Obituaries

Elwina Messner Benedict

Elwina Messner Benedict

Nov 2, 2012

Elwina (Sprink) Messner Benedict, 97, formerly of Honeybee Lane, passed away the afternoon of Nov. 2, 2012 at Haven Convalescent Home. Born Nov. 27, 1914 in New Castle, she was the daughter of Clarence J. and Tina Hoyland Dodds. Elwina married Leroy E. Messner in 1934. He passed away in 1960. Years later, she married George Benedict, whom also preceded...

Flora Jane Gould

Flora Jane Gould

Nov 1, 2012

Flora Jane Gould, 55, of New Castle, passed away at her residence November 1, 2012. Born September 25, 1957, in Beaver Falls, she was a daughter of Herbert and Iva Freed White. She married Joseph I. Gould, Sr. in July, 1983. He survives in Beaver Falls. Flora was a graduate of Beaver Falls High School and had a Certified Nurses...

Marjorie E. Herr

Marjorie E. Herr

Oct 29, 2012

Marjorie E. Herr, 82, passed away the evening of Oct. 29, 2012 at the Overlook Nursing Home.Born in New Castle, she was the daughter of the late Samuel and Ruth Gibson Irwin.She was a graduate of New Castle High School, and the wife of the late James L. Herr.She is survived by two sons, James Herr and Edward Herr; and...

Rollin Rufus Wells

Rollin Rufus Wells

Oct 27, 2012

Rollin Rufus Wells, 92, of New Castle, went to be with the Lord the evening of October 27, 2012, at his residence. Rollin was born on December 3, 1919, in Iowa, to the late Ellsworth and Mary Larson Wells.He married Miami E. Booth on August 29, 1944. Mr. Wells served his country in the US Navy during WWII and achieved...

Marjorie L. Henderson

Marjorie L. Henderson

Oct 25, 2012

Marjorie L. Henderson, 86, formerly of Fairmont Ave. and Munster, IN, passed away the afternoon of Oct. 25, 2012 at Golden Hill Nursing Home.Born Dec. 7, 1925 in New Castle, she was the daughter of Gurth W. and Alice Mae Curry Rapson.She married James Henderson. He preceded her in death on Jan 16, 1986Marjorie was a graduate of New Castle...

Donna L. Stickle

Donna L. Stickle

Oct 17, 2012

Donna L. Stickle, 74, of 755 Eastbrook Neshannock Falls Road, Volant, PA, passed away the evening of October 17, 2012 at Jameson Hospital. Born March 16, 1938, in Detroit, Michigan, she was a daughter of Arthur E. and Ruby M. Williams Goyit. She is survived by her husband, Ernest W. Stickle, whom she married on September 13, 1958. She was...

Kelly Jo Sizer

Kelly Jo Sizer

Oct 16, 2012

Kelly Jo Sizer, 46, of New Castle, went to be with the Lord the morning of October 16, 2012. Born August 3, 1966, in New Castle, she was the daughter of Chuck and Patti Williams Sizer. She was a graduate of Neshannock High School and Thiel College where she was a member and past president of Alpha Xi Delta Sorority....

Robert T. Mcconnell

Robert T. Mcconnell

Oct 15, 2012

Robert T. McConnell, 88, of New Castle, passed away the afternoon of October 15, 2012 at Jameson Hospital North.Born Dec. 9, 1923, in New Castle, he was the son of Calvin J. and Margaret J. Patterson McConnell.Robert married Margery Howe McConnell on Sept. 8, 1951. She survives.He graduated from New Castle High School in Jan. 1942 and was class vice...

Judy Baughman Emig

Judy Baughman Emig

Oct 10, 2012

Judy Baughman Emig, 75, of 3420 Mercer Road, New Castle, passed away the morning of October 10, 2012 at UPMC Presbyterian Hospital in Pittsburgh.Born in Chambersburg, PA, she was a daughter of Roy J. and Grace Kegg Baughman. She married Joseph Emig on June 7, 1957. Judy was employed much of her working career as the secretary to the Dean...

Helen A. Zuzik

Helen A. Zuzik

Oct 7, 2012

Helen A. Zuzik, 82, of Neshannock Township, passed away the afternoon of Oct. 7, 2012 at her residence.Born March 20, 1930, in Farrell, PA she was the daughter of George and Eva Senkovich Lazich. Helen married Edward Zuzik on Sept. 29, 1956. He survives.She was a graduate of Farrell High School. Helen was an office assistant at Butz Florist for...

