Richard G Bender
Jan 6, 2015
Richard G. "Dick" Bender Sr., Hermitage, passed away at 12:05 p.m. Tuesday (1-6-15) at home with family at his side. He was 83. Richard was born Oct. 29, 1931, in Sharon, a son of George J. and Isabelle Stambaugh Bender. A lifelong area resident, he graduated from Sharon High School in 1950. Following graduation, he gained employment with Bell Telephone...
Anna Mae Finnerty
Jan 5, 2015
Anna Mae Finnerty, 83, of Fairmont Avenue passed away peacefully of natural causes at 12:35 p.m., Monday, Jan. 5, 2015, in Haven Convalescent Home following an extended illness. Anna Mae was born Aug. 24, 1931, in Scottdale, Pa. She was one of five children of Michael and Anna Herka Zerilla. She graduated from Scottdale High School. She married James "Doc"...
John V Yankus
Jan 5, 2015
John V. Yankus of Brunswick, Ohio passed away at 1:26 p.m. Monday, January 5, 2015, from injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident the previous evening. He was 52. John was born June 27, 1962, in Cleveland, Ohio, a son of Peter W. and Martha Flack Yankus. He was a 1980 graduate of Cardinal Mooney High School, Youngstown, Ohio and...
Karen L Cipriano
Jan 4, 2015
Karen L. Cipriano of Shenango Township passed away at 8:25 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 4, 2015, in her home, after a valiant two-year battle with cancer. She was 61. Mrs. Cipriano was born Nov. 23, 1953, in Sharon, a daughter of George and Thelma Bacon Parkany. She was raised in the Patagonia section of Hermitage and was a 1971 graduate of...
Barbara A Hufnagel
Jan 2, 2015
Barbara A. Hufnagel of Sharon passed away unexpectedly of natural causes Friday evening, Jan. 2, 2015, in the emergency room of Sharon Regional Health System. She was 66. Mrs. Hufnagel was born April 5, 1948, in Farrell, a daughter of Charles and Margaret Powell Means. She was a 1966 alumna of Mercer High School, where she was a majorette, and...
Katherine Bandzak
Dec 30, 2014
A funeral service will be on Wednesday for Katherine Bandzak, of John XXIII Home, Hermitage, who passed away at 12:08 p.m. Tuesday (12-30-14) in the hospital of Sharon Regional Health System. She was 90. Mrs. Bandzak was born March 26, 1924, in Farrell, a daughter of Vasa and Eva Matich Mihailovich. She was a lifelong area resident and a graduate...
Everett Pershing Barker
Dec 23, 2014
Everett Pershing Barker, 97, of Butler Avenue, New Castle, passed away peacefully of natural causes the evening of Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2014, at Golden Hill Nursing Home. He was born Aug. 14, 1917, in Jamestown (Mercer County), a son of Boyd Everett and Mary Jane Craig Barker. Mr. Barker was the founder of Barker Garage Doors, a family business that...
B. Jean Mayo
Dec 12, 2014
B. Jean Mayo, Georgetown Street, Sharpsville, passed away Dec. 12, 2014, in her residence, following a brief illness with cancer. She was 66. Jean was born March 26, 1948, in Meadville, a daughter of Russell Alfred Pulling and Pauline Ruth Gosnell. She was a 1966 graduate of Cambridge Springs High School. She retired in 2003 after working for many years...
Tiffany Dian Booher
Dec 11, 2014
Tiffany Dian Booher, 29, of New Castle went to be with the Lord the evening of Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014, at Jameson Hospital. She was born May 5, 1985, in New Castle, a daughter of Linn Darl Booher Sr. and Cheryl Vogan Booher. A lifelong area resident, she attended Union High School. Tiffany worked at one time at Eat'n Park...
Thomas J. Abate Sr.
Dec 9, 2014
Thomas J. Abate Sr., Memorial Drive, Farrell, passed away unexpectedly at 12:45 p.m. Tuesday (12-9-14) in the hospital of Sharon Regional Health System following a brief illness. He was 84. Mr. Abate was born Jan. 25, 1930, in Sharon, a son of Achille and Maria Abate. A lifelong area resident, he graduated from Farrell High School in 1948. He was...
