Allene M. Poulain
Mar 16, 2017
Allene M. Poulain, 104, of New Castle passed away the morning of March 16, 2017 at Golden Hill Nursing Home. Born in Ellwood City on July 4, 1912, she was a daughter of Clarence and Emma Majors Richardson. On December 23, 1932, she married Harry Poulain. He preceded her in death on March 7, 1959. Mrs. Poulain was a graduate...
Helen E. Robinson
Mar 13, 2017
On Monday, March 13, 2017 our precious mother, Helen Elizabeth Stillwagon Robinson, age 98, ceased from earthly striving and entered into the heavenly rest with Jesus, her beloved Savior and Lord. Formerly of Bon Aire Avenue, she passed peacefully at her daughter's home where she had been living for the past few years. Helen was born to Marie and James...
Michael A. Gray
Mar 13, 2017
Michael A. Gray, 66, of New Castle, passed away the morning of March 13, 2017 at Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh. Born September 10, 1950 in Oak Hill, West Virginia, he was the son of Andrew and Merle Gray. He is survived by his wife of 23 years, Joyce Jones Gray, whom he married May 29, 1993. Michael was retired...
George H. Grimm
Mar 10, 2017
George H. Grimm, age 71, of Vermilion, Ohio, passed away unexpectedly the morning of March 10, 2017 in New Castle. Born June 23, 1945 in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of Holly and Opel Grimm. He is survived by his wife Linda Smith Grimm of Vermilion. George served in the U.S. Navy. He was employed at NASA in Cleveland,...
James H. Weiss
Mar 7, 2017
James H. Weiss, 42, of Kittanning, Pa., passed away the afternoon of March 7, 2017 at UPMC Presbyterian Hospital in Pittsburgh. Born October 28, 1974 in Kalamazoo, Michigan, he was the son of Kenneth and Ramona Lampert Weiss. James was a graduate of Portage Northern High School in Kalamazoo. He loved his job and his work family at Hotline Glass...
Dorothy M. Shaffer
Mar 3, 2017
Dorothy M. Shaffer, 92, of New Castle, went to be with her Lord on March 3, 2017 at the Haven Convalescent Home. Born September 4, 1924 in New Castle, she was the daughter of John and Mary Wilson. She was preceded in death by her husband, Lisle J. Shaffer, whom she married in 1947. She served as a WAVE in...
Robert C. Mcburney
Mar 1, 2017
Robert C. McBurney, 80, of The Villages, Florida, passed away on March 1, 2017 in The Villages Regional Hospital. Robert Craig McBurney was born in New Castle, PA to Robert McBurney and Alberta Bert Shanor on June 1, 1936. He married Nancy, his high school sweetheart on August 23, 2003. He graduated from New Castle High School in June, 1954...
Dorothy H. Pearsall
Feb 25, 2017
Dorothy H. Pearsall, 96, formerly of Edinburg, passed away the morning of February 25, 2017 at Golden Hill Nursing Home. Born in New Castle on December 3, 1920, she was a daughter of Harry Krepps and Gladys Taylor Krepps. On December 26, 1941 she married Robert L. Pearsall, who passed away on April 29, 2001. A graduate of New Castle...
Kathryn Helen Candioto
Feb 25, 2017
Kathryn Helen Candioto, 91, passed away the morning of February 25, 2017 at UPMC Jameson Hospital emergency room. Born in Homewood, PA on March 20, 1925, she was a daughter of David T. Strawhecker and Minne Horn Strawhecker Richeal, the fourth child of eleven. For eight years she attended a one room school house and then graduated from Harlansburg High...
Michel A. Elchison Jr.
Feb 24, 2017
Michel A. Elchison Jr., 90, of Shenango Township passed away the morning of February 24, 2017 at Cura Health of Heritage Valley. Born July 15, 1926 in Ellwood City, he was the son of Michel A. Elchison Sr. and Bessie Lutz Elchison. He married Delores H. Beighley on February 16, 1946. Michel attended George Washington Junior High. He served his...
