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Thomas E Armstrong
Dec 12, 2013
A memorial service will be held Sunday for the Rev. Thomas E. Armstrong of Lyle Drive, Hermitage. He passed on to heaven on Thursday, Dec. 12, 2013, after an extended battle with lung cancer in the hospital of Sharon Regional Health System, where he was in hospice care. He was 67. Rev. Armstrong was born Oct. 7, 1946, in Hastings,...
Marjorie Jane Bell
Dec 10, 2013
Marjorie Jane Bell of Cranbrook Drive, Hermitage, passed away of natural causes at 10:40 p.m. Tuesday (12- 10-13) in the hospital of Sharon Regional Health System after a brief illness. She was 86. Mrs. Bell was born April 23, 1927, in Sharon, one of nine children born to Charles and Clara Canon Axe. A lifelong area resident, she graduated from...
Francis J Vagh
Dec 6, 2013
Francis "Frank" J. Vagh of Buhl Farm Drive, Hermitage, passed away at 10:12 p.m. Friday (12-6-13) in his residence after a short illness. He was 66. Mr. Vagh was born Oct. 27, 1947, in Sharon, a son of Frank L. and Antionette F. Yankevich Vagh. A lifelong area resident, he was a member of Sharon High School's graduating class of...
Alice Maria Brodish
Dec 4, 2013
Alice Maria Brodish of Hermitage passed away at 11:55 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2013, in the hospital of Sharon Regional Health System after a brief illness. She was 77. Mrs. Brodish was born June 8, 1936, in Wheatland, a daughter of Michael and Florence Sewell Schiller. She was a lifelong area resident and a 1954 graduate of Farrell High School....
Sophie Bukus
Nov 27, 2013
Sophie Wlodarczyk Bukus of Hermitage, formerly of Daley Road, Jefferson Township, passed away at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2013, in Nugent Convalescent Home, Hermitage, where she was a resident for the past four years. She was 100. Mrs. Bukus was born May 6, 1913, in Farrell, a daughter of Adam and Victoria Gladyz Drapola. She was a lifelong resident...
Patricia Ann Weston
Nov 27, 2013
Patricia Ann (Lichvar) Weston passed way on Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2013. She was 74. Ms. Weston was born Sept. 28, 1939, in Sharon, a daughter of Andrew and Agnes Lichvar. A 1957 graduate of Farrell High School, Patricia retired from the former Packard Electric Corp. as a forklift operator. Patricia was a lifelong bowler and golfer. She was a loving...
Robert G Bradshaw
Nov 26, 2013
Robert "Bob" G. Bradshaw of Hermitage, passed away unexpectedly at 4:51 p.m. Tuesday (11- 26-13) in the emergency room of Sharon Regional Health System. He was 79. Mr. Bradshaw was born Oct. 24, 1934, in Greensboro, N.C., a son of James Andrew Bradshaw Sr. and Dorothy Elizabeth Hayes Bradshaw. He was raised in Durham, N.C., and graduated from Durham High...
Carmen J Aiello
Nov 25, 2013
Carmen J. Aiello, Sharon, passed away Monday, Nov. 25, 2013. He was 83. A lifelong area resident, Mr. Aiello was a 1948 graduate of Farrell High School. He served with the U.S. Marine Corps. and retired from the former Sharon Steel Corp.'s Farrell plant after 42 years of service. Surviving are: his wife, former Judith Belle Thompson, at home; two...
Crystal Lynn Watterson
Nov 21, 2013
Crystal Lynn Watterson, 425 N. Oakland Ave., Sharon, passed away unexpectedly at 8:30 p.m. Thursday (11-21-13) in the hospital of Sharon Regional Health System. She was 36. Crystal was born Nov. 9, 1977, in Greenville, a daughter of Gregory Wayne Watterson and Luanne Forbes Watterson. She was 1996 graduate of Reynolds High School and attended Mercer County Vocational Technical School,...
Corey Lee Swartz
Nov 8, 2013
Funeral services will be Wednesday for Corey Lee Swartz, 663 Spruce Ave., Sharon, who passed away unexpectedly Friday (11-8-13) from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. He was 17. Corey was born Dec. 19, 1995, in Sharon, a son of Richard J. Swartz and Melinda Marie Fette Swartz. A senior at Sharon High School, he worked part time at Long...
