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

James W. Eaton
Jan 7, 2010
Visitation 2-4 & 7-9 P.M. Sunday January 10, 2010 Funeral Service Monday January 11, 2010 11:00 A.M. at West Unity Community Church with Pastor Boyd D. Smith, officiating.

Gail L. Schoupe
Jan 6, 2010
Gail L. Schoupe, 72 formerly of 3201 Crawford Ave., Polk died in The Caring Place at 11:55 a.m. Wednesday, January 6, 2010. She was the last surviving member of her family. She was born in Franklin on February 1, 1937 a daughter of Lawrence and Eva LaVern French Sechler. She graduated from Franklin High School and later from Roberts Wesleyn...

Marjorie B. Mook
Jan 5, 2010
Marjorie B. Mook, 93 of 421 Edgewood Dr., Franklin, died at 10:30 p.m. Tuesday, January 5, 2010 in UPMC Northwest, Seneca. She was born in Parker on March 8, 1916 a daughter of Lester and Clara Dunkle Fleming. She graduated from Parker High School and attended Grove City College. Mrs. Mook was part owner and had worked at the Findley...

Martha M. Witherup
Jan 4, 2010
Martha MargueriteSusie� Witherup, 92, formerly of 253 Pone Lane, Franklin, died at 10:30 a.m. Monday in UPMC Northwest, Seneca. She had been residing in The Caring Place. She was the last remaining member of her family. She was born in Rockland on November 19, 1917 a daughter of Frank Leslie and Julia Ellen McCarty Borland. She was the last surviving...

Grace P. Dingman
Dec 28, 2009
Grace Pearl Dingman, 97, of 840 Mercer Road, Franklin died at 11:25 p.m. Monday December 28, 2009 at her home. A daughter of Charles E. and Grace Hallock Uller she was born in Tidioute on July 11, 1912. She was a graduate of Titusville High School and the Oil City School of Nursing in 1933. After graduation she worked as...

Jeanne M. Martin
Dec 27, 2009
Jeanne M. Martin, 83, of Sugar Creek Station died at 8:50 a.m. Sunday December 27, 2009. A daughter of Edmund and Freda Waslohn Macfarlane she was born in Warren on July 23, 1926. She was a graduate of Oil City High School. She received her degree in nursing from the University of Pennsylvania, School of Nursing in 1947. She worked...

Patricia J. Carrara
Dec 22, 2009
Patricia J. Carrara, 66 of 114 Aspen Drive, Franklin died Tuesday afternoon, December 22, 2009 at UPMC Northwest, Seneca. She was born in Franklin on March 20, 1943 a daughter of Patsy J. and Josephine P. Scapaticci Carrara. She graduated from Franklin High School in 1961 and then attended Clarion Campus in Oil City. Miss Carrara was well known as...

Loretta J. Schwimmer
Dec 19, 2009
Loretta J. Schwimmer, 62, of 128 Gilfillan St., Franklin, died Saturday, Dec. 19, 2009, at UPMC Presbyterian Hospital in Pittsburgh. Born Aug. 19, 1947, in Oil City, she was a daughter of Vern A. Dalaba and Onalee J. Stevens Dalaba and Harry G. Porter. She graduated from Rocky Grove High School in 1965 and Erie Business School in 1967. She...

Merl Eugene Hoffman
Dec 10, 2009
Merl Eugene Hoffman (A.k.a. Uncle Merl) Merl E. Hoffman, 50, of 280 Bredinsburg Rd., Seneca died at 7:07 a.m. Thursday December 10, 2009. ?As of December 10, 2009 at 7:07 a.m., I AM OUT OF HERE. Most would think that at 50 years of age that it must have been an auto/motorcycle wreck or drugs. Nope, ALS (Lou Gehrig?s Disease)....

Christene G. Rollins
Dec 4, 2009
Christene G. Rollins, 88, died at 777 Pone Lane died at 8:26 a.m. Friday, December 04, 2009, she was formerly of Sandy Lake, PA. She was born August 22, 1921, a daughter of Henry and Marian Gray Buck. She attended schools in Hanover and West Lebanon, NH. She graduated from the University of New Hampshire in 1947. Mrs. Rollins was...

