Obituaries

Helen “Honey” D. Gibson, 101, formerly of Cooperstown, died Feb. 25, 2017. Michael D. “Fuzz” Lockhart, 57, of Oil City, died Feb. 24, 2017. Robert William…

Gerald Thomas Nurss, 76, formerly of Oil City,died Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017. Jody L. Slater, 46, of Knox, died Friday, Feb. 24, 2017. Michael D. Lockhart,…

Joanne M. Bonner, 84, of Victory Heights, died Feb. 20, 2017. Gordon Russell Goodman, 81, of Oil City, died Feb. 22, 2017. Dorothy C. Miller,…

Dolores M. Hetzler, 85, of Emlenton, died Feb. 21, 2017. Ross W. Crist, 94, of Gibsonia, formerly Oil City, died Feb. 21, 2017. “Bill” Christian W….

Diane A. Neville, 83, of Scranton, died Feb. 15, 2017. Donald Alexander Kilgore, 85, of Killeen, Texas, died Feb, 13, 2017. Nicholas C. Kolbrick, 77,…

William D. McElravy, 87, of Clarion, died Feb. 18, 2017. Fern C. Blair, 91, of Shippenville, died Feb. 19, 2017. John B. Alexander, 54, of…

Jeffrey S. Irwin, 51, of Cranberry, died Feb. 18, 2017. Gene Homan Schlosser, 82, died Feb. 17, 2017. Casimira C. “Kay” Skrobat, 95, of Oil City, died…

David R. Reynolds, 68, of Kennerdell, died Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017. Irene L. Schiffer, 88, of Oil City, died Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017. Ramanda D. Milford,…

Dennis Charles Botelho, 53, of Knox, formerly of Rockland, died Feb. 15, 2017. Nita (Depp) Logue, 97, of Mesa, Arizona, died Feb. 14, 2017. Cecil…

Philip Kiser, 85, of Fort Myers, Florida, and Shippenville, died Feb. 8, 2017. Cecil Parrett, 92, of Sigel, died Feb. 15, 2017. Dolores Rae Dickson,…

Carl J. Skiba, 92, formerly of 20 Selden Ave., Oil City, died Feb. 8, 2017.   For the complete article, please pick up a copy…

Ruth Lorraine (Karns) French, on Sunday, Feb. 12, 2017, at the age of 85. Luanne Desko Morrison, 67, of Cloudland, Georgia, died Saturday, Feb. 11,…

Judith Ann McGinty Wagner, 77, of Warren County, Virginia, died Feb. 10, 2017. Jean L. Kelsey, 83, of Franklin, died Feb. 10, 2017. Dorothy M. Schupp,…

Nelson L. Philp Jr., 85, of Knox, died Friday, Feb. 10, 2017. David L. Dunkle, 67, of Oil City, died Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017. Helen Irene…

Dorothy McCune-Burchfield Brunton, 100, of Franklin, died Feb. 8, 2017. Floretta “Kay” Crabtree, 70, of Oil City, died. Henry A. Peters “Ken,” 71, of Marienville,…

Evelyn B. Davis, 91, formerly of Camp Wil-Bea Road, died Feb. 7, 2017. Charles J. Hilliard, 79, formerly of Rimersburg, died Feb. 7, 2017. Carl J. Skiba,…

Robert T. Evans, 75, of Oil City, died Feb. 5, 2017. Joyce E. Rewerts, 62, of Reno, formerly of Stout, Iowa, died Feb. 5, 2017. Ruth L….

Mark J. Mortimer, 58, of Knox, died Feb. 6, 2017. Patricia A. Saylor, 76, of Sligo, died Feb. 4, 2017. Elmer Lloyd McCall, 97, of Tionesta, died Feb….

Elmer Lloyd McCall, 97, of Tionesta, died Feb. 4, 2017. Nancy A. Kennemuth, 58, of Oil City, died Feb.5, 2017. Gary L. Wenner, 72, of…

Peter Hamilton Nachtwey, 90, of Clarion, died Thursday, Feb. 2, 2017. Barbara A. Masterson, 88, of Franklin, died Friday, Feb. 3, 2017. Peter N. Dickson, 75,…

Marlin D. Morrow, 79, of Petrolia, Parker Township, died Jan. 31, 2017. Phyllis Marie Brocious, 68, of Puyallup, Washington, formerly of Pittsburgh, died Jan. 20,…

Kimberly L. Vogan O’Dell, 44, of Erie, formerly of Oil City, died Jan. 27, 2017. Karen G. Luderer, 70, of Clarion, died Feb. 1, 2017. Dorothy Mae…

Lavina A. Taylor, 91, of Oil City, died Jan. 31, 2017. William Emerson “Bill” Rankin, 70, of Callensburg, died Jan, 30, 2017. Timothy J. Stearns, 75,…

Clifford Smathers Jr., 79, of Salt Lake City, Utah, formerly of Leeper, died Jan. 26, 2017. Ardelle Simons Lyons, 90, of Grape Vine, Texas, formerly…

Lenora W. Shirey, 104, of Clarion, died Jan. 29, 2017. Ila Louise Hovis, 86, of Bullion, died Jan. 28, 2017. Margie J. Haugh, 81, of Tulsa, Oklahoma,…

Misty Dawn Cain, 34, of Knox, died Monday, Jan. 23, 2017. J. Marilyn Boyles, 79, of Dayton, Ohio, formerly of Rimersburg, died Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017….

