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...
Katharina Reichert
Jan 5, 2017
Katharina Reichert of Hermitage passed away Thursday, January 5, 2017, in Saint John XXIII Home, Hermitage, after an extended illness. She was 92. Mrs. Reichert was born December 28, 1924 in Rastadt, Ukraine, the daughter of Daniel and Katharina Hirsch Fisher. She was a member of St. Anthony's Church, Sharon. Katharina was a homemaker and enjoyed baking and cooking. She...
Donna M. Yurich
Jan 5, 2017
Donna M. Yurich, formerly of Whispering Oaks, Hermitage, passed away at 3 p.m. Thursday, January 5, 2017, in Nugent Convalescent Home, Hermitage, following an extended illness. She was 84. Donna was born October 16, 1932, in Sharon, a daughter of George Robert and Mary Margaret Croft Burke. She was a 1950 graduate of Sharon High School and was a lifelong...
Pearl Ann Kocholek
Jan 4, 2017
Pearl Ann Kocholek of Hermitage passed away at 9:45 p.m. Wednesday, January 4, 2017, in Clepper Manor, Sharon, after an extended illness. She was 68. Mrs. Kocholek was born February 24, 1948, in Sharon. She was a 1967 graduate of Farrell High School and a lifelong area resident. Pearl retired in 2007 from J.C. Penney, Co. in the Shenango Valley...
John E. Doughton
Jan 4, 2017
John E. Doughton of Sharpsville passed away unexpectedly of natural causes Wednesday (1-4-17) in his residence following an extended illness. He was 53. Mr. Doughton was born February 20, 1963, in Greenville, a son of Thomas and Virginia Prussey Doughton. He was raised in Greenville and graduated from Reynolds High School in 1981. Following high school, John attended Penn State...
Cynthia J. Bland
Jan 3, 2017
Cynthia J. (Dyll) Bland of Sharpsville passed away at 4:36 pm Tuesday (1-3-17) in Hillcrest Hospital –Cleveland Clinic Health System, Mayfield Heights, OH, following a brief illness. She was 55. Cynthia was born March 23, 1961, a daughter of Alex A. and Ruth Pebly Dyll. She was a 1979 graduate of Sharpsville High School. Following high school she relocated for...
Larry L. Coxson
Jan 3, 2017
Larry L. Coxson of Jefferson Twp., passed away at 4:55 p.m. Wednesday, January 3, 2018, in UPMC Horizon Shenango Valley Hospital. He was 74.
Mr. Coxson was born May 29, 1943, in Sharon, a son of Samuel and Anne (Spohn) Coxson. He attended Brookfield High School and served with the US Navy from January 25,...
William "Bill" C. Mortimer, Jr.
Jan 2, 2017
William "Bill" C. Mortimer, Jr. of Farrell passed away unexpectedly Monday (1-2-17) in his residence. He was 46. Mr. Mortimer was born March 25, 1970, in Sharon, a son of William C. Mortimer, Sr. and H. Carol Maloney Mortimer. He was a lifelong area resident and a 1988 graduate of Sharon High School. Bill served as a fireman for the...
Helen Giancarlo
Jan 2, 2017
Helen Giancarlo, 80, of Warren, Ohio, died peacefully in Saint Joseph's Hospital, Warren, Ohio, January 2, 2017, after battling a sudden illness. Helen was born to the late Alex Kobiloinski and the former Anna Grib Kobiloinskion June 23, 1936. Helen and her brother Joseph grew up in Fredericktown, Pennsylvania near the Monongahela River. She graduated from Bethlehem Joint High School...
Anton Franz Fellner
Jan 2, 2017
Anton Franz Fellner of Hermitage passed away unexpectedly on Monday, January 2, 2017, in UPMC Presbyterian Hospital, Pittsburgh. He was 25. Anton was born December 2, 1991, in Sharon, a son of Walter Fellner and Sue McNally Fellner. He was a 2010 graduate of Hickory High School, where he excelled as a linebacker and was a regional all-star on the...
Thomas E. Stewart
Jan 2, 2017
Thomas E. Stewart, 86, of Neshannock Twp. passed away on Monday evening (01-02-17) at Golden Hill Nursing Home. Tom was born on January 27, 1930 in Pittsburgh, PA to the late Wealthy Stewart. He was raised on a farm in Parker, PA and graduated from Parker High School. Tom proudly served in the Navy from 1948 until 1952 primarily serving...
George A. Krantz, Jr.
Jan 1, 2017
George A. Krantz, Jr. of Hermitage passed away peacefully Sunday evening (1-1-17) in his home, surrounded by his family, after a ten year battle with leukemia. He was 76. Mr. Krantz was born March 15, 1940, in Farrell, a son of George A. Krantz, Sr. and Rose Bauer Krantz. He was a 1958 graduate of Farrell High School and was...
Bettie L. Harkless
Dec 31, 2016
Bettie L. Harkless of Lackawannock Township, formerly of Mitchell Road, Shenango Township, passed away at 11:43 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 31, 2016, in the hospital of Sharon Regional Health System, after a period of failing health. She was 96. Mrs. Harkless was born Dec. 11, 1920, in Sharon, a daughter of Preston and Anna Dunkerley Swarts. She was a 1939 graduate...
