Obituaries

Sheldon Dean Rossey, 92, of Reynoldsville, died Sept. 27, 2017. Thomas W. Kurtzhals, 95, of Shippenville, died Sept. 28, 2017. Robert E. “Bake” Baker, 79,…

Timothy D. Shaffer, 59, of Clarion, died Sept. 26, 2017. Eileen R. (Guth) Schill, 89, of Lucinda, died Sept. 25, 2017. Lois J. Durkit, 78,…

Elizabeth L. “Liz” Stephenson, 60, of Oil City, died Sept. 26, 2017. Lawrence E. “Joe” Moyer, 80, of Karns City, formerly of Parker, died Sept….

Mary Lou (Graham) Bortz, 77, of Mercer, formerly of Rocky Grove, died Sept. 24, 2017. Madeline C. Beary Ditz, 84, of Fryburg, died Sept. 24,…

Marie B. Reynolds, 89, of Summerville, died Sept. 24, 2017. David D. Switzer, 66, of Rockland Township, died Sept. 22, 2017. George E. Niederriter, 82, of…

David Switzer, 66, of Kennerdell, died Friday, Sept. 22, 2017. Margaret “Peg” Moyer, 91, of Polk, died Thursday, Sept. 21, 2017. For complete obituaries, please pick up…

Steven J. Allen, 60, of Oil City, died Sept. 21, 2017. Robert Howard Griffen, MD, 91, of Springfield, Illinois, formerly of Destin, Florida, and Franklin,…

Nathan Hundertmark, 21, of Clintonville, died Sept. 18, 2017. Treva Victoria Morrison, 86, of Oil City, died Sept. 20, 2017. Timothy Layne Garis, 46, of Riverside,…

Carolyn Irene Watson, 72, of Franklin, died Sept. 18, 2017.   For complete obituaries, please pick up a copy of The Derrick for this day…

Margaret J. Lever, 90, of Clarion, died Sept. 16, 2017. Dorothy H. McGinley, 87, formerly of Clarion, died Sept. 16, 2017. Lee V. Lauer, 80, of…

Daniel C. Barger, 84, of Emlenton, died Sept. 15, 2017. Dorothy Helen McGinley, 87, formerly of Clarion, died Sept. 16, 2017. John E. Conner Jr., 43,…

Larry E. Shumaker, 73, of New Bethlehem, died Sept. 15, 2017. Jeff Burke, 51, of Clayton, North Carolina, formerly of Emlenton, died Sept. 8, 2017. Kasey…

Stephen O. “Steve” Stitt, 78, of Rimersburg, died Sept.14, 2017. George Edward Girt, 60, of Clarion, died Sept. 13, 2017. Kay A. Hile, 77, of…

Gregory John Schneider, 65, formerly of 707 Gay St., Oil City, died Sept. 13, 2017. Embert H. DeLong, 76, of Oil City, died Sept. 12,…

Keith Allen Matthews, 52, of Distant, died Sept. 11, 2017. Jay Leon Minich, 90, of Mayport, died Sept. 11, 2017. Barbara S. Hogue, 80, of…

Nellie Pauline Mechling Cogley, 99, died Sept. 10, 2017. Nancy Nelson, 75, of Pittsburgh, formerly of Polk Center, died Sept. 3, 2017.   For complete obituaries,…

Edith Shuffstall, 87, of Conneaut Lake, died Sept. 9, 2017. Lorna McCleary Wood, 83, of Clarion, died Sept. 9, 2017. Michael S. Herrera, 58, of Oil City,…

Rosalyn Jill Motter, 76, of Marienville, died Thursday, Sept. 7, 2017. James Andrew McAvoy, 63, of Titusville, died Thursday, Sept. 7, 2017. For complete obituaries,…

Daniel L. Cheers, 74, of Cochranton, died Sept. 6, 2017. Bernice P. McCoy, 88, of Knox, died Sept. 7, 2017. Dr. George Fredric Wollaston, 83,…

Betty Jo (Culbertson) Reith, 88, of Conneaut, Ohio, formerly of Rimersburg, died Aug. 5, 2017. Loretta Jane Huff Buckley, 82, of Braselton, Georgia, died Sept. 5,…

Cleman A. Monrean, 71, of Fairmount City, died Aug. 31, 2017. Patricia Joann (Gregory) Conner, 59, of Frederick, Maryland, formerly of Oil City, died Aug….

Patrick J. Bauer, 69, formerly of Lucinda, died Sept. 2, 2017. Helen Ruth Bly, 96, of Seneca, died Sept. 4, 2017. Cindy L. Rader, 49, of Knox,…

Kenneth D. Fretwell, 66, of Sandy Lake, died Friday, Sept. 1, 2017. Betty Jane Watson, 83, of Emlenton, died Thursday, Aug. 31, 2017. Taylor Ann Barnett, 20,…

Rose Patricia “Pat” Martin, 95, formerly of Woodstock, Georgia, and Lower Burrell, died Aug. 30, 2017. Jane I. Thomas, 73, of Franklin, died Aug. 30, 2017….

