Obituaries

Robert J Schleich

Robert J Schleich

Sep 12, 2015

Robert J. Schleich, 52, of Virgil, Ontario, passed away, peacefully, the evening of September 12, 2015 after a lengthy battle with cancer. Bob was born in Windsor, Canada on November 9, 1962 to Werner "Vern" Schleich and the late Hilde Dickman Schleich. He was, most recently, a driver with the Andy Stieva Trucking Company but, spent many years working in...

Charles "Butch" E. Burkhouse

Charles "Butch" E. Burkhouse

Sep 12, 2015

Charles E. "Butch" Burkhouse, 66, of New Castle, passed away the morning of September 12, 2015 at Northlake Methodist Hospital in Gary, Indiana. Born April 11, 1949 in Punxsutawney, PA, he was the son of Walter and Mary Sheilds Burkhouse. Surviving at home is his wife, Evelynn "Lynn" Proctor Burkhouse, whom he married August 30, 1997. A 1967 graduate of...

R. Ronald Robinson

R. Ronald Robinson

Sep 10, 2015

R. Ronald Robinson, age 79, of Graceland Road, passed away the afternoon of September 10, 2015 at Jameson Hospital. Born February 12, 1936 in New Castle, he was a son of Charles W. and Anna E. Collingwood Robinson. Surviving at home is his wife of 58 years, Donna J. Catterson Robinson, whom he married May 28, 1957. A 1954 graduate...

Sandra "Sandy" J. Johnston

Sandra "Sandy" J. Johnston

Sep 7, 2015

Sandra J. "Sandy" Johnston, 72, of Old Pittsburgh Road, New Castle, passed away the night of September 7, 2015 at UPMC Montefiore Hospital in Pittsburgh. Born December 8, 1942 in New Castle, she was a daughter of Harold and Ethel Marie Daily Kline. Surviving at home is her husband of 53 years, Hartley C. Johnston, Sr., whom she married June...

Melvin J. Krebs

Melvin J. Krebs

Sep 7, 2015

Melvin J. Krebs, Sr., age 81, of New Castle, passed away the afternoon of September 7, 2015 at Jameson Hospital. Born June 14, 1934 in Ellwood City, he was a son of John K. and Esther O. Magee Krebs. He is survived by his wife of 55 years, Carol M. Clark Krebs, whom he married June 10, 1960. Melvin was...

Merle D. Brown

Merle D. Brown

Sep 6, 2015

Merle D. Brown, 72, of New Castle, passed away the night of September 6, 2015 at Jameson Memorial Hospital. Born April 18, 1943 in New Castle, he was the son of David E. and Margaret T. Whitmore Brown. Surviving at home is his loving wife of 27 years, Peggy Kitchen Brown, whom he married September 12, 1987. He attended Shenango...

Helen L. Palmer

Helen L. Palmer

Sep 2, 2015

Helen L. Palmer, 86, of New Castle, passed away the afternoon of September 2, 2015 at the Avalon Nursing Center. Born March 24, 1929 in New Castle, she was the daughter of John M and Helen L. Huff Singer. She is preceded in death by her husband, James Q. Palmer, Sr. whom she married in October of 1946. Helen attended...

Clair W. Leasure

Clair W. Leasure

Sep 2, 2015

Clair W. Leasure, Sr., age 80, of Hillsville Road, Edinburg, passed away the afternoon of September 2, 2015 at Jameson Hospital. Born September 12, 1934 in Rochester Mills, Pa., he was a son of Earl and Arveda Walker Leasure. A graduate of Marion Center High School, Clair was employed as a press operator with Easco Company in Girard, Ohio for...

Mary Alice Stoner

Mary Alice Stoner

Sep 1, 2015

Mary Alice Stoner, 87, of New Castle, passed away the afternoon of September 1, 2015 at her residence. Born May 28, 1928 in Pulaski, Pa., she was a daughter of Muryl and Mildred Thickett Boyd. She was preceded in death on September 7, 2003 by her husband of 52 years, Dick Stoner, whom she married December 25, 1950. A graduate...

Keith N. Armstrong

Keith N. Armstrong

Aug 30, 2015

Keith N. Armstrong, age 93, of Rhodes Place, passed away the morning of August 30, 2015 at Jameson Hospital. Born November 8, 1921 in New Castle, he was a son of Nelson and Eva Piatt Armstrong. Keith was preceded in death on January 8, 1962 by his first wife of 19 years, Betty Lou Montgomery Armstrong, whom he married in...

