Franklin, PA Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Franklin, PA, Venango County & Surrounding Areas
Anna M. Booher
Aug 22, 2016
Anna M. Booher, age 92 of Slippery Rock, passed away Monday morning, August 22, 2016 at Autumn Grove in Harrisville. Anna was born October 19, 1923 in Century, West Virginia to the late Charles L. Walchesky and Susannah M. Lauver.Anna was a devout Christian and was a member of West Unity Community Church in Harrisville for many years. She married...
Barbara S. Heckathorne
Aug 20, 2016
Barbara S. Heckathorne, 63 of Franklin passed away unexpectedly on Saturday August 20, 2016 at her residence.Born July 18, 1953 in Franklin, she was a daughter of Helen Kennedy Smith and the late Paul Smith.She was a 1972 graduate of Franklin High School and earned her Associates Degree in nursing from Clarion University where she was salutatorian of her class....
John B. Heckathorne
Aug 20, 2016
John B. Heckathorne Jr. 63 of Franklin passed away unexpectedly on Saturday August 20, 2016 at his residence. Born April 17, 1953 in Oil City, he was a son of the late John B. & Emma Beatrice Downing Heckathorne. John was a 1972 graduate of Oil City High School.He worked for over 42 years at Electralloy in Oil City retiring...
Allen K. Frye
Aug 11, 2016
Allen K. Frye, age 66 of Penn Hills, passed away Thursday August 11, 2016 at the VA Hospital in Pittsburgh. Allen was born on March 8, 1950 in Lewistown to Jack Frye and Joan Spaide, they survive. Allen entered the US Marine Corps in 1968 and served in the Vietnam conflict. During his time in the service he earned three...
John W. Bickel
Aug 8, 2016
John W. Bickel, 55 of Guys Mills, died unexpectedly on Monday August 8, 2016 in Franklin. He was born in Franklin on October 5, 1960 to Paul Bickel and the late Janice Hiles Bickel.John began working at the age of 14 in his grandfather's sawmill, he then went on to work at Franklin Industries as a laborer until his passing....
Velma G. Barr
Aug 5, 2016
Velma G. Barr, age 92, of Newhaven Court at Butler, passed away on Friday August 5, 2016. Velma was born in Fairview, West Virginia on January 12, 1924 to the late Larney McBee and Millie Wilson McBee. Velma was a member of Harmony Presbyterian Church in Harrisville. Velma and her husband Stanley lived in Harrisville for nearly 40 years. Velma...
Sandra E. Anderson
Aug 5, 2016
Sandra E. Anderson, 64 of Franklin, TN, formerly of Franklin, PA, passed away on Friday August 5, 2016 at her residence.Born May 11, 1952 in Franklin, PA she was a daughter of Nancy Ritts Stewart and the late Dale Stewart.Sandy was a graduate of Cranberry High School and Penn State University where she earned her Bachelor's Degree.She worked for over...
Marie P. Cokain
Jul 27, 2016
Marie Porter Cokain, 96 of Franklin passed away on July 27, 2016 at The Caring Place. Born June 16, 1920 in Clintonville, she was the daughter of Braden and Keith Atwell Porter. She graduated from Clintonville High School in 1937. She attended Westminster College and received a degree in business from Franklin Business School. Marie Married Harry L. Cokain on...
Ann Sberna
Jul 20, 2016
Ann Sberna, formerly of Franklin, passed peacefully on Wednesday July 20, 2016 at her home in Burbank, CA.A daughter of Harry R. and Fleta Morgan Moyer, she was born in Franklin on May 13, 1922. She was a graduate of Lakewood High School and continued her education with nurses training. A homemaker, Ann was a member of St. Patrick Church....
Rose M. Ace
Jul 14, 2016
Rose M. Ace, 75, went to be home with the Lord at 12:55 a.m. Thursday, July 14, 2016 from The Caring Place in Franklin.A daughter of Thomas E. and Freda M. Beers Stanley she was born in Franklin on February 6, 1941. Rose enjoyed crafts, sewing and crocheting and doing word search puzzles. She was thrilled to be baking cookies...