Judith Mae Bewley
Oct 30, 2013
Judith Mae Murphy Bewley of 441 Cedar Ave., Sharon, passed away unexpectedly on her birthday, Wednesday afternoon, Oct. 30, 2013, in her home. She was 56. Judy was born Oct. 30, 1957, in Sharon, a daughter of John and Mary Phyllis States Murphy. She was a raised in the Patagonia section of Hermitage and was a 1976 graduate of Hickory...
Andrew John Soakie
Oct 26, 2013
A memorial service will be held today for Andrew John Soakie of Addison Road, Masury. He passed away at 6:15 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 26, 2013, in Orange Village Care Center, Masury, from complications of injuries received in an automobile accident that occurred more than 20 years ago. He was 56. Mr. Soakie was born June 17, 1957, in Sharon, a...
Mildred Zipay
Oct 25, 2013
Mildred "Aunt Mimi" Zipay, Sharon, went home to be with her Lord at 12:05 a.m. Friday (10-25-13) in the hospital of Sharon Regional Health System. She was 92. She was born Jan. 24, 1921, in Sharon, a daughter and one of six children born to John and Mary Muha Zachar. A lifelong city resident, she graduated from Sharon High School....
Yola Watterson
Oct 24, 2013
Yola Denease Watterson of Mercer passed away at 9:55 p.m. Thursday (10-24-13) in Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh. She was 77. Mrs. Watterson was born Sept. 29, 1936, in Dunbar, W.Va., a daughter of Charles and Cindia Bostic Withrow. She was a 1956 graduate of Dunbar High School. Mrs. Watterson was employed at what was then Sharon General Hospital in the...
Edward G Anderson Sr.
Oct 22, 2013
A funeral service will be Saturday for Edward "Ed" G. Anderson Sr. of Hermitage. He passed away at 2:15 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2013, in his residence. He was 88. Mr. Anderson was born May 21, 1925, in Greenfield, Lackawannock Township, a son of Frederick and Frances Fobes Anderson. He was a 1943 graduate of West Middlesex High School. Following...
Dorothy M Bukovinsky
Oct 10, 2013
Dorothy M. Bukovinsky of 4796 Thomason Road, South Pymatuning Township, formerly a 56-year resident of Oak Street, Sharpsville, passed away peacefully at 8:46 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 10, 2013, in the hospital of Sharon Regional Health System, with her loving family by her side. She was 81. Mrs. Bukovinsky was born July 25, 1932, in Pittsburgh, a daughter of George and...
John Troy
Oct 10, 2013
COLUMBUS, Ohio - John "Jay" Troy, Somerset Avenue, Westerville, Ohio, formerly of Sharon, passed away at 11:36 a.m. Thursday (10-10-13) in Select Specialty Hospital, Columbus, after a brief illness. He was 79. Mr. Troy was born Sept. 3, 1934, in Sharon, one of five children born to John J. and Freda Katherine Schenker Troy. Jay was born and raised in...
Catherine Banas
Oct 7, 2013
Catherine "Kay" Banas of Seneca Road, South Pymatuning Township, passed away of natural causes at 10:17 p.m. on her birthday, Monday, Oct. 7, 2013, in the intensive care unit of Sharon Regional Health System. She was 94. Mrs. Banas was born Oct. 7, 1919, in Farrell, a daughter of Michael and Mildred Maykut Kubyako. A lifelong area resident, she was...
Richard G Bodnar
Sep 30, 2013
A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated Friday for Richard "Dick" G. Bodnar of Brookfield Township. He passed away at 8:35 p.m. Monday (9-30-13) in his residence. He was 79. Mr. Bodnar was born Jan. 21, 1934, in Burgettstown, Washington County, one of seven children born to Frank H. and Mildred Dobroski Bodnar. Richard was born and raised in...
Arlene Vanvooren
Sep 30, 2013
Funeral Mass will begin at 10:30 AM on Thursday, October 3 for Arlene Van Vooren, 75, Ramona, who died on September 30, 2013 at Avera Heart Hospital in Sioux Falls. The Rev. Paul Josten will officiate in St. William Catholic Church at Ramona, and burial will be in the church cemetery. Parish scripture services will be held on Wednesday at...
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