OBITUARIES
Local obituaries in Indiana, PA.
Mary Catherine Rafferty
Jan 22, 2015
Mary Catherine Rafferty, age 89, of Indiana, passed away Thursday, January 22, 2015 at Indiana Regional Medical Center. She was born 1925 in Phillipsburg to Thomas and Elizabeth Hefferan Agan. Mrs. Rafferty was a member of St. Thomas More University Parish, Indiana; the Monroeville Garden Club; and a life-long member of the American Nurses Assoc. Mary Catherine was a Registered...
Jean Louise Sherwood
Jan 22, 2015
Jean Louise Sherwood, age 82, of Indiana, died Monday, January 22, 2015 at her home. She was born in 1932 in E. Wheatfield Township, to Jacob "Earl" and Nora Anne Rager Ressler. Jean was self-employed as a custom tailor for many years. She was a 1994 graduate of IUP with an Associate of Arts degree. She was an intensely artistic...
Glenn C. Brant
Jan 20, 2015
Glenn C. Brant, (93), of Indiana, passed peacefully into eternal life on Tuesday, January 20, 2015 at the Communities for Indian Haven. He was born in 1921 in Cumberland, Maryland to the late Mahlon Shaffer Brant and Anna Matilda (Hittie) Brant. He graduated from Berlin Brothers High School and attended the University of Maryland, until World War II started. He...
Irene Rhoades
Jan 19, 2015
Irene Rhoades, 91, of Blairsville, passed away on Monday, January 19, 2015 at Indiana Regional Medical Center. She was born in 1923 to John Marshallick and Stella Kwiatkowski in Clearfield. Irene worked various jobs as a waitress, house cleaning and cooking. She enjoyed Bingo, playing cards, crocheting and spending time with her family, grandchildren, great grandchildren and her great great...
Rev. Dr. E. Earl Anderson
Jan 18, 2015
The Rev. E. Earl Anderson of Indiana, PA, formerly of Sewickley, PA, died on Sunday, January 18, 2015 at the age of 86. He was born in Kenora, Ontario, Canada on May 24, 1928, the fifth child of Swedish immigrants Bengt Anderson and Emma Kristina Berguson. Earl was a respected pastor and community leader. He touched many lives, teaching in...
Mary Pencola
Jan 17, 2015
Mary (Shrokman) Pencola, age 93, of Shelocta, (Young Twp), passed away on Saturday, January 17, 2015 at her home. She was born in 1921 in Sagamore to Louis and Magdalene Bytnar Shrokman. Mrs. Pencola was an active member of the Church of the Good Shepherd, Kent, the McIntyre Senior Citizens, the Greensburg Diocesan Council of Catholic Women, Good Shepherd Women's...
Richard C. King,, Sr.
Jan 17, 2015
Richard C. King, Sr., age 85 of Indiana, died on Saturday January 17, 2015 at the Communities of Indian Haven. He was born in 1929 in Indiana to Ira and Miriam McCombs King and grew up in Indiana and Pittsburgh on the top of Mt. Washington. He was a graduate of Indiana High School. Rich was a member of the...
Donald A. Frederick
Jan 14, 2015
Donald A. Frederick, age 87, of Strongstown, passed away on Wednesday, January 14, 2015 at Indiana Regional Medical Center. He was born in 1927 in Johnstown to Elmer and Agnes Kurtz Frederick. Mr. Frederick was a member of the Independent Traditional Holiness Church, Indiana, the VFW Post #7605, Twin Rocks, and a former member of several gun clubs and was...
L. Larue Stewart
Jan 6, 2015
L. Larue (Fairman) Stewart, age 83, of Indiana, formerly of Washington Twp., passed away on Tuesday, January 6, 2015, at Communities of Indian Haven. She was born in Burrell Township, PA in 1931 to John Lloyd and Ethel May Lukehart Stewart. She was a member of the PSEA. A graduate of Indiana High School in 1949, and received her Bachelor's...
Matthew D. Rethi
Jan 6, 2015
Matthew D. Rethi, age 32, of Indiana, passed away Tuesday, January 6, 2015 in Indiana. He was born 1982 in Indiana, to Daniel and Lori Jadzak Rethi. Matt was a graduate of the Marion Center Area High School in 2001. He enlisted in the US Marine Corp and served four years with two tours in Iraq where he received the...
