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Biagio Volpe
Oct 26, 2015
Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated Thursday for Biagio Volpe, 46 Flowers Ave., Sharon, he passed away peacefully of natural causes at 4:05 p.m. Monday in the Intensive Care Unit at Sharon Regional Health System. He was 87. He was born in Salerno, Italy in the Region of Campania, April 24, 1928. He was one of six children born...
John D. Wible
Oct 26, 2015
John D. Wible of Sharpsville passed away peacefully Monday evening (10-26-15) in his residence. He was 75. Mr. Wible was born Feb. 26, 1940, in Grove City, one of three children born to John H. and Irene Black Wible. A lifelong area resident, John graduated from Sharon High School in 1958. He later studied at what is now Youngstown State...
Walter E. Baron
Oct 24, 2015
Walter E. Baron of Sharpsville passed away at 1:40 p.m. Saturday, October 24, 2015, in Clepper Manor, Sharon. He was 89. Mr. Baron was born March 28, 1926, in Sharon, a son of Frank and Sophie (Adamski) Baron. He was a 1944 graduate of Sharon High School and earned a bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering from Youngstown State University in...
Anthony M. Morocco
Oct 23, 2015
Anthony "Scrip" M. Morocco, formerly of Shenango Township, passed away Friday evening, Oct. 23, 2015, in the hospice unit of St. John XXIII Home, Hermitage, with his wife by his side, after a lengthy illness. He was 98. Mr. Morocco was born February 17, 1917, in Farrell, a son of Diomede and Michelina Critelli Morocco. He was a lifelong area...
Dorothea I. Fee
Oct 21, 2015
Dorothea I. "Dee Dee" Fee, 66, of New Castle, passed away unexpectedly at her residence on Wednesday morning, October 21, 2015. She was born in Scottsbluff, Nebraska on March 17, 1949 to the late Albert and Ella Mae Taylor Baeckel. She was a 1967 graduate of Shenango High School. Dee Dee was a familiar face to many at the Lawrence...
Mary Lou Gehrlein
Oct 18, 2015
Mary Lou Gehrlein (Gronostaj/Szymanski)of Masury, OH, passed away unexpectedly following a brief illness at 5:36 a.m. Sunday (10-18-15) in the Cleveland Clinic. She was 71. Mary Lou was born in Erie, PA, July 18, 1944 the daughter of Stanley and Victoria Szymanski Gronostaj. She was raised in Erie and graduated from Academy High School, Erie, Pa. Mary Lou worked as...
Joanne Semon
Oct 17, 2015
Joanne Semon of Sharon passed away at 8:35 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 17, 2015, in Hospitality Care Center, Hermitage. She was 78. Mrs. Semon was born Jan. 6, 1937, in Youngstown, a daughter of John Joseph and Mary Gertrude McCrea Hollander. She attended Woodrow Wilson High School, Youngstown. In 1972, Joanne married Richard A. Semon; he passed away Nov. 29, 1987....
Helen Fortune
Oct 14, 2015
Helen Cooper Fortune, Montclair, CA, formerly of Sharon, passed away of natural causes at 4:00 a.m. Wednesday (10-14-15) in Montclair. She was 93. Helen was born in Sharon, October 23, 1921 the daughter of Leo and Sarah "Sadie" Spiegel Knapp. She was a graduate of Sharon High School and studied at the F.X. Peters School of Business, Youngstown, Ohio. Helen...
Nickolas W. Habarka Sr.
Oct 13, 2015
Nickolas W. Habarka, Sr. of Shenango Township passed away at 2:10 p.m. Tuesday, October 13, 2015, in his home, after a brief illness. He was 79. Mr. Habarka was born December 10, 1935, in Shenango Township, a son of John Habarka, Sr. and Anna Kalafut Habarka. He attended West Middlesex High School and served with the Army from 1959 to...
Paul Banovich Sr.
Oct 12, 2015
Paul Banovich, Sr. of Brookfield, Ohio passed away unexpectedly of an apparent heart attack at 1:52 p.m. Monday, October 12, 2015, in the emergency room of Sharon Regional Health System. He was 78. Mr. Banovich was born March 19, 1937, in Jefferson Township, (Washington County), PA, a son of Adam and Pauline Garnich Banovich. He was reared in Burgettstown, PA...
