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Sara Stephenson
Jun 26, 2015
Sara "Sally" Anne Stephenson, formerly of Stone Ridge Blvd., Hermitage; and a 40 year resident of Woodrow Ct., Sharon, passed away at 11:40 a.m. Friday, June 26, 2015, in O'Brien Memorial Health Care, Masury, where she was a resident for the past 9 months. She was 87. Mrs. Stephenson was born October 7, 1927, in Youngstown, Ohio, a daughter of...
Donald L Black
Jun 25, 2015
Donald L. Black of Hermitage passed away at 3:51 a.m. Thursday, June 25, 2015, in UPMC Hospital, Greenville, after a brief illness. He was 80. Mr. Black was born July 12, 1934, in Cleveland, Ohio, a son of Joseph and Anna Shutlock Black. He moved to the area as a child and attended Mercer High School. Don was a heavy...
Karen Ann Brennan
Jun 24, 2015
Karen Ann Brennan, 800 Linden Street, formerly of Fabian Way, Sharon, passed away unexpectedly at 1:28 p.m. Wednesday (6-24-15) in Allegheny General Hospital following a brief illness. She was 58. Karen was born January 21, 1957 in Sharon, the daughter of Ronald P. and Lois Scragg Brennan. She was a lifelong area resident and graduated from Sharon High School. She...
Delores A Kopan
Jun 24, 2015
Delores A. Kopan, Sharon, Pa., passed away peacefully of natural causes at 12:10 a.m. Wednesday (6-24-15) in the hospital of Sharon Regional Health System. She was 82. She was born in Sharon January 6, 1933 the daughter of James and Elizabeth Willvor Atterholt. She was a lifelong area resident and she attended Sharon High School. In her early years she...
Susan Johnson
Jun 23, 2015
Susan Johnson, S. Darby Road, formerly of N. Water Ave., both in Hermitage, passed away peacefully of natural causes at 9:10 a.m. Tuesday (6-23-15) at her residence. She was 79 Mrs. Johnson was born March 9, 1936 in Hermitage, PA, a daughter of Phillip and Mary Teblack. A lifelong area resident, she was raised in Hermitage and graduated from Hickory...
Sharon Lynn Williams
Jun 20, 2015
Funeral service will be Wednesday for Sharon Lynn Williams of New Castle Avenue, Sharon. She passed away unexpectedly of natural causes at 6:37 p.m. Saturday (6-20-15) in the intensive care unit of Sharon Regional Health System. She was 67. She was born May 17, 1948, in Grove City, a daughter of Paul and Anna Ward Hughes. She was a 1967...
Dorothy Marie Gagliardi
Jun 19, 2015
Funeral Mass will be Wednesday for Dorothy "Dot" Marie Gagliardi, Ridge Avenue, Sharpsville, who passed away at 11:50 a.m. Friday (6-19-15) in UPMC Presbyterian Hospital, Pittsburgh, following an extended illness. She was 70. Dorothy was born Jan. 30, 1945, in Sharon, a daughter of Paul M. "Dan" and Winifred McCaffrey McNerney. She was raised in Sharon and graduated from Sharon...
Barbara E Smith
Jun 18, 2015
A funeral service will be Monday for Barbara E. Smith, Hermitage, who passed away peacefully at home with her family at her side on Thursday (6-18-15) following an extended illness. She was 78. Mrs. Smith was born June 13, 1937, a daughter of James and Hazel Johnston Fenstermaker. A homemaker, she also worked in the area as a private caregiver...
Raymond Thomas Nygren Sr.
Jun 18, 2015
Raymond Thomas Nygren, Sr., Hermitage, passed away at Thursday (6/18/2015) at 1:55 p.m. in Grove City Medical Center, Grove City. He was 95. Mr. Nygren was born June 12, 1920 in Minneapolis, MN, the son of the late Adolf and Mary O'Connell Nygren. He attended schools in Minneapolis and earned a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the Minnesota State University....
Ida Hertz
Jun 14, 2015
Service will be private for Ida Vinick Hertz of Whispering Oaks, Hermitage, who passed away Sunday morning, June 14, 2015. Ida was born Sept. 29, 1914, in Delavan, Wis., to Benjamin Vinick and Rebecca Cates Vinick. She attended Girls High School in Brooklyn, N.Y., where she excelled academically and was recognized for her exceptional sewing skills with the award of...
