Stanley P. Watkins
Dec 27, 2016
Stanley P. Watkins, Jr., age 85, of Shenango Township went to be with his Lord and Savior the afternoon of December 27, 2016 after a lengthy illness. Born in New Castle on August 16, 1931, he was a son of Stanley P. Watkins, Sr. and Alma Crum Watkins. On December 3, 1954 he married the former Margaret M. Crowley, who...
Paul R. Jones
Dec 27, 2016
Paul R. Jones, age 83, of New Castle passed away the evening of December 27, 2016 at UPMC Jameson. Born in New Castle on April 21, 1933, he was a son of Raymond and Verna Jones. He married the former Shirley M. Sarbo on February 14, 1953. She survives him at home. A Korean War Veteran, he was discharged from...
Dianna B. Brenneman
Dec 26, 2016
Dianna B. Brenneman, age 79, of New Wilmington passed away the afternoon of December 26, 2016 at Jameson Care Center. Born in Ellwood City on December 6, 1937, she was a daughter of the late Curtis G. and Dorothy L. Winterbottom Brown. After her mother passed away, she was raised by her step-mother, Elva Vogler Brown. She resides in Zelienople....
Mary Louise Beckert
Dec 23, 2016
Mary Louise Beckert, 92, of New Castle, passed away the morning of December 23, 2016 at UPMC Jameson. Mary was born on December 5, 1924, in New Castle, to the late Charles E. and LaRena Palmer Eddy. She married Joseph P. Beckert on April 16, 1949. He preceded her in passing on November 22, 1986. Mrs. Beckert was the owner...
Sarah Frances Miller Sonntag
Dec 22, 2016
Sarah Frances Miller Sonntag, age 91, of New Castle passed away the morning of December 22, 2016 at Golden Hill Nursing Home. Born in Jackson Center on February 25, 1925, she was a daughter of Ansley S. and Dora W. Klabbatz Fowler. In 1944 she married Charles Miller, who preceded her in death in 1991. She then married Paul Sonntag...
Virginia Elizabeth Fleming
Dec 20, 2016
Virginia Elizabeth Fleming, age 101, of New Castle passed away the morning of December 20, 2016 at Avalon Nursing Center. She had been a resident there since 2007. Born on November 17, 1915 in Coaltown (New Castle), she was a daughter of Roy S. and Bertha M. Thomas Kneram. She married Donald H. Fleming on October 18, 1953. He passed...
Vivian M. Brown
Dec 14, 2016
Vivian M. Brown, age 94, of New Castle, passed away the morning of December 14, 2016 at her residence. Born February 26, 1922 in New Castle, she was the daughter of Chester A. and Dorothy A. Karns Stevens. She was preceded in death on August 3, 1997 by her husband of 56 years, Walter E. "Bud" Brown, whom she married...
Ruth Edythe Kramer Frew
Dec 13, 2016
Ruth Edythe Kramer Frew, age 88, formerly of Scott Township, passed away the night of December 13, 2016 at Shenango Presbyterian SeniorCare in New Wilmington. Born July 6, 1928 in New Castle, she was the daughter of Edward Homer Kramer and Elizabeth Nelson Kramer. Ruth was preceded in death on August 13, 2009 by the love of her life, Rex...
Emery James Yuhasz Jr
Dec 11, 2016
Emery James Yuhasz, Jr., age 74, passed away at Edison Manor, New Castle, PA on Dec. 11, 2016. He was a son of Emery Yuhasz, Sr. and Virginia (McGonnell) Yuhasz, born in Meadville, PA. He graduated from St. Agatha's and later completed a landscape design course at Penn State. He had a small nursery-landscaping business in Meadville, and then in...
Shirley Ann Jones
Dec 8, 2016
Shirley Ann Jones, age 60, of Waxhaw, North Carolina, passed away at her residence the morning of December 8, 2016. Born October 15, 1956 in New Castle, she was the daughter of Paul R. and Shirley M. Jones. She was a graduate of Lawrence County Vo-Tech and was employed with Huntington Bank. Shirley was a devoted mother and grandmother who...