Irene B. Harrison
Oct 12, 2015
Irene B. Harrison, of Sharon passed away peacefully Monday (10 - 12 - 15) at 8:25 a.m. in St.John XXIII Home, Hermitage. She was 87. Irene was born in Sharon on June 7, 1928, a daughter of Joseph and Mary Stawarz Supel. A life-long area resident, she graduated from Sharon High School, class of 1947. Irene worked as a head...
Katherine Elizabeth Landman
Oct 11, 2015
Katherine Elizabeth Kate' Landman, 44, of New Castle passed away the afternoon of Sunday, Oct. 11, 2015, in her residence surrounded by her loving family. Kate was born Jan. 29, 1971, in New Castle, a daughter of Paul Lenny and Patricia J. Carter Boyce. She graduated from New Castle High School and attended Penn State University, where she received her...
James P. Fee
Oct 9, 2015
James P. Fee, 72, of New Castle passed away the morning of Friday, Oct. 9, 2015, at Golden Hill Nursing Home. James was born Nov. 28, 1943, in New Castle, a son of the late Thomas R. and Frances Babe Quinn Fee. He was a 1963 graduate of New Castle High School. James served in the Navy during the Vietnam...
Betty Sorbo
Oct 8, 2015
Betty Marie Sorbo, of New Castle, passed away peacefully as she was united with her Lord and Savior at 6:34 p.m. Thursday, October 8, 2015, in Allegheny General Hospital, after a brief illness. She was 82. Mrs. Sorbo was born March 23, 1933, in New Castle, a daughter of Carl and Bertha (Duncan) Esposito. 0She was a 1952 graduate of...
John Lazorishak
Oct 7, 2015
John Lazorishak, South Pymatuning Twp., passed away peacefully of natural causes at 8:43 p.m. Wednesday (10-7-15) at Juniper Village, Sharon. He was 99. He was born October 12, 1915 in Pueblo, Co, one of two sons born to Frank Lazorishak Sr. and Julia Namisnyk Lazorishak. In 1935 John served with the Civilian Conservation Corps. A decorated veteran of the United...
Matilida Pandza
Oct 4, 2015
Matilda "Tillie" Pandza of Farrell passed away unexpectedly at 10: 15 p.m. Sunday, October 4, 2015, in the intensive care unit of Sharon Regional Health System, due to a fall a month earlier. She was 94. Tillie was born March 26, 1921, in Farrell, a daughter of Anthony and Margaret (Bacher) Greco. She was a lifelong Farrell resident and a...
Misty Myers
Oct 3, 2015
Misty Mondok Myers of Sharon passed away peacefully early Saturday morning (10-3-15) in her home, after a bout with cancer. She was 46. Misty was born April 24, 1969, in Sharon, the only child of Gerald and Pauline (Fredrickson) Mondok. A 1987 graduate of Sharon High School, she attended Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, and the former Median School of...
Christopher J. Gavin
Oct 1, 2015
A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated Monday for Christopher "Chris" J. Gavin of 919 Linden St., Sharon. He passed away peacefully under hospice care at 1:35 a.m. Thursday (10-1-15) in his residence after a lengthy battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 63. Mr. Gavin was born Nov. 18, 1951, in Camden, N.J., a son of Dr. John J....
Martha Lou Crothers
Sep 26, 2015
Martha Lou Crothers, 81, of New Castle passed away at 7:30 a.m. Sept. 26, 2015, at Edison Manor. She was born March 6, 1934, in Unity Township, Westmoreland County, a daughter of the late Robert Rugh and Sarah Ruth Arnett Truxal. She graduated from Hurst High School, Mount Pleasant, Pa., in 1952. Martha was a homemaker and also worked as...
Kenneth R. Robison
Sep 25, 2015
Kenneth R. Robison of Sharon passed away unexpectedly Friday (9-25-15) in Ravenna, Ohio. He was 57. Mr. Robison was born July 16, 1958, in Sharon, a son of Earl Cody Robison, Jr. and Vona Lee Miller Robison. He was a 1977 graduate of Sharpsville High School and served with the US Army. Ken was employed for 25 years at CCL...
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