Roxie Pelles
Feb 27, 2017
Roxie Pelles of Lackawannock Township was called home to be with her Lord at 3 p.m. Monday, Feb. 27, 2017, in UPMC Horizon - Shenango Valley, Farrell. She was 73.
Mrs. Pelles was born Jan. 29, 1944, in Warren, Pa., a daughter of Harry and...
Bonnie Lou Haines
Feb 27, 2017
Bonnie Lou Haines of Sharpsville passed away at 11:00 a.m. Monday, February 27, 2017, in Trumbull Memorial Hospital, Warren, OH. She was 81.
Mrs. Haines was born April 27, 1935, in Sharon, a daughter of Raymond T. and Bertha Ferguson Cummings. She graduated from Sharpsville High School.
Bonnie was a former member of St. Joseph...
Rodger H. "Smooth" Smith
Feb 25, 2017
Rodger H. "Smooth" Smith of Hermitage passed away at 5:27 p.m. Saturday, February 25, 2017, in UPMC Horizon hospital, Farrell. He was 73. Mr. Smith was born December 24, 1943, in Sharon, a son of Rodger Carl and Mary Eloise Alter Smith. He was a lifelong area resident and 1962 graduate of Sharon High School. Rodger was a carpenter and...
Conrad "Connie" Vagasky
Feb 24, 2017
Conrad "Connie" Vagasky of Masury passed away peacefully at 10:32 a.m. Friday, February 24, 2017, in his residence. He was 86. Mr. Vagasky was born August 3, 1930, in Sharon, a son of Paul and Mary Hrite Vagasky. He was raised in Sharon and graduated from Sharon High School. He enlisted in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War,...
Antonio Conti
Feb 24, 2017
Antonio Conti, formerly a longtime resident of Sharon, passed away peacefully surrounded by his family Friday evening, February 24, 2017, in his daughter's home, Hermitage. Mr. Conti was born March 2, 1928, in Statigliano, Italy, a son of Isadore and Arcangela Conti. He was raised in Statigliano and immigrated, along with his family, to the United States at the age...
Norma Carlene Moore
Feb 23, 2017
Norma Carlene Moore, 89, of New Castle, passed away on Thursday February 23, 2017 in Avalon Nursing Center. Carlene as she was affectionately known by her family and friends, was born August 15, 1927 in Mahoningtown to the late Lewis and Elva Merle Godwin. She was a member of Enon Valley Bible Presbyterian Church. Carlene enjoyed gardening and sewing in...
Bernard Sauers
Feb 22, 2017
Bernard J. Sauers was a man known for his clear vision and vigorous mind, his courage, his kindness, his honesty, and his willingness to reach out and change the lives around him for the better. Sometimes he did it with a word of encouragement or an instructive story. Sometimes he lent a hand or an ear, took...
Marianne C. Yeager
Feb 21, 2017
Marianne C. Yeager of Sharon passed away at 6:50 a.m. Tuesday, February 21, 2017, in Hospice House, North Lima, OH. She was 70. Mrs. Yeager was born November 13, 1946, in Youngtown, OH, a daughter of Peter and Julia Halas Sylvester. She was a 1964 graduate of East High School, Youngstown and studied cosmetology at Choffin Career Center, also Youngstown....
Jean Victoria Hornyak
Feb 21, 2017
Jean Victoria Hornyak of S. Pymatuning Township passed away at 3:36 p.m. Tuesday, February 21, 2017, in her residence. She was 82. Mrs. Hornyak was born November 27, 1934, in Sharpsville, a daughter of John and Amalia Kobol Sabo. Jean was a 1952 graduate of Sharpsville High School. Years earlier, she was employed as a bookkeeper at the former Myer...
Daniel M. Ser
Feb 20, 2017
Daniel M. Ser, age 65, of S. Pymatuning Township, passed away peacefully Monday evening, February 20, 2017, in his residence, following a courageous battle with multiple myeloma. He was diagnosed with cancer in 2014 and had a stem cell transplant in July of 2015 in West Penn Hospital, Pittsburgh. Dan was born June 8, 1951, in Sharon. He was a...
