Marsha Mae Cantrell
Mar 9, 2015
Marsha Mae Cantrell, 62, of 126 Walnut Lane, West Sunbury, PA, passed away the morning of March 9, 2015 at West Penn Hospital. Born November 23, 1952 in New Castle, she was a daughter of Lewis W. and Josephine A. Yeck Cunningham. She was preceded in death on August 16, 1987 by her first husband, Aurther John Ross, whom she...
Edna Mae "Effie" Johnson Hamilton
Mar 8, 2015
Edna Mae "Effie" Johnson Hamilton, 84, of Davidson, NC., died Sunday, March 8, 2015, at her residence. Born March 28, 1930 in New Castle, PA, she was a daughter of the late Charles Edward Johnson and Sandra Ruhimaki Johnson. She graduated from New Castle High School in 1948 and was owner of Harbor Orthodontic Services. She was a member of...
Leonard L. Clark
Mar 4, 2015
Leonard L. Clark, 81, of New Castle, passed away the afternoon of March 4, 2015 at Overlook Health & Rehab Center in New Wilmington,PA. Born September 19, 1933 in New Castle, he was the son of Lloyd and Alice Bollick Clark. He was preceded in death on August 29, 2003 by his first wife, Barbara A. Toner Clark. He subsequently...
Jean L. Gavroy
Mar 1, 2015
Jean L. Gavroy, 77, of New Castle, passed away the afternoon of March 1, 2015 in Jameson Hospital. Born August 30, 1937 in New Castle, she was a daughter of Patterson and Sarah Sentgeorge Sankey. She was preceded in death on December 29, 2014 by her husband of 57 years, Charles A. Gavroy, whom she married June 15, 1957. She...
Connie Jane Kalajainen
Feb 26, 2015
Connie Jane Kalajainen, 73, of New Castle, passed away February 26, 2015 at the Bellevue Hospital in Pittsburgh. Connie was born on April 17, 1941, in New Castle, to the late Charles and Alice Murray Golla. She married Gary L. Kalajainen on July 22, 1963. He survives. Mrs. Kalajainen graduated from New Castle High School and was a dedicated homemaker,...
Mary Macaluso
Feb 26, 2015
Mary Macaluso,102, New Castle, PA, passed away peacefully on Thursday, February 26, 2015, at Jameson Hospital, New Castle, following a brief illness. Born September 23, 1912, in Charleroi, PA, she moved to New Castle as a child with her parents John and Rosalie Testa and siblings. She attended public schools there and later worked as a seamstress before marrying Pete...
Angela Wynder
Feb 24, 2015
Angela Wynder, 94, formerly of E. Market Street, New Wilmington,PA, passed away February 24, 2015 at Golden Hill Nursing Home. Born November 28, 1920 in Sicily, Italy, she was a daughter of Anthony and Marie Cannavara Cappolina. She was preceded in death by her husband, Wilbur H. Wynder, Jr., whom she married November 16, 1946. Angie was retired from Shenango...
Shirley M. Hogue
Feb 24, 2015
Shirley M. Hogue, 85, of Golden Hill Nursing Home, passed away the afternoon of February 24, 2015 at her residence. Born April 3, 1929 in New Castle, she was a daughter of Charles F. and Frances Hoover O'Brien. She retired as a beautician with Louis Beauty Shop. A member of First United Methodist Church, she attended the Kumjoynus-Eltekon Sunday school...
Alberta J. Cooley
Feb 23, 2015
Alberta J. Cooley, age 84, passed away February 23, 2015 at Overlook Medical Clinic in New Wilmington. Born June 11, 1930 in New Castle, she was a daughter of Albert and Catherine Hobbs Wolff. She was preceded in death on March 20, 2005 by her husband, Charles M. Cooley, whom she married July 2, 1949. Alberta was employed with several...
Erma Jean Lewis
Feb 22, 2015
Erma Jean Lewis, age 91, of New Castle, passed away the afternoon of February 22, 2015 at Jameson Place. Born October 25, 1923 in New Castle, she was a daughter of Lee Emel and Goldena Kerr Allen. She was preceded in death on March 11, 2005 by her husband Gomer Lewis, whom she married March 11, 1947. After graduating from...
