Franklin, PA Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Franklin, PA, Venango County & Surrounding Areas
Wallace Dale "Mike" Snyder
Jun 14, 2016
Wallace Dale "Mike" Snyder, 92, passed away peacefully Tuesday morning, June 14, 2016 at Sugar Creek Station, where he had resided briefly.A son of Raymond and Etta Shower Snyder, he was born in Franklin on September 7, 1923. Mike was a graduate of Rocky Grove High School and attended Penn State and the University of Cincinnati. On December 26, 1946...
Laura M. Sires
Jun 7, 2016
Laura M. Sires, 96 of Franklin passed away early Tuesday morning, June 7, 2016 at Sugar Creek Station where she has resided for the past several months.Born March 3, 1920, she was a daughter of the late James and Anna Hazlett Urey.Mrs. Sires was a homemaker. She had previously worked for a period of time in the dietary department of...
Betty J. George
Jun 6, 2016
Betty J. George, 50 of Franklin passed away unexpectedly at 10:00 A.M. Monday June 6, 2016 at a friend's home in Rouseville.Born June 11, 1965 in Butler she was a daughter of Barbara Schulter Cress and the late Clifford R. George Sr.Betty was a homemaker who loved to travel and spend time with her grandkids. In addition to her mother,...
Barbara A Lowers
May 28, 2016
Barbara A. Lowers, 80 of Harrisville, passed away Saturday May 28, 2016 at Grove City Medical Center following a brief illness. Barbara was born in Grove City on December 15, 1935 and was the daughter of the late William Hoffman and Olive Cora Gould Hoffman. Barbara was a 1953 graduate of Harrisville High School and married her husband, Paul J....
Betty Jean Hoffman
May 23, 2016
Betty Jean Hoffman, 82 of Harrisville passed away on Monday, May 23, 2016, at Select Specialty Hospital in Warren, Ohio after an extended illness.She was born on February 4, 1934 in Harrisville and was the daughter of the late Stephen Hogue and Mildred Graham Hogue.Betty was a 1952 graduate of Harrisville High School and married her husband Frederick M. Hoffman...
Lois Irene Daubenspeck
May 18, 2016
Lois Irene Daubenspeck, 88 of Boyers passed away at 4:30 A.M. Wednesday May 18, 2016 at her son's home in Jamestown, PA.Born August 12, 1927 in Boyers, she was a daughter of the late Ralph and Edith Neely Weiss.She attended the former Harrisville High School.In her earlier years, she enjoyed camping and fishing and more recently she enjoyed planting flowers...
Francis W. Fry
May 15, 2016
Francis William Fry, Jr., 76 of Franklin, PA, died on Sunday, May 15, 2016, at the Golden Living Center in Oil City, PA after an extended period of ill health.He was born on August 2, 1939, and was the only child of the late Francis William Fry, Sr., and Beatrice Schwabenbauer Fry.He married Judith Ann Blair on May 16, 1958,...
Carole A. Shull
May 5, 2016
Carole A. Shull, 77 of Franklin passed away at 9:15 P.M. Thursday May 5, 2016 at The Caring Place.Born December 24, 1938 in Oil City, she was a daughter of the late Kenneth R. McMillen and Bertha Swarthout Etzel.She was a graduate of Franklin High School.Carole formerly worked as a Lab Secretary at UPMC Northwest.She was an avid reader and...
Joan R. Loeffler
May 5, 2016
Joan R. Loeffler, 92 of Franklin passed away at 8:40 P.M. Thursday May 5, 2016 at her residence. Born July 16, 1923 in Pittsburgh she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Hilda Young Rigby.Joan graduated from the University of Pittsburgh.She was involved in many organizations, including the Venango County Humane Society, Franklin Housing Authority, Franklin Civic Operetta Association,...
Isabella B. Stewart
May 3, 2016
Isabella Boal Stewart, 102, of Erie formerly of Franklin, died at 10:45 a.m. Tuesday, May 3, 2016 at the home of her daughter and son-in-law, Margaret and Jim Barickman.A daughter of John and Leda Beightol Boal, she was born in Cooperstown on March 16, 1914. She was a graduate of Rocky Grove High School.Isabella had served as director of the...
