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Linda E Piddington
May 27, 2011
Linda E. Piddington, Sharon, PA passed away at 9:07 p.m. Friday (5-27-11) at home surrounded by her family. She was 55. Linda was born July 9, 1955 in Sharon a daughter of Milton and Ruth Caldwell Epstein. She graduated with honors from Sharon High School in 1973 and received her bachelor's degree in English from Westminster College, New Wilmington, in...
James L Stefanick
May 26, 2011
James L. Stefanick, West Middlesex, Pa., passed away at 8:35 a.m. on Thursday (5-26-11) in the hospital of Sharon Regional Health System following an brief illness. He was 56. A lifelong area resident, he was born in Hermitage on November 30, 1954 and graduated from Hickory High School in 1973. His parents were Raymond J. and Evelyn Sheffield Stefanick. In...
Joonie M Dershaw
May 24, 2011
Joonie M. Dershaw, 3752 N. Hermitage Rd., Transfer, PA passed away at 10:20 a.m. Tuesday (5-24-11) in UPMC Horizon Hospital, Farrell, after a brief illness. She was 56. Joonie was born March 2, 1955 in Greenville, PA a daughter of Robert and Eileen Matteson Anderson. She was a graduate of Badger High School, Kinsman, Ohio and was employed by Delphi-Packard...
Mary L White
May 23, 2011
Mary L. White, Juniper Village at the Shenango Inn, Sharon, formerly of Hermitage Hills Blvd.,Hermitage, PA, passed away peacefully at 6:35 p.m. on Monday (5-23-11) in Nugent Convelscent Home. She was 90. Mrs. White was born May 5, 1921 in Farrell, PA, a daughter of Peter and Elena Lupsha Lazar. She was a 1939 graduate of Farrell High School. She...
Sandra Lee Jones
May 22, 2011
Sandra Lee (Spangler) Jones, 4480 Clifford Dr.; formerly of S. Neshannock Rd., both Hermitage, passed away unexpectedly at 2:34 a.m. Sunday (5-22-11) in the emergency room of Sharon Regional Health System after an apparent heart attack at home. She was 68. Mrs. Jones was born October 19, 1942 in Hickory Township the youngest of 14 children to Howard Spangler, Sr....
Melissa Jane Gibbs
May 18, 2011
Melissa Jane Gibbs of New Castle, passed away on Wednesday, May 18, 2011 at 9:02 p.m. in Allegheny General Hospital. She was 52. Mrs. Gibbs was born in New Castle, PA on August 28, 1958, a daughter of Ray and Nancy Morrow Davis. She was raised by her loving grandparents Clyde and Bertha Morrow. She was a 1976 graduate of...
Julie A Buckley Meszaros
May 16, 2011
Julie A. Buckley Meszaros, 110 S. Myers Ave., Sharon, passed away unexpectedly at 9:43 p.m. Monday (5-16-11) in Hahnemann University Hospital, Philadelphia, of complications from breast cancer after a courageous three year battle. She was 43. Julie was born February 11, 1968 in Sharon a daughter of David J. and Sylvia A. Matusick Weber. She was a 1986 graduate of...
Rose Marie Jazwinski
May 14, 2011
Rose Marie Jazwinski, 24 Hermitage Hills Blvd., Hermitage, passed away unexpectedly of natural causes at 9:39 a.m. Saturday (5-14-11) in the intensive care unit of the Sharon Regional Health System. She was 81. Mrs. Jazwinski was born January 2, 1930 in Sharon, a daughter of the late Ross G. and Mary N. Rotunno Bonacci. She was a 1948 alumna of...
Cynthia Lou Dickson
May 14, 2011
Cynthia Lou Dickson, Brookfield, Ohio, passed away at her home unexpectedly Saturday May 14, 2011. She was 52. Cynthia was born on May 16, 1958 in Riverside, California the daughter of Dave and Donna Jane Scott Thomas. She had worked at Wheatland Tube Corporation for several years and she also was an independent truck driver. Cynthia was a lover of...