Margaret Dietrich
Feb 21, 2015
Margaret Giannone Dietrich, of New Castle,passed away on Saturday, Feb. 21st, 2015 at Edison Manor. Margaret was the daughter of the late Frank and Marie Giannone. She married Arthur Dietrich on Oct. 12, 1933 and he preceded her in death on Dec. 13, 1999. Margaret worked as an inspector for Shenango China where she retired after 10 years, previous to...
Marijane Dean
Feb 16, 2015
Marijane Dean, 70, of 245 Chippewa Drive, passed away the afternoon of February 16, 2015 at her residence. Born March 22, 1944 in New Castle, she was a daughter of William and Vivian Dukes. She is survived by her husband of 49 years, Gary L. Dean, whom she married January 15, 1966. A 1962 graduate of New Castle High School,...
Shirley C. Kennedy
Feb 15, 2015
Shirley C. Kennedy, 86, of Hazelcroft Avenue, passed away the evening of February 15, 2015 at Avalon Springs Nursing Center in Mercer, PA. Born July 27, 1928 in Middle Lancaster, PA, she was a daughter of Cecil E. and Norah R. Brua Carnes. She was preceded in death on September 8, 1996 by her husband, George B. "Jake" Kennedy. Shirley...
Todd A. Brooks
Feb 15, 2015
Todd A. Brooks, 54, of 128 Redwood Circle, Pulaski, passed away suddenly February 15, 2015. Born March 28, 1960 in New Castle, he is the son of Donald L. and Doris M. Black Brooks, and step-son of Katy Brooks. A 1978 graduate of Neshannock High School, Todd enjoyed hunting, fishing and gardening. Todd had a skill and an interest for...
Larry W. Robison
Feb 13, 2015
Larry W. Robison, 60, of Hermitage, passed away the evening of Feb. 13, 2015 at his residence. Larry was born on September 17, 1954, in New Castle, to the late Charles W. and Ruth M. Miller Robison. Mr. Robison was a computer and associate mechanical engineer with Badger Expansion Universal Joint Company. He was a graduate of Neshannock High School...
Ilma M. Marttala
Feb 13, 2015
Ilma Miriam Marttala, 83, of New Castle, passed away the morning of February 13, 2015 at the Edison Manor. Ilma was born on May 23, 1931, in New Castle, to the late John Viktor and Mary M. Kalajainen Kukkola. She married Donald O. Marttala on June 14, 1952. He preceded her in passing on October 4, 2005. Mrs. Marttala was...
Lois L. Cochran
Feb 12, 2015
Lois L. Cochran, 93, of 224 Terrace North Lane, New Castle, (formerly of Cochran Drive) passed away the afternoon of February 12, 2015 at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Youngstown, Ohio. Born June 25, 1921 in Eldred, PA., she was a daughter of Rev. Leo Benedict Southworth and Hazel Payne Southworth. She was preceded in death on January 5, 2007 by...
Lawrence L. Verone
Feb 12, 2015
Lawrence L. Verone, 85, of Pulaski Road, passed away the night of February 12, 2015 in Jameson Hospice Care. Born October 4, 1929 in Ellwood City, he was a son of John and Anna Taylor Verone. A graduate of Lincoln High School in Ellwood City, he graduated Westminster College where he was a co-captain of the football team and was...
Bonnie S. Hunt
Feb 10, 2015
Bonnie S. Hunt, 70, of New Castle, passed away the morning of February 10, 2015 in Shadyside Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA. Born June 11, 1944 in New Castle, she was a daughter of Friend Peebles and Edna Jones Peebles. She was a 1962 graduate of Union High School After her retirement from Penn Power Company as a store room clerk, she...
Robert Charles Richards
Feb 10, 2015
Robert Charles Richards, 92, passed away February 10, 2015 in Augusta, Georgia. Born July 28, 1922 in New Castle, son of Peter Scott Richards and Ruth Shirley Gustafson Richards, and step-son of Emma Gibbons Richards. Surviving in Georgia is his wife of 67 years, Frances Morgan Richards. Mr. Richards received his Industrial Engineering Degree in 1948 from Georgia Tech and...
