medical Center, ValleyCare Health System, Youngstown. She was 90. Mrs. Beloff was born March 11, 1927, in Sharon, the daughter of Sydney and Frances Rosenblum Goldstein. Myra was a 1945 graduate of Sharon High School. She then...
Charlotte J. Christello
Jan 18, 2017
Charlotte J. (Luba) Christello of Farrell, passed away following a brief illness on Wednesday, January 18, 2017, in the hospital of Sharon Regional Health System. She was 82. Mrs. Christello was born June 8, 1934, in Canonsburg, PA, the daughter of Edward M. Luba and Ida Wojnowski Luba. She was a 1952 graduate of Sharon High School. Charlotte was a...
Theresa A. Stanger
Jan 18, 2017
Theresa A. Stanger of Sharon passed away at 4:05 a.m. Wednesday (1-18-17) in Nugent Convalescent Home, Hermitage, with her loving husband by her side. She was 80. Mrs. Stanger was born August 14, 1936, in Campbell, Ohio, a daughter of John and Katherine Gresh Duboy. She was a 1954 graduate of Campbell Memorial (Ohio) High School and moved to the...
Kelly S. Nan
Jan 17, 2017
Kelly Samuel Nan passed away peacefully at home at 7:52 p.m. Tuesday, January 17, 2017, in his home, with his family by his side. Mr. Nan was born in Norwalk, Ohio to Samuel and Dorothy (Shaw) Nan. He graduated from Mercer High School in 1977, where he was an outstanding football player and served as team captain his senior year....
Joan C. Brudowsky
Jan 17, 2017
Joan C. Brudowsky of Hermitage, formerly of Hatboro, PA, passed way unexpectedly at 6:03 p.m. Tuesday (1-17-17) in her residence. She was 63. Mrs. Brudowsky was born August 28, 1953, in Abington, PA, a daughter of John M. and Isabelle Gibson Campbell. Joan was raised in Hatboro and was a 1971 graduate of Upper Moreland High School, Willow Grove, PA....
Wayne M. Culbreth
Jan 16, 2017
Wayne M. Culbreth of Farrell passed away Monday morning (1-16-17) in UPMC Mercy Hospital, Pittsburgh, following an extended illness. He was 75. Mr. Culbreth was born September 19, 1941, in Montgomery, Alabama, a son of Raymond and Evelyn Schnell Culbreth. Wayne moved to the Shenango Valley at the age of 12 and later attended Sharpsville High School. He served in...
Judith Ann Schuler
Jan 15, 2017
Judith Ann (Meleky) Schuler of Hermitage, passed away peacefully at 2:44 p.m. Sunday, January 15, 2017, in the hospital of Sharon Regional Health System. She was 70. Mrs. Schuler was born February 6, 1946, the daughter of Slick Curtician and Helen Yohman Curtician. She was a 1964 graduate of Brookfield High School. Judi was proud that she went back to...
Muriel M. Russell
Jan 13, 2017
Muriel M. Russell of Hermitage, formerly of Sharon, passed away at 3:31 p.m. Friday (1-13-17) in UPMC Horizon Hospital, Farrell. She was 74. Ms. Russell was born July 15, 1942, in Sharon, a daughter of Neil and Betty Russel Russell. She was a lifelong area resident and 1962 graduate of Sharon High School. Upon graduation, she enrolled in painting and...
Kayleigh Aria Mccollum
Jan 12, 2017
Kayleigh Aria McCollum of Youngstown, OH, passed away Thursday, January 12, 2017, at home. She was six months old. Kayleigh was born June 25, 2016, in Farrell, the daughter of Ernest McCollum Jr. and Jacqueline Mathis McCollum. Surviving are: her parents; two sisters, Kamora Boatwright; and Jaidyn McCollum; a brother, Ernest McCollum III; paternal grandparents, Ernest McCollum Sr. and Virginia...