Harry V. Kidd
Jul 13, 2016
Harry V. Kidd, Jr., age 100 of Butler, passed away on Wednesday, July 13, 2016 at 7:49 p.m. at Good Samaritan Hospice at Concordia in Cabot, PA.Born July 28, 1915 in Butler, PA he was the son of the late Harry V. Kidd Sr. and Jane May Slaugenhaupt Kidd.Harry graduated from Butler High School in 1934 and retired from ARMCO...
Constance D. Bailey
Jul 8, 2016
Constance D. Bailey, 84, of Franklin, died at her residence at 2:29 p.m. Friday, July 8, 2016. Connie was born in Annapolis, MD on September 24, 1931, the daughter of William Preston and Roxy Chatam Diggs. With a lifelong passion for education she earned her associate degree at Averett College in Danville, VA, in 1970 she received her bachelor's degree...
Sarah L. Ricalton
Jun 24, 2016
Sarah Lee Spackman Masters Ricalton, 86, of Franklin, daughter of William Earl and Mary Elizabeth Kissell Spackman, died June 24, 2016, after a brief illness. She was born June 11, 1930, in Jersey Shore, PA, and moved to Franklin with her family from Williamsburg, PA in 1933.Sarah (Sally) attended Franklin public schools, graduating from Franklin High in 1948. During her...
Leonard Pranevich
Jun 20, 2016
Leonard Pranevich, 64 of Polk, passed away at 4:20 A.M., Monday June 20, 2016 at Polk Center where he resided for a number of years.Born in Pittsburgh on September 26, 1951 he was a son of the late Edward and Alberta Bildstein Pranevich.Surviving is a brother, Gerard Pranevich and a step-sister, Maria Ritchey.He was preceded in death by his parents,...
Shirley L. Shuffstall
Jun 16, 2016
Shirley L. Shuffstall, 85, of Cooperstown, died at 4:35 p.m. Thursday June 16, 2016 at UPMC Northwest, Seneca.A daughter of Homer Wayne and Mary Boughner Beatty, she was born in Franklin on August 16, 1930.She had worked as a waitress and cafeteria cook. She and her husband had owned and operated the Wyattville Country Store.Shirley had been a member of...
Marjorie Virginia Bell Kiester
Jun 16, 2016
Marjorie V. Kiester, age 95, formerly of Boyers, PA died June 16, 2016 at her daughter's home. Marjorie was born in Marion Township on Feb 13, 1921, and was the daughter of the late Herbert and Zelda Brown Bell. She was a graduate of Slippery Rock State Teachers College in 1943 and taught at Amsterdam, Mercer County: Knox: then retired...
Marjorie L. Mastro
Jun 16, 2016
Marjorie "Margie" Lillian (Neill) Mastro passed from this life on June 16, 2016. Margie was born in Westfield, New York, on April 11, 1936. She moved to Titusville, PA in the late 1950s with her late, first husband Raymond Bensink. She lived in Titusville from that point on. She later remarried her late, second husband Charles Mastro. Margie had four...
Wallace Dale "Mike" Snyder
Jun 14, 2016
Wallace Dale "Mike" Snyder, 92, passed away peacefully Tuesday morning, June 14, 2016 at Sugar Creek Station, where he had resided briefly.A son of Raymond and Etta Shower Snyder, he was born in Franklin on September 7, 1923. Mike was a graduate of Rocky Grove High School and attended Penn State and the University of Cincinnati. On December 26, 1946...
Laura M. Sires
Jun 7, 2016
Laura M. Sires, 96 of Franklin passed away early Tuesday morning, June 7, 2016 at Sugar Creek Station where she has resided for the past several months.Born March 3, 1920, she was a daughter of the late James and Anna Hazlett Urey.Mrs. Sires was a homemaker. She had previously worked for a period of time in the dietary department of...
Betty J. George
Jun 6, 2016
Betty J. George, 50 of Franklin passed away unexpectedly at 10:00 A.M. Monday June 6, 2016 at a friend's home in Rouseville.Born June 11, 1965 in Butler she was a daughter of Barbara Schulter Cress and the late Clifford R. George Sr.Betty was a homemaker who loved to travel and spend time with her grandkids. In addition to her mother,...
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