Obituaries

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…

Shirley R. Kellogg, 80, of Titusville, died Nov. 30, 2016. Richard F. Moore, 89, of Kennerdell, died Nov. 29, 2016. Lois J. Guillen, 80, of Franklin, died Nov….

Esther L. Peth, 78, of Emlenton, died Nov. 29, 2016. Connell R. “Con” Taylor, 80, of Sligo, died Nov. 29, 2016. Richard F. Moore, 89, of Kennerdell,…

Jayne Jetter Overmyer, 83, of Winamac, Indiana, formerly of Oil City, died Nov. 13, 2016. Constance Margaret Lauderbaugh, 69, of St. Augustine Beach, Florida, formerly…

Cheryl Renee Smith, 61, of Franklin, died Nov. 22, 2016. John Robert Walker, 45, of Sigel, formerly of Clarion, died Nov. 26, 2016. William J….

Alan J. Wetjen, 78, of Marco Island, Florida, formerly of Franklin, died Nov. 19, 2016. William H. Blauser, 88, formerly of Oil City, died Nov….

John C. Hoover, 56, of Franklin, died Thursday, Nov. 24, 2016. James E. Fry, 73, of Hydetown, died Thursday, Nov. 24, 2016. Irwin M. Hill Jr….

Dennis J. “Denny” Greenawalt, 76, of Lucinda, died Nov. 22, 2016. Jerry E. Buck, 43, of Oil City, died Nov. 22, 2016. John R. Foulks…

Mary L. Lattner, 81, of Clarion, died Nov. 21, 2016. Charles Walter Horner, 69, of Centre Hall, died Nov. 19, 2016. Robert Donald Brooks, 93, died Nov. 16,…

Ashley Brooke Shuffstall, 30, of Pittsburgh, formerly of Oil City, died Nov. 20, 2016. Mary L. Safford, 87, of Oil City, died Nov. 19, 2016….

Kevin M. Vargason, 38, of Oil City, formerly of Tionesta, died Nov. 18, 2016. Ronald Lee DeWoody, 71, of Franklin, died Nov. 19, 2016. Nancy Cookson…

David R. Wright, 80, of Clarion, died Nov. 18, 2016. Richard A. Reagle, 70, of Utica, died Nov. 17, 2016. Jacqueline Ann (Sharrar) Bernardini, 59, of…

John E. Barrett Sr., 65, of Cranberry, died Nov. 17, 2016. Richard A. Reagle, 70, of Utica, died Nov. 17, 2016. Joyce L. Hartle, 88,…

Vera Grace Miller, 94, of Knox, died Nov. 16, 2016. Dolly J. Hoover, 60, of Franklin, died Nov. 13, 2016. Linda Farley Brown, 84, of Craftsbury Common,…

Bert J. Formanik, 94, of East Lake, Ohio, formerly of Oil City, died Nov. 13, 2016. Marjorie A. Weaver, 87, of Seneca, died Nov. 14, 2016. James…

Robert E. Hanshew Jr., 79, of Lafayette, Indiana, formerly of Oil City, died Oct. 18, 2016. Virginia Stine, 89, formerly of Oil City, died Nov….

Virginia Ruth Betz Coffindaffer, 100, of Terra Alta,, died Nov. 12, 2016. Beverly J. Desko, 86, of Polk, died Nov. 11, 2016.   For the complete…

Mary Anna Whitling, 77, of Knox, died Friday, Nov. 11, 2016. Evelyn R. Wade, 91, formerly of Seneca, died Thursday, Nov.10, 2016. L. June Smith (Mast),…

Eugene M. Vader, 89, of Franklin, died Nov. 9, 2016. Leonard A. “Butch” Long, 56, of the Franklin and Oil City areas, died Nov. 9,…

Janice B. Weeter, 79, of New Bethlehem, died Nov. 8, 2016. William Blair Reitz III “Bub,” 42, of Franklin, died Nov. 8, 2016. Jean Price, 83,…

Judy Diane Whitling, 47, of Knox, died Nov. 8, 2016. Ernest Robert (Bob) McDaniel, 71, of Kossuth, died Nov. 7, 2016. Carol Ann Moser Wimer Beightol,…

Carol Ann Moser Wimer Beightol, 76, formerly of Franklin, died Nov. 6, 2016. William Dudley Bradish Jr., 80, of Wilmore, Kentucky, died Nov. 2, 2016….

