OBITUARIES
Local obituaries in Indiana, PA.
Robert C. Simpson
Jan 15, 2012
Robert C. Simpson, age 94, of Indiana, died Sunday, January 15, 2012 at the Indiana Regional Medical Center. He was born in 1917 in East Mahoning Twp., to Roy L. and Evan Jane Harbridge Simpson. Robert was a member of the Trinity United Methodist Church, Indiana. Mr. Simpson was a veteran of WW II, having served in the US Army....
Catherine Pauline Park
Jan 13, 2012
Catherine Pauline Park, age 82, of Creekside, died Friday, January 13, 2012 at the Indiana Regional Medical Center. She was born in 1929 in Washington Twp., to Brian and Mildred Bailey Orr, Mrs. Park was a lifelong member of the Harmony Grove Lutheran Church, Five Points. She was employed by the Marion Center Area School District in food service at...
Patricia L. Gray
Jan 12, 2012
Patricia L. Gray, age 74, of Homer City, passed away Thursday, January 12, 2012 at Indiana Regional Medical Center. She was born 1937 in Homer City, to Ansley D. and K. Dephane Stopp Risinger. In 1965 she relocated to Cleveland, OH with her husband Charles and returned to Homer City following his death in 1981. Patricia is survived by her...
Emma Elizabeth Dunlap
Jan 11, 2012
Emma Elizabeth Dunlap, infant daughter of Robert L. and Christine Barclay Dunlap, passed away Wednesday, January 11, 2012 at Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center, Johnstown. She was born January 8, 2012 in Johnstown. Emma is survived by her parents of Indiana, and by a brother Nicholas Eller, Latrobe. Funeral services will be Friday at 1 P.M. at the Bowser-Minich Funeral Home,...
Allen C. Snyder
Jan 7, 2012
Allen C. "Pap" Snyder, age 98, of Indiana, died Saturday January 7, 2012 In Indiana. He was born in 1913 in Indiana, to William G. and Daisy E. Adams Snyder. Mr. Snyder was a member of the Faith Orthodox Presbyterian Church, Indiana, and the United Rubber Workers. Pap was employed by McCreary Tire and Rubber Co. for 42 years as...
Norma Jean Lee Campbell
Jan 4, 2012
Norma Jean "Spark" Lee Campbell, age 81, of Indiana, formerly of Smicksburg, died Wednesday, January 4, 2012 in Plumville at the home of her daughter, surrounded by her family. She was born in 1930 in Plumville, to Norman C. and Effie A. Lytle Van Horn. Mrs. Campbell was a homemaker, mother and grandmother. Retired from FMC in Homer City she...
Gloria A. Prymak
Dec 28, 2011
Gloria Prymak, age 71, of Clarksburg, died Wednesday, December 28, 2011 at Beacon Ridge Nursing Home, Indiana. Friends and family are invited to celebrate a funeral mass on Saturday at 11 A.M. at the Church of the Good Shepherd, Kent, with the Rev. Fr. Charles Esposito the celebrant. Interment will be made in the St. Bernard Cemetery. Arrangements have been...
Kathryn A. Detwiler
Dec 24, 2011
Kathryn Ann Detwiler, 56, of Heilwood passed away Saturday, December 24, 2011 at Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh. The daughter of Jerry and Catherine Pike of Indiana, she was born in 1955 in Johnstown. Kathy was a graduate of Indiana Area Sr. High School and The University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown. She was employed at the Indiana County Community Living and...
Sarah Christine Mcgaughey
Dec 19, 2011
Sarah Christine McGaughey, age 24, of Indiana passed away Monday, December 19, 2011 at Mill Creek Community Hospital. She was born in 1987 in Indiana to Kevin R. and Christine Shatzer McGaughey. Sarah was a 2006 graduate of the Indiana Area High School. She was currently employed by VNA as a home caregiver. She loved her family, especially her daughter...
Margaret L. Stiteler Orr
Dec 14, 2011
Margaret L. Stiteler Orr, age 70, of Indiana, passed away Wednesday, December 14, 2011 at UPMC Montefiore Hospital, Pittsburgh. She was born in 1941 in North Mahoning Twp. to James H. June L. Van Horn Coon. Mrs. Orr was an active member of the Salem Lutheran Church, Smicksburg for her entire life. She was a homemaker, mother, and grandmother, and...