Rose Patricia Martin, 95, died Aug. 30, 2017. Mary M. Walters, 70, of East Hickory, died Aug. 29, 2017. Kenneth G. (Ken) Hetrick, 73, of…

Barbara Dent Snedegar, 92, of McLean, Virginia, died Aug. 23, 2017. Shirley Confer, 82, of Stow, Ohio, died Aug. 26, 2017. William J. Smerkar, 83, of…

William “Bill” Tobin, 70, of Garland Texas, formerly of Oil City, passed away Saturday, Aug. 26, 2017. Sarah A. Courtney, 76, of President Township, died…

John Bennett “Jack” Mays, 78, of Franklin, died Aug. 27, 2017. June Bump, 87, of Rockwood, Tennessee, formerly of Venango County, died Aug. 24, 2017….

Jim Ford, 95, formerly of Franklin, died Friday, Aug. 18, 2017. Eleanor L. (Schell) Harnish, 97, of Easley, South Carolina, formerly of Clarion, died Monday,…

Theodore H. “Ted” Jackson , 89, of Oil City, died Aug. 24, 2017. Elizabeth M. Garcia, 80, of Clarion, died Aug. 23, 2017. Suzanne B….

Jacob Timothy Griffin, 31, formerly of Clarion, died Aug. 22, 2017. Mary Margaret Betz, 96, of Greensburg, formerly of Oil City, died Aug. 17, 2017. Lois Ann…

Lilliauna Grace Snyder, 18 days, died Aug. 20, 2017. Dale Edward “Big Red” Amsler, 72, of Cranberry, died Aug. 20, 2017. Carol McBride, 77, of Harrisville, died Aug….

Wayne D. DeLoe Jr., 64, of Knox, died Aug. 18, 2017. Ruth J. Chmiel, 76, of Rocky Grove, died Aug. 19, 2017. Richard D. “Bear” Brosius, 66,…

Deborah Ann (Winger) Voit, 60, of Oil City, died Thursday, Aug. 17, 2017. Mary Helen Senard, 98, of Clarion, died Friday, Aug. 18, 2017. George Calvin “Joe”…

Patricia A. Reitz Persing, 82, of Ft. Myers, Florida, died Aug. 16, 2017. Shetosha J. Adams, 19, of Charmichaels, formerly of Knox, died Aug. 16, 2017….

Margaret M. Kistler, 62, of Franklin, died Aug. 16, 2017. Lena F. Corso Alworth, 97, of Parker, died Aug. 15, 2017. Catherine Ann Hanna, 49, of…

Betty J. Geer, 86, of Venus, died Aug. 15, 2017. Lena F. Corso Alworth, 97, of Parker, died Aug. 15, 2017. Leroy David Fleming, 67, of Concord,…

June Louise Austin, 86, formerly of 1220 Chestnut St., Franklin, died Aug. 14, 2017. Dorothy M. Whitten, 84, of Franklin, died Aug. 13, 2017. William H. Burwell,…

Shirley M. Robinson, 88, of Franklin, died Aug. 10, 2017. Robert Oliver “Red” Carrow, 86, of Oil City, died Aug. 13, 2017. Clifford Allen Rex, 78,…

Dr. William P. Garvey, 81, of Erie, died Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2017. James Robert Jones, 93, of Westmont, died Thursday, Aug. 10, 2017. Parker Lee…

Dorothy A. Dille, 101, formerly of Guys Mills, died Aug. 9, 2017. Louise (nee Boniface) Zablocki, of Annapolis, Maryland, died Aug. 8, 2017. Thomas Lee Cutchall, 52,…

Connie Borland, 70, died Aug. 8, 2017. Doris A. Latshaw, 83, of Emlenton, died Aug. 6, 2017. Virginia B. Wolski, 69, of Titusville, died Aug. 6, 2017….

David P. Redding, 64, of Polk, died Aug. 3, 2017. Doris A. Latshaw, 83, of Emlenton, died Aug. 6, 2017. Wesley Arlington Bouch, 85, of…

Dale Allen Schmader, 66, of Seneca, died Aug. 5, 2017. William Hibbard Strawbridge, 69, of Oil City, died Aug. 2, 2017. Ellen Louise Hartle, 85,…

Donna Marie Hall, 77, of Tionesta, died Aug. 4, 2017. Dennis Paul Kohlmeyer, 71, died Aug. 5, 2017. Darla Marie Fox, 47, of Shippenville, died Aug….

Anthony John “Tony” Schill, 70, died Aug. 2, 2017. Julia Evans Rogers, 82, of Spartanburg, South Carolina, died Aug. 3, 2017. Margaret M. Butler, 86, of…

Beverly Hare Toy, 92, of Wilson, North Carolina, formerly of Rouseville, died Aug. 1, 2017. Shirley J. Hamilton, 79, of Oil City, formerly of Venus, died Aug. 3,…

Paul James Shaffer, 69, of Mayport, died July 31, 2017. Constance H. “Connie” Brindle, 84, of Marienville, died July 31, 2017. Vada M. (Stewart) Moore,…

Paislee Lynn Bowser, of Rimersburg, died July 30, 2017. Brian J. Harmon, 61, of Oil City, died July 31, 2017. Donna J. Stright, 85, of…

Nick James Trombetta, 63, of Shippenville, died July 31, 2017. James C. Elliott, 67, of Lucinda, died July 30, 2017. Patricia Jean (Allison) Shofestall, 88,…