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Joseph P Vanord
Jul 24, 2010
Joseph P. 'Josie Desmond' Vanord of 360 S. Irvine Ave. Sharon, PA. passed away at 12:41 p.m. Saturday, July 24, 2010 in his residence. He was 46. Mr. Vanord was born in Sharon, Pa on February 25, 1964, a son of Jack Vanord and Rosemary Keifer. He graduated from Youngstown State University with a bachelor's degree in Cosmetology. Joseph was...
Sue Lysohir
Jul 23, 2010
Sue Lysohir, 860 Lillian Dr., Hermitage, passed away peacefully in her home at 3:50 p.m. Friday(7-23-10), after an extended illness. She was 85. Sue was born March 15, 1925 in Sharpsville to George and Susan Semancik Chuba. She graduated from Sharpsville High School and was formerly employed in the payroll department of the Sharon Transformer Division of the Westinghouse Electric...
Margaret A Walko
Jul 21, 2010
A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated on Saturday (7-24-10) for Margaret A. "Peg" Walko, Mayfield Road, Sharpsville, who was welcomed by the angels to her new heavenly home at 11:32 a.m. Wednesday (7-21-10). She passed away peacefully in the hospital of Sharon Regional Health System following an extended illness. She was 66. Margaret Ann Walko was born on...
Thomas J Nevant
Jul 20, 2010
A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated Saturday for Thomas J. Nevant, American Way, Hermitage, formerly of Farrell. He passed away at 2:20 a.m. Tuesday, July 20, 2010, in the hospital of Sharon Regional Health System. He was 85. Mr. Nevant was born July 27, 1924, in the former Buhl Hospital, Sharon, to James and Mary Corso Nevant. He...
Carl E Purash
Jul 20, 2010
Carl E. Purash of 79 Grange Rd. New Wilmington, passed away on Tuesday, July 20, 2010 at 2:49 am in Sharon Regional Health Systems. He was 81. Mr. Purash was born in Sharon, PA on October 5, 1928, a son of the late Paul and Mary Smith Purash. He attended Farrell Schools. Carl was a Korean War Veteran and served...
Mildred Raketich
Jul 17, 2010
Mildred Raketich, 2481 Mercer-West Middlesex Rd., Shenango Township, passed away of natural causes at 3:48 p.m. Saturday (7-17-10) in the emergency room of Grove City Medical Center. She was 87. Mrs. Raketich was born March 14, 1923 in Midland, PA the eldest child of the late Adam and Effie Unum Pradovich. She was a 1941 alumna of the former Midland...
Jennifer Ann Doerr
Jul 15, 2010
Jennifer 'Jenn' Ann Doerr, 7098 Guyer Road, New Kensington, Pa., formerly of West Middlesex, passed away unexpectedly at 8:12 p.m. Thursday (7-15-10) at her residence. She was 24. Jenn was born on December 4, 1985 in Sharon, Pa and lived in West Middlesex most of her life. She was a member of West Middlesex High Schools class of 2003 and...
Cheryl Sue Bowie
Jul 14, 2010
Cheryl Sue Bowie, 1330 Kimberly Road, Sharon, passed away Wednesday (7/14/2010) at 6:08 p.m. in UPMC Horizon, Farrell. She was 63. She was born July 30, 1946 in Youngstown, OH, the daughter of Jack Carlson Bowie and Hazel J. Rymer Bowie Marletto. She was an alumna of Hickory High School. Cheryl was a loving, giving person with many artistic and...
John A Wilson
Jul 13, 2010
John A. 'Jack' Wilson, 404 N. Oakland Ave., Sharon; formerly of Tanglewood Dr., Hermitage, passed away peacefully at 9:35 p.m. Tuesday (7-13-10) in the hospital of Sharon Regional Health System after a brief illness. He was 79. Mr. Wilson was born May 7, 1931 in Sharon a son of the late Allen and Mary Doss Wilson. A lifelong area resident,...
Grace Gilliland
Jul 13, 2010
Grace 'Dolly' Gilliland, 1096 Park St., Sharon, passed away of natural causes at 6:00 a.m. Tuesday (7-13-10) in Juniper Village at the Shenango Inn, Sharon. She was 88. Mrs. Gilliland was born November 17, 1921 in Farrell a daughter of the late John and Jennie Chieffalo Salatino. A lifelong area resident, she was a 1939 graduate of Farrell High School....
