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Florence Haber Alpern
Jul 2, 2014
Florence Haber Alpern of Oakview Drive, Hermitage, passed away peacefully of natural causes at 5:50 p.m. Wednesday (7-2-14) in her residence. She was 91. Mrs. Alpern was born June 12, 1923, in Youngstown, one of eight children born to Jacob and Mary Fibus Haber. In her early years, she lived in both Youngstown and New Castle. She was a longtime...
Mary Alice Barris
May 28, 2014
Mary Alice "Hozy" Barris, formerly of West Middlesex, passed away at 11:07 p.m. Wednesday (5-28-14) in Avalon Springs Nursing Home, Coolspring Township, from complications of Alzheimer's disease. She was 85. She was born in Transfer, June 5, 1928, a daughter of Frank and Iva Verna Alice (Dunkerly) Adams. A lifelong area resident, she graduated from the former Transfer High School....
Dahlia Eden Bobbie
May 25, 2014
Dahlia Eden Bobbie, infant daughter of Daniel and Renee M. Bobbie, Hall Avenue, Sharpsville, was stillborn at 2:50 p.m. Sunday (5- 25-14) in the Women's Center of Sharon Regional Health System. Surviving besides her parents are: five siblings, Darby, Kennedy, Riley, Myah and Jack; her maternal grandparents, Tom and Sue Byler, Hermitage; and her paternal grandparents, Paul Bobbie, Farrell; and...
Westley William Basilone
Apr 30, 2014
Private services will be held Sunday for Westley William Basilone of Hermitage. He passed away unexpectedly Wednesday (4-30-14) in his residence. He was 35. Mr. Basilone was born Aug. 28, 1978, in Sharon, a son of William Basilone Jr. and Roxanne Dzurinda Basilone. He graduated from West Middlesex High School in 1996 and later attended the Winner School of Culinary...
Ethelnel Baron
Apr 16, 2014
A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated May 2 for Ethelnel Baron of South 8th Street, Sharpsville. She passed away peacefully of natural causes at 7:55 p.m. Wednesday (4-16-14) in Clepper Manor, Sharon. She was 86. Mrs. Baron was born June 19, 1927, in Sharon, a daughter of Stephen J. and Eleanor M. Kaliney Takash. A lifelong area resident,...
Donna C. Beckert
Mar 12, 2014
A funeral service will be Monday for Donna C. Beckert, Carnegie Avenue, Sharon, who passed away at 6:40 a.m. Wednesday, March 12, 2014 in Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, surrounded by her family. She was 69. She was born June 10, 1944, in Gary, Ind., a daughter of Donald and Clara Rosfeld Martin. Donna was educated in Pittsburgh and was a...
Sandra L. Ballew
Feb 16, 2014
Sandra L. Ballew of Sharon passed away at 11:17 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 16, 2014, in the hospital of Sharon Regional Health System. She was 67. Mrs. Ballew was born March 30, 1946, in Grove City, a daughter of James and Katherine Ray Rodgers. She attended Grove City schools. Sandra was a loving mother and homemaker. Sandra is survived by two...
Dr. Caril Henry Bell Jr.
Feb 14, 2014
Dr. Carl Henry Bell Jr. of Hermitage passed away peacefully with his wife by his side at 6 a.m. Friday morning, Feb. 14, 2014, in his home after a courageous battle with cancer. He was 64. Dr. Bell was born April 20, 1949, in Sharon, the oldest of four sons to Carl Henry Bell Sr. and Marjorie Axe Bell. He...
John P. Baldinelli
Jan 24, 2014
John P. Baldinelli, formerly of Sharpsville Avenue, Sharon, passed away at 11:35 p.m Friday (1-24-14) in John XXIII Home, Hermitage, after an extended illness. He was 84. Mr. Baldinelli was born Nov. 5, 1929 in Sharpsville, a son of the late John B. and Helen I. Brannan Baldinelli. He was a 1947 graduate of Sharpsville High School where he was...
Rose Wilson Boland
Jan 17, 2014
Rose Wilson Boland, 75, of New Castle passed away at 10:46 p.m. Friday, January 17, in Golden Hill Nursing Home with her family at her side following an extended illness. Born Jan. 15, 1939, in Ellwood City, Rose was a daughter of the late Angelo and Evelyn Shuler Maggi. Rose worked as a nurse's aide most of her adult life...
Michael Joseph Bobbie
Jan 17, 2014
A funeral service will be held Tuesday for Michael Joseph Bobbie of Hermitage, formerly of Yankee Ridge Road, Lackawannock Township. Mr. Bobbie passed away peacefully at home at 3:40 a.m. Friday, Jan. 17, 2014, following an extended illness. He was 72. Mr. Bobbie was born Nov. 13, 1941, in Sharon, a son of the late Michael and Kathleen Stone Bobbie....
Albert J Wiesen
Dec 28, 2013
Albert J. "Jerry" Wiesen, 448 S. Eighth St., Sharpsville, passed away peacefully of natural causes at 4:15 p.m. Saturday (12-28-13) in the hospital of Sharon Regional Health System. He was 73. Mr. Wiesen was born Jan. 10, 1940, in Sharon, one of three children born to Paul John Wiesen and Helen C. Conlin Wiesen. A lifelong area resident, he graduated...
Frank Batcher Jr.
Dec 25, 2013
Frank Batcher Jr. of Hermitage passed away at 11:13 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2013, in the hospital of Sharon Regional Health System. He was 83. Mr. Batcher was born Jan. 31, 1930, in Sharon, a son of Frank Batcher Sr. and Pauline Noga Batcher. He was a lifelong area resident and a graduate of Hickory High School, Hermitage. Frank was...
Raymond Attisano
Dec 18, 2013
Raymond Michael Attisano of 7880 state Route 305, Hartford, passed away Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2013, in the hospital of Sharon Regional Health System. He was 66. Mr. Attisano was born Sept. 17, 1947, in New Castle, a son of Augustine and Mary Harvan Attisano. He was raised in New Castle and attended New Castle High School. Ray was employed in...
Raymond Michael Attisano
Dec 18, 2013
Raymond Michael Attisano of 7880 state Route 305, Hartford, passed away Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2013, in the hospital of Sharon Regional Health System. He was 66. Mr. Attisano was born Sept. 17, 1947, in New Castle, a son of Augustine and Mary Harvan Attisano. He was raised in New Castle and attended New Castle High School. Ray was employed in...
Gloria Jean Barger
Dec 16, 2013
Gloria Jean Barger of Hermitage passed away peacefully of natural causes at 1 p.m. Monday (12-16-13) in Nugent Convalescent Home, Hermitage, after an extended illness. She was 73. Mrs. Barger was born Sept. 9, 1940, in Sharon, a daughter of Samuel S. and Shirley Mae Stafford Zupo. A homemaker, she was a member of St. Joseph's Church, Sharon, where she...
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....
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