Louis D Caracci
May 13, 2011
Louis D. Caracci Sr. Marienville, Pa., formerly of Saratoga Drive, Hermitage, passed away peacefully at 2:05 p.m. Friday (5-13-11) in Clarion Hospital, Clarion Pennsylvania, following a brief illness. He was 77. He was born May 1, 1934 in Sharpsville, Pa. the son of George and Barbara Carlo Caracci and attended Sharpsville Schools. He retired from the former General American Transportation...
Marie Arthur
May 12, 2011
Marie Arthur, formerly of Brook Drive, Brookfield, and Francis Street, Masury, passed away at 2:15 a.m. Thursday (5-12-11) in O'Brien Memorial Nursing Home, Masury, where she was a resident for the past two months. She was 94. Mrs. Arthur was born April 21, 1917, in Sharon, a daughter of John and Mary Bacik Petro. She was a lifelong area resident...
Jennie Bonadio
May 10, 2011
Mass of Christian burial will be Saturday morning (5-14-10) for Jennie Bonadio, formerly of Farrell. She went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday morning (5-10-11) from John XXIII Home, Hermitage. She was 97. Ms. Bonadio was born November 22, 1913 in Wellsville, Ohio, a daughter of the late Antonio and Catherine Gallo Bonadio. She was a 1931 alumna...
Rebecca (Becka) F Hughes
May 9, 2011
Rebecca F. 'Becka' Hughes of Austintown, formerly of Brookfield, passed away on Monday, May 9, 2011 at 6:37 p.m. in Northside Medical Center. She was 56. Mrs. Hughes was born in Sharon, PA on August 13, 1954 a daughter of William 'Bill' and Margaret 'Etta' Snyder Catterson. Becka was a 1972 graduate of Brookfield High School. She went on to...
Maryann Mercurio Stearns
May 8, 2011
Maryann Mercurio Stearns of Farrell passed away peacefully at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, May 8, 2011, in the hospital of Sharon Regional Health System following a brief illness. She was 68. Maryann was born on June 16, 1942 in Farrell, Pa., the daughter of Frank and Ann Weiss Papay. Her father passed away when she was an infant and her mother...
Elizabeth L Williams
May 8, 2011
Elizabeth 'Betty' L. Williams, formerly of Flowers Avenue, Sharon. She passed away in the loving care of her daughter, Faye Sabella, Sunday evening (5-8-11) in California City after a brief illness. She was 92. Mrs. Williams was born Feb. 28, 1919, in Sharpsville, a daughter of Martin and Gertrude Klinges Witzigman. She retired in 1984 from Sharon City School District...
Mary O'Brien
May 5, 2011
Mary O'Brien, 3683 Sample Rd., Hermitage, passed away unexpectedly at 7:57 p.m. Thursday (5-5-11) in the emergency room of Sharon Regional Health System. She was 84. Mrs. O'Brien was born June 29, 1926 in Krasnodar, Russia a daughter of the late Michail and Maria Michilovna Tscharskaja. She was educated in Russia and valedictorian of her graduating class. She then moved...
Mabel Jeannette Brewer
May 4, 2011
Mabel Jeannette Brewer, The Villas at St. Pauls, Greenville, formerly of Sharon, passed away peacefully at the Villas at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday (5-4-11). She was 93. Mabel was born August 29, 1917, in Struthers, Ohio, the daughter of George and Nellie Walker Creed. She was a 1932 graduate of Youngstown East High School, Youngstown, Ohio. In 1934 she graduated from...
Martha C Heldorfer
May 3, 2011
Martha C. Heldorfer, 130 Strawbridge Ave., Sharon, passed away at 10:25 a.m. Tuesday (5-3-11) in St. Paul Homes, Greenville, after an extended illness with Parkinson's disease. She was 85. Ms. Heldorfer was born November 13, 1925 in Sharon a daughter of the late John J. and Mary Anna Rusbushan Heldorfer. She attended St. Joseph Parochial Grade School and was a...
Thomas W. Hall Sr.
May 2, 2011
A funeral service will be held Friday for Thomas W. Hall Sr. of 544 Wengler Ave., Sharon. He passed away unexpectedly at 12:40 a.m. Monday morning (5-2-11) in the hospital of Sharon Regional Health System. He was 69. Mr. Hall was born Nov. 7, 1941, in Sharon, a son of Maurice J. and Arada Ellis Hall. He was a Sharon...
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