Franklin, PA Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Franklin, PA, Venango County & Surrounding Areas
Joanne Marie Phillips
Mar 31, 2021
Joanne Marie Phillips, 86, of Franklin, passed away at 10:52 A.M., Wednesday, March 31, 2021 at UPMC Northwest after a sudden illness. Born in Franklin on October 9, 1934, she was the daughter of the late Michael and Louise Caccamo. Joanne worked many years at the former Franklin Hospital and retired from there as well. She enjoyed gardening, knitting, reading...
Norman L. Coffey
Mar 29, 2021
Norman L. Coffey, 91, of Franklin, passed away at 12:26 A.M., Monday March, 29, 2021 at UPMC Hamot. Born in Franklin on December 12, 1929 he was the son of the late Clint and Fay Hovis Coffey. Norm worked for 24 years as a custodian at Polk Center retiring in 1991. He enjoyed hunting, fishing and carpentry work. Norm attended...
Albina Marie Mulholland
Mar 22, 2021
Albina Marie Mulholland, 86, of Franklin, passed away at 9:59 A.M. Monday, March 22, 2021 in the comfort of her son’s home. She was born in Franklin and was the daughter of the late Tony and Loretta Szostak Monarch. Albina was a 1952 graduate of Franklin High School. Following graduation, Mrs. Mulholland was highly respected as a legal secretary. She...
Letitia “Tish” Way
Mar 19, 2021
On Friday, March 19th, 2021, Letitia “Tish” Way, 82, of Franklin a Christ-follower, loving wife, and mother of six, went home to her Lord with peace and grace. She was preceded in death by her mother, father, brother, and two twin boys; she is survived by her husband, four children, and eight grandchildren. Those who knew her would describe Tish...
Lily M. “Ms. Lil” Krizon
Mar 11, 2021
Lily M. Krizon, 63, affectionately known as “Ms. LiL”, of Cooperstown, passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, March 11, 2021 at UPMC Northwest in Seneca. Born in Oil City on November 16, 1957 she was a daughter of the late Leroy E. and Genevieve Maxine Ziegler, McCurdy. Lily was a 1977 graduate of Franklin High School. For the past 27 years,...
Rev. William Joseph Maher Sr.
Mar 9, 2021
Rev. William Joseph Maher Sr., 79, of Franklin, passed away at 8:30 A.M., Tuesday March 9, 2021 at UPMC Hamot in Erie from complications due to COVID-19. Born in Oil City on July 5, 1941, he was the son of the late Michael Sheridan and Mary Kathryn Kugler Maher. He was a graduate of Oil City High School, and served...
Paul L. Gyder
Mar 9, 2021
Paul L. Gyder, 90, of Peoria, AZ, formerly of Franklin, passed away at 8:40 A.M. Tuesday, March 9, 2021 at the Forum at Desert Harbor in Peoria. Born in Franklin on July 10, 1930, he was a son of the late Charles Anthony and Ruth Thurston Gyder. Paul graduated from Franklin High School and the University of Colorado earning a...
Cynthia L. Rhodes
Mar 7, 2021
Cynthia L. Rhodes, 60, of Oil City, passed away on Sunday, March 7, 2021. There will be no visitation or services. Funeral arrangements entrusted to Huff-Guthrie Funeral Home & Cremation Services Inc., Franklin.
Ruth Elaine "Laney" Maul
Mar 2, 2021
Mrs. Ruth Elaine ‘Laney’ Maul, 84, of 1780 Patchel Run Road, wife of William A. Maul Jr., and retired Nurse of Oil City Hospital, passed away March 2, 2021 at 11 AM in UPMC Northwest Hospital. A daughter of Elmer Calvin and Helen Ruth (Marshall) Ritchey, she was born in Franklin August 27, 1936. She graduated from Rocky Grove High...
Marjorie Anne Ziegler
Feb 28, 2021
Marjorie Anne Ziegler, 91, of McKinley Health Center, Brookville formerly of Seneca, passed away at 2:42 A.M., Sunday, February 28, 2021. Born in Franklin on August 7, 1929, she was the daughter of the late Fred S. and Ethel H. Bell Johnson. She was a graduate of the former Rockland High School. Marjorie loved putting puzzles together and sharing them...