Brenda L. Spellick
Dec 8, 2016
Brenda L. Spellick, age 64, of Boardman, Ohio, passed away at her residence the afternoon of December 8, 2016. Born November 30, 1952 in New Castle, she was the daughter of Russell and Martha Curry Strohecker. After her graduation from Mohawk High School in 1970, she attended the Jameson Memorial Hospital School of Nursing. She was a registered nurse until...
Amanda Jean Allen
Dec 6, 2016
Amanda Jean Allen, age 36, of New Castle passed away the morning of December 6, 2016 at UPMC Presbyterian Hospital, Pittsburgh. Born in Iowa City, Iowa on October 25, 1980, she was a daughter of Timothy Van Brogen of Iowa and Catherine Hendricks of Arizona. On October 13, 2000 she married Shawn Allen. He survives her at home in New...
Sara Mae "Sally" Alborn
Dec 6, 2016
Sara Mae Sally Alborn, age 100, formerly of Moffatt Road, passed away the morning of December 6, 2016 at Golden Hill Nursing Home. Born May 4, 1916 in New Castle, she was the daughter of Alexander Harnish and Ora Myrtle Douglass Cameron. Sally was preceded in death on May 16, 1996 by her husband, Harold E. Alborn. She was a...
Rocco "Crooky" J. Commesso
Dec 6, 2016
Rocco J. "Crooky" Commesso, age 89, of Edinburg passed away, peacefully, December 6, 2016 at UPMC Jameson Hospital. Born in Hillsville on March 7, 1927, he was a son of Louis and Rose Macri Commisso. On August 19, 1948 he married Mary Lou Mayberry. They have had the joy of spending 68 years together. In 1945, Rocco served in the...
Shirley Fassinger
Dec 4, 2016
Shirley Fassinger, age 87, of E. Sheridan Avenue, New Castle, passed away the evening of December 4, 2016 at her residence. Born in Wampum, PA on November 1, 1929, she was a daughter of Lloyd and Margaret Ault Dripps. On March 24, 1950, she married Richard Fassinger. He preceded her in death in October 2002. A graduate of Wampum High...
Josephine L. Irwin
Dec 3, 2016
Josephine Louise Irwin, 84, of Shenango Township went to be with her Lord and Savior the morning of Dec. 3, 2016, at her residence. Born June 2, 1932, in New Castle, she was a daughter of the late Byron K. and Martha Arkwright Proudfoot. She married Harry C. Irwin Jr. on Aug. 27, 1952. They spent nearly 61 years together...
Rhonda A. Rodgers
Dec 2, 2016
Rhonda A. Rodgers, 49, of New Castle passed away December 2, 2016 at UPMC Jameson Hospital. Born June 19, 1967 in New Castle, she was the daughter of Richard "Dickie" Caparoula and Judith Ann Henle Caparoula. She married Joseph L. Rodgers on May 13, 1989 whom survives at home. She graduated from Lawrence County Vo-Tech in 1985. She was employed...
Samuel A. Nero
Dec 1, 2016
Samuel A. Nero, 72, of New Castle passed away the evening of December 1, 2016 at UPMC Jameson Hospital. Born February 10, 1944 in New Castle, he was the son of Samuel S. Nero and Dorothy Mae Harding Nero. Samuel was formerly married to Donna M. Cook Nero whom survives at home. He graduated from New Castle High School. He...
Eleanor L. Bonner
Nov 30, 2016
Eleanor L. Bonner, age 89, of Keller, Texas, formerly of New Castle, passed away November 30, 2016 at Heritage House of Keller. Born September 7, 1927 in New Castle, she was the daughter of Samuel S. and Ruth M. Gibson Irwin. She was preceded in death by her husband, Jerimiah A. Bonner. Eleanor was employed as an assistant manager with...
Charlotte M. Boughter
Nov 29, 2016
Charlotte M. Boughter, age 81, of New Castle passed away on November 29, 2016 at UPMC Jameson. Born in New Castle on January 3, 1935, she was a daughter of Harold Richard and Alice May Cooper Boughter. On November 22, 1968 she married Robert Baxter. He preceded her in death in April 1980. A 1953 graduate of Shenango High School,...
