All Obituaries

HERMITAGE- Francis Leo Ryan 91, formerly of Hermitage, passed away on Saturday morning January 18, 2020 at O'Neill Healthcare in Bay Village, Ohio. He was born in Sharon, PA on June 8, 1928 and was raised by his mother Grace and her husband Charles Otte. Leo was alumni of Sharon High School and Youngstown State University. He was a Professional Engineer by trade and had owned and operated his own company F.L.R. Engineering.  Leo also operated F. Leo Ryan Insurance Company with...

BROOKFIELD-John B. Schell Sr. of Brookfield, formerly of Hermitage passed away from natural causes on Thursday, January 16th, 2020 in the Sharon Regional Medical Center. He was 97. Born October 3rd, 1922 in Sandy Lake, PA he was the eldest son of the late Daniel and Nellie Schell. John served as a Staff Sgt. in 82nd Airborne Division of the US Army during World War II serving in the European Theater of Operations.  He participated in the campaigns in Normandy, Rhineland, Ardennes, and...

HERMITAGE-Betty Jane Iliff, 90, passed away on Monday afternoon December 30, 2019 in her home while under the care of hospice with her family by her side following a brief illness. She was born in Sharon on September 27, 1929 a daughter of Ivon and Mary (Rowe) McGaffic.  Betty was a 1947 Alumna of Sharon High School and received her L.P.N. in 1973 from the Mercer County Vocational Technical Institute. Betty worked at Westinghouse prior her marriage to Charles L. Iliff on December...

Harold P. Zachrich Sr., 83, of Fredonia passed away on Monday morning December 2, 2019 in the Sharon Regional Medical Center following an extended illness. He was born in Leipsic, OH on January 16, 1936 a son of Gilbert and Maud (Leatherman) Zachrich. Harold served Our Country in the United States Army with the 11th Airborne Division as a Paratrooper enlisting in 1954. He received his honorable discharge on February 7, 1957 having attained the rank of Specialist Grade 3. He enjoyed...

Cory Robert Hughey, 37, of Parma, OH formerly of Brookfield, chose to end his life as he lived it on his own terms on Tuesday November 5th, 2019. He was born in Youngstown, OH on May 4th, 1982. Cory graduated from Brookfield High School in 2000 where he was Class President, and continued on to Youngstown State University where he attained his Bachelor of Arts Degree for Telecommunications in 2008. Cory currently was working as a sales representative for AT&T and before that he...

WARREN - Nichelle Renee Merat, 50, passed away with her family by her side on Thursday October 24th, 2019 at Trumbull Regional Medical Center.  She was born March 2, 1969 in Lorain, OH a daughter of Fredrick and Margaret (Hether) Merat.  She was a longtime area resident living in Sharpsville as well as being in Florida for some time. Nichelle loved doing anything and everything with her girls. This included helping them with their after-school activities, Girl Scouts, band, and...

NEW WILMINGTON- Richard Harry Fahnline passed away Sunday evening September 15th, 2019 in his residence at Shenango on the Green in New Wilmington. He was eighty-six years old. He was born June 24, 1933, in Sharon, a son of John and Helene (Stewart) Fahnline.  Richard was a 1951 graduate of Sharon High School and was a 1955 graduate of Cornell University in Ithaca, NY where he received a bachelor’s degree in Political Science.  He later furthered his education obtaining...

SHARPSVILLE- Kenneth J. Rosen, 59, of Sharpsville passed away on Friday morning April 12, 2019 in UMPC Montefiore in Pittsburgh.   He was born in Greenville on July 2, 1959 the youngest son of Melvin and Rita (Falkinson) Rosen and was a graduate of Jamestown High School.  Ken had a wonderful sense of humor that was second to none and was always ready with quick joke on the tip of his tongue. He was common visitor to area flea markets where he truly enjoyed the buying, selling,...

Joanne Wolfe, age 93, passed away after a brief illness and entered the Lord’s kingdom on September 2, 2019.  A former resident of Sharon, Pennsylvania, she has been residing at Wesbury United Methodist Community in Meadville since Mother’s Day of 2011. Joanne was born on September 20, 1925 in Sewickley, Pennsylvania, the youngest of five daughters of George Edward Black and Laura Dryden Black.  Along with her twin sister, Katherine Ruth, Joanne graduated in 1943 from...

BEACHWOOD-On September 3, 2019 the good Lord took one of his favorite Angels…..Marie Bleier Weiss passed away peacefully at Menorah Park, Beachwood, Ohio,  where she had been in residence the past three years. Born on October 4, 1919, in Alliance, Ohio and, as a child, she moved to Farrell, Pennsylvania where she graduated from Farrell High School in 1938.  She married her childhood sweetheart, Arthur, on August 5, 1939. Marie was a devoted and dedicated wife until Art,...