Clifford E. "Tip" Graham
Feb 23, 2021
Clifford E. “Tip” Graham, 90, of Franklin, passed away at 8:00 P.M. on Tuesday, February 23, 2021 at The Caring Place in Franklin. He was born in Franklin on January 19, 1931, a son of the late Charles C. and Lucy Grove Graham. Tip was a 1948 graduate of Franklin High School. He began working as a Meat Cutter at...
Mark B. Wright
Feb 20, 2021
Mark B. Wright, 72, of Franklin, passed away at 12:18 P.M., Saturday, February 20, 2021 at UPMC Hamot in Erie. There will be no visitation or services. Funeral arrangements entrusted to Huff-Guthrie Funeral Home & Cremation Services Inc., 312 West Park St. Franklin.
Antoinette R. "Toni" Hannon
Feb 16, 2021
Antoinette R. “Toni” Hannon, 86, of Franklin, passed away at 9:38 P.M., Tuesday, February 16, 2021 at her residence with her daughters by her side. Born in Franklin on June 30, 1934 she was a daughter of the late Dominic and Rose Torzi Colella. Toni was a 1952 graduate of Franklin High School. She worked for many years at Joy...
Annette Kunselman Burgert
Feb 15, 2021
Annette Kunselman Burgert, 90 of Elizabethtown, PA, and formerly of Myerstown, PA, Worthington, OH, and Franklin, PA passed away on February 15, 2021. Born Annetta Bell Kunselman on October 8, 1930 in The Borough of Polk in French Creek Township in Venango County Pennsylvania (outside of Franklin, Pennsylvania) Annette was the daughter of Arden Ira Kunselman and Ada Mae (Barger)...
Phyllis Irene Bean
Feb 4, 2021
Phyllis Irene Bean, 93, formerly of Franklin, passed away at 12:35 P.M., Thursday, February 4, 2021 at Shippenville Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center. Phyllis was born on August 16, 1927 in Rocky Grove to the late Norman and Alice Klingensmith. She was married to William “Bill” Bean on August 19, 1951. He preceded her in death in 1999. Bill and Phyllis...
William G. Collavo Jr.
Feb 4, 2021
William G. Collavo Jr., 86, of Franklin, passed away peacefully at his residence at 12:20 P.M., Thursday, February 4, 2021. Born in Greentree on May 29, 1934 he was the son of the late William and Elise Dovich Collavo Sr. He is survived by two children, Deborah A. Lorenze and William M. Collavo and his wife Marian and two grandchildren,...
Steven Ray
Feb 4, 2021
Steven Ray, 52, of Cranberry, passed away on Thursday, February 4, 2021 at Shippenville Healthcare & Rehabilitation. There will be no services or visitation.
Doris Ann Boyle
Jan 27, 2021
Doris Ann Boyle, 76, of Tionesta, passed away at her home on Wednesday, January 29, 2021. There will be no visitation or servives. Arrangements entrusted to Huff-Guthrie Funeral Home & Cremation Services Inc., 312 West Park St. Franklin.
John Lazeration
Jan 25, 2021
.John Lazeration, 90, of Ginter, died peacefully in the arms of his loving wife on Monday, January 25, 2021, at Mountain Laurel Healthcare. John was born January 11, 1931 in Ginter, Clearfield County, the son of Stephen and Anna Lazeration. He was married to Esther Coast on July 11, 1955, in Erie, PA, and they later confirmed their vows on...
Harlow Louis Bower
Jan 23, 2021
Harlow Louis Bower, 90, of Franklin, died on January 23, 2021 at UPMC Northwest. Born on July 17, 1930, he was the youngest child of Henrietta Lowenthal Bower and Curtis Wesley Bower. Harlow spent much of his childhood on an oil lease in Nicklin where his father worked. Harlow began his education in a one room school at age 7...
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