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Robert J Wiley Sr.
Mar 18, 2013
A funeral service will be held Thursday for Robert J. Wiley Sr., a resident of John XXIII Home, and formerly a resident of Hermitage and Sharon. He passed away at 12:45 p.m. Monday (3-18-13) in the hospital of Sharon Regional Health System. He was 79. He is survived by his wife of 56 years, the former Sonia Seginak; a daughter,...
Paul Bogdan
Mar 5, 2013
Paul Bogdan of Sharon, passed away peacefully at 12:46 p.m. Tuesday, March 5, 2013, in the hospital of Sharon Regional Health System. He was 93. Mr. Bogdan was born July 6, 1919, in Farrell, a son of Vasil and Barbara Babaj Bogdan. He died the loving husband of Mildred Krichko Bogdan and devoted father of sons Dennis, Douglas and Larry...
Phyllis L Bonner
Feb 26, 2013
A funeral service will be held Saturday for Phyllis L. Bonner of Hermitage. She passed away peacefully with family by her side at 7:20 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013, in the hospital of Sharon Regional Health System. She was 80. Mrs. Bonner was born Dec. 28, 1932, in Sharon, a daughter of John P. and Grace M. Hassell Sherrod. She...
Harold G Tonks
Feb 13, 2013
A funeral service will be held Saturday for Harold G. Tonks of Hewitt Road, Shenango Township. He passed away at 12:40 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2013, in UPMC Horizon, Farrell. He was 77. Mr. Tonks was born May 11, 1935, in Sharon to Alvin and Fern Gribble Tonks. Harold attended several schools throughout Mercer County. He was active in Boy...
Robert Ross Brown
Feb 9, 2013
Robert Ross Brown, 91, of New Castle went to be with the Lord the morning of Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013, at Jameson Hospital. Mr. Brown was born Feb. 5, 1922, in Dubois, a son of the late Burleigh and Orpha Geist Brown. Bob attended the former Eastbrook High School and New Castle Business College. A decorated war veteran, he served...
Thomas L Springer
Feb 9, 2013
Thomas L. Springer of Hermitage passed away unexpectedly at 2:48 p.m. Saturday (2-9- 13) in the hospital of Sharon Regional Health System after an extended illness. He was 81. Mr. Springer was born July 29, 1931, in Sharon, a son of Eugene and Mary Elizabeth Williams Springer. He was a lifelong area resident and a 1949 graduate of Farrell High...
Earl E Trimble
Feb 8, 2013
Earl E. Trimble, 66, of 2685 Center Church Road, Slippery Rock Township, passed away Friday, Feb. 8, 2013, in Tampa, Fla. He was born May 2, 1946, to the late Edward Leroy Trimble and Dorothy Jean Schweikert Trimble. Earl married the former Beth Lee Book on Jan. 16, 1971, and she survives at home. There were no children, but a...
Rae Frances Bonasera
Feb 6, 2013
A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated Monday for Rae Frances Bonasera of Sharon. She passed away unexpectedly at 12:50 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013, in the hospital of Sharon Regional Health System. She was 76. Mrs. Bonasera was born Oct. 19, 1936, in Greenville, a daughter of Angelo and Helen Randall Augustine. She was a graduate of the...
Laura Smaltz
Feb 4, 2013
Laura Smaltz of Hermitage, passed away at 10:30 a.m. Monday (2-4-13) in the hospital of Sharon Regional Health System. She was 87. Mrs. Smaltz was born March 29, 1925, in Farrell, a daughter of Ignac and Maryanna Korab Stanek. She was raised in Farrell and was a member of Farrell High School's graduating class of 1943. In her early years,...
Robert Bergkessel
Feb 4, 2013
Robert "Bob" Bergkessel of Avalon Springs, Coolspring Township, formerly of Federal Drive, Sharon, passed away peacefully of natural causes at 7:55 p.m. Monday (2-4-13) in the home. He was 67. Mr. Bergkessel was born Feb. 7, 1945, in Sharon, a son of Joseph and Helen A. Fendya Bergkessel. As a lifelong area resident, he was a member of Sharon High...
