OBITUARIES
Local obituaries in Indiana, PA.
James F. Gearhart
Apr 29, 2012
James (Jim) F. Gearhart, 83, Homer City, passed away Sunday, April 29, 2012 at Indiana Regional Medical Center. He was born in 1928 to Fred G. and Grace (Robertson) Gearhart in Phillipsburg. Jim attended the Hope Lutheran Church, Homer City, He was a veteran of WWII serving in the United States Army. Jim retired from Penelec/GPU as a Maintenance Mechanic...
Robert E. Gardner
Apr 25, 2012
Robert Eugene Gardner, 79, of Penn Run died Wednesday, April 25, 2012. He was born on August 2, 1932 in Coral, PA and was a son of the late Sanford and Anne Gardner. He retired from RandP Coal Company and Ohio Corrugating. He was a member of Red Barn Sportsman Club and Coral Grayston Sportsman Club. He enjoyed hunting, fishing...
Barbara A. Hitchings
Apr 5, 2012
Obituary for Barbara A. Hitchings Barbara A. Hitchings, 68, of Indiana, went home to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ Friday, April 5, 2012. She was born in 1945 to Carl McCoy and Susie (Hess) McCoy in Indiana. Barbara was a member of Full Gospel Assembly of God Church, Indiana. She was a 1963 Graduate of Indiana High...
S. Martha Frailey
Mar 26, 2012
S. Martha Frailey, 101, of Shelocta, entered into God's eternal care on Friday, March 23, 2012, at Rose Haven Personal Care Home. She was born September 29, 1910, in Armstrong Township, Indiana County, the daughter of the late Ralph and Elizabeth (Campbell) Fouts. Martha was the widow of Lawrence P. Frailey to whom she married July 24, 1931. She was...
Donna Jean Young
Mar 21, 2012
Donna Jean Young, age 75, of Indiana, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, March 21, 2012 at Indiana Regional Medical Center. She was born in 1936 in Indiana to Gerald and Grace Smeltzer Donna was a convert to the Catholic Faith and embraced her faith completely as a member of St. Bernard of Clairvaux R.C. Church. She was a licensed insurance...
Lucy R. Stefanelli
Mar 20, 2012
Lucy R. Stefanelli, age 87, of Indiana, died Tuesday, March 20, 2012 at the Select Specialty Hospital, Latrobe. She was born in 1924 in Punxsutawney to Felice and Giovanna Manacchio Ciccone. Mrs. Stefanelli was a member of St. Bernard of Clairvaux R.C. Church, Indiana, and the Catholic Daughters of America. During WW II, she worked for Federal Lab making shells...
Jack H. Wahler
Mar 19, 2012
Jack H. Wahler, age 87, of Indiana, died Monday, March 19, 2012 at the Indiana Regional Medical Center. He was born in 1924 in Mt. Carmel, IL to Herbert J. and Ethel Gertrude Crow Wahler. Mr. Wahler was a member of St. Bernard of Clairvaux R.C. Church, Indiana, the American Legion Post #141, the BPOElks #931, and the NRA. A...
Ronald A. Strong Jr.
Mar 16, 2012
Ronald A. Strong Jr., 31, of New Smyrna Beach Florida, passed away unexpectedly at Bert Fish Medical Center near his home on Friday March 16, 2012. He was born in 1981 in Indiana, to Linda M. (Garner) Strong and Ronald A. Strong Sr. He was a member of the Plum Creek Presbyterian Church, Willet, and also attended Center Presbyterian Church...
James A. Rudd
Mar 11, 2012
James A. (Jim) Rudd, 76, of Indiana, passed away Sunday, March 11, 2012 at Indiana Regional Medical Center. He was born in 1935 to Harry R. and Ruth (Weber) Rudd in Alliance, OH. Jim retired from Penelec in 1989 and was employed with Diamond Drug as a medical supply delivery representative. His humor, wit and dedication to family will be...
John J. Turk Sr.
Mar 7, 2012
Obituary for John J. Turk Sr. John J. Turk Sr., 84, of McIntyre, passed away Wednesday, March 7, 2012 at Latrobe Health and Rehabilitation. He was born in 1927 to Louis and Mary (Mudrosky) Turk in West Virginia. John was a member of the Church of the Good Shepard, Kent. He retired from Westinghouse as a supervisor after 30 plus...
