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Thomas E Armstrong

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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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