Obituaries

Nov 29, 2015

James Ryan Kelly 2006 Hickory grad loved, excelled at outdoor sports James Ryan Kelly, of Hermitage, passed away at 7:28 p.m. Sunday (11- 29-15) in the emergency room of Sharon Regional Health Systems. He was 29. Mr. Kelly was born in Warren, Ohio, on Sept. 22, 1986, the son of James and Stacey Ifft Kelly. He was a...

Nov 28, 2015

Everett Roy "Sam" Stickel, 91, passed away early Saturday morning, Nov. 28, 2015, at his residence on Church Road in Princeton. Mr. Stickel was born Nov. 2, 1924, at the family homestead on Trusel Road near Rose Point, Pa., to the late Lee Sheridan Stickel and M. Edith Stoner Stickel Gongaware. Sam is survived by his beloved wife of...

Nov 27, 2015

Cindy A. Guarnieri of Greenville passed away at 12:50 p.m. Friday, November 27, 2015, in Jameson Memorial Hospital, New Castle, after an extended illness. She was 57. Cindy was born Feb. 24, 1958, in Mercer, a daughter of Tony and Genevieve Lapiga Guarnieri. She was a graduate of Grove City High School and years ago worked at the former Wave...

Nov 26, 2015

"What we once enjoyed and deeply loved we can never lose, for all that we love deeply becomes a part of us; death is but the next great adventure." Jennifer Ilene Fair Marcucci of St. Augustine, FL., formerly of West Middlesex, passed away Thursday, November 26, 2015, in the University of Florida Shands Hospital, Gainesville, FL, with her family by...

Nov 24, 2015

Louise Marcolivio Former Sharpsville teacher was active in church, golfing Louise Marcolivio, Hermitage, passed away peacefully of natural causes at 7:35 a.m. Tuesday (11-24-15) in Clepper Manor, Sharon. She was 89. Mrs. Marcolivio was born Sept. 20, 1926, in Baldwin Township, Allegheny County, a daughter of David and Ethel Green McRoberts. Louise graduated from Mount Lebanon High School,...

Nov 23, 2015

John R. Burick, 85, of New Castle passed away on Monday, Nov. 23, 2015, at Jameson Hospital.

John was born on Nov. 4, 1930, in Chewton to the late Frank and Helen Powell Burick.

He graduated from Lincoln High School in Ellwood City.

On June 2, 1962, he married the former Gloriann McFarland...

Nov 23, 2015

Patricia "Pat" L. Ficcaglia of Trafford, Pa., passed away at 3:55 p.m. Monday, Nov. 23, 2015, in St. John XXIII Home, Hermitage, after an extended illness with cancer. She was 71.

Miss Ficcaglia was born...

Nov 22, 2015

Mildred "Midge" E. Diegan Stabile, formerly of Garden Way, Hermitage; and Nimick St., Sharon, passed away at 8:42 a.m. Sunday, November 22, 2015, in Nugent Convalescent Home, Hermitage, where she was a resident for the past two years. She was 87. Midge was born February 2, 1928, in Farrell, a daughter of Arthur and Edna Tyras Sutton. She was a...

Nov 20, 2015

Kathy Marie Donaldson, Masury, Ohio, passed away peacefully at 10: 25 a.m. Wednesday (11-20-15) at her residence following an extended illness. She was 67. She was born August 19, 1948 in Sharon the daughter of William and Mary Vendemia Scott.A lifelong area resident, Kathy was raised in Sharon and graduated from Sharon High School. She was employed for many years...

Nov 20, 2015

James F. Yannesse, Sr. of Sharon passed away peacefully at 12:35 p.m. Friday, November 20, 2015, in the hospital of Sharon Regional Health System after a brief illness. He was 98. Mr. Yannesse was born September 3, 1917, in Farrell, a son of Vincent and Louise Yannesse. He attended Sharon schools and served with the Army during WW II. Jim...

