OBITUARIES


Local obituaries in Indiana, PA.

John Lopresti

John Lopresti

Sep 7, 2011

John LoPresti, age 94, of Brush Valley, died Wednesday, September 7, 2011 at the Indiana Regional Medical Center. He was born in 1917 in Homer City, to Virgilio and Diega LoPresti. Mr. LoPresti was a member of the First Assembly of God Church, Indiana, where he was once active in home ministries. A veteran of WW II, he served in...

Dorothy L. Airgood

Dorothy L. Airgood

Aug 26, 2011

Dorothy L. Airgood, 94, of Indiana, passed away Friday, August 26, 2011 at Scenery Hill Manor. She was born in1917 to Lisle and Ada (VanHorn) Blystone in Marion Center. Dorothy was a member of the Homer City Christian Missionary Alliance Church. She enjoyed crafts, crocheting, spending time with her family. She is survived by two daughters, Betty Lydick, Indiana; Shirley...

Elwin Ray Morrow

Elwin Ray Morrow

Aug 20, 2011

Elwin Ray Morrow, 75, of Homer City, passed away peacefully to be with the Lord Saturday, Aug. 20, 2011, at his home. Born in Aultman on Oct. 29, 1935, he was the son of Mildred Wetzel and Omer Morrow. Elwin was a system analyst at FMC Corp. in Homer City for 44 years. He was a beloved husband, father, grandfather...

S. Jeannette Fulmer

S. Jeannette Fulmer

Aug 19, 2011

S. Jeannette "Jan", (Mikesell) Fulmer, age 80, passed away Friday, August 19, 2011 at her home. She was born 1931 in Blacklick Twp., to Thomas H. Mikesell, Sr., and Fae McQuown Mikesell. She was a member of the Calvary Presbyterian Church, where she was an Elder, Deacon, Sunday School Teacher, and volunteered in the Church office. She also helped with...

Roger J. Spence

Roger J. Spence

Aug 19, 2011

Roger J. Spence, age 68, passed away August 19, 2011 at Scenery Hill Manor, Indiana. He was born 1942 in Indiana, to Leonard J. and Dorothy M. Duncan Spence. He was employed as an over the road truck driver for 31 years, having worked for Wright Motor Lines for the past seven years. Roger is survived by his wife Carol...

Rosemary Ondrizek

Rosemary Ondrizek

Aug 18, 2011

Rosemary Ondrizek, of Indiana, died Thursday, August 18, 2011 at her home. She was born to Christopher and Carmella Maruca Gary. A funeral mass will be celebrated on Tuesday at 11 A.M. the Church of the Good Shepherd, Kent, with the Rev. Fr. Charles Esposito the celebrant. Inurnment will be made in the St. Bernard Mausoleum. The Bowser-Minich Funeral Home,...

Connie Townley

Connie Townley

Aug 13, 2011

Connie (Miner) Townley, age 73, of Homer City, died Saturday, August 13, 2011 at the Indiana Regional Medical Center. She was born in 1937 in Mayburg, to G. Edward and Gertrude E. Wilson Miner. Mrs. Townley was a member of the Grace United Methodist Church. She was employed as a cashier at BiLo Marker for 30 years until her retirement...

Helen M. Brown

Helen M. Brown

Aug 9, 2011

Helen M. "Honey" Brown, age 78, of Indiana, died Tuesday, August 9, 2011 at the Indiana Regional Medical Center. She was born in 1933 in Indiana Co. to Anthony and Anna Motsko Oleksinski. She was employed by IUP in the Co-Op Book Store where she managed the trade book section. Helen and her husband enjoyed traveling, and traveled throughout the...

Donald L. Garnham

Donald L. Garnham

Aug 8, 2011

Obituary for Donald L. Garnham Donald L. Garnham, age 93, of Indiana, formerly of Pittsburgh and Detroit, MI, died Monday, August 8, 2011 at Bethany Place. He was born in 1917 in Straffordville, Ontario, to Lewis Charles and Edna Jane Stratton Garnham. Mr. Garnham was a member of the Stark Road Gospel Hall in Livonia, MI. A veteran of WW...

Larry R. Smith

Larry R. Smith

Aug 5, 2011

Obituary for Larry R. Smith Larry Roderick Smith, age 62, of Indiana, passed away Friday, August 5, 2011 at the Indiana Regional Medical Center. He was born 1948 in Charleston, WV to Shelby and Helen Ellis Smith. Mr. Smith was a member of the American Legion Port Alleghany Post #258, and the Red Barn Sportsman Club. He was a veteran...

