Peter J. Paoli
Sep 6, 2015
Peter J. Paoli Jr., 73, of Duncansville, Pa., formerly of Chicora, passed away at 11:53 p.m. Sunday at the Epworth Manor in Tyrone, Pa. Born Jan. 29, 1942, in Butler, he was the son of the late Peter J. Paoli Sr. and Ruth Caroline Geibel Paoli. Peter was a cook for Riverside Hospital in Riverside, Calif., before coming to...
Theodore "Ted" Parsell
Aug 27, 2015
Theodore "Ted" Parsell, 67, of Chicora passed away at 2:40 a.m. Thursday at his home following a battle with lung cancer associated with Agent Orange. He was born Jan. 25, 1948, in Fort Knox, Ky., the son of Helene Heere Parsell of Naples, N.Y., and the late First Sergeant Edwin Parsell. He retired from the U.S. Army on Sept. 17,...
Regis P. Neff
Aug 21, 2015
Regis P. Neff, 100, of Butler, formerly of North Oakland, Chicora, passed away at 9:33 a.m. Friday in Concordia at the Orchard, Butler. Born April 28, 1915, in Oakland Township, Butler County, he was the son of the late Leo P. Neff and Clara M. Geibel Neff. He was an Army Veteran of World War II, proudly serving his country...
Greta M. John
Aug 15, 2015
Greta M. John, 86, of Butler, formerly of Haysville, Karns City, passed away at 2:55 p.m. Saturday at the Good Samaritan at Concordia Lutheran Home in Cabot surrounded by her loving family. She was born March 27, 1929, in Bradys Bend. She was the daughter of the late Charles Leo Yough and Lillian Smith Yough She was a member...
Theresa Schultz
Aug 13, 2015
Theresa "Terri" Schultz, 82, of Pittsburgh, formerly of Butler and Chicora, passed away at 7:18 p.m. Thursday August 13, 2015 in Hartland Hospice Manor Care in Shadyside, Pittsburgh. Born Sept. 30, 1932, in Boston, Mass., she was the daughter of the late Philip Ayoub and Laurece Farhat Ayoub. She married the Rev. Theodore E. Schultz, a longtime pastor of...
Daryl K. Mcwilliams
Aug 7, 2015
Daryl K. McWilliams, 63, of Fenelton passed away at 3:17 p.m. Friday, August 7, 2015 at UPMC Passavant Hospital, Babcock Boulevard, Pittsburgh, following a long illness. He was born May 2, 1952, in Butler, the son of the late Victor McWilliams and Dorothy Minteer McWilliams. He retired Nov. 1, 2014, from Fuellgraf Electric Co., where he worked as a...
William L. Dawson
Jun 30, 2015
William "Bill" L. , 60, of Chicora passed away at 2:26 p.m. Tuesday at UPMC Shadyside Hospital, Pittsburgh, following an illness. Born Oct. 24, 1954, in Butler, he was the son of late William Henry Dawson and the late Lucille Thoma Dawson. He was U.S. Air Force veteran, proudly serving his country in the Vietnam War and achieving the rank...
Eleanor Cleora Smith
Jun 8, 2015
Eleanor Cleora Smith, 89, of Chicora closed her eyes to this world and opened them in Heaven to see the face of Jesus on Monday at the Chicora Medical Center. Born April 29, 1926, in Chicora, she was the daughter of Harold R. and Dorothy Moore McGarvey. She was a lifetime member of the St. John's Reformed Church of Chicora,...
Steven J. Graham
Jun 7, 2015
Steven J. Graham, 42, of Rimersburg, formerly of Chicora, passed away at 1:32 a.m. Sunday at Clarion Hospital following a courageous battle with spina bifida and cancer. Born Jan. 8, 1973, in Butler, he was the son of Larry Graham and Rebecca Long Graham. He attended Karns City High School. He is survived by his mother, Rebecca Long Graham of...
James R. Cooper
Jun 1, 2015
James R. Cooper, 86, of Saxonburg, formerly of Chicora, passed away Monday morning at the home of his daughter in Tehachapi, Calif., following an illness. Born March 21, 1929, in Karns City, he was the son of the late Russell D. Cooper and Dorothy A. Duffy Cooper. He was a retired master sergeant after working 15 years as an...
