Janet Lynn Smith
Jan 16, 2015
Janet Lynn Bochert Smith, Sharon, passed away unexpectedly Jan. 16, 2015, in the hospital of Sharon Regional Health System. She was 46. Janet was born May 29, 1968, in Warren, Ohio, a daughter of Albert Edward and Kay Marilyn Reber Bochert. She was a graduate of Maplewood High School, Cortland, Ohio, and attended Kent (Ohio) State University. She was a...
Vermond Curtis Pauling
Jan 15, 2015
Vermond Curtis "Mike" Pauling of Farrell passed away unexpectedly of natural causes on Thursday, Jan. 15, 2015, in the emergency room of Sharon Regional Health System. He was 62. Mr. Pauling was born March 28, 1952, in Elloree, S.C. He moved to the area as a young man and was a 1970 graduate of Sharon High School. He was employed...
Jack L Hughes
Jan 13, 2015
Jack L. Hughes, Main Street, Mineral Ridge, Ohio, previously of Hartford, passed away at 5:35 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2015, following a courageous battle with Parkinson's disease. He was 73. Jackie was born June 22, 1941, in Sharon, a son of Wilbert and Violet Palmer Hughes. He attended Sharon schools. He was a self-employed HVAC installer and later worked at...
Donald J Gilliland
Jan 13, 2015
Donald J. Gilliland of Sharon passed away of natural causes at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2015, in his home, after a brief illness. He was 74. Mr. Gilliland was born Nov. 27, 1940, in Sharon, a son of Robert Frank and Mary Loretta Christenson Gilliland. He was a lifelong area resident and a 1959 graduate of Sharon High School....
Margaret Jane Vargo
Jan 13, 2015
Service will be Friday for Margaret Jane Winkler Spondike Vargo, of Norris Street, Sharon. She passed away peacefully of natural causes at 12:15 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2015, in the hospital of Sharon Regional Health System. She was 93. Margaret was born Oct. 29, 1921, in the Carnegie area of Pittsburgh, a daughter of Frank Edward and Suzanne Petrosky Winkler....
John E Schmidt
Jan 13, 2015
John E. "Jack" Schmidt, of South Pymatuning Township, passed away at 2:20 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2015, in the hospital of Sharon Regional Health System after an extended illness. He was 83. Mr. Schmidt was born Nov. 5, 1931, in Sharpsville, the youngest of three sons to George and Florence Ewalt Schmidt. He was a lifelong Sharpsville resident and a...
Trudy Louise Stillings
Jan 12, 2015
Trudy Louise Stillings of Hermitage passed away unexpectedly at 5:35 p.m. Monday (1-12-15) in the emergency room at UPMC Horizon, Farrell, following a lengthy illness. She was 63. Mrs. Stillings was born in Sharon on March 17, 1951, one of seven children of Frank and Marie Rodgers Barretta. A lifelong area resident, she graduated from Kennedy Christian High School in...
Beatrice Oakes
Jan 12, 2015
Beatrice "Bea" Oakes of Hermitage passed away peacefully Monday (1-12-15) at her residence surrounded by her family following a brief illness. She was 94. Mrs. Oakes was born May 18, 1920, in Youngstown, a daughter of Mary and William Allison. She graduated from South High School in 1938 and married Raymond Oakes of Sharpsville on Sept. 21, 1942, while he...
Robert Alan Kapsa
Jan 10, 2015
Service will be Saturday for Robert Alan Kapsa, who passed away at 1:05 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 10, 2015, in Hospitality Care Center, Hermitage. He was 72. Mr. Kapsa was born July 27, 1942, in Sharon, a son of Stephen and Ann Gaydos Kapsa. He grew up in the Myers Hill section of Patagonia and was a 1960 graduate of Hickory...
Michael Kolesar
Jan 9, 2015
Michael Kolesar of Girard, Ohio, formerly of Greenville, a recent patient at Hospice House, Boardman, Ohio, went away to be with his Lord and Savior at 9:15 p.m. Friday, Jan. 9, 2015. He was 98. He was born Feb. 5, 1916, in Monessen, Pa., one of three children born to John and Ann Churlik Kolesar. Michael was orphaned at the...