Karen L. Cramer
Dec 13, 2011
Karen L. Cramer, age 48, of Clymer, died Tuesday December 13, 2011 at her home. She was born 1963 in Indiana, to George and Charlotte Treese Hill. Karen was a member of the Divine Destiny Church, Indiana. She was employed as a production associate for Gorell Enterprises, Inc. since 2001. Mrs. Cramer was a devoted mother and grandmother, and enjoyed...
Lillian M. Barriss
Dec 1, 2011
Lillian M. Barriss, 92, of Marion Center, passed away Thursday, December 1, 2011 at Beacon Ridge. She was born in, 1919 to Fairman F. and Anna (Watts) Fulton in Helvetia, Clearfield County. Lillian lived in Marion Center for most of her life. She enjoyed reading. She is survived by three daughters, Carol Byers, Marion Center; Sandra Wilkerson, Morgan Hill, CA;...
James E. Farabaugh
Nov 30, 2011
James Edward Farabaugh, age 84, of Indiana, died November 30, 2011, at Beacon Ridge Nursing Home. Jim was born in 1927 in Pine Township, Indiana County, to Celestine and Josephine Phillips Farabaugh, where he was raised on his family farm outside Heilwood. Jim was a graduate of the Pine Twp. High School, Indiana State Teachers College, and received his Master's...
Michael Handler
Nov 29, 2011
Michael Handler, 64, of Indiana, died November 29, 2011 at the Indiana Regional Medical Center. Michael was born November 7,1947 to the late Honorable Judge Earl Handler and Phoebe Schenkman Handler. He graduated as valedictorian from Penns Manor High School in 1965. He received his bachelor's degree from Dickinson College in 1969 and continued his education at the University of...
Lillie L. Stiteler
Nov 22, 2011
Lillie Lucille Stiteler, age 88, of Heilwood, died Monday, November 22, 2011 at Communities of Indian Haven. She was born in 1923 in Creekside, to John and Leaflet McQuilken Blystone. Mrs. Stiteler was a homemaker having resided in Heilwood for the past 45 years. Lillie is survived by four children, Donna Forberger and husband Mike, Heilwood; Robin Trail and husband...
Walter J. Stapleton Sr.
Nov 9, 2011
Walter J. Stapleton, Sr., age 82, of Indiana, died Wednesday, November 9, 2011 with his family at his side at the Indiana Regional Medical Center, due to post-lung transplant complications. He was born in 1929 in Indiana Co., to Patrick James Stapleton, Sr. and Bertha Stadtmiller. He was a four letter winner as a senior at Indiana High School in...
Fern B. Rowe
Nov 1, 2011
Fern B. Rowe, age 89, of Marion Center, passed away Tuesday, November 1, 2011 at Scenery Hill Manor, Indiana. She was born 1922 in Marion Center, to Charles W. and Katherine Sherry Barr. Mrs. Rowe was a member of the Marion Center United Methodist Church. She was secretary and manager of Rowe and Barr Service, Marion Center, and also served...
Richard Gordon Malcolm
Oct 30, 2011
Richard, "Dick" Gordon Malcolm, passed on to eternal peace and rest on Sunday, October 30, 2011 after a sudden illness. He was born in Middletown, New York in 1927 to Alexander Gordan and Grace Pfeiffer Malcolm, and moved to Indiana when he was quite small. Dick is survived by his second wife Marcia Miller Malcolm; two sons, Dennis and wife...
Edwin Earl Fairman
Oct 26, 2011
Edwin "Earl" Fairman, 83, of Brush Valley, peacefully passed away on Wednesday, October 26, 2011 at The Communities of Indian Haven. He was born in 1927 to Jess E. and Twila A. (Peterman) Fairman in Washington Twp, Indiana County. Earl was a Life member of Indiana VFW Post 1989, former fire chief of Brush Valley Fire Dept and active in...
Richard C. Silvis
Oct 25, 2011
Richard C. Silvis, 49, of Shelocta, passed away, Tuesday, October 25,2011 at Indiana Regional Medical Center. He was born in 1962 to Robert C. and Margaret S. ( Martin) Silvis in Indiana. Richard was employed by Sandy Kay's, Indiana Regional Medical Center and Baptist Homes in Pittsburgh. He was known for his laughter, good sense of humor and being a...