Betty Joyce Smith
Mar 6, 2012
Betty Joyce Smith, age 82, of Indiana, died Tuesday, March 6, 2012 at Shadyside Hospital, Pittsburgh. She was born in 1929, in Atlanta, GA to Troy and Leona Upshaw Carroll, and grew up in Alpharetta, GA where she graduated from the Milton High School. Betty attended North Georgia College in Dahlonega, GA, where she met her husband Smitty. Mrs. Smith...
Michael T. Rebyanski
Mar 4, 2012
Michael T. Rebyanski, age 57, of Shelocta, died Sunday, March 4, 2012 at his home. He was born in 1954 in Camp Le Jeune, NC, to Eugene and Flora Bozzarelli Rebyanski. Michael was a peace-time veteran of the US Army at Ft. Dix, NJ, and was a marksman with the M16. He was a volunteer with the Veteran's office for...
Theodore F. Zellem
Mar 2, 2012
Theodore "Ted" Franklin Zellem Jr., 75, a longtime resident of Indiana, died Friday, March 2, 2012, in Charlottesville, Va. Graveside services will be held Wednesday, July 11, 2012 at 10 A.M. at St. Peter and Paul's Russian Orthodox Church Cemetery in Boswell, with the Very Rev. John Govrusik officiating. Bowser-Minich Funeral Home, Indiana, has been entrusted with arrangements. In lieu...
Sally Zellem
Feb 29, 2012
Sally Ann London Zellem, 73, a long-time resident of Indiana, PA and former executive director of the Indiana County Chapter of the American Red Cross, died Wednesday, February 29, 2012 in Charlottesville, Virginia. The daughter of Samuel and Grace London, she was born October 27, 1938 in DuBois, and was raised in Indiana. She was a 1956 graduate of Indiana...
Sally Ann Zellem
Feb 29, 2012
Sally Ann London Zellem, 73, a long-time resident of Indiana, PA and former executive director of the Indiana County Chapter of the American Red Cross, died Wednesday, February 29, 2012 in Charlottesville, Virginia. Friends and family are invited to attend a memorial mass on Tuesday July 10, 2012 at 10 A.M. at St. Thomas More University Parish with the Rev....
Mary Belle Harsh
Feb 27, 2012
Mary Belle Harsh, 71, of Indiana, passed away Monday, February 27, 2012 at her home. She was born in 1940 to Leslie and Mary (Brady) Bouch in Ten Commandments. Mary Belle was a member of the Aultman Volunteer Fire Dept. Ladies Auxiliary, She enjoyed vacationing at the beach and going to the casinos with her family. Mary Belle was a...
Dan B. Sutherland
Feb 26, 2012
Dan B. Sutherland, 64, of Saltsburg, (Iselin) passed away Sunday February 26, 2012 at his home with his family by his side. He was born in 1948 to Harold C. "Skip" Sutherland Jr. and Sallie J.(Newman) Sutherland in Greenville. Dan was a retired veteran of the Vietnam War serving in the United States Army in the 11th Armored Calvary in...
Ralph E. Brilhart Sr.
Feb 24, 2012
Ralph "Les" Brilhart Sr., 79, of Indiana, went to meet his Lord and Savior Friday, February 24, 2012, at his home after a courageous battle with cancer. He was born in 1932 to Leslie William Brilhart and Laura (Wagner) Brilhart in Hesbon. Les was a member of the F.O.E. Eagles 1468, Indiana, The Indiana American Legion 141, Indiana Moose Lodge,...
Mary A. Lyons
Feb 18, 2012
Mary A. Lyons, age 59, formerly of Clarksburg, died Saturday, February 18, 2012 at the Inova Alexandria Hospital, Alexandria, VA. She was born in 1952 in Latrobe, to Joseph Zaranek and Eleanor M. Curto Zaranek McCoy. Mary was a member of the St. Matthew's R. C. Church, Saltsburg. She was employed as a bank teller for the Laurel Bank for...
Emma Jane Pfeiffer
Feb 18, 2012
Former Indiana resident Emma Jane Pfeiffer, age 92, passed away peacefully on February 18, 2012 in Birmingham, Alabama. Family and friends will be received at the Bowser-Minich Funeral home from 10 A.M. to 12 noon on Saturday, February 25, 2012. The funeral service will begin at 12 noon officiated by the Rev. Kathryn Ward Stear. Private interment will be made...

