Franklin, PA Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Franklin, PA, Venango County & Surrounding Areas

Neola B. (Riley) Appleby
Apr 10, 2010
Neola B. Riley Appleby, 47 of 1220 Railroad St. Franklin, formerly of Bradford, PA died at 3:35 A.M. April 10, 2010 at her residence surrounded by her family after a very courageous battle with cancer. Born December 29, 1962 in Bradford she was a daughter of Luella B. Riley and the late David H. Riley. Neola enjoyed playing bingo, spending...

Paul A. Hoover
Apr 4, 2010
Paul Adair Hoover, 75 of 209 Union Street, Franklin died peacefully at 12:50 p.m. Sunday, April 4, 2010 at his residence. This was the home of his parents and Paul lived there all but 11 years of his life. He was born in Franklin on September 15, 1934 a son of Charles and Virginia Reynolds Hoover. He attended public schools...

Janice L. Kline
Apr 4, 2010
Janice Lee Kline, 60, of 1413 Buffalo St., Franklin, died at 2:26 p.m. Sunday, April 4, 2010 in UPMC Northwest at Seneca after a long, strenuous, dramatic and courageous battle with various respiratory diseases. She was born in Hartford, Connecticut on September 3, 1949 a daughter of Richard C. and Doris M. Bjorkland Hall. She graduated in 1967 from Franklin...

George H. Dean
Apr 2, 2010
George H. Dean, 88, of 190 Red Bridge Lane, Franklin died at 1:10 p.m. Friday April 2, 2010 at Sugar Creek Station. A son of Rubin R. and Violet S. Harkless Dean he was born in Cecil Township, Washington County on December 11, 1921. He attended the Franklin public schools. A veteran of World War II he served in the...

Joyce E. Buchanan
Mar 29, 2010
Joyce E. Buchanan, 62, of Fleming Road, Grove City, went home to be with her savior at 10:02 a.m. Monday at UPMC Northwest after a three-year battle with cancer. Born in Shippenville, Sept. 1, 1947, she was a daughter of Jess VanGuilder and Dora (Mier) VanGuilder. She was a 1965 graduate of Keystone High School and a graduate of the...

M. Isabel Taylor
Mar 26, 2010
M. Isabel Taylor, 92, of Grove City, formerly of Harrisville and Mars, died at 12:15 p.m. Friday at Trinity Living Center. She was born July 23, 1917, in Hendersonville, N.C., the daughter of Sally A. (Jones) McDowell and Charles F. McDowell. She was a graduate of Munhall High School and was a homemaker. She married Lewis W. Taylor on July...

Michael G. Polanick
Mar 25, 2010
Michael G. Polanick, 91, of Boyers Road, Harrisville, died at 3:46 p.m. Thursday at Butler Memorial Hospital. Born Nov. 28, 1918, in Homestead, he was the son of Alex and Vanalisa Polanick. Polanick graduated from Homestead High School and was employed by the U.S. Postal Service in Grove City, after previously working at Cooper-Bessemer in Grove City. He was a...

Claude E. Surrena
Mar 22, 2010
Claude E. Surrena, 88, formerly of Marion Township, died at 1:05 p.m. Monday at the Sunnyview Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, where he lived for more than 30 years. Born in Marion township, Nov. 4, 1921, he was the son of Harry Surrena and Wilda B. (Mortland) Surrena. He formerly attended the Church of the Nazarene, Nectarine. He enjoyed life to...

William H. Bauer
Mar 8, 2010
William H. Bauer, 90, of Harrisville died Monday while visiting his daughter in Illinois. Born in Pittsburgh, May 26, 1919, he was the son of George W. Bauer and Ella (Hoelzmann) Bauer. A graduate of Harrisville High School, he was a machine operator for the former Cooper Energy in Grove City and retired in 1981 after 40 years. He was...

Joan A. Grill Reagle
Mar 4, 2010
Joan A. Grill Reagle, 77, of Fort Pierce, FL, and Erie, PA, died on Thursday, March 4, 2010, at Palm Garden of Port St. Lucie, FL. Born January 3, 1933, in Franklin, PA, she was a daughter of John Joseph and Adele Carrara Grill. Joan was a graduate of Sacred Heart Academy, Franklin, now St. Patrick School, and Franklin High...

