Obituaries

Eleanor Falba

Eleanor Falba

May 28, 2013

Eleanor "Nellie" Falba passed away peacefully at her home on May 28, 2013 with her daughter by her side following a courageous nine month battle with small cell lung cancer. Nellie was born in New Castle, PA on January 7, 1930, the oldest daughter of the late Herman M. and Clara Mann Lutton and was one of seven children. Nellie's...

Shirley Anne Reed

Shirley Anne Reed

May 26, 2013

Shirley Anne Reed, 77, of Jefferson Manor, Brookville, PA, passed away at her residence the morning of May 26, 2013. Born April 21, 1936, in Brookville, PA, she was a daughter of Charles W. and Florence M. Shick Dempsey. She was preceded in death in 1966 by her husband, Ivan M. Miller, Sr. She subsequently married Joseph Clark Reed on...

Walter E. Miller

Walter E. Miller

May 24, 2013

Walter E. Miller, 79, of New Castle, passed away the afternoon of May 24, 2013 at Jameson Hospital. Born August 8, 1933, in Bessemer, PA, he was a son of Charles and Pearl McCurdy Miller. He was preceded in death on May 6, 2005, by his wife, Patricia DuPuy Vaughn Miller, whom he married October 4, 1958. He served his...

J. Edwin Jackson

J. Edwin Jackson

May 24, 2013

J. Edwin "Habby" Jackson, 86, of New Castle, passed away the afternoon of May 24, 2013 at Jameson Hospital. Born May 23, 1927, in New Castle, he was a son of William Fulton Jackson and Irene Wettich Jackson. He was preceded in death on March 24, 2003 by his wife of 44 years, Betty Vincent Jackson, whom he married October...

Kimberly S. Trott

Kimberly S. Trott

May 23, 2013

Kimberly S. Trott, 50, of New Castle, passed away May 23, 2013 at her residence. Born September 10, 1962, in New Castle, she was a daughter of Alan and Shirley Blake Hardie. She is survived by her husband, Harry "Ed" Trott whom she married May 21, 1993. Kimberly was a 1980 graduate of Neshannock High School and was employed with...

Beth Renee Pears

Beth Renee Pears

May 19, 2013

Beth Renee Pears, 44, passed into the presence of the Lord from her home in Volant, Sunday, May 19, 2013. She was born December 30, 1968 in Colorado Springs, CO. Beth married Jeffrey Dru Pears July 18, 1992. Beth was 1986 graduate of New Castle High School. As a graduate of Westminster College, she earned BA degrees in English and...

James Emery Boyle

James Emery Boyle

May 19, 2013

On Sunday, May 19, 2013, with his loving family at his side, James Emery Boyle, a fifteen year resident at 3532-2 Hunter's Woods Boulevard passed peacefully to his heavenly home while residing at the Jameson Care Center. Born October 13, 1927 in New Castle, Mr. Boyle was the son of the late Clarence and Bertha Mae Emery Boyle and the...

Alan L. Weingartner

Alan L. Weingartner

May 19, 2013

Alan L. Weingartner, 64, of New Castle, passed away the morning of May 19, 2013 at UPMC Presbyterian Hospital. Born June 25, 1948, in New Castle, he was a son of Melvin and Edna Steinbach Weingartner.He was a graduate of Neshannock High School and Clarion University. Alan was a teacher for the Mohawk School District. He was an avid golfer,...

Jerry W. Garver Jr.

Jerry W. Garver Jr.

May 18, 2013

Jerry W. Garver, Jr., 51, of Sumner Ave., passed away on Saturday, May, 18, 2013, at his residence. Born October 25, 1961 in New Castle, he is the son of Jerry W. Sr. and Mary Lou Bromley Garver. Jerry was a graduate of Lawrence County Vo-Tech. He worked as a union painter for most of his life after being discharged...

Virginia E. Walters

Virginia E. Walters

May 15, 2013

Virginia E. Walters, 90, of Howard Drive, New Castle, passed away the night of May 15, 2013 at her residence. Born August 12, 1922 in Harlansburg, she was a daughter of John T. and Thelma Mae Badger Lee. She was preceded in death on June 5, 1994 by her husband, Charles R. Walters, whom she married April 12, 1943. Virginia...

