Franklin, PA Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Franklin, PA, Venango County & Surrounding Areas

Howard L. Fisher
Aug 20, 2010
Howard L. Fisher, 82, of 173 Fisher Lane, died at 7:40 a.m. Friday August 20, 2010 at Sugar Creek Station. A son of Fred P. and Vada White Fisher he was born on the family homestead, Bon Air Farm near Franklin on April 6, 1928. He was a 1946 graduate of Oil City High School. He began his working career...

Michael David Phipps
Aug 19, 2010
Michael D. Phipps, 57, of 1107 Grandview Rd. died at 10:03 p.m. Thursday August 19, 2010 at UPMC Northwest. A son of Leroy and Gloria Chamberlain Phipps he was born in Franklin on May 6, 1953. He was a 1971 graduate of Franklin High School. He was a veteran of the United State Navy serving from 1971 until 1975. Mr....

Marie Fox Cenedella
Aug 12, 2010
Marie Fox Cenedella, 64, of 660 Forest Lane, Franklin, died at 3:25 a.m. August 12, 2010 at UPMC Medical Center. Marie was born in Newport News, Virginia on December 14, 1945, a daughter of Howard Leroy and Helen Manock Fox. She graduated from Warwick High School in 1963 and studied at Mary Washington College of the University of Virginia. In...
Fern V. Buchanan
Aug 4, 2010
Fern V. Buchanan, 87, of Jones Road, Harrisville, went to be with her Lord and Savior at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2010, at Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh, with her family by her side. She had been hospitalized after a fall at her home two weeks ago. Born Nov. 18, 1922, in Venango County, she was the daughter of...

Virginia A. Broms
Aug 3, 2010
Virginia A. Broms, 93, of rural Utica, passed away at 12:50 p.m. Tuesday August 3, 2010 at The Caring Place where she lived for nearly three years. She was born November 5, 1916 to Victor and Gertrude Ehrhardt Fagerstrom in the McKeesport Hospital. Virginia graduated from McKeesport High School in 1934 and worked at the McKeesport Tin Plate Company in...
Beatrice M. Fobes
Aug 1, 2010
Beatrice M. Fobes, 99, of Boyers Road, Harrisville, died at 4:30 p.m. Sunday at her daughter's residence in Hermitage. She had lived in the Harrisville area most of her life. Born in Kiester, Slippery Rock Township, Dec. 19, 1910, she was the daughter of Calvin Hockenberry and Mary J. (Myers) Hockenberry. She was a homemaker and an avid gardener. Mrs....

Jean F. Braatz
Aug 1, 2010
Jean F. Braatz, 83, formerly of 200 Nettles Lane, Franklin at 6:03 a.m. Sunday August 1, 2010 at UPMC Northwest went to be with her Lord. Born June 13, 1927 in New Castle she was the daughter of James and June Green who preceded her in death. She attended school in New Castle. On February 13, 1948 she married Paul...

Mary Louise Mook
Aug 1, 2010
Mary Louise Mook, 94, of 15 Oak Street, Franklin died at 8:05 p.m. Sunday August 1, 2010 at The Caring Place. A daughter of Emmett P. and Anna Hughes Morgan she was born in Franklin on July 5, 1916. She was a 1934 graduate of Franklin High School. Mrs. Mook began her working career at the General Manifold and Printing...

Elizabeth Unger
Aug 1, 2010
Elizabeth Unger, 96, of 2918 US 322 died at 12:40 a.m. Sunday August 1, 2010 at Sugar Creek Station. A daughter of John and Mary Kostak Schneider she was born in Pittsburgh on July 11, 1914. She attended the public schools in Pittsburgh. She was a homemaker and a member of St. Patrick?s Church. On August 24, 1935 she married...

William Jeffries
Aug 1, 2010
William S. Jeffries, 46 of 512 Buffalo St., Franklin died at 10:21 P.M. Sunday August 1, 2010 at UPMC Northwest, Seneca. He was born August 24, 1963 in California. He was married on January 27, 2007 to Amy Jeffries, who survives. Also surviving are two sons, William Jeffries Jr. and Nick Jeffries. There will be no visitation. A memorial service...
Amelia L. Phipps
Jul 27, 2010
Amelia L. Phipps, 94, went to be with her Lord and Savior at 9 p.m. Tuesday at Trinity Living Center, Grove City, where she was a resident since August 2001. She formerly made her home in Grove City and Harrisville. Born in Pittsburgh, Oct. 6, 1915, she was the daughter of Joseph F. Klein and Amelia K. (Schubert) Klein. She...

Margaret Karns
Jul 25, 2010
Margaret McBride Karns, daughter of Dr. Lewis E. and Emma Lamberton McBride and widow of Frederick P. Karns, died at 5:50 P.M. Sunday July 25, 2010 at her residence, 1242 Elk Street, Franklin, where she was born July 9, 1910. Mrs. Karns was a graduate of Franklin High School in 1929. She graduated from Mount Vernon College, Washington, D. C....
Hannah J. Bowser
Jul 15, 2010
Hannah J. Bowser, 78, of Lee Lane, Grove City, formerly of Harrisville, died at 6:50 a.m. Thursday in VNA In Patient Hospice Butler. At her request, her body was donated to science. She was born in Franklin on Dec. 15, 1931, to Robert O. Bailey and Frances M. (Simons) Bailey. She was retired from Grove Manor in Grove City were...

Mary Ellen Meanor
Jul 8, 2010
Mary Ellen Meanor, 82, of Franklin, died Thursday, July 8, 2010 at her home surrounded by family and friends after a brief battle with cancer. A daughter of William and Mildred Barnhart Ross she was born in Friedens, PA on November 3, 1927. Mary Ellen was employed as a switchboard operator for the County of Venango. She retired in 1988...

Barbara H. Viele
Jul 2, 2010
Barbara H. Viele, 93 of Franklin went home to be with her Lord and Savior at 7:30 A.M. Friday July 2, 2010. Born in Titusville on February 26, 1917, she was a daughter of Anton Sr. and Anna Ritter Brecht. She was a woman of strong faith and a 50 year member of Christ Untied Methodist Church in Franklin and...

Alice J. Persing
Jun 27, 2010
Alice J. Persing, 82, of 103 N. 13th Street died at 2:00 a.m. Sunday June 27, 2010 at The Caring Place. A daughter of Norris and Margaret Thorngate Carter she was born in Dempseytown on October 29, 1927. She was in the last class to complete their studies at the Dempseytown School and was the salutatorian of the Oil City...
Samuel L. Grossman
Jun 22, 2010
Samuel L. "Buck" Grossman, 78, of Log Cemetery Road, Harrisville, formerly of Clay Township, Butler County, died at 2 a.m. Tuesday, June 22, 2010, at his residence. He was born May 10, 1932, in Clay Township, Butler County, the son of Lewis L. and Dorothy E. McCandless Grossman. He was a veteran of the Korean War, having served in the...

James E. Mast
Jun 19, 2010
James E. Mast III, 43 of 134 Oakwood Dr., Franklin died Saturday June 19, 2010 at his Residence. Born in Cleveland, OH on November 22, 1966, he was a son of the late James E. Jr. and Nancy L. Drake Mast. He was a 1984 graduate of Oil City High School. Mr. Mast enjoyed hunting, fishing, camping and spending time...
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