Obituaries

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…

Mary Lee “Molly” McGinty, 91, of Chesterton, Indiana, died Dec. 22, 2016. Dolores J. Barger, 85, of Rimersburg, died Dec. 27, 2016.   For the complete…

Carol Lee Dittman, 59, of Knox, died Dec. 26, 2016. Albert L. Reese, 75, of Belleville, New Jersey, died Dec. 23, 2016. Marlene H. Richards, 73,…

Beryl T. Snyder, 83, of Clarion, died Dec. 24, 2016. Gary Albert Gustavson, 72, of Franklin, died Dec. 25, 2016. James L. Harkless Sr., 83, of…

Clair Junior Polliard, 83, of New Bethlehem, died Thursday, Dec. 22, 2016. For the complete article, please pick up a copy of The Derrick for…

Carrol “Kay” Irene Gilmore, 78, of Lucinda, died Dec. 21, 2016. Harry “Ed” Edgar Neiswonger, 83, of Corsica, died Dec. 21, 2016. Henry L. Deeter,…

Lucille N. Rodgers, 89, of Oil City, died Dec. 16, 2016.   For the complete article, please pick up a copy of The Derrick for…

Martha J. Duarte, 88, of Oil City, died Dec. 19, 2016. David N. Storm, 69, of Warren, formerly of Franklin, died Dec. 17, 2016. Patricia…

Alfred J. Gatesman, 88, of Marienville, died Dec. 17, 2016. Charles Campbell “Shorty” Carnahan, 96, formerly of Utica, died Dec. 18, 2016.   For the complete…

Janet L. King, 71, of Fairview, died Dec. 18, 2016. Holley Ann Gibbons, 56, of Oil City, died Dec. 17, 2016. Carol A. Taylor Morrison Baker,…

Florence E. “Flossie” Franklin, 90, of Oil City, died Dec. 15, 2016. Mary A. Nesbella, 88, of Marienville, died Dec. 16, 2016. Leo Herbert Rettig, 100,…

Donald L. Beckwith, 82, of Frogtown, died Dec. 14, 2016. Elsie V. (Saxton) Remines, 83, of Tionesta, died Dec. 12, 2016. Lucas Andrew Shook, 22, of Curllsville,…

JoAnne F. Vargason, 81, of West Hickory, died Dec. 13, 2016. Donald L. Beckwith, 82, of Limestone, died Dec. 14, 2016. Velma R. Fleming, 79, of Wampum,…

Andrew Brian O’Neil, 5, of North Huntingdon, died Dec. 12, 2016. Robert E. George, 65, of Gilpin Township, died Dec. 13, 2016. Emery James Yuhasz Jr.,…

Charlotte A. “Ann” Judy, 69, of Lucinda, died Dec. 12, 2016. Hazel Joyce Holmes Beane, 85, formerly of Endeavor, died Dec. 9, 2016. Joseph E….

Shirley Jane (Beach) Ford, 79, of Tippery, formerly of Victory Heights, died Dec. 9, 2016.   For the complete article, please pick up a copy…

Ralph Oliver Murphy Jr., died Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2016. Helen G. Olszowka, 95, of Oil City, died Thursday Dec. 8, 2016. Paul L. Lehman Sr., 86,…

Eugene Earl Smith Sr., 92, of Shippenville, died Thursday, Dec. 8, 2016. Ella Jean Yochim, 77, of Clarion, passed away Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2016. Wendell…

Naomi P. Summerville, 82, of Sligo, died Dec. 6, 2016. David Hill, 57, of Green, Ohio, died Dec. 1, 2016. Shin Hill, 69, of Green, Ohio,…

Maebelle Mott Poindexter, 88, of Franklin, died Dec. 5, 2016. Winifred T. Sweeney (nee Carll), 90, of Parma Heights, Ohio, died Dec. 5, 2016. Sharon E….

Myrtle Steele, 90, of Strattanville, passed away Monday, Dec. 5, 2016. Sharon E. Mylarski, 75, of 205 Park Ave., Oil City, died Monday afternoon, Dec….

Ernest M. “Ernie” Switzer Jr., 72, of Rimersburg, died Nov. 27, 2016. Danielle “Dani” Lynn Smith, 22, of Oil City, died Dec. 3, 2016. Robert…

Arlyn F. “Gov” Hoovler, 96, of Pleasantville died Friday, Dec. 2, 2016. Marjorie Ann Evans Starrs, 92, of Black Mountain, North Carolina, formerly of Rocky…