OBITUARIES
Local obituaries in Indiana, PA.
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
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
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
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.
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
William M. Stiteler Jr.
Jun 17, 2011
William M. Stiteler, Jr., age 96, of Indiana, died Friday, June 17, 2011 at the Sunrise Assisted Living Facility in Wilmington, DE. He was born in 1915 in Smicksburg, to William M. Stiteler, Sr. and Edna Larue (Fetters) Stiteler. Mr. Stiteler was a member of St. Bernard of Clairvaux R. C. Church, the American Legion, and a Golden Member of...
Donna Jean Fleming
Jun 16, 2011
Donna "Jean" Fleming, age 74, of Dayton, formerly of Shelocta, died Thursday, June 16, 2011 at her home. She was born in 1936 in Shelocta, to William and Sarah Grace Miller Thomas. Mrs. Fleming was a homemaker and enjoyed ceramics, bowling, cards, board games, country music, Penn State Football. Her greatest passion was her devotion to her family. Donna is...
Carl W. Bordas
Jun 10, 2011
Dr. Carl W. Bordas, 91, of Indiana, passed away Friday, June 10, 2011 at Moorehead House. The son of John C. and Edna Goss Bordas, he was born April 19, 1920 in West Decatur, Clearfield County, PA. A graduate of Philipsburg High School and The Pennsylvania State University, Dr. Bordas participated in the Civilian Conservation Corps and served as a...
Dorothy M. Isenberg
Jun 10, 2011
Dorothy M. Isenberg, age 83, of Indiana, passed away Friday, June 10, 2011 at her home. She was born in 1927 in Westmoreland Co., to Charles and Marie Bollinger. Mrs. Isenberg was a member of the Trinity United Methodist Church, Indiana. While a resident of Erie, PA, she was employed by the Ladies Catholic Fraternal Insurance Co. for 17 years...
John S. Weakland
Jun 9, 2011
John S. Weakland, age 100, of Indiana, died Thursday, June 9, 2011 at his home. He was born in 1911 in Patton, to Samuel Levi and Maude Dillon Weakland. Mr. Weakland was a member of St. Bernard of Clairvaux R.C. Church, and the LOOM Lodge #174 since 1946. During WW II, he was employed in the Navy shipyards in San...
Killian M. Stuchell
Jun 4, 2011
Obituary for Killian M. Stuchell Killian M. Stuchell, 2, passed away Saturday, June 4, 2011 at Children's Hospital in Pittsburgh. He was born in 2009 to Tyler T. Stuchell and Jessica D. Dorsey in Pittsburgh. Killian was a happy child and enjoyed being on his family's farm, riding in his red wagon with his aunts dog Meddia, trucks, eating and...
William Tell Abbey
May 26, 2011
William Tell Abbey, age 73, of Marion Center, formerly of Honolulu, HI, died Thursday, May 26, 2011 at the Indiana Regional Medical Center. He was born in 1937 in Home, PA to Paul and Mildred Postlewaite Abbey. Bill was a graduate of Marion Center HS and the Indiana State Teachers College (IUP), and was employed as a teacher at the...