James J. "Jay" Rhoads
Feb 20, 2010
James J.Jay� Rhoads, 76, retired Franklin school teacher, multi-sport coach, referee and umpire and life-long Franklin High School (FHS) athletic program enthusiast, died Saturday, February 20th at UPMC Northwest Hospital following a long illness. Mr. Rhoads graduated from FHS, class of 1951, where he played basketball and football. Following high school, Mr. Rhoads served two years in the U.S. Army....

Sara A. Mong
Feb 14, 2010
Sara A. Mong, 95, former Rocky Grove resident died at 5:14 a.m. Sunday February 14, 2010 at Hocking Valley Community Hospital, Logan Ohio. A daughter of Howard and Bertie Renniger Tidball she was born August 23, 1914 in the Franklin area. She was a member of the Rocky Grove Avenue Presbyterian Church and a member of the O.U.R. class in...

Clair D. Gibbons
Feb 14, 2010
Clair D.Bo� Gibbons, 82, of Franklin died at 2:13 p.m. Sunday, February 14, 2010 at The Caring Place after a long illness. Born July 24, 1927 in Eau Clair he was the son of Hugh and Helen Stocker Gibbons. He spent his early life in Rouseville and attended Oil City High School. He served with the U.S. Navy during World...

Terry Lee
Feb 14, 2010
Terry Lee Ace, 66 of 537 3rd St., Franklin, died on Sunday February 14, 2010 at 9:16 a.m. in the Emergency Room at UPMC Northwest in Seneca. He was born in Franklin on January 23, 1944 a son of Nelson and Annabelle McCartney Ace. He attended Franklin Schools. Mr. Ace was employed as a security Guard at Joy Mining Machinery...

Harold L. Berg
Feb 13, 2010
Harold L. Berg, 87, of Barkeyville Road, Grove City, died at 3:30 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 13, 2010, at Trinity Living Center in Grove City, where he was a resident since November 2009. Born Feb. 27, 1922, in Wilkinsburg, he was a son of the late Albert Berg and Carrie Harris Berg. He was a 1940 graduate of Ben Avon High...

Mary Etta Wright
Feb 11, 2010
Mary Etta Wright, 83 formerly of 518 Wilson Avenue, Rocky Grove died at 3:50 p.m. on Thursday, February 11, 2010 in the Golden Living Center Western Reserve, Erie. She was born in Rocky Grove on December 7, 1926 a daughter of Nathan and Bessie Griffin. She was a graduate of Franklin High School. On October 7, 1947 she married William...

Burton C. Stewart
Feb 8, 2010
Burton C. Stewart, 53, of Barkey-Hoffman Road, Harrisville, died Monday, Feb. 8, 2010, at UPMC Presbyterian Hospital in Pittsburgh after a brief illness. He had lived in the area most of his life. Born Dec. 17, 1956, in Richmond, Va., he was the son of Brice T. Stewart and Shirley A. Smith Stewart. He graduated in 1975 from Mars High...

Thomas K. Harris
Feb 6, 2010
Thomas K. "Kert" Harris Sr., 86, a 15-year resident of Centertown Road, Grove City, formerly of Harrisville, died at 11:45 a.m. Saturday at Trinity Living Center in Grove City, where he had been a patient for one week. He was born in Vicars, W.Va., Jan. 20, 1924, and was a son of Thomas C. Harris and Dessie L. Rhoads Harris....

Frank B. Campbell
Feb 5, 2010
Visitation 10:00 - 11:00 A.M. Thursday February 11, 2010 at Huff Chapel. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. in the funeral home. Interment will follow in Franklin Cemetery.

Glenn A. Daily
Jan 26, 2010
Glenn A. Daily, 99 formerly of Utica died on Tuesday, January 26, 2010 at the Fahrney-Keedy Memorial Home in Boonsboro, Maryland. He was born in Canal Twp., Venango County on January 10, 1911, a son of George Lee and Phoebe Flo Smith Daily. He graduated from Rocky Grove High School and Beckley College in Harrisburg with a degree in engineering....
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