Joseph J Prelee
Jul 12, 2010
Joseph 'Papa Joe' James Prelee of Ventura Drive, Youngstown, passed away peacefully at 12:25 a.m. Monday (7-12-10) in his residence with his family at his side, after an extended illness. He was 67. Mr. Prelee was born June 8, 1943, in Sharon, a son of Andrew and Anne Masters Prelee. A lifelong area resident, he graduated from the former Sacred...
Helen Thomas
Jul 9, 2010
Helen M. Zagger Thomas of 1338 Ritchie Rd. Stow, OH, formerly of Griswold St. Hermitage, passed away on Friday, July 9, 2010 at 11:45 p.m. in Akron City Hospital. She was 86. Mrs. Thomas was born in Sharon, PA on February 1, 1924, a daughter of Martin and Helen Schnur Zagger. She was a 1942 graduate of Sharon High School...
Joseph C Crawford
Jul 6, 2010
A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated Saturday for Joseph C. Crawford, Countryside Convalescent Home, East Lackawannock Township, formerly of Hermitage and Greenville. He passed away peacefully of natural causes at 2:05 p.m. Tuesday (7-6-10) in the emergency room of Sharon Regional Health System. He was 87. Mr. Crawford was born July 14, 1922, in Greenville, a son of...
Betty Jane Tizio
Jul 5, 2010
Betty Jane 'Babe' Tizio of 778 Richmond Drive, Hermitage, passed away peacefully at 11:15 p.m. Monday (7-5-10) in her residence with her loving family at her side, after a courageous battle with cancer. She was 78. She fought her illness, which she won once, and lived cancer free for more than a year, never letting her illness slow her down....
Frances A Valle
Jul 4, 2010
Frances A. Valle, 93, of 1739 Branch Vine Dr. West, Jacksonville, Florida and 958 Mayfield Rd., Sharpsville, PA; formerly of W. Washington St., New Castle, PA passed away at 1:10 a.m. Sunday (7-4-10) at the McGraw Hospice Center, Jacksonville, Florida. Mrs. Valle was born September 6, 1916 in New Castle a daughter of the late Anthony and Mary Ricci Nigro....
Helen R Parris
Jul 3, 2010
Helen R. Parris of Madison, MS formerly of 801 Highland Rd. Sharon, PA passed away at 4:55 p.m. Saturday, July 3, 2010 in The Orchard Retirement Community, Ridgeland, MS. She was 93. Mrs. Parris was born in Youngstown, OH on February 24, 1917, the daughter of Walter A. and Esther E. Eckis Roberts. She graduated from Youngstown College after earning...
Elizabeth Hayden
Jul 2, 2010
Elizabeth Hayden, 740 Crestview Dr., Sharpsville, (S. Pymatuning Township) PA passed away at 2:03 a.m. Friday (7-2-10) in the hospital of Sharon Regional Health System after a brief illness. She was 85. Mrs. Hayden was born February 18, 1925 in Ridgeville (Butler County), PA a daughter of the late August and Mary Nagy. Following her graduation from the former Hooker...
Raymond C Dunn
Jul 1, 2010
Raymond Charles 'Babe' Dunn, Hermitage, passed away peacefully at 1:05 a.m. Thursday (7-1-10) in Clepper Manor after an extended illness. He was 89. Mr. Dunn was born May 2, 1921 in Sharon a son of the late William and Emma Wiesen Dunn. During his 7th and 8th grade summers, Ray lived and worked at the Bentley Farm. He later reflected...
Arthur Fredrick Spindler
Jun 30, 2010
Arthur Fredrick Spindler, 433 Wengler Ave., Sharon, passed away at 6:30 a.m. Wednesday (6-30-10) in the hospital of Sharon Regional Health System. He was 76. Mr. Spindler was born August 15, 1933 in Bucks County, PA a son of the late Henry and Margaret Katherine Blystone Spindler. He was a 1953 graduate of Mercer High School. Art was employed at...
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