Leo E. "Dutch" Carlin
Feb 18, 2017
Leo E. "Dutch" Carlin, 82, of New Castle, passed away unexpectedly on the evening of Saturday, February 18, 2017, in Grove City Medical Center. Mr. Carlin was born May 25, 1934, in New Castle, a son of the late John P. and Julia Ann Sullivan Carlin. Dutch was a lifelong area resident and 1952 graduate of New Castle High School....
John William Wilson
Feb 17, 2017
John William Wilson of Greenville, PA, passed away peacefully at 9:01 a.m. Tuesday (2-21-17) in Edison Manor, New Castle, as a result of injuries sustained from motorcycle accident on July 7, 2014. He was 58. John was born April 15, 1958, in Grove City, a son of John D. and Dorothy Ballantine Wilson. He graduated from Grove City Area High...
Dorothy E. Coyne
Feb 17, 2017
Dorothy E. Coyne, 91, of Neshannock Twp., passed away peacefully at 7:55 p.m. Friday, February 17, 2017 in AHN Healthcare at Home inpatient hospice unit at West Penn Hospital, Pittsburgh.
Mrs. Coyne was born November 8, 1925, in New Castle, a daughter of the late Rudolph C. and Ethel Gwin Onasch.
She was a lifelong...
Helen Davis
Feb 17, 2017
Helen Davis of Sharon passed away on Friday, February 17, 2017, in the hospital of Sharon Regional Health System. She was 90. Mrs. Davis was born August 23, 1926, in Sharon, a daughter of Max and Julia Bocknac Luchey. She was a lifelong resident of the area and attended Sharon School District. Helen was employed for a brief time by...
A. Claire Churchill
Feb 16, 2017
A. Claire Churchill, 90, of Neshannock Twp. passed away Thursday evening February 16, 2017 in UPMC Jameson Hospital. Mrs. Churchill was born February 7, 1927, in New Castle, to the late William and Margaret Murphy Kelly. Her husband of nearly 56 years and love of her life, Herbert Churchill, whom she married October 27, 1951, preceded her in death on...
Thomas S. Duncan
Feb 16, 2017
Thomas S. Duncan, 87, a longtime resident of Edinburg, passed away the morning of Thursday, February 16, 2017, in UPMC Jameson Care Center. Mr. Duncan was born March 17, 1929, in Hammond, Indiana, a son of the late Harry and Emma Sampson Duncan. Tom was raised in Edinburg and graduated from Union High School in 1947. He served in the...
James R. "Jim" Benson
Feb 15, 2017
James R. "Jim" Benson, 89, of Neshannock Twp., passed away at 1:20 a.m. Wednesday, February 15, 2017, in Golden Hill Nursing Home. Mr. Benson was born August 5, 1927, in New Castle, a son of the late John and Isabella Reynolds Benson. Jim served in the U.S. Army Air Corps during WWII and was honorably discharged. He was employed by...
Jose Millan
Feb 15, 2017
Jose Millan of Hermitage, formerly of Lyndhurst, NJ and Spain, passed away Wednesday, February 15, 2017, in his residence. He was 88. Mr. Millan was born December 25, 1928, in Puebla Del Caramiña Coruñ, Spain, a son of Juan Bautista and Encarnacion Millan. Raised and educated in Spain, he was a merchant marine in Spain for 20 years before moving...
Dolores M. Beach
Feb 15, 2017
Dolores M. Beach, formerly a seven year resident of Juniper Village, Sharon, passed away at 10:40 a.m. Wednesday, February 15, 2017, in Nugent Convalescent Home, Hermitage, where she was a resident for the past week. She was 85. Mrs. Beach was born October 2, 1931, in Sharon, a daughter of Peter and Mary (Paddock) Olshavsky. A lifelong area resident, she...
Lucille H. Metz
Feb 15, 2017
Lucille H. Metz, formerly of West Middlesex, passed away at 2:38 p.m. Wednesday, February 15, 2017, in St. John XXIII Home, Hermitage. She was 90. Mrs. Metz was born December 13, 1926, in Sharon, a daughter of Joseph and Mary Mashank Kraynok. She was raised in Sharpsville and was a 1945 graduate of Sharpsville High School. In addition to raising...