Donna A. Olenchick

Donna A. Olenchick

Aug 2, 2011

Obituary for Donna A. Olenchick Donna A. Olenchick, age 75, of Indiana, died Tuesday, August 2, 2011 at her home. She was born 1935 in Hastings, to George and Isabella Strittmatter Byrne. Mrs. Olenchick was a member of St. Bernard of Clairvaux R.C. Church, Indiana. She was co-owner of "Frank's Flowers" with her husband Frank and three sons. Donna is...

Kenneth J. Milner Jr.

Kenneth J. Milner Jr.

Jul 31, 2011

Obituary for Kenneth J. Milner Jr. Kenneth J. Milner Jr., 63, of Indiana, passed away Sunday, July 31, 2011 at his residence. He was born in 1947 to Kenneth J. and Jimmie (Dobrosky) Milner in Indiana. Ken was a member of St. Bernard Roman Catholic Church, VFW Post 1989, Indiana, and the American Legion, Indiana. Ken was a veteran of...

Joann Catherine Klausing

Joann Catherine Klausing

Jul 19, 2011

Joann Catherine (Wit) Klausing, age 88, of Indiana, died Tuesday, July 19, 2011 at St. Andrew's Village. She was born in 1922 in Braddock, PA to Ludwig and Mary Grabowa Wit. Mrs. Klausing was a member of St. Thomas More University Parish and sang in the church choir. She was also a member of the Indiana Regional Medical Center Hospital...

Robert S. Sensabaugh Sr.

Robert S. Sensabaugh Sr.

Jul 18, 2011

Robert S. Sensabaugh, Sr., age 83, of Indiana, died peacefully on Monday, July 18, 2011 at Communities of Indian Haven, with his family at his side. He was born in 1927 in Green Twp., to John and Esther M. Learn Sensabaugh. Mr. Sensabaugh was a member of the Christian Missionary and Alliance Church, Indiana, the VFW Post #1989 where he...

C. Lucille Stake

C. Lucille Stake

Jul 16, 2011

C. Lucille Stake, age 89, of Indiana, died Saturday, July 16, 2011 at Providence Park Hospital, Novi, MI. She was born in 1922 in Indiana, to Merle and Clara McQuown Bair. Mrs. Stake was a member of the Trinity United Methodist Church, Indiana. Lucille was a homemaker, and avid sewer, quilter, and crocheted. Lucille is survived by one son and...

Dorothy A. Hicks

Dorothy A. Hicks

Jul 15, 2011

Dorothy A. Hicks, age 84, of Indiana, died Friday, July 15, 2011 at Scenery Hill Manor. She was born in 1926 in Indiana, to Calvin and Annie Broad Earhart. Mrs. Hicks was a homemaker having resided in Indiana her entire life. She enjoyed reading, flower gardening, and cats. Dorothy is survived by two nephews, Clifford Hamil and his wife Dixie,...

Bonnie Lou Ballas

Bonnie Lou Ballas

Jul 8, 2011

Bonnie Lou Ballas, age 67, of Indiana, passed away Friday, July 8, 2011 at Conemaugh Memorial Hospital, Johnstown. She was born in 1944 in Bolivar, to Charles and Martha Short Muir. Mrs. Ballas was a member of the Church of the Good Shepherd, Kent, where she was active serving church dinners and landscaping church grounds with her husband. She was...

Jessie K. Slansky

Jessie K. Slansky

Jul 8, 2011

Obituary for Jessie K. Slansky Jessie K. Slansky, 95, of Indiana formerly of Clune ( Coal Run) passed away Friday July 8, 2011 at Indian Haven. She was born in 1915 to Joseph and Julia (Flack) Sobieray in Salem, MA. Jessie was a member of the Church of the Good Shepherd, Kent. When as an active member she served as...

Evon Joyce Mccoy

Evon Joyce Mccoy

Jul 1, 2011

Evon Joyce (Wetzel) McCoy, age 69, lost her courageous battle with cancer and went to be with God on Friday, July 1, 2011. Born in 1941, in Wilgus, Montgomery Twp, to Russell John and Cora (Mumau) Wetzel, she spent her entire life as a resident of Indiana County. She was a 1959 graduate of Purchase Line High School and attended...

John S. Kubala

John S. Kubala

Jun 18, 2011

John S. Kubala, age 88, of Homer City, (Kent), died Saturday, June 18, 2011 at the Indiana Regional Medical Center. He was born in 1922 in Aultman to Steve and Amelia Kubala. Mr. Kubala was an active member of the Church of the Good Shepherd, Kent, a 4th Degree member of the K of C Fr. McNeilis Council, the UMWA...

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