Thomas J. Jubach

Thomas J. Jubach

Oct 6, 2012

Thomas S. Jubach, DMD, age 59, of 36 Briarwood Lane, New Wilmington, PA, passed away the night of October 6, 2012 at Overlook Medical Clinic, New Wilmington, PA.Born December 16, 1952, in Ellwood City, he was a son of Robert L. and Marianne Winterer Jubach. He married the former Janice Yarzebinski on November 29, 1975. They celebrated over 36 years...

Anthony P. Anzalone

Anthony P. Anzalone

Oct 2, 2012

Anthony P. Anzalone, 77, of 311 E. Meyer Avenue, passed away the afternoon of October 2, 2012 at Edison Manor.Born on August 21, 1935, in New Castle, he was a son of Salvatore and Maria Mangione Anzalone.He married the former Kathleen Harrah on March 2, 1957, celebrating over 55 years of marriage.Anthony attended New Castle High School.He retired in 1997...

Matthew R. Smith

Matthew R. Smith

Sep 29, 2012

Matthew R. Smith, 70, of Neshannock Township in New Castle, was called home to be with the Lord the afternoon of September 29, 2012 at Jameson Hospital.Born on July 13, 1942, in New Castle, he was a son of M. Reed Smith and Bette Fix Smith.He married the former Linda Beals on September 13, 1963.He was a 1960 graduate of...

Lewis H. Pickel

Lewis H. Pickel

Sep 29, 2012

Lewis H. Pickel, 79, of 730 Mt. Herman Church Road, New Castle, passed away the afternoon of September 29, 2012 at UPMC Passavant Hospital in Pittsburgh.Born September 30, 1932, in New Castle, he was a son of Lewis K. and Hazel Marsh Pickel.He was a graduate of New Castle High School.Lewis retired from Penn Power in 1993 after 43 years...

Geraldine Eliza Blews

Geraldine Eliza Blews

Sep 27, 2012

Geraldine Eliza Blews, 88, of Neshannock Township in New Castle, passed away the evening of September 27, 2012 at UPMC Presbyterian Hospital in Pittsburgh.Born January 21, 1924, in New Castle, she was a daughter of Phillip A. and Ada Dangerfield Watkins.Preceding her in death on January 20, 1992, was her husband, Paul R. Blews, whom she married April 17, 1941.Geraldine...

Carolyn J. Kassi

Carolyn J. Kassi

Sep 23, 2012

Carolyn J. Kassi, 71, of 119 Aiken Road, New Castle, passed away the night of September 23, 2012 at Jameson Hospital.Born June 4, 1941, in New Castle, she was a daughter of Paul A. and Gladys M. McNees Brown.She is survived by her husband, Paul W. Kassi, whom she married August 6, 1966.She was a 1959 graduate of New Castle...

Kay Chamberlain

Kay Chamberlain

Sep 23, 2012

Kay Chamberlain, 65, of Neshannock Twp. passed away on Sunday, Sept. 23, 2012 in UPMC Presbyterian Hospital, Pittsburgh with her husband and children at her side.Kay was born on Nov. 20, 1946 to the late Frank W. and Wanda Whitmore Turner. She married Charles " Chip" Chamberlain on Feb. 7th, 1970. He survives.Kay was a 1964 graduate of New Castle...

Oliver R. Kerr

Oliver R. Kerr

Sep 23, 2012

Oliver R. (Ron) Kerr, 84, of Angela Lane, New Castle, passed away the afternoon of September 23, 2012 at Overlook Medical Clinic, in New Wilmington, PA.Born April 15, 1928, in Harlansburg, he was a son of Oliver Kerr and Lela Belle Patterson Kerr. He married Joan McKee Kerr on February 17, 1951. She preceded him in death on October 19,...

Marietta Jones

Marietta Jones

Sep 22, 2012

Marietta McQuiston Jones, 84, of New Castle, Pa., passed away at UPMC Presbyterian Hospital in Pittsburgh on the morning of Sept. 22. She was born March 22, 1928, in Ellwood City, Pa., to Della and Herman McQuiston. She married John C. Jones also of New Castle on Sept. 3, 1949. John and Marietta settled in the village of Princeton in...

May Annabelle Griffin

May Annabelle Griffin

Sep 19, 2012

May Annabelle Carnahan Griffin, 93, formerly of Mulberry Street, passed away the morning of September 19, 2012 at Edison Manor.Born October 28, 1918, in Ragersville, Ohio, she was a daughter of Ella Slater Lahmers and was raised by her grandmother, Fannie Slater.She married Haskel T. Griffin, Sr. on August 30, 1941. He preceded her in death on November 25, 2009.May...

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