Janet A. Markowitz
Feb 24, 2017
Janet A. Markowitz, 80, of Shenango Township, passed away the evening of February 24, 2017 at her residence. Born March 21, 1936 in McKeesport, Pa., she was the daughter of Clayton and Leona Dignan Spahr. Janet is survived by her second husband, Larry R. Markowitz, whom she married on Aug, 21,1970. She was preceded in death by her first husband,...
Ilona May Skuta
Feb 24, 2017
Ilona May Skuta, age 91, of New Castle, Pa., passed away February 24, 2017 in Wisconsin. Born May 16, 1925 in New Castle, she was the daughter of Paul and Esther Gyori Toth. She was preceded in death in 2004 by her husband, John Skuta, whom she married in 1947. A homemaker, Ilona enjoyed bird watching, baking, crafts and growing...
Leroy F. "Lee" Thompson
Feb 23, 2017
Leroy F. Lee Thompson, 64, of Slippery Rock, Pa., passed away the night of February 23, 2017. Born May 8, 1952 in Butler, Pa., he was the son of Curtis and Frances Zonarich Thompson. He is survived by his wife of 39 years, Barbara Wurtinger Thompson, whom he married July 16, 1977. After his graduation from Knoch High School, he...
Ruth D. Boff
Feb 22, 2017
Ruth D. Boff, 90, formerly of Monroeville, passed away the morning of February 22, 2017 at Trinity Living Center in Grove City, Pa. Born September 8, 1926 in Pittsburgh, Pa., she was the daughter of George P. and Nellie Chapas Cudoc. She was preceded in death by her husband, Paul A. Boff. Ruth was a homemaker. She is survived by...
Donald C. Furlong
Feb 19, 2017
Donald C. Furlong, 88, of Shenango Township, passed away the morning of February 19, 2017 at his residence. Born December 26, 1928 in New Castle, he was the son of Clyde and Deloris Collingwood Furlong. He is survived by his loving wife of 68 years, Marge Dodds Furlong, whom he married October 23, 1948. After his 1947 graduation from Shenango...
William James Temple
Feb 18, 2017
William James Temple, age 53, of Garrettsville, Ohio, passed away February 18, 2017. Born in New Castle, Pa. on September 30, 1963, he was the son of the late Charles W. Temple who preceded him in death on December 2, 2008, and Delores Kolunie Temple who resides in Neshannock Township. William is survived by his wonderful wife of 20 years,...
Louise L. Badger
Feb 14, 2017
Louise L. Badger, 84, of New Castle, passed away the morning of February 14, 2017 at UPMC Jameson Hospital. Born May 10, 1932 in Ellwood City, PA, she was the daughter of Nick Ierino and Mary Torchio Ierino. Louise was preceded in death by her husband, Donald B. Badger, Sr., whom she married in July, 1956. She was a graduate...
Joyce Cummings Paden
Feb 11, 2017
Joyce Cummings Paden, age 85 of New Castle, passed away on Saturday, February 11, 2017 in UPMC Presbyterian Hospital in Pittsburgh. Born April 1, 1931 in Moon Township Pa., she was the daughter of the late Howard and Gladys Wilson Cummings. She married Thomas N. Paden on October 1, 1954 and he preceded her in death on July, 7, 1994....
Herbert A. Newman
Feb 6, 2017
Herbert A. Newman, 77, of University Heights, Ohio, passed away February 6, 2017 at his home. Born May 13, 1939 in Cleveland, Ohio, he was the son of Ben Newman and Gertrude Flate Newman. Mr. Newman was retired from Allstate Insurance Company and in his spare time enjoyed taking art classes and painting portraits. Herbert was a die-hard Cleveland sports...
Mary D. Bonfield
Feb 5, 2017
Mary D. Bonfield, born in Peitrabbondante, Italy, immigrated to the U.S. at the age of 12, passed away peacefully at the age of 103 on February 5, 2017. Daughter of the late Domenick and Marianne Tesone Mancini, she was preceded in death by her beloved husband, John A. Bonfield; son John R. Bonfield; daughter-in-law Marilyn G. Bonfield; great-grandson Nolan Himes;...