Virginia Grace Lyon

Virginia Grace Lyon

May 15, 2013

Virginia Grace Bell Lyon, a resident of Parkside, North East, Pennsylvania, passed on May 15, 2013, at Twinbrook Medical Center, Erie, Pennsylvania. She was born September 4, 1915, in New Castle, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Robert William Earl Bell and Grace Ida Love Bell. A life-long resident of New Castle, she earned a bachelor's degree in English and secondary education...

Mary Rosalyn Mcconahy

Mary Rosalyn Mcconahy

May 14, 2013

Mary Rosalyn Marra McConahy, 63, of New Castle, went home to the Lord the evening of May 14, 2013 after her 7 year battle with cancer, while surrounded by her loving family. Born May 11, 1950 in Butler, PA, she was a daughter of George and Thelma Heichel Marra. She is survived by her loving husband of 41 years, Scott...

Doris M. Tharpe

Doris M. Tharpe

May 12, 2013

Doris M. Tharpe, 88, formerly of Kathleen Drive, New Castle, passed away on May 12, 2013, at 9:20 a.m. in Lawrence County Geri Care, New Castle. Doris was born in Eastbrook on July 8, 1924 to the late Raymond and Blanche Moore Maxwell.She was a graduate of Eastbrook High School. On December 3, 1943, Doris married Howard Tharpe. They were...

William John Mayer

William John Mayer

May 10, 2013

William John Mayer, 57, of New Castle, passed away the morning of May 10, 2013 at UPMC Horizon in Farrell, PA. Born September 7, 1955, in New Castle, he was a son of John William Mayer and Ethel Lucille Harlan Mayer. He is survived by his wife, Linda Sonntag Mayer, whom he married on June 24, 1978. He was a...

Sherry Riell Chessin

Sherry Riell Chessin

May 8, 2013

Sherry Riell Chessin, of New Castle, passed away the morning of Wednesday, May 8, 2013, surrounded by her loving family. Born on December 4, 1952, in Erie, PA, Sherry was a daughter of Martin and Rosalie Riell. She was a member of Rodef Sholom Synagogue in Youngstown, Ohio and Temple Tifereth Israel in New Castle. She was employed for over...

Ethel V. Mcclymonds

Ethel V. Mcclymonds

May 7, 2013

Ethel V. McClymonds, 96, of Ellwood Road, New Castle, passed away the morning of May 7, 2013 at Carriage Court. Born Nov. 29, 1916, in New Castle, she was the daughter of Milton W. and Pearl Kildoo McCracken. Ethel married J. Wendell McClymonds June 1, 1938. He passed away Aug. 19, 1990. A homemaker, she was a member of the...

Daniel Ellis Gallatin

Daniel Ellis Gallatin

May 7, 2013

Daniel Ellis Gallatin, 68, of Harlansburg passed away Tuesday , May 7, 2013. He was born June, 3, 1944, to Ellis Quinn and Edith Mae Campbell Gallatin Stuart. He graduated from Mohawk High School, class of 1962. Daniel served in the U.S. Navy from 1962 to 1965. He retired in 1999 from Verizon after 33 years of service. Daniel was...

Walter G. Lutz

Walter G. Lutz

May 4, 2013

Walter G. Lutz, 74, of 416 E. Elizabeth Street, passed away the evening of May 4, 2013 at Jameson Hospital. Born December 1, 1938 in New Castle, he was a son of Grant and Jeanette Hughes Lutz. He is survived by his wife, Nancy Stokes Lutz, whom he married on July 15, 1995. He was a graduate of Union High...

Carroll C. Byler

Carroll C. Byler

May 2, 2013

Carroll C. Byler, Jr., 95, of Neshannock Township, passed away the morning of May 2, 2013 at Jameson Hospital North. Born Jan. 5, 1918 in Elm Grove, WV, he was the son of Carroll C. Byler Sr. and Mary Reed Byler. Carroll married Jeanne R. Gill Byler on Sept. 7, 1940. They had been married for 72 years. A graduate...

Loleta A. Gaiser

Loleta A. Gaiser

May 1, 2013

Loleta A. Gaiser, 93, of 3349 Wilmington Road, formerly of Old Harbor Road, passed away the night of May 1, 2013 at Jameson Care Center. Born June 11, 1919 in New Castle, she was the daughter of Benny and Olive Hasenbuler Butts.Loleta married Claude E. Gaiser on July 6, 1938. He preceded her in death Sept. 21, 1998. A 1937...

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