Harry E Snyder
Jan 31, 2013
Harry E. "Gus" Snyder of Pierce Avenue, Sharpsville, passed away at 3 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013, in the hospital of Sharon Regional Health System. He was 76. Mr. Snyder was born June 21, 1936, in Masury, a son of Ernest and Elizabeth Patterson Snyder. A lifelong area resident, he attended Hickory High School and served with the Army. He...
David J Webber
Jan 14, 2013
David J. Webber of Sharon passed away peacefully at 11:50 a.m. Monday (1-14-13) in the hospital of Sharon Regional Health System after an extended illness. He was 71. A lifelong resident of Sharon, Mr. Webber was born Oct. 27, 1941, in Christian H. Buhl Hospital, now the hospital of Sharon Regional Health System, a son of Ray and Helen Diurba...
Helen L Brown
Jan 13, 2013
Helen "Nellie" L. Brown, 84, of Union Township and a former resident of Sewickley, Pa., passed away the afternoon of Jan. 13, 2013, at Edison Manor Nursing Center. Nellie, as she was affectionately called by her family and friends, was born Jan. 12, 1929, in New Castle, daughter of the late Joseph and Alice Woods Carrigan. She was a graduate...
Eugene B Buckley
Jan 6, 2013
Eugene "Ben" B. Buckley of New Castle passed away at 9:21 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013, in Passavant Hospital, Pittsburgh. He was 79. Mr. Buckley was born Nov. 10, 1933, in New Castle, a son of Eugene R. and Mary Robinson Buckley. He was a 1951 graduate of New Castle High School and later went on to attend some college...
Phyllis Weir
Jan 3, 2013
Phyllis D'Eletto Weir, 97, died in the early afternoon of Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013, at her daughter's home in Mission Viejo, Calif. Her death was peaceful, though she had endured a long struggle with a heart condition. She was born Sept. 29, 1915, to the late Angelina Moné and Ermenegildo D'Eletto, the third child born to the couple. Angelina was...
Kathleen Venetta
Jan 3, 2013
A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated Monday for Kathleen Zreliak Lucik Venetta of Hartford. She passed peacefully to our Lord with her family at her side on Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013. She fought a courageous battle with multiple myeloma for nine years. She was 69. Mrs. Venetta was born Jan. 11, 1943, in Sharon, the sixth child and...
Mary Sophia Tencer
Jan 1, 2013
Mary Sophia Bovard Tencer, 94, of 113 W. McMurray Road, McMurray, Pa., formerly a lifelong resident of New Castle, passed away the afternoon of Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013, in Manor Care, McMurray. Mrs. Tencer was born Sept. 19, 1918, in New Castle, a daughter of Alexander and Caroline Rezenik Myrta. She attended New Castle Catholic schools. Mary retired from Shenango...
Frank J Albanese
Dec 1, 2012
LARGO, Fla. - Frank J. Albanese of Largo, died at 11:27 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 1, 2012, in Largo Medical Center. He was 87. Mr. Albanese was born Oct. 18, 1925, in Sharon to Dominic and Angeline Messina Albanese, and had lived in the Largo area since 1959. He was the proprietor of the former Albanese Gulf Service Station on West...
John H. Kerr
Oct 13, 2012
John H. "Jack" Kerr, age 84, of Garfield Heights, Ohio; formerly of New Castle, passed away peacefully Saturday, October 13, 2012 in his home with his family by his side. Mr. Kerr was born February 11, 1928 in Pittsburgh a son of the late Harry and Jean Herzer Kerr. He moved to New Castle at an early age and attended...
Jane Louise Kuhn
Oct 12, 2012
Jane Louise Kuhn, formerly a longtime resident of Bon Air Dr., Sharon, passed away of natural causes at 9:38 a.m. Friday, October 12, 2012, in Shenango Presbyterian Home, New Wilmington. She was 86. Mrs. Kuhn was born April 4, 1926 in Pottsville, PA a daughter of the late Guy Nelson and Marian Palsgrove Wilson Jones. She was a graduate of...
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