All Obituaries

Sandra Sanetrik, 76, passed away Saturday morning January 7, 2023 at Adventura Humility House after a brave battle with cancer and dementia.. Sandra or “Sandy” as she was lovingly called was born on January 12, 1946 to Norval and Fannie Salsgiver. Sandy retired as a secretary from Covelli Enterprises. She spent much of her life in the Austintown area and devoted most of her time to her two grandchildren. Upon her retirement she provided daycare for her grandchildren and was a...

TRANSFER-JoAnne Naomi McNeish passed away on Friday evening January 6, 2023 at UPMC Greenville Hospital. She was eighty-five years old. She was born in Masury, Ohio on February 24, 1937 to James and Ruth (Baxter) Richmond and was a 1955 graduate of Brookfield High School. JoAnne was an excellent homemaker and mother to her family and always placed her family before herself. She will be greatly missed. She is survived by her husband William McNeish Sr., son William McNeish Jr., daughter...

GREENVILLE-Clotilda Schell, of Greenville, passed away on Friday afternoon November 25, 2022 at her home. She was 93 years old. She was born November 20, 1929 in Grove City to the late Thomas and Rose (Anderson) McCann.  Following her graduation from Jamestown High School in 1947 she attended Thiel College for several semesters. Clotilda worked for Western Union office on Canal Street in Greenville for twenty-seven years and was their last clerk.  She also worked as an LPN for...

Daniel L. Lazor passed away Wednesday, November 9, 2022, surrounded by his daughters and family, following a period of declining health.  He was 76. Daniel was born on October 25, 1946, in Sharon, to Peter and Helen (U’Halie) Lazor. Dan grew up in Sharpsville, graduating from Sharpsville High School in 1964. He spent many years as a salesman and then water plant operator in Sharpsville.  He then became a self-employed general contractor, often becoming friends with his...

MERCER-Mildred Rose "Millie" Zager, age 94, of Hermitage, passed away on Sunday Octo­ber 2, 2022 at Avalon Springs Place.  Millie was born July 10, 1928 in Farrell to Antonio and Carmosina (Bumonte) Pugliese. She grew up on Beechwood Avenue and was a lifelong resident of the Shenango Valley.  After graduating from Farrell High School, Millie first worked as a bookkeeper with S.J. Gully, and then as a purchasing agent for Howell Industries in Masury.  Outside...

HERMTIAGE-Irene Jane Taylor formerly of Wheatland, passed away early