John E. Boofer
Dec 14, 2015
John E. Boofer, 88, of Parker, formerly of Chicora, passed away at 11:30 a.m. Monday at his home following a short illness. He was born April 21, 1927, in West Sunbury to the late William Boofer and Aletha Early Boofer He was a coal miner. He also worked for J.M. Beatty Automotive of Eau Claire and at Central Chemical in...
Sandra Brown
Dec 4, 2015
Sandra Brown, 69, of Edinburg, Pa., formerly of Chicora, died unexpectedly in the emergency room of Jamison Hospital in New Castle at 5:04 a.m. Friday. She was born Jan. 24, 1946, in Chicora, the daughter of the late Arthur Iman and Betty Ealy Iman. She worked at Bobby Brooks Factory and she drove minibus for the Shriver Bus Co. for...
Donald C. Mcgrady
Dec 1, 2015
Donald C. McGrady, 72, of Fenelton went home to be with the Lord in peace at 5:30 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2015, at his home. Due to his wishes, there will be no public visitation. A Mass of Christian burial will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Saint John the Evangelist Catholic Church, 668 Clearfield Road, Fenelton, with the...
Harriet E. Hamilton
Nov 20, 2015
Harriet E. "Sunny" Hamilton, 71, of Chicora passed away unexpectedly of natural causes at 5:30 p.m. Friday at her home. She was born Jan. 24, 1944, in New York. She is the daughter of the late Walter Wandelt and Rhoda Claypool Wandelt. She was a homemaker who had worked at Zayre's, Zanella's Gas Station and McGinleys Nursing Home for...
Aneita I. Rabbitt
Nov 13, 2015
Aneita I. Rabbitt, 95, of Chicora passed away at 11:15 p.m. Friday at her home. Born Oct. 21, 1920, in Guys Mills, Crawford County, she was the daughter of the late George C. Irons and Etta C. Baker Irons. Aneita was a graduate of Randolph High School in Guys Mills. She received her registered nurse diploma from Spencer Hospital Nursing...
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...