Edgar W. Wilderson
Jan 3, 2015
Obituary for Edgar W. Wilderson Edgar W. "Eddie" Wilderson, age 84, of Indiana, passed away on Saturday, January 3, 2015 at .Scenery Hill Manor. He was born in 1930 in Weehawken, NJ to Edgar and Mary Frussnar Wilderson. Eddie was a member of St. Bernard of Clairvaux Roman Catholic Church, the VFW Post #1982, and a former member of St....
Virginia M. Parker
Dec 31, 2014
Virginia M. Parker, age 96, of Indiana, died Wednesday, December 31, 2014 at her home. She was born in 1918 in Johnstown, to Frank and Gertrude Conrad Craig. Mrs. Parker was a member of St. Bernard of Clairvaux R.C. Church, Indiana, and the Catholic Daughters of America. A veteran of WW II she served as a WAAC in the...
Helen Dale Cooke Cunningham
Dec 28, 2014
Helen Dale Cooke Cunningham, age 75, of Indiana, died on Sunday, December 28, 2014, at St. Andrew's Village, Indiana. She was born in 1939 in Kittanning to Charles Wallace and Martha Jane Bowser Cooke. She was a past board member of the Visiting Nurses' Association of Indiana, a charter Member of the IUP chapter of Sigma Theta Tau Nursing Honor...
Ellen Coy
Dec 22, 2014
Ellen Coy, age 99, formerly of Marion Center, died on Monday, December 22, 2014 at the Indiana Regional Medical Center. She was born in 1915 in Dubois to Jordie and Elizabeth Redicliff Calvert. Mrs. Coy was a member of the Hilltop Baptist Church. She loved cooking and sharing with her friends at Clairvaux Commons. Her specialty was peanut butter fudge....
E. Steve Sirochman
Dec 11, 2014
Eugene "Steve" Sirochman, age 57, of Home, passed away Thursday, December 11, 2014 at his home. He was born in 1957 in Kittanning, to John and Mary C. Blazavich Sirochman. Steve was a member of St. Jude Thaddeus Byzantine Catholic Church, Ernest, the Sagamore VFW, and the Punxsutawney LOOM. He was employed by Penn Mechanical Group as a truck driver,...
James L. Turnbull
Dec 10, 2014
James L. Turnbull, 79, of Indiana, was called home to be with his heavenly Father on December 10, 2014 . The son of the late Mae (Miller) and Henry Turnbull; He was born in 1935 in Waterman, PA. After graduating in 1954 from Elders Ridge High School he was employed by Indiana Wholesale for 30 years and was owner of...
M. Carol Nayland
Dec 9, 2014
M. Carol Naylon, age 62, of Indiana, passed away on Tuesday, December 9, 2014 at Scenery Hill Manor. She was born in 1952 in Indiana, to Howard and Margie Galonis Peterson. Mrs. Naylon was a member of St. Bernard of Clairvaux R.C. Church, Indiana. She was self-employed as a beautician for 40 years, operating and managing Margie's L'Art De Coiffure...
Robert Mcnutt
Dec 8, 2014
Robert "Kentucky" McNutt, 65, Indiana, passed away suddenly at his home on December 8, 2014, and is now pain free and at peace with his Lord and Savior. His family is blessed for the time they had. He was born in 1949 to William E. and Beulah M. (Penrod) McNutt in Indiana, PA. Kentucky was a member of the Faith...
Delores P. Labay
Dec 8, 2014
Delores P. Labay, age 88, of Sagamore, passed away Monday, December 8, 2014 at her home and the house in which she was born in 1926 in Sagamore, to Michael and Stella Rutosky Slencsak. Delores graduated from Cowanshannock Twp. High School in 1945. She then attended and graduated from Mason Felix Beauty Academy in Pittsburgh in 1946. For fifty seven...
William T. Rust
Dec 6, 2014
William T. Rust, age 82, of Penn Run, passed away on Saturday, December 6, 2014 at his home. He was born in 1932 in Wilkinsburg, to William T. and Imogene T. McCall Cleland. Bill was a member of the Plum Creek Masonic Lodge, Monroeville, and the Indiana Flyers Club. He was employed as a plumber for Ryan Homes for 15...
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