Eugene C Reda
Jan 8, 2015
A memorial service will be held at a later date for Eugene C. Reda of Farrell, formerly of S. Ninth Street, Sharpsville, who passed away unexpectedly of natural causes Thursday (1-8-15) in his home. He was 73. Mr. Reda was born June 12, 1941 in Farrell, the only child of Dominic E. and Carolyn "Lena" Mirage Reda. A lifelong area...
Robert Nathan Isaac
Jan 6, 2015
Robert Nathan Isaac, 75, of New Castle passed away unexpectedly the evening of Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2015, in Westmoreland Hospital, Greensburg, Pa. He was born Nov. 21, 1939, in New Castle, a son of John and Isabella Sheffler Isaac. Following high school, he became an Army reservist and later attended the New Castle School of Trades. In his earlier years,...
Richard G Bender
Jan 6, 2015
Richard G. "Dick" Bender Sr., Hermitage, passed away at 12:05 p.m. Tuesday (1-6-15) at home with family at his side. He was 83. Richard was born Oct. 29, 1931, in Sharon, a son of George J. and Isabelle Stambaugh Bender. A lifelong area resident, he graduated from Sharon High School in 1950. Following graduation, he gained employment with Bell Telephone...
Anna Mae Finnerty
Jan 5, 2015
Anna Mae Finnerty, 83, of Fairmont Avenue passed away peacefully of natural causes at 12:35 p.m., Monday, Jan. 5, 2015, in Haven Convalescent Home following an extended illness. Anna Mae was born Aug. 24, 1931, in Scottdale, Pa. She was one of five children of Michael and Anna Herka Zerilla. She graduated from Scottdale High School. She married James "Doc"...
John V Yankus
Jan 5, 2015
John V. Yankus of Brunswick, Ohio passed away at 1:26 p.m. Monday, January 5, 2015, from injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident the previous evening. He was 52. John was born June 27, 1962, in Cleveland, Ohio, a son of Peter W. and Martha Flack Yankus. He was a 1980 graduate of Cardinal Mooney High School, Youngstown, Ohio and...
Karen L Cipriano
Jan 4, 2015
Karen L. Cipriano of Shenango Township passed away at 8:25 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 4, 2015, in her home, after a valiant two-year battle with cancer. She was 61. Mrs. Cipriano was born Nov. 23, 1953, in Sharon, a daughter of George and Thelma Bacon Parkany. She was raised in the Patagonia section of Hermitage and was a 1971 graduate of...
Barbara A Hufnagel
Jan 2, 2015
Barbara A. Hufnagel of Sharon passed away unexpectedly of natural causes Friday evening, Jan. 2, 2015, in the emergency room of Sharon Regional Health System. She was 66. Mrs. Hufnagel was born April 5, 1948, in Farrell, a daughter of Charles and Margaret Powell Means. She was a 1966 alumna of Mercer High School, where she was a majorette, and...
Katherine Bandzak
Dec 30, 2014
A funeral service will be on Wednesday for Katherine Bandzak, of John XXIII Home, Hermitage, who passed away at 12:08 p.m. Tuesday (12-30-14) in the hospital of Sharon Regional Health System. She was 90. Mrs. Bandzak was born March 26, 1924, in Farrell, a daughter of Vasa and Eva Matich Mihailovich. She was a lifelong area resident and a graduate...
Everett Pershing Barker
Dec 23, 2014
Everett Pershing Barker, 97, of Butler Avenue, New Castle, passed away peacefully of natural causes the evening of Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2014, at Golden Hill Nursing Home. He was born Aug. 14, 1917, in Jamestown (Mercer County), a son of Boyd Everett and Mary Jane Craig Barker. Mr. Barker was the founder of Barker Garage Doors, a family business that...
B. Jean Mayo
Dec 12, 2014
B. Jean Mayo, Georgetown Street, Sharpsville, passed away Dec. 12, 2014, in her residence, following a brief illness with cancer. She was 66. Jean was born March 26, 1948, in Meadville, a daughter of Russell Alfred Pulling and Pauline Ruth Gosnell. She was a 1966 graduate of Cambridge Springs High School. She retired in 2003 after working for many years...