Robert "Bobby" J. Eiler
Jan 12, 2017
Robert "Bobby" J. Eiler of West Middlesex, passed away at 4:44 a.m. Thursday, January 12, 2017, at home. He was 66. Mr. Eiler was born May 3, 1950, in Rochester, PA, the son of Robert J. Eiler and Thelma J. Baxley Eiler. Bobby was a 1969 graduate of Reynolds High School. Following high school he enlisted in the US Army...
Joanne B. Hillard Sculthorpe
Jan 11, 2017
Joanne B. Hilliard Sculthorpe of Sharon, formerly of Sharpsville, passed away at 9:26 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017, in UPMC Jameson Hospital, New Castle. She was 81. Mrs. Sculthorpe was born Sept. 26, 1935, in New Castle, a daughter of Harold Eugene and Edna Belle Hilliard. She was a lifelong area resident and attended Orangeville, Ohio, schools. A homemaker most...
Emil F. Tobias
Jan 10, 2017
Emil F. Tobias of Middletown, NJ, passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, January 10, 2017. He was born in Farrell, PA and was the first of six children born to George & Anna Gumca (Tobis) Tobias who were immigrants from Czechoslovakia. He was an alumnus of St. Ann's Parish School, Farrell High School and Rutgers University, Brunswick, NJ. He served in...
Ann M. Fischer
Jan 10, 2017
Ann M. Fischer, of Cape Coral, Fla., passed away peacefully surrounded by family members on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017, in the hospital of Sharon Regional Health System. She was 80. She was born in Mount Carmel, Pa. Ann married Philip A. Fischer on Oct. 7, 1961, in Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church. Philip A. Fischer passed away on...
Irene D. Poranda
Jan 10, 2017
Irene D. Poranda of the Ridgewood At Shenango Valley, Hermitage, formerly of Chesapeake Ct., Hermitage, and Shady Dr., Farrell, passed away at 1:35 a.m. Tuesday, January 10, 2017, in the hospital of Sharon Regional Health System, after a brief illness. She was 95. Irene was born November 5, 1921, in Farrell, a daughter of Andrew and Susan Dupay Poranda. She...
Anthony F. "Tony" Knott
Jan 9, 2017
Anthony F. "Tony" Knott of Hermitage passed away at 10:31 p.m. Monday, January 9, 2017, in Nugent Convalescent Home, Hermitage, after an extended illness. He was 83. Mr. Knott was born January 10, 1933, in Farrell, a son of Alfonso and Theresa (Alcaro) Knott. He was a 1951 graduate of Farrell High School and received his bachelor's degree in education...
Linda Shaw
Jan 8, 2017
Linda Shaw, 61, of New Castle passed away unexpectedly at 10:20 p.m. Sunday, January 8, 2017, in UPMC Jameson Hospital. Ms. Shaw was born November 24, 1955, in Pittsburgh, a daughter of Walter Shaw, Jr. and Eyvonne Bethune Shaw. She was raised in Pittsburgh and graduated from Westinghouse High School in 1973. She was employed by The Grove of...
Bernard "Bernie" Leckfor
Jan 8, 2017
Bernard "Bernie" Leckfor of West Middlesex passed away at 1:49 p.m. Sunday, January 8, 2017 in the hospital of Sharon Regional Health System. He was 90. Mr. Leckfor was born October 3, 1926, in New Castle, the son of Michael W. Leckfor and Stella Grocki Leckfor. He was a 1944 graduate of New Castle High School. Bernie was drafted into...
Duane Michael Fiscus
Jan 7, 2017
Duane Michael Fiscus of Hermitage, formerly of Buffalo, NY, passed away on Saturday, January 7, 2017, in his residence. He was 60. Mr. Fiscus in Sharon, PA, on December 11, 1956. Duane was a 1974 graduate of Hickory High School. Following graduation he enlisted in the US Navy, during the Vietnam Era, from 1974 to 1980. In the Navy, Duane...