Ronald Dean Sopher
May 3, 2016
Mr. Ronald Dean Sopher, 56, of River Hills Ct., Taylorsville,NC passed away Tuesday, May 3, 2016 at Frye Regional Medical Center. Mr. Sopher was born May 11, 1959 in Mercer County, PA to Dessie Marie Fix Sopher of Taylorsville and the late Jack Blaine Sopher. He attended Grace Baptist Church in the Bethlehem Community. After completion of high school, Ronald...
Florence I. Scriven
May 3, 2016
Florence I. Scriven, 89 of Franklin passed away peacefully into her Savior's arms at 1:00 P.M. Tuesday May 3, 2016 at The Caring Place in Franklin.Born February 17, 1927 in Wesley, Wolf Creek Twp. she was a daughter of the late Howard and Leona Coulter Kilgore.She attended Rocky Grove High School.Florence worked for 14 years at the former Franklin Plastic...
Dennis John Marchibroda
May 1, 2016
Dennis John Marchibroda, 61 of Franklin passed away at 2:20 P.M. Sunday May 1, 2016 following a brief battle with cancer.Born May 21, 1954 in Franklin, he was the son of the late John and Eleanor Hudick Marchibroda. He was a 1972 graduate of Franklin High School and then attended Robert Morris University. Denny was a very dedicated Son who...
Rodger Lavern Chase
Apr 27, 2016
Rodger Lavern Chase, 85 of Harrisville, passed away at 4:25 P.M. on Wednesday April 27, 2016 at Sugar Creek Station after an extended illness.Born October 4, 1930 in Pleasantville, he was a son of the late Newell and Mary College Chase.He was a graduate of Grove City High School and attended the Pittsburgh Institute of Aeronautics.Over the years, Rodger worked...
Michael J. O'Polka
Apr 24, 2016
Michael John O'Polka, 71, of Franklin died at 8:30 a.m. Sunday, April 24, 2016 at Hamot UPMC, Erie.A son of the late John and Georgeann Denea O'Polka, he was born in Anniston, AL on February 11, 1945. He received his B.S. in Accounting from Gannon University and was a licensed C.P.A.Mike began his career with Root, Spitnas & Smiley in...
Mildred J. Sass
Apr 19, 2016
Mildred Jenette Sass, 88, of Franklin, died peacefully, surrounded by her family members at 2:25 a.m. Tuesday, April 19, 2016 at home.A daughter of Calvin and Ada Petenbrink Bittner, she was born in Larimer Twp., Somerset County on August 9, 1927. She was a graduate of Meyersdale High School.Mildred had been employed by Citizen's national Bank in Meyersdale, Shaver &...
Clara Lou Hays
Apr 17, 2016
Clara Lou Hays, 79, of Franklin, died at 7:55 a.m. Sunday April 17, 2016 at The Caring Place.A daughter of the late John W. and Grace A. Crum Hays, she was born in Franklin on April 11, 1937. Clara worked for a time at Woolworth's 5 & 10 before working as a physical therapy aide at Polk Center for 29...
Willard F. Dolan
Apr 13, 2016
Willard F. Dolan, Jr., 83 of Utica departed this earthly life on Wednesday, April 13, 2016, at Meadville Medical Center, Meadville, PA. A son of Willard F. Dolan, Sr. and Geraldine Deeter Dolan, he was born on April 1, 1933, in Franklin. He graduated from Rocky Grove High School in 1952 Bill married Donna Lee Huff on January 18, 1953...
Louise Sherman
Apr 11, 2016
Louise Sherman, 80, of Boyers died at 6:25 a.m. Monday April 11, 2016 at Home 2 Me in Slippery Rock.A daughter of the late Joseph and Nellie Opat Widziszewski she was born in Monessen on March 20, 1936. Lou was a homemaker and enjoyed her family and outdoor activities, particularly camping and fishing or as she put it "ruffin it".She...
James W. "Bill" Kilpatrick
Apr 1, 2016
James W. "Bill" Kilpatrick Jr., 88, of Butler died at his home early Friday April 1, 2016.A son of James W. and Alma Hausman Kilpatrick, he was born in Harmony on May 29, 1927. He was a member of the 1946 graduate of Zelienople High School. A veteran of World War II Bill served with the Army Air Corps in...
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