Richard Leroy Geist, 60, of Strattanville, died Nov. 5, 2016. Linda L. Twiest, 76, of Shippenville, died Nov. 4, 2016. Duane A. King, 63, of…

Madolyn L. Boyd, 90, of Seneca, died Nov. 4, 2016. Lee T. Irwin, 79, of Oil City, died Nov. 3, 2016. Ruth A. Hays, 69, of…

Jeremy James Miller, 28, of Oil City, died Nov. 2, 2016. Maxine E. Holmes, 95, of Franklin, died Nov. 3, 2016. Marian Irene Fulmer, 96, of…

Freda M. Rhodes, 85, of Utica, died Nov. 1, 2016. Joseph Gordon Rice, 62, of Clarion, died Nov. 1, 2016. Joyce Radmore, 67, of Titusville, died Nov….

Robert N. Witmer, of Oil City, died Oct. 31, 2016. Annamae Lindsay Schwabenbauer, 87, of Oil City, died Nov. 1, 2016. Harriet F. “Faye” Gray, 95,…

Newton Wayne Booth Sr., 81, of Strattanville, died Oct. 31, 2016. Evelyn Mae Dunkle, 76, of Cooksburg, died Oct. 30, 2016. Dixie Jean Hornburg, 86,…

Connie Lee Cotherman, 71, of Emlenton, died Oct. 29, 2016. Harriet R. Nelson, 92, died Oct. 29, 2016. Jennifer Rodemoyer Hutchinson, 38, died Oct. 28, 2016. John…

Jack Lawrence Bowser, 77, of Grove City, formerly of North Liberty, died Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016. Joseph F. Siebauer Jr., 80, of Knox died Thursday, Oct….

Alfred L.F. Andres, 90, of Oil City, died Oct. 26, 2016. Charles A. “Charlie” Cyphert, 59, of Clarion, died Oct. 27, 2016. Victor Lee Collett, 87, of…

Patricia “PJ” J. Mays, 60, of Oil City, died Oct. 26, 2016. Sandra D. Stormer, 67, of New Bethlehem, died Oct. 25, 2016. Debra Darr, of Shippenville,…

Thomas LeRoy Zacherl, 66, of Tionesta, died Oct. 21, 2016. Theresa Helen Cornell, 64, of Oil City, died Oct. 24, 2016. Charles L. Firster, 88,…

Edna Mae “Maisie” Thorpe, 86, of Youngsville, formerly of Seneca and Sugar Grove, died Oct. 23, 2016. Charles L. Firster, 88, of Oil City, died Oct….

Ronald Rayburn Rhodes, 83, of Rimersburg, died Oct. 21, 2016. Mary Ruth (Temchulla) McCracken, 91, of Roseville, died Oct. 20, 2016. Nancy Eaker, 78, of Corsica, died Oct….

Michael David Knox, 63, died Oct. 12, 2016. Brenda L. Grazier, 56, of Titusville, died Oct. 19, 2016. Jack W. Staley, 64, of Tucson, Arizona, formerly of…

Christina Conner, 93, of Rimersburg, passed away Monday, Oct. 17, 2016. Thomas E. Wallace, 69, of Marienville passed away Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2016. Jeremy Joseph…

Margaret J. Gould, 80, of Fairmount City, died Oct. 17, 2016. Bryan L. Smith, 50, of Franklin, died Oct. 17, 2016.   For the complete article, please…

Lois L. Simpson, 92, of Sligo, died Oct. 17, 2016. David Scott Hampson, 59, of Fort Worth, Texas, formerly of Franklin, died Aug. 20, 2016. Pamela…

Janet D. Bish, 68, of Hawthorn, died Oct. 15, 2016. Doris Jean Dolby, 82, of Strattanville, died Oct. 15, 2016. Margaret “Peg” McNamara, 94, of Oil City,…

James David Curry, MD, 91, of Mansfield, Ohio, died Monday, Oct. 10, 2016. Willis E. Hook, 88, of Knox, died Thursday, Oct.13, 2016. Stanley J. Barsh…

Margaret “Peg” G. McClelland, 95, of Franklin, died Oct. 12, 2016. John F. “Toe” Stover Jr., 45, of Oil City, died Oct. 12, 2016. Alma Faith…

Richard Kerr Reinsel, 84, of Butler, died Oct. 11, 2016. Betsy Rae Allen (Ritchey) died Oct. 4, 2016. Gladys I. Norris, 82, of Franklin, died Oct. 11, 2016. Richard…

Dominic C. Pacilli, 85, of Wilmington, N.C., died Oct. 6, 2016. Peggy Jo Mohr, 58, of Rimersburg, died Oct. 8, 2016. Twyla M. Heller, 84, of Eau…