Nov 18, 2015

Frank Mistretta, Jr. of Sharpsville passed away peacefully at 7:02 p.m. Wednesday, November 18, 2015, in his home, after an extended illness. He was 80. Mr. Mistretta was born July 10, 1935, in Sharon, the only child of Frank Mistretta, Sr. and Marie Grace Conti Mistretta. He was a 1954 graduate of Sharon High School and served with the Navy....

Nov 17, 2015

Ida Irene Kopan Taught sewing at ARC and for Singer Sewing Machine Co. Ida Irene Kopan, formerly of Sharpsville, passed away peacefully at 2:45 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2015, in St. John XXII Home, Hermitage. She was 93. Mrs. Kopan was born Aug. 18, 1922, in Nutwood, Trumbull County, one of five children born to George and Julia...

Nov 15, 2015

A funeral service will be Friday for Suzanne Jane Pache, of Monticello Drive, Hermitage. She passed away at 7:15 p.m. Sunday (11-15-15) in the hospital of Sharon Regional Health System. She was 82.

Mrs. Pache was born July 24, 1933, in Sharon, a daughter of William Dewey and Mariane Elizabeth Myers Sprow. She was a graduate of...

Nov 15, 2015

Helen Heldorfer Orban of Hermitage passed away Sunday morning (11-15-15) in her home. She was 82. Mrs. Orban was born February 23, 1933, in Sharon, a daughter of Frank and Mary Yesko Heldorfer. Descended from Okarche, Oklahoma pioneers, her grandparents John J. and Anne Weiss Heldorfer were early settlers and large landowners in Hickory Township (now Hermitage) at the turn...

Nov 14, 2015

Jeneve B. "Sugar" Wolfers Jeneve B. "Sugar" Wolfers, 87, of New Castle passed away the evening of Nov. 14, 2015, in UPMC Presbyterian Hospital, Pittsburgh. Sugar was born in New Castle on Nov. 29, 1927, to the late Christopher M. and Katherine Reynolds Burns. She was a graduate of New Castle High School. Sugar was employed as a...

Nov 13, 2015

Joseph Glenn Craig Jr. (Redmond), of Mercer, passed away at 8:58 am Friday, November 13, 2015, in his residence. He was 44. Joseph was born September 17, 1971 in Aurora, Colorado, a son of Joseph Craig and Carol Redmond. He graduated from Chaney High School, Youngstown, OH. He enjoyed music, writing poems, the ocean, and had a great love for...

Nov 11, 2015

Wanda J. Leach of Hermitage passed away unexpectedly Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2015, in Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh. She was 70. Mrs. Leach was born Jan. 21, 1945, in Sharon, a daughter of William and Elsie Donnelly Hughey. She was a lifelong area resident and a 1962 graduate of Sharon High School. Wanda retired as a production control manager from Delphi...

Nov 10, 2015

Catherine R. Smith, 99, a lifelong resident of Union Township, passed away on Tuesday morning November 10, 2015 at the Jameson Care Center. Catherine was born on April 21, 1916 in Union Twp. to the late John C. and Pearl Hutchinson Carr. She was a 1934 graduate of Union High School. Following high school, Catherine was employed as a waitress...

Nov 9, 2015

Barbara Stewart Levine, formerly of Hermitage, passed away at 9:58 a.m. Monday, November 9, 2015, in St. Paul's Home, West Salem Township, where she was a resident for the past 6 years. She was 87. Mrs. Levine was born May 30, 1928, in Sharon, a daughter of John B. and Frances Livingston Lewis. A lifelong area resident, she was a...

Nov 7, 2015

Joan L. (Templeton) Polkovitch, 84, St. John XXIII Home, Hermitage. It is with sincere and loving regret that we share the passing of our mother who passed away from natural causes in West Penn Hospital, Pittsburgh, Saturday (11-7-15) at 9:38am after a valiant and fearless battle with an extended illness. She was surrounded by family at the time of her...