Obituaries

Apr 5, 2016

Michael Harris Beckman of Sharon passed away unexpectedly of natural causes Tuesday, April 5, 2016, in his residence. He was 58. Mr. Beckman was born September 27, 1957, in Cumberland, MD, a son of Michael A. and Alma Jean Harris Beckman. He moved to the area as a child and was a 1975 graduate of Brookfield High School. Enlisting with...

Apr 5, 2016

Shirley M. Fair of Hermitage passed away at 4:20 a.m. Tuesday (4-5-15) in Nugent Convalescent Home, Hermitage. She was 92.

Mrs. Fair was born August 9, 1923, in Sharon, a daughter of George and Mary Mackey Welch.

Her husband, Curtis Russell Fair, whom she married in 1941, passed away in 1957.

Shirley retired...

Apr 4, 2016

Donald Parker Henry of Hermitage passed away at 5 a.m. Monday, April 4, 2016 , in St. Elizabeth Medical Center, Youngstown, following a period of declining health. He was 79. Mr. Henry was born April 30, 1936, in New Bethlehem, PA, a son of Clyde and Hazel Kunselmen Henry. He served with the Army and, following his honorable discharge, was...

Apr 3, 2016

Norman L. Robinson, 94, of Edison Manor, formerly of North Mercer Street, passed away the afternoon of Sunday, April 3, 2016, at Jameson Hospital.

Mr. Robinson was born on Nov. 6, 1921, in New Castle, a son of the late Harry and Margaret Teets Robinson.

He was a graduate of New Castle High School.

Apr 3, 2016

Joseph Karol Koscinski, of Sharon, passed away unexpectedly in the Emergency Room of UPMC Horizon Hospital, Farrell at 2:00 p.m. Sunday (4-3-16) following an extensive and long battle with mental illness. He was 41.

Joe was born in Greenville, Pa. on February 8, 1975. He was one of six children to Karol P. and Betty Jane Anderson...

Apr 2, 2016

Eleanor Horvath-Shanley Moore, Clarksville Rd., Hermitage, formerly of Sharon and Sharpsville, passed away at 9:24 am, April 02, 2016, Sharon Regional Hospital.  She was 97.

Mrs. Moore was born September 18, 1918, in Sharon, the daughter of Matthew Horvath and Katherine Schweighardt Shanley.

She attended Sharon Schools with the Class of 1936.

She...

Apr 1, 2016

Elizabeth "Betty" Tomko, Garden Way, Hermitage, formerly of Sharon, passed away on Friday afternoon (4/1/2016) in her residence following a brief illness.   She was 94.

She was born October 7, 1921 in Hubbard, Oh the daughter of George and Anna Straka Hurney.  She moved to Farrell as a young girl and attended schools in Farrell.  She was...

Apr 1, 2016

Traean Richard Aldan, Jr., 59, Neshannock Twp. passed away at 1:00 p.m. Friday, April 1, 2016.

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Apr 1, 2016

Roy "Bud" C. Johnston, a former longtime resident of N. Myers Ave., Sharon, passed away at 12:17 p.m. Friday, April 1, 2016, in St. Paul's Home, West Salem Township, after a brief illness. He was 93. Mr. Johnston was born August 18, 1922, in the former Christian H. Buhl Hospital, Sharon, a son of Ralph E. and Genevieve Clifford Johnston....

Mar 31, 2016

Dorothy "Dukey" J. Burnett of Greenville, formerly of Sharon, passed away at 3:35 a.m. Thursday, March 31, 2016, in the hospital of Sharon Regional Health System, after an extended illness. She was 62. Mrs. Burnett was born February 10, 1954, in Sharon, a daughter of Henry Porterfield, Sr. and Jeanetta Ward Porterfield. She was a lifelong area resident and attended...

Mar 31, 2016

Janice O. Vadala, Sharpsville, passed away peacefully at 7:50 p.m. Thursday March 31, 2016, in UPMC Passavant Hospital, Pittsburgh, after a brief illness. She was 74.

She was born in Sharon September 5, 1941 the daughter of Oliver and Alberta McGilvary Ehrhart.

She was a lifelong area resident and graduated from Sharon High School.

Mar 31, 2016

Ruth Louise Hipsley Mathieson, Raleigh, North Carolina, formerly of Service Ave., Sharon, passed away peacefully of natural causes at 11:02 p.m. Friday (3-31-2016) with her family at her side in Raleigh. She was 99.

She was born in Sharon on  December 9, 1916 a daughter of Thomas and Alice Hovis Locke.

She was a 1934...

Mar 30, 2016

Jacob "Jake" P. Chrnko of Masury passed away at 3:50 a.m. Wednesday, March 30, 2016 , in the hospital of Sharon Regional Health System, after an extended illness. He was 82. Mr. Chrnko was born November 4, 1933, in Farrell, a son of John and Barbara Sever Chrnko. He was a 1951 graduate of Farrell High School and received his...

Mar 30, 2016

Barbara Ann Anderson, Sharon, passed away of natural causes at 2:16 a.m. Wednesday (3-30-2016) in the hospital of Sharon Regional Health System following a brief illness. She was 78. She was born March 28, 1938 in Sharon, the daughter of Oliver and Alberta McGilvray Ehrhart. A lifelong area resident, she attended Sharon Schools. Mrs. Anderson worked for the Sharon Schools...

Mar 30, 2016

Pasquale P. "Pat" Pacifico, Sr. Sharon, formerly of Sharpsville, passed away unexpectedly at 11:37 a.m.  Wednesday (3-30-31) in the Emergency Room of Sharon Regional Health System. He was 87.

He was born May 11, 1928 in Sharon the son of Dan and Mary Elizabeth Valentino Pacifico.

A lifelong area resident, he was a graduate of...

Mar 30, 2016

Christine S. Burns, formerly a longtime resident of Andrew St., Sharon, passed away at 11:15 a.m. Wednesday, March 30, 2016, in Hospice House, Poland, Ohio, after a brief illness. She was 87. Mrs. Burns was born May 28, 1928, in Indiana Harbor, IN, and moved to Sharon as an infant. She was employed by Sharon City School District for many...

Mar 28, 2016

Thomas Muryl Boyd, 92, of Neshannock Twp. passed away peacefully at his residence Monday morning (3-28-16) surrounded by his family. He was born in Beaver Falls, PA on July 12, 1923 a son of the late Muryl J. and Mildred A. Thickett Boyd.

Tom was...

Mar 27, 2016

Joanne Louise Lloyd of Hermitage passed away at 3:20 a.m. Sunday, March 27, 2016, in her sons residence, Youngstown, Ohio. She was 66. Mrs. Lloyd was born November 30, 1949, in New Castle, a daughter of John "Jack" Mackey Long and Jane Louise Finkbeiner Long. A lifelong Hermitage resident, she was a 1967 graduate of Hickory High School and earned...

Mar 26, 2016

Georgia A. Slattery Baker, formerly of Jamestown, passed away following an extended illness at 7:35 p.m. Saturday, March 26, 2016, in Clepper Manor, Sharon, where she was a resident for the past ten months. She was 70. Georgia was born May 5, 1945, in Sharon, a daughter of Michael and Margaret Duleba Safin. She retired from Wheatland Tube Co. where...

Mar 23, 2016

John A. Kosiorek, Hermitage, passed away Wednesday ( 3-23-16 ) at 8:20 a.m. , in the Overlook Nursing Home, New Wilmington. He was 88.

Mr. Kosiorek was born September 11, 1927, in Farrell, the son of Helen Thomas.

John served in the United States Army as a Sergeant in both World War II and the...