Russell E Powell
Jun 13, 2015
Russell E. Powell, Masury, passed away peacefully at 1:10 p.m. Saturday, June 13, 2015, in his residence following an extended illness. He was 73. Russell was born June 23, 1941, in Sharon, one of three children born to William and Myrtle Davis Powell. A lifelong area resident, he attended Hermitage schools. A welder by trade, Russell worked at both the...
Sharyn A Graham
Jun 13, 2015
Sharyn A. "Sherri" Graham, 67, of Cambridge, Ohio, formerly of New Castle, passed away on Saturday, June 13, 2015, after a hard fought battle with cancer at the new James Cancer Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. She was born in Beloit, Wis., on June 20, 1947, the only child of Lyle and Pauline Scheiby. She was a movie junkie, John Wayne...
Lilyan M Kilbert
Jun 12, 2015
Lilyan M. Kilbert, Mc- Connell Road, Hermitage, passed away peacefully at 11:10 a.m. Friday (6- 12-15) in the hospital of Sharon Regional Health System following a brief illness. She was 87. She was born April 4, 1928, in Sharon the daughter of Fred C. and Alta M. Rice Phillips. She was raised in Sharon and graduated from Sharon High School...
Donald Lewis Burger
Jun 11, 2015
Donald Lewis Burger, 2400 Garden Way, formerly of Biscayne Drive, both Hermitage, passed away at 2:45 a.m. Thursday, June 11, 2015, in the hospital of Sharon Regional Health System. He was 87. Mr. Burger was born Sept. 3, 1927, in Wheatland, a son of Martin P. and Sadie E. Lewis Burger. A lifelong area resident, he was a 1946 graduate...
Willam John Wachter
Jun 10, 2015
William John Wachter passed away Wednesday afternoon, June 10, 2015, at an assisted living facility in Lawrence County. He was 91. He was born July 22, 1923, in Alliance, Ohio, a son of Ferdinand and Helen Ormesher Wachter. He was a member of Beaver High School, class of 1941. Mr. Wachter was a pioneer and inventor in the field of...
Delores J Masters
Jun 9, 2015
Delores J. Masters of Juniper Village at the Shenango Inn, formerly of Griswold Street, both Sharon, passed away peacefully in her residence at 7:12 a.m. Tuesday (6-9-15) after an extended illness. She was 81. Mrs. Masters was born in Farrell at home on Dec. 4, 1933, one of three children born to Alexander David Amico Sr. and Mary Kohut Amico....
Ernest C Pegg Jr.
Jun 6, 2015
A funeral service will be Wednesday for Ernest C. Pegg Jr. of Sharon, who passed away unexpectedly Saturday, June 6, 2015, in the emergency room of Sharon Regional Health System. He was 73. Mr. Pegg was born Aug. 28, 1941, in Sharon, a son of Ernest C. Pegg, Sr. and Viola B. Stafford Pegg. He was a 1959 graduate of...
William Edward Lenarcic
Jun 4, 2015
Funeral Mass will be Tuesday for William Edward Lenarcic of Hermitage, who passed away unexpectedly of natural causes at 9:10 a.m. Thursday, June 4, 2015, in Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, with family at his side. He was 88. Mr. Lenarcic was born Oct. 17, 1926, in Sharon, the youngest child of Michael and Christina Gasper Lenarcic. Bill was raised in...
Lucy Babinka
Jun 3, 2015
Lucy Babinka, formerly of Hann Hill Road, Hermitage; South Bend Road, Jefferson Township; and North Cottage Road, Mercer, passed away at 5:43 p.m. Wednesday (6-3-15) in the Villa's at St. Paul's, West Salem Township. She was 92. Mrs. Babinka was born Dec. 27, 1922, in Sharon, a daughter of Theodore F. and Margaret (Palmer) Kadary. She was a 1941 alumna...
Jean Marie Christello
Jun 2, 2015
Jean Marie Leavens Christello, Palmetto, Fla., formerly of the Shenango Valley and Brookfield, passed away of natural causes at 10:15 a.m. Tuesday (6-2-15) in the Greenbrier Nursing Center, Eaton, Ohio. She was 87. She was born in Farrell on Jan. 17, 1928, one of eight children born to Vincent and Mary Miksza Leavens. She was raised in Farrell and graduated...
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