Obituaries

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Sep 24, 2013

Margaret "Peggy" A. Bender, a resident of Clepper Manor for more than two years and formerly of West Middlesex, passed away at 12:53 p.m. Tuesday (9-24-13) in the hospital of Sharon Regional Health System. She was 76. Mrs. Bender was born Nov. 7, 1936, in Connellsville, Pa., a daughter of the late Samuel and Dorothema Hall Cutter. She was a...

Sep 23, 2013

Wallace A. Brown Jr. of New Castle passed away at 2:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 23, 2013, in an automobile accident in Beaver County. He was 67. Mr. Brown was born Jan. 15, 1946, in New Castle, a son of Wallace A. Sr. and Sara Reynolds Brown. He was a lifelong area resident and a graduate of Shenango High School. Following...

Sep 20, 2013

Ursula Mae Boyd, 91, of 3533-4 Hunters Woods Blvd., New Castle, passed away peacefully the morning of Friday, Sept. 20, 2013, at Jameson Care Center. Mae, as she was affectionately known by her family and friends, was born Nov. 15, 1921, to the late Patrick James and Marie Daly McDowell. She graduated from Mt. Assisi Academy in Pittsburgh and later...

Sep 20, 2013

Thomas Sylvester Acker, 92, of New Castle passed away peacefully at his residence on Friday morning, Sept. 20, 2013. He was born on Dec. 22, 1920, in Beaver to the late Henry and Katherine Kramer Acker. Following his graduation from Mount Jackson High School, he joined the Navy and served until the conclusion of World War II. Tom was a...

Sep 16, 2013

George Methyson "Tiny" Barringer, Sharon, formerly of Wheatland, passed away of natural causes at 5:10 p.m. Monday (9-16-13) in UPMC Presbyterian, Pittsburgh. He was 77. Mr. Barringer was born June 28, 1936, in Albemarle, Stanly County, N.C., the son of Henry and Lydia Dennis Barringer. He was raised in Albemarle and graduated from Albemarle High School in 1954. Tiny, as...

Sep 13, 2013

Arleen Marie Bianco of Sharon passed away peacefully after a brief battle with cancer at 11 a.m. Friday, Sept. 13, 2013, in the hospital of Sharon Regional Health System, with her loving family by her side. She was 74. Mrs. Bianco was born Dec. 15, 1938, in Sharon, a daughter of Steven and Mary Biro Keryan. She was a lifelong...

Sep 5, 2013

Trudy Inez Wamsley, formerly of Neshannock Road, Hermitage, passed away at 6:05 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 5, 2013, in White-Cliff Nursing Home, Hempfield Township. She was 86. Trudy was born Nov. 30, 1926, in Kinston, Coffee County, Ala., a daughter of John and Lucy Cassidy Johnson. She attended schools in Alabama. Mrs. Wamsley worked 22 years in the housekeeping department of...

Aug 26, 2013

Aug 25, 2013

A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated Saturday for Jean M. Deneen Tate of Greenville. She passed away at 4:20 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 25, 2013, in Clepper Manor, Sharon, where she was a resident the last two months. Mrs. Tate was born in Sharon, a daughter of Raymond and Catherine V. Flynn Deneen. Jean was a graduate of Hickory...