Kimberly M. Baker
Dec 7, 2014
Funeral service will be Friday for Kimberly M. Baker, Hermitage, who passed away peacefully at 11:14 p.m. Sunday (12-7-14) in her residence following a brief illness from complications of cerebral palsy. She was 26. Ms. Baker was born April 28, 1988, in Youngstown, a daughter of Bruce A. and Christine R. Root Baker. She was a lifelong area resident and...
Agnes Aiello
Dec 1, 2014
Agnes Aiello, Park Drive, Farrell, passed away peacefully of natural causes at 11:55 a.m. Monday (12-1-14) with family at her side. She was 100. Agnes was born in Farrell June 6, 1914 one of seven children born to Giovanni and Rosa Ferrara Petrillo. She was raised in Farrell and attended Farrell schools where she was proud to have received a...
David R. Armstrong
Nov 28, 2014
David R. Armstrong, Hermitage, passed away early Friday morning, Nov. 28, 2014, in the hospital of Sharon Regional Health System. He was 78. Mr. Armstrong was born April 13, 1936, in Greensburg, Pa., a son of Russell and Gertrude Reynolds Armstrong. A 1954 graduate of Sharon High School, he received his bachelor's degree in business from Youngstown State University and...
Mildred Louise Bogdan
Nov 24, 2014
Mildred Louise Bogdan of Sharon passed away peacefully at 1:21 a.m. Monday, Nov. 24, 2014. She was 95. Mrs. Bogdan was born in Johnstown, Pa., on Nov. 15, 1919, a daughter of George and Sophia (Mathedas) Krichko. She died the loving wife of the late Paul Bogdan, and devoted mother of sons Dennis, Douglas and Larry Bogdan. Early on she...
Kathleen Marie Arnett
Nov 23, 2014
Kathleen "Kat" Marie Arnett, 43, of Church Road, Slippery Rock Township, passed away unexpectedly at 6:48 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 23, 2014, following a brief and courageous battle with cancer. Kathleen was born July 1, 1971, in New Castle. She was one of two daughters born to Gerald L. and Susan L. Stickel Arnett. A lifelong area resident, she was a...
Clara R. Allshouse
Nov 20, 2014
Clara R. Allshouse, 85, of Highland Terrace Apartments, 111 W. Fairmont Ave., passed away Thursday, Nov. 20, 2014, at Jameson Memorial Hospital. Clara was born Feb. 11, 1929, in New Castle to the late David M. and Regina Scott Allshouse. Clara was employed in the laundry department at the former St. Francis Hospital. She was a member of St. Mary's...
Florence Biros
Nov 14, 2014
Funeral will be Thursday for Florence Ward Biros, who walked through the pearly gates into the arms of her savior at 11:45 p.m. Friday, Nov. 14, 2014, while residing at Shenango Presbyterian Senior Care, New Wilmington, where she had lived for a short while. She was 83. Mrs. Biros was born July 4, 1931, in Johnsonburg, Pa., a daughter of...
Walter E. Ames
Nov 6, 2014
Walter E. Ames, 89, of the Commons of Green Briar assisted living facility in Boardman, Ohio, passed away the morning of Thursday, Nov. 6, 2014. Walter was a former resident of Mathews Way in New Castle. He was born Nov. 7, 1924, in Pittsburgh to the late Walter A. and Alice P. Parnell Ames. Walter was a member of the...
Mary Eileen Antos
Oct 26, 2014
Mary Eileen Antos passed away peacefully of natural causes at 3:15 a.m. Sunday (10-26-14) in John XXIII Home, Hermitage. She was 93. Mrs. Antos was born Oct. 7, 1921, in Chesterton, Porter County, Ind., one of four children of John and Anna Ameling Dunn. She was raised in Chesterton and graduated from Chesterton High School. In her early years she...
Sylvia Blavos
Oct 26, 2014
Sylvia Blavos, formerly of Hermitage, passed away at 2:25 a.m. Sunday (10-26-14) in Mount Carmel West Hospital, Columbus, after a brief illness. She was 92. Mrs. Blavos was born April 28, 1922, in Weirton, W.Va., a daughter of Louis and Theodora Tempos Chaldares. She attended schools in West Virginia. Sylvia was an active member of Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church, Farrell,...