Twila “Tillie” M. Rugh, 88, of Franklin, died Jan. 26, 2017. Harold Eugene Love, 93, of Clover Township, Jefferson County, died Jan. 25, 2017. Emma Lou…

John A. Wolfgong, 76, of Shippenville, died Jan. 24, 2017. Robert R. “Robbie” Hall, 91, of Oil City, died Jan. 25, 2017. Leo Walter Harsen, 85,…

Jeannette I. Andre, 94, formerly of Chicora, died Jan. 19, 2017. Harry A. “Skip” Dunlap, 75, of Clarion, died Jan. 24, 2017. Alene M. Holtz, 88,…

Leo Walter Harsen, 85, of Cooperstown, died Jan. 23, 2017. Sister Maureen Tobin, OSB, 87, formerly of Oil City, died Jan. 21, 2017. Martha Jetter…

Janet M. Miller, 75, of Sligo, died Jan. 20, 2017. John Richard “Jack” Rieger, 84, of Oil City, died Jan. 20, 2017. Gerry Lee Hargenrader, 49,…

Spencer R. Foust, 25, of Hooker, Butler County, died Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017. Denise Ann Pickens, 59, of Lamartine, died Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017. Verna L Whitmer,…

Emma Jean Anderson, 80, of New Bethlehem, died Jan. 18, 2017. Rita Faye Johns Reynolds Heald, 85, died Jan. 19, 2017. Mary Hedglin, 64, of Sandy…

Mark A. Ehrhart, 54, of Shippenville, died Jan. 17, 2017. Barbara A. Salsgiver, 59, of Clarion, died Jan. 18, 2017. Jean E. Churchill, 89, of Grove City,…

F. Ernest “Ernie” or “Papa” Pardee, 86, of Oceano, California, died Nov. 28, 2016. Barbara Jean Johnson, 66, of Clarion, died Jan. 16, 2017. Theodore J….

D. Eileen Varner, 93, of Cabot, formerly of Butler, died Jan. 15, 2017. Robert Leroy Ritts Jr., 68, of Oil City, died Jan. 15, 2017. Marsha…

Charley Claude Martz, 89, of Clarion, died Jan. 13, 2017. Shirley Jean Shimmons, 80, of Rimersburg, died Jan. 15, 2017.   For the complete article,…

Katherine F. “Kate” Flaherty, 62, of Oil City, died Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017. For the complete article, please pick up a copy of The Derrick for…

Helen L. Smith, 98, of Jamestown, New York, died Jan. 10, 2017. Edward Calvin Wetzel, 74, of Knox, died Jan. 12, 2017. Shawn C. Schillinger, 44, of…

William Walker III, 72, of Oil City, died Jan. 10, 2017. D. Jean Rumbaugh, 90, of Emlenton, died Jan. 10, 2017. Ida R. Schell, 90, formerly…

Doris J. Rowan, 82, of Shippenville, died Jan. 10, 2017. Mary “Miss Mary” Elizabeth Stoltz Krug, 77, formerly of Seneca, died Jan. 6, 2017. Bernie…

Robert C. “Bobby” Stahlman Jr., 46, of Rochester, New York, died Jan. 6, 2017. Dorothy M. Kerle, 78, of Shippenville, died Jan. 9, 2017. Eugene C….

Robert L. “Jake” Stevenson, Jr., 57, of Titusville, died Jan. 6, 2017. Cleo A. Hawk, 84, of Sligo, died Jan. 8, 2017. Donn Jones Douglas, 80,…

Alan M. Pedley, formerly of Franklin, died Nov. 19, 2016. Sister Janet Staab (formerly Sister Mary Joan), OSB, 79, and in the 61st year of…

Ivan Lloyd Ritchey Sr., 82, of Rimersburg, died Jan. 3, 2017. Eliza “Jane” Garner, 84, formerly of Barkeyville, died Jan. 4, 2017. Timothy Edward Paden,…

Sally L. Wible, 89, of Franklin, died Jan. 4, 2017. Richard “Dick” Donald Johnson Sr., 79, of Brookville, died Jan. 4, 2017. Barbara Lee Kreidler, 64,…

George E. Noble, 79, of Licking Township, Jan. 2, 2017. Lloyd Alan McKissick Jr., 90, of Manchester, New Hampshire, died Dec. 26, 2016. Deborah Ann…

Deborah Ann Baker, 58, of Franklin, died Dec. 29, 2016. George Noble, of Callensburg, died Jan. 2, 2017. Connie M. Carnahan, 76, of Clarion, died Jan. 1,…

Elizabeth “Liz” A. Mahle Woods, 86, of Franklin, died Dec. 31, 2016. Howard D. “Ted” Crispen, 72, of Rimersburg, died Dec. 30, 2016. Flora Irene…

James P. Wood, 66, of Polk Center, died Dec. 29, 2016. Andrew T. “Andy” Moffitt, 64, of Franklin, died Dec. 27, 2016. Thomas S. George, 89, of…