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Franklin, PA Obituaries

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

M. Isabel Taylor

M. Isabel Taylor

Mar 26, 2010

M. Isabel Taylor, 92, of Grove City, formerly of Harrisville and Mars, died at 12:15 p.m. Friday at Trinity Living Center. She was born July 23, 1917, in Hendersonville, N.C., the daughter of Sally A. (Jones) McDowell and Charles F. McDowell. She was a graduate of Munhall High School and was a homemaker. She married Lewis W. Taylor on July...

Michael G. Polanick

Michael G. Polanick

Mar 25, 2010

Michael G. Polanick, 91, of Boyers Road, Harrisville, died at 3:46 p.m. Thursday at Butler Memorial Hospital. Born Nov. 28, 1918, in Homestead, he was the son of Alex and Vanalisa Polanick. Polanick graduated from Homestead High School and was employed by the U.S. Postal Service in Grove City, after previously working at Cooper-Bessemer in Grove City. He was a...

Claude E. Surrena

Claude E. Surrena

Mar 22, 2010

Claude E. Surrena, 88, formerly of Marion Township, died at 1:05 p.m. Monday at the Sunnyview Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, where he lived for more than 30 years. Born in Marion township, Nov. 4, 1921, he was the son of Harry Surrena and Wilda B. (Mortland) Surrena. He formerly attended the Church of the Nazarene, Nectarine. He enjoyed life to...

William H. Bauer

William H. Bauer

Mar 8, 2010

William H. Bauer, 90, of Harrisville died Monday while visiting his daughter in Illinois. Born in Pittsburgh, May 26, 1919, he was the son of George W. Bauer and Ella (Hoelzmann) Bauer. A graduate of Harrisville High School, he was a machine operator for the former Cooper Energy in Grove City and retired in 1981 after 40 years. He was...

Joan A. Grill Reagle

Joan A. Grill Reagle

Mar 4, 2010

Joan A. Grill Reagle, 77, of Fort Pierce, FL, and Erie, PA, died on Thursday, March 4, 2010, at Palm Garden of Port St. Lucie, FL. Born January 3, 1933, in Franklin, PA, she was a daughter of John Joseph and Adele Carrara Grill. Joan was a graduate of Sacred Heart Academy, Franklin, now St. Patrick School, and Franklin High...

James J. "Jay" Rhoads

James J. "Jay" Rhoads

Feb 20, 2010

James J.Jay� Rhoads, 76, retired Franklin school teacher, multi-sport coach, referee and umpire and life-long Franklin High School (FHS) athletic program enthusiast, died Saturday, February 20th at UPMC Northwest Hospital following a long illness. Mr. Rhoads graduated from FHS, class of 1951, where he played basketball and football. Following high school, Mr. Rhoads served two years in the U.S. Army....

Sara A. Mong

Sara A. Mong

Feb 14, 2010

Sara A. Mong, 95, former Rocky Grove resident died at 5:14 a.m. Sunday February 14, 2010 at Hocking Valley Community Hospital, Logan Ohio. A daughter of Howard and Bertie Renniger Tidball she was born August 23, 1914 in the Franklin area. She was a member of the Rocky Grove Avenue Presbyterian Church and a member of the O.U.R. class in...

Clair D. Gibbons

Clair D. Gibbons

Feb 14, 2010

Clair D.Bo� Gibbons, 82, of Franklin died at 2:13 p.m. Sunday, February 14, 2010 at The Caring Place after a long illness. Born July 24, 1927 in Eau Clair he was the son of Hugh and Helen Stocker Gibbons. He spent his early life in Rouseville and attended Oil City High School. He served with the U.S. Navy during World...

Terry Lee

Terry Lee

Feb 14, 2010

Terry Lee Ace, 66 of 537 3rd St., Franklin, died on Sunday February 14, 2010 at 9:16 a.m. in the Emergency Room at UPMC Northwest in Seneca. He was born in Franklin on January 23, 1944 a son of Nelson and Annabelle McCartney Ace. He attended Franklin Schools. Mr. Ace was employed as a security Guard at Joy Mining Machinery...

Harold L. Berg

Harold L. Berg

Feb 13, 2010

Harold L. Berg, 87, of Barkeyville Road, Grove City, died at 3:30 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 13, 2010, at Trinity Living Center in Grove City, where he was a resident since November 2009. Born Feb. 27, 1922, in Wilkinsburg, he was a son of the late Albert Berg and Carrie Harris Berg. He was a 1940 graduate of Ben Avon High...