William Edward Griffen
Nov 18, 2009
William E. Griffen Jr., 47, of 703 Sugarcreek Drive died at 12:32 a.m. Wednesday November 18, 2009 at Sharon Regional Hospital. A son of William E. and Carol Strain Griffen he was born in Oil City on February 27, 1962. He was a graduate of Rocky Grove High School. Bill enjoyed dirt track car racing, hunting and fishing as his...

Leona E. Metz
Nov 4, 2009
Leona E. Metz, 101, formerly of 1101 Elm Street, died at 1:20 a.m. Wednesday November 4, 2009 at The Caring Place. A daughter of Joseph J. and Elizabeth Shaughnessy End, she was born in Oil City on November 15, 1907. She attended St. Joseph School and Oil City High School. For several years, Mrs. Metz was employed as the local...

Caroline A. Koos
Nov 2, 2009
Caroline Allison Koos, 84, of 307 S. Park St. died at 5:35 a.m. Monday November 2, 2009 at Titusville Area Hospital. A daughter of Emil and Elizabeth Mullins Koos she was born in Franklin on November 13, 1924. She was a graduate of Franklin High School and attended college near Pittsburgh. Miss Koos was an avid reader and historian, a...

Barbara L. Kinney
Oct 31, 2009
Barbara L. Kinney, 81, of 160 Sleepy Hollow Lane died at 8:04 p.m. Saturday October 31, 2009 at UPMC Northwest. A daughter of Thomas R. and Annabell Kirkpatrick Scott she was born in Kittanning on February 16, 1928. She was raised in the Polk area and was a graduate of Franklin High School. Mrs. Kinney retired in 1988 from Polk...

Steven P. Aaron
Oct 31, 2009
Steven P. Aaron, 49, a resident of Snyder Memorial Health Care Center, Marienville, died at 12:15 a.m. Saturday October 31, 2009. A son of Walter A. and Rita Weaver Aaron he was born in Franklin on June 26, 1960. He attended St. Patrick School and was a 1980 graduate of Franklin High School. He had worked in the office of...

William Bice
Oct 29, 2009
William Bice 61, of 1421 Liberty St. died at 11:35 A.M. on Thursday October 29, 2009 in UPMC Presbyterian Hospital in Pittsburgh. A son of William A. and Betty Lou Hoffman Blair he was born July 10, 1948 in Franklin. Mr. Bice enjoyed hunting, fishing and boating. He is survived by a daughter Martha Bice of Franklin, and a son...

Lucille Hoover
Oct 28, 2009
Lucille C. Hoover, 88 died at 12:50 a.m. Wednesday, October 28, 2009 in The Caring Place, Franklin. She was born in Oakman, Alabama on May 22, 1921 a daughter of Denver C. and Ethel Cannon Covin. She graduated from high school in Alabama. At the age of 20 and one year after the invasion of Pearl Harbor she signed up...

Dorothy Albert
Oct 26, 2009
Dorothy Albert, 84 formerly of 1327 Elk St., Franklin died at 6:00a.m. Monday, October 26, 2009 in UPMC Northwest at Seneca. She had been residing in The Caring Place. She was born in Franklin on March 23, 1925 a daughter of Alvin Earl and Winifred Deeter Wood. She graduated from Franklin High School in 1943. She was a member of...

Richard L. Smith
Oct 25, 2009
Richard L. Smith, 81 of Franklin died at 6:15 P.M. Sunday October 25, 2009 in Fairview Manor, Erie County. He was born in Corry, PA on January 12, 1928 a son of Harry and Lena Hasson Smith. He was a graduate of Franklin High School. Mr. Smith was employed by Amalie Refinery for over 25 years then for Pennzoil in...

Betty J. Hasson
Oct 24, 2009
Betty J. Hasson, 80 of 203 S. Park St., Franklin died at 2:28 p.m. Saturday, October 24, 2009 at UPMC Northwest, Seneca. She was born on July 13, 1929 a daughter of John C. and Gladys M. Perrine McIntire. She graduated from Franklin High School in 1947. Mrs. Hasson was employed by the City of Franklin in the Treasurers Office,...
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