Franklin, PA Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Franklin, PA, Venango County & Surrounding Areas
Elizabeth Jean Sandrock
Jun 23, 2019
Elizabeth Jean Sandrock, 75, of Polk Center, passed away peacefully 11:50 PM on June 23, 2019 at UPMC Hamot.She was born on October 21, 1943 to the late Franklin and Kathryn Oesterling Sandrock in Pittsburgh. Elizabeth loved music, she was always bopping her head or tapping her hands along to the beat. She was a very happy person, and the...
Janet K. Fleming
Jun 18, 2019
Janet Kathleen Fleming, 90, of Meadville passed away at 3:30 A.M. Tuesday June 18, 2019 in Wesbury United Methodist Community where she has resided the last eight years.Born in Marion, OH on May 11, 1929, she was the daughter of the late Walter Lee and Helen Louise Fleming.Janet was a former resident of Polk Center and then went to UCIP...
Cheryl A. Hoover
Jun 16, 2019
Cheryl A. Hoover, 61, of Polk, passed away unexpectedly at 12:20 AM on Sunday, June 16, 2019 at UPMC Northwest in Seneca.Born in Oil City on August 15, 1957 she was a daughter of the late Earl Crawford Jr. and Betty Delong Crawford.Cheryl worked for 33 years at Polk Center as an RSA and retired as a Supervisor. Family was...
Doris E. Lepley
Jun 11, 2019
Doris E. Lepley, 89, of Franklin, passed away at 12:02 A.M. Tuesday June 11, 2019 at The Caring Place.Born in Clarion County on June 1, 1930, she was the daughter of the late Albert and Helen Beels Hogenmiller. Doris was a 1948 graduate of Franklin High School and went on to work at Polk Center for 33 years, serving in...
Joseph F. Basista
Jun 1, 2019
Joseph F. Basista Jr., 84, of Greenville, Pa., formerly of Owego, NY, passed away on Saturday June 1st, 2019 at St. Paul's Senior Living Community in Greenville following his second battle with pancreatic cancer, a disease he beat nine years ago.Born February 12, 1935, in Amsterdam, NY, he was the son of the late Joseph F. and Josephine A. Saita...
Charles Lloyd Umstead
Jun 1, 2019
Charles Lloyd Umstead, 70, of Franklin, passed away at 1:00 A.M. On Saturday June 1, 2019 at Oakwood Heights in Oil City.Born in Butler on June 12, 1948 he was the son of the late Daniel and Dorothy Caulwell Umstead.Lloyd worked for a number of years at Polk Center as an RSA and retired from there. He was an avid...
James R. Stubbs
May 28, 2019
James R. Stubbs, Jr., 60, of Franklin, passed away unexpectedly on May 28, 2019.He was born on April 23, 1959 in Fort Campbell, Kentucky, to the late James R. and Erma L. (Fellner) Stubbs, Sr. James was a graduate of the Pennsylvania School for the Deaf in Pittsburgh. He formerly worked for JOY. James lived life to the fullest and...
Kenneth C. Orr
May 17, 2019
Kenneth (Ken) C. Orr, 79, formerly from Franklin, died peacefully in the early hours of Friday, May 17, 2019 at Oakwood Heights nursing home in Oil City after suffering the aftereffects of a stroke during the past year. He was born August 9, 1939 and raised in Indiana, PA by Mary Beulah (Henry) and Kenneth R. Orr. He is survived...
Charlotte O'Connor
May 14, 2019
Charlotte O'Connor, 95, of Country Springs, Sligo, PA, and formerly of Franklin went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, May 14, 2019. Charlotte was born on November 26, 1923 in New Castle, PA and lived in many places during her childhood. She graduated from Titusville High School in 1942. On December 6, 1944 she took a train to Savannah,...