Mary Etta Wright

Mary Etta Wright

Feb 11, 2010

Mary Etta Wright, 83 formerly of 518 Wilson Avenue, Rocky Grove died at 3:50 p.m. on Thursday, February 11, 2010 in the Golden Living Center Western Reserve, Erie. She was born in Rocky Grove on December 7, 1926 a daughter of Nathan and Bessie Griffin. She was a graduate of Franklin High School. On October 7, 1947 she married William...

Burton C. Stewart

Burton C. Stewart

Feb 8, 2010

Burton C. Stewart, 53, of Barkey-Hoffman Road, Harrisville, died Monday, Feb. 8, 2010, at UPMC Presbyterian Hospital in Pittsburgh after a brief illness. He had lived in the area most of his life. Born Dec. 17, 1956, in Richmond, Va., he was the son of Brice T. Stewart and Shirley A. Smith Stewart. He graduated in 1975 from Mars High...

Thomas K. Harris

Thomas K. Harris

Feb 6, 2010

Thomas K. "Kert" Harris Sr., 86, a 15-year resident of Centertown Road, Grove City, formerly of Harrisville, died at 11:45 a.m. Saturday at Trinity Living Center in Grove City, where he had been a patient for one week. He was born in Vicars, W.Va., Jan. 20, 1924, and was a son of Thomas C. Harris and Dessie L. Rhoads Harris....

Frank B. Campbell

Frank B. Campbell

Feb 5, 2010

Visitation 10:00 - 11:00 A.M. Thursday February 11, 2010 at Huff Chapel. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. in the funeral home. Interment will follow in Franklin Cemetery.

Glenn A. Daily

Glenn A. Daily

Jan 26, 2010

Glenn A. Daily, 99 formerly of Utica died on Tuesday, January 26, 2010 at the Fahrney-Keedy Memorial Home in Boonsboro, Maryland. He was born in Canal Twp., Venango County on January 10, 1911, a son of George Lee and Phoebe Flo Smith Daily. He graduated from Rocky Grove High School and Beckley College in Harrisburg with a degree in engineering....

Helen K Shuffstall

Helen K Shuffstall

Jan 21, 2010

Helen Shuffstall, 90, of Bayside Village, Villas, NJ, formerly of Patchel Run Road, Franklin, PA passed away on January 21, 2010. Born on October 23, 1919 in Sarah Furnace she was the daughter of Carl and Pearl Kozak. Helen was married to Lester P. Shuffstall on November 4, 1940, he died November 23, 1998. She was predeceased by her husband...

Ruby P. Barnes

Ruby P. Barnes

Jan 19, 2010

Ruby P. Barnes, 97 of 106 Laurel Drive, Franklin, died on Tuesday, January 19, 2010 at 3:35 a.m. in UPMC Northwest, Seneca. She was born in Morgantown, West Virginia on February 8, 1912 a daughter of Barton W. and Estelle D. Neely Cordray. She was a graduate of Point Marion High School in Pennsylvania and the Indiana of Pennsylvania University...

Earlene Jeffries Mcchesney

Earlene Jeffries Mcchesney

Jan 17, 2010

Earlene Jeffries McChesney, 83 of 392 Shay Road, Franklin died on January 17, 2010 at 3:35 p.m. in UPMC Northwest, Seneca. She was born in Smithville, Tennessee on August 14, 1926, a daughter of Jesse S. and Eva L. Luna Judkins. She worked in the dietary department at the Franklin Hospital for 10 year and after that she worked at...

Nancy J. Frey

Nancy J. Frey

Jan 13, 2010

Nancy J. Frey Smith, 56 of 1432 Bredinsburg Road, Franklin died on Wednesday, January 13, 2010 at her residence. She was born on December 11, 1953 a daughter of Gerald A. and Norma Jean Dick Frey. She graduated from Oil City High School and during High School was a member of the Color Guard. She had worked for the IU6,...

Mildred A. Myers

Mildred A. Myers

Jan 8, 2010

Mildred A. Myers, age 85, of Park Ridge, beloved wife of the late Wilbur F.; loving mother of Louise A. Myers and Charles (Barbara) Myers; devoted grandmother of Rachel and Sarah Myers; dearest sister of Evelyn Miller, Elizabeth Savoia, Fred, Harry and Carl Anderson; preceded in death by two sisters; and one brother; also survived by numerous nieces; and nephews....

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