Mary Maxine (Green) Grose
Apr 13, 2015
Maxine Grose, 91, of Karns City passed away peacefully Monday in the Parker Personal Care Home, Parker. Born in Lonaconing, Md., on April 1, 1924, she was the daughter of the late A.J. Green and Mary V. Monahan Green. After high school, Maxine attended Catherman's Business School in Cumberland, Md. She worked for Kelly Springfield Tire for several years...
Esther Berteotti
Apr 2, 2015
Esther D. Berteotti, 90, of Chicora, passed away peacefully surrounded by her loving family at 1:15 a.m. Thursday at Butler Memorial Hospital. She was born Sept. 20, 1924, in Yatesboro and was the daughter of the late Elia Caresani and Asunta Coradi Caresani. She was a devoted homemaker and worked at the 5 & 10 in Chicora. She was a...
Joseph P. Brusina
Mar 26, 2015
Joseph P. Brusina, 78, of Chicora died at 11:10 p.m. Thursday in the Community of Living at the VA Hospital in Butler. He was born in Carnegie, Pittsburgh, March 18, 1937, the son of the late Joseph Brusina and Emma Allshouse Brusina. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy, the Coast Guard, Navy Reserve and the Army National Guard....
Arthur C. Barnhart
Mar 16, 2015
Arthur C. 'Tex' Barnhart, 86, of Chicora passed away at 3:15 p.m. Monday in the Chicora Medical Center following a short illness. Born on Nov. 14, 1928, in Karns City, he was the son of the late Frank A. Barnhart and Agnes Maude Snape Barnhart Ferris Aldinger. He worked at Koppers, "INDSPEC," retiring in 1989 after 41 years of...
Donna M. Neff
Feb 17, 2015
Donna M. Neff, 70, of Chicora passed away unexpectedly Tuesday. In 1967, she attended Butler Beauty School, after which she worked at Troutman's until 1971. She then worked in the bakery department of Giant Eagle at Moraine Pointe Plaza from 1992 until 2005. She was a member of Saint Joseph Roman Catholic Church, North Oakland, and the Christian Mothers of...
John M. Furka
Feb 8, 2015
John M. Furka, 91, of Karns City passed away Sunday in Meadow Lake Manor of Sugar Creek Rest, Worthington, following a courageous four-year battle with cancer. He proudly served his country by enlisting in the U.S. Navy during World War II from Dec. 14, 1942, to Jan. 22, 1946. He worked for Witco in Petrolia for 32 years, retiring...
Edward Clark "Ed" Allen
Feb 8, 2015
Edward Clark Allen, 78, of Butler passed away Sunday in the VNA Inpatient Hospice in Butler. He was a member of the Buffalo Valley Sportsman Club, Craigsville. He was an avid outdoorsman who liked hunting, fishing and woodworking. He was a U.S. Army veteran, proudly serving his country from 1955 to 1958 and achieving the rank of specialist 3rd class....
Jane L. Blystone
Feb 7, 2015
Jane L. Blystone, 80, of Karns City passed away Saturday in the Chicora Medical Center. She worked at the Mack Chicken Farm in West Sunbury for several years. She liked shopping and talking on the telephone. Jane loved animals, especially her cat, Gizmo. Born on June 30, 1934, in West Sunbury, she was the daughter of the late Harvey Bell...
Nicholas R. Semanco
Jan 23, 2015
Nicholas R. Semanco, 63, of Chicora died Friday morning in the VNA Inpatient Hospice in Butler following a 21-year battle with cancer with his wife at his side. He retired after 33 years at Napco in Valencia, where he was quality control manager. He was a 1971 graduate from Butler High School. He was a member of the Chicora United...
H. Sam Cunningham
Jan 17, 2015
H. Sam Cunningham, 68, of Chicora passed away Saturday in the VNA Inpatient Hospice in Butler following a short illness. He was retired after 27 years from Ervin Industries in East Butler. He was very active in the Chicora Fire Department, where he was presently serving on the board of directors and was captain of the fire police. He served...