Joseph E. Craft
Apr 24, 2019
Joseph E. Craft, 65, of Cochranton, passed away at 1:30 P.M. Wednesday, April 24, 2019 at VNA Hospice Collins House in Rocky Grove after a courageous battle with Cancer. Born in Oil City on January 15, 1954 he was the son of the late Everett C. and Mable Marie Young Craft.Joe was a 1973 graduate of Franklin High School. He...
Morris "Mick" John Nelson
Apr 11, 2019
Morris John "Mick" Nelson, 65, of Franklin, passed away unexpectedly at his residence on Thursday April 11, 2019. Born March 17, 1954 in Franklin he was the son of the late Erwin J. and Betty Anderson Nelson. Mick was a 1972 graduate of Franklin High School and then went on to work at the former Joy Manufacturing at a Brake...
Patricia L. Smith
Apr 9, 2019
Patricia L. Smith, 84, of Franklin, passed away at 11:19 P.M. on Tuesday April 9, 2019 at The Caring Place.Born in Franklin on July 26, 1934, she was a daughter of the late Rollo W. and Carrie E. Johnson Bell. She was a graduate of Franklin High School and the former Spencer Hospital School of Nursing in Meadville. She worked...
Patty Lou Myers
Apr 8, 2019
Patty Lou Myers, 75, of Franklin, passed away on Monday, April 8, 2019 at The Caring Place in Franklin, where she had been a resident for the past two years. Born January 12, 1944, she was the daughter of the late Carl and Mabel Jarzenski Benson of Reno. She attended and graduated from Rocky Grove High School in 1961. Patty...
Concetta L. Harton
Apr 4, 2019
Concetta L. Harton, 93, of Franklin, passed away at 6:15 AM on Thursday, April 4, 2019 at The Caring Place.
Willard E. Burns
Apr 3, 2019
Willard E. Burns 93, of Franklin, went to be with Our Lord, Wednesday, April 3, 2019, after a brief stay at The Caring Place.Willard was born on January 28, 1926 on the family farm located on Buttermilk Hill in Sugarcreek Township. He was the son of the late Fell and Asenath (McDaniel) Burns and the younger brother of the late...
Antoinette C. "Toni" Beach
Apr 3, 2019
Antoinette C. "Toni" Beach, 79, of Franklin, passed away peacefully at 1:00 A.M. Wednesday, April 3, 2019 at her daughter's home after an extended illness.Born November 3, 1939 in Dubois, she was a daughter of the late Dominic and Frances Mammolite Vocisano.Toni attended Franklin High School and then went on to work at the Grandview Convalescent Home and later worked...
Frances E. "Sis" Carson
Mar 30, 2019
Frances E. "Sis" Carson, 67, of Oil City, passed away unexpectedly at her residence on Saturday March 30, 2019. Born in Franklin on November 15, 1951, she was the daughter of the late Paul and Norma Terry Shaughnessy.Sis was a 1969 graduate of Franklin High School and worked at C and S Vending then worked a number of years at...
David L. Harrington
Mar 23, 2019
David L. Harrington, 74, of Franklin, passed away at 1:19 A.M. on Saturday March 23, 2019 at The Caring Place.There will be no visitation or service.
Robert Archie Benninger
Mar 16, 2019
Rev. Robert Archie Benninger, MD, DTM&H, FACS, 97, passed away on March 16, 2019 at Brooksville Hospice, in Brooksville, Florida. Born in Van, PA on January 25, 1922 to the late James A. Benninger and Leota Berlin Benninger. On August 20, 1949 he married the love of his life, Barbara Clark Benninger, and celebrated 69 years of marriage. She survives...
Nancy Jo Reib Witherup
Mar 14, 2019
Nancy Jo Reib Witherup, 75, of Franklin, died March 14th, 2019 at Oakwood Heights in Oil City, Pa, after a lingering illness.Nancy graduated from Franklin High School, in the class of 1961 and received her nursing degree from the Hamot Hospital School of Nursing in Erie, Pa. She worked as a nurse in Telemetry at the Franklin, Pa hospital and...
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