OBITUARIES
Local obituaries in Indiana, PA.
Virginia M. Druchniak
Nov 12, 2013
Virginia M. Druchniak, 90, of Indiana, passed away Tuesday, November 12, 2013 at Indiana Regional Medical Center. She was born in 1923 to Michael and Stella (Rotosky) Slenscak, in Sagamore. Virginia was a member of St. Bernard of Clairvaux Roman Catholic Church, and also the CD of A. She enjoyed crocheting, canning, baking cookies, making holiday meals for her family...
Clarence E. Walters
Nov 11, 2013
Clarence E. Walters, age 86, of Indiana, passed away Monday, November 11, 2013 at Communities of Indian Haven. He was born 1926 in Pittsburgh, to Edward C. and Anna E. Simchalk Walters. A veteran of the Korean War, he served in the US Army. Clarence was a member of Our Lady of the Assumption R. C. Church, Lucernemines site, the...
Ronald Lee Carpenter
Nov 3, 2013
Ronald Lee Carpenter, age 60, of Indiana, passed away Sunday, November 3, 2013 at West Haven Manor, Apollo. He was born 1953 in Starbrick. Ronald is survived by one daughter and one son, James Carpenter and wife Jessica, Williamsport; Autumn Carpenter and fiance James Swarmer, Indiana; one sister Wendy Carpenter, Indiana. Friends will be received on Wednesday from 6 to...
Mark J. Mckendrick Sr.
Nov 2, 2013
Mark McKendrick, age 60 ,of Blairsville, (Blacklick), died Saturday, November 2, 2013 at his home. He was born in 1953, to Joseph E. and Charleen McKendrick. A veteran of the Vietnam War, he served in the US Marine Corp. Mark was employed as a roofer with his father for many years, and also worked as security guard and janitor. Mark...
Florence Ann Sawyer
Oct 29, 2013
Florence Ann Sawyer, 88, of Indiana, passed away Tuesday, October 29, 2013 at Indiana Regional Medical Center. She was born in 1925 to Joseph Cislo and Cathrine Cislo in Chester, PA. Florence was a member St. Bernard of Clairvaux Roman Catholic Church, Indiana. She enjoyed reading, knitting and crocheting. She is survived by a son, Richard B. Sawyer II, Indiana;...
Mabel I. Mccracken
Oct 27, 2013
Obituary for Mabel I. McCracken Mabel I. (Rising) "Nan" McCracken, 66, of Creekside, passed away Sunday, October 27, 2013 at her home. She was born in 1947 to Archie D. and Mary (Allshouse) Rising in Indiana County. Mabel was a member of Plum Creek Presbyterian Church. She worked for the Indiana Hospital and the Visiting Nurses Association of Indiana County....
Vernon L. Troup
Oct 24, 2013
Vernon L. Troup, age 71 of Indiana, formerly of Marion Center, died Thursday, October 24, 2013 at Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center, Johnstown. He was born 1942 in Nu Mine, to Charles and Bessie Facemyer Troup. Mr. Troup was a member of the Indiana Church of Nazerene. He was employed as a coal miner for the R and P Coal Co.,...
Maria Sabolovich
Oct 22, 2013
Maria "Mary" Sabolovich, age 95, of Indiana, formerly of Coal Run, died Tuesday, October 22, 2013 at St. Andrew's Village, Indiana. She was born in 1917 to Charles and Anna Batik Pasternak. Mrs. Sabolovich was a member of the Church of the Good Shepherd, Kent, and the church's Ladies Guild. She was also a member of the Aultman Senior Citizens....
Elaine E. Mires
Oct 20, 2013
Elaine E. Mires, age 86, of Clymer, passed away Thursday, October 20, 2013 at Scenery Hill Manor. She was born in 1927 to Robert F. and Lucy J. Hammer Loar in Midland, MD. Elaine was a member of the Marion Center First United Methodist Church, and the United Methodist Women. Mrs. Mires had resided in Los Angeles for 45 years,...
Richard M. Strawcutter
Oct 11, 2013
Richard Merril Strawcutter, age 86, of Indiana, died Friday, October 11, 2013, at St. Andrew's Village, Indiana. He was born in 1927 in Kane, to Alton M and Viola I (Lundberg) Strawcutter. Mr. Strawcutter was a member of the Graystone Presbyterian Church. Dick graduated from Indiana State Teachers College, earned a Masters degree at Columbia, then taught chemistry and biology...
Ruth Ober Elliott
Oct 8, 2013
Obituary for Ruth Ober Elliott Ruth Ober Elliott, 88, of Meyersdale, formerly of Luciusboro, passed away Tuesday, October 8, 2013. She was born in 1924 to Clifton L. and Agnes Mae (Weaver) in Green Twp, Indiana County. Ruth attended Luciusboro Wesleyan Methodist Church. She enjoyed reading. She is survived by a son, C. Edwin Ober and wife Kathleen, Homer City,...
Kriemhide E. Munz
Oct 6, 2013
Obituary for Kriemhilde (Hilda) Emmi Munz Kriemhilde (Hilda) Emmi Munz, 71, of Indiana, passed away Sunday, October 6, 2013 at Indiana Regional Medical Center. She was born October 24, 1941 in Hallenberg, Germany, to Adolf and Paula Odenthal. Hilda was a member of St. Thomas More University Parish where she served as a Sacristan. She graduated from Indiana University of...
George W. Hood
Sep 29, 2013
George W. Hood, age 87, passed away Sunday, September 29, 2013 at the Indiana Regional Medical Center. He was born in 1925 in Wexford, to George W. and Mary Alice Gustin Hood. George was a member of the Presbyterian Church of Marion, and was a Commissioned Lay Pastor for Kiskiminetas Presbytery for 40 years, preaching in churches without active pastors....
Virginia S. Hollenbaugh
Sep 20, 2013
Virginia S. Hollenbaugh, age 84, of Homer City, died Friday, September 20, 2013 at the Indiana Regional Medical Center. She was born in 1929 in Salem Twp., to Isaac and Anna Esther George Shuster, and spent her early years in and around the Delmont area. Mrs. Hollenbaugh was a member of the Brush Valley Chapel. She was a wife, mother,...
Kathryn Wiggins Reeger
Sep 20, 2013
Kathryn Wiggins Reeger, age 79, of Shelocta, passed away on Friday September 20, 2013 at her home. She was born in 1933 in Armstrong Twp., to William Pearl and Margretta Warner Wiggins. Mrs. Reeger was a member of the Church of Christ, Indiana. She was a 1951 graduate of the Indiana High School, and a 1954 graduate of the Indiana...
Ray Doug Pollock
Sep 10, 2013
Ray "Doug" Pollock, 56, of Indiana passed away Tuesday, September 10, 2013 at his home. He was born in 1956 to Ray G. Pollock and Letitia (Hunter) Pollock in Bucks County. Doug was a member of the UMWA. He was a coal miner for 19 years for Tunnelton Coal Co. and also worked for First Commonwealth Bank as a courier....
Anacleta E. Sibolboro
Sep 6, 2013
Anacleta "Tita" Sibolboro, age 84, of Indiana, died Friday, September 6, 2013 at St. Andrew's Village. She was born in 1929 in Urdaneta, Pangasinan, Philipines, to Primitivo and Jacinta (Agustin) Elegado. Mrs. Sibolboro was a member of St. Bernard of Clairvaux R.C. Church, where she was an active member of the church Choir. She was also a member of the...
Flora M. Yount Kurnava
Sep 5, 2013
Flora M. Yount Kurnava age 82, of Indiana, (Edgewood), died Thursday September 5, 2013 at Communities of Indian Haven. She was born in White Twp. in 1931 to Willmor Clark and Ellen O'Shell Lute Shultz. Mrs. Kurnava was a homemaker and had also worked for Season-ALL Industries, Hills Dept. Store, and as an insurance adjuster and investigator for Hooper Holmes....
William C. Dilts Jr.
Sep 3, 2013
William Dilts, Jr., age 20, passed away Tuesday, September 3, 2013 at his home. He was born 1993 in Indiana, to William, Sr. and Brenda Airgood Dilts. Bill had attended the First Church of God, Indiana. William is survived by his parents of Clarksburg, four sisters and one brother, Heather Price, Elderton; Heather Dilts, Latrobe; Heidi Duncan, Homer City; Holly...
Grace M. Lockard
Sep 1, 2013
Grace M. Lockard, 88, of Indiana, passed away Sunday, September 1, 2013 surrounded by her family, at the home of her daughter. She was born in 1924 to Earl R. and Anna Belle (Meckley) Marshall in Mahaffey. Grace was a member of Homer City Church of the Nazarene, Gideons Auxillary International. She enjoyed puzzle books, quilting, reading, bird watching and...