Fay Minteer

Fay Minteer

Aug 28, 2015

Fay Minteer, 95, of Edinburg, PA, passed away the evening of August 28, 2015 in the comfort of her home. Born May 14, 1920 in New Castle, in the building now housing Hyde Drugs in Mahoningtown. She was a daughter of Carl F. Peterson and Nellie B. Gahagan Peterson. She married James H. Minteer, who preceded her in death in...

Rose Mary Rennard

Rose Mary Rennard

Aug 26, 2015

Rose Mary Rennard, 70, of E. Hillcrest Avenue, passed away the morning of August 26, 2015 at Jameson Hospital. Born February 20, 1945 in Pittsburgh, she was a daughter of Aladino J. and Rose Dzuibich Lombardi, Sr. She is survived by her husband of 45 years, Daniel L. Rennard, whom she married April 25, 1970. A graduate of Fox Chapel...

Anne Lombard

Anne Lombard

Aug 25, 2015

Anne Lombard, 97, formerly of Edinburg, passed away the afternoon of August 25, 2015 at Golden Hill Nursing Home. Born February 4, 1918 in Youngstown, Ohio, she was a daughter of George and Anna Perry Kraynak. She was married to Fred Lombard, Sr., who preceded her in death. A homemaker, Anne enjoyed baking, cooking and taking care of her yard....

Philip Lee Mccormick

Philip Lee Mccormick

Aug 24, 2015

Philip Lee McCormick, 67, of Rosey Drive in Dickson, Tennessee, passed away August 24, 2015 in Tennessee. Born June 29, 1948 in McKeesport, PA., he was a son of Arthur P. and Eleanor Gibson McCormick. He was preceded in death by his wife, Myrna Leech McCormick. He was a 1966 graduate of Lincoln High School in Ellwood City, Pa. Philip...

Peter A. Lombardo

Peter A. Lombardo

Aug 24, 2015

Peter A. Lombardo, 89, formerly of Scotland Lane, passed away the morning of August 24, 2015 at Lawrence County Geri Care. Born May 23, 1926 in New Castle, he was a son of Dr. James Lombardo and Mary Rainey Lombardo. He is survived by his wife of 69 years, Helen Johnson Lombardo, whom he married July 6, 1946. A graduate...

Robert "Bobby" J. Marketich

Robert "Bobby" J. Marketich

Aug 23, 2015

Robert J. "Bobby" Marketich, 46, of Akron, Ohio, passed away August 23, 2015 at his residence. Born March 25, 1969 in New Castle, he was the son of Eugene P. Marketich Sr. and Joyce Platt Tomer. Robert was a graduate of Lawrence County Vo-Tech and a veteran of the Marine Corps. Robert had many interests, but he enjoyed fishing the...

Robert Hugo Carlson

Robert Hugo Carlson

Aug 22, 2015

Robert Hugo Carlson, 88 of New Wilmington formerly of Neshannock Township died at the Shenango Presbyterian Senior Care Center on August 22, 2015. He was preceded in death by his wife of 66 years, the former Martha Elizabeth Harris on January 13, 2014. Mr. Carlson was born February 1, 1927 in Forty Fort, PA to Marie and Victor E. Carlson....

J. Fred Rentz

J. Fred Rentz

Aug 19, 2015

J. Fred Rentz, 90, of New Castle, passed away, peacefully, the morning of August 19, 2015, at his home. Fred was born on October 15, 1924, in New Castle, to the late Jacob Fredrick and Alice McCreary Rentz. He married his loving and devoted wife, Barbara Pagach Rentz, on April 18, 1992. She survives. He trained for the Army Air...

Jean "Ree" M. Mcewen

Jean "Ree" M. Mcewen

Aug 19, 2015

Jean M. "Ree" McEwen, 88, of Shenango Road, passed away the morning of August 19, 2015 at Jameson Hospital. Born February 23, 1927 in New Castle, she was a daughter of Alfred Domer Black and Lula Mae Ward Black. She was preceded in death on January 4, 2012 by her husband of 61 years, Harry W. McEwen, whom she married...

Theda G. Hennon

Theda G. Hennon

Aug 17, 2015

Theda G. Hennon, age 96, went home to be with her heavenly Father August 17, 2015. Formerly of New Castle, she was a resident of Amherst Meadow Care Facility in Massillon, Ohio for the past five years. Theda was born August 13, 1919 in Ellwood City, Pa., to Alfred J. and Bertha Wiley Gooch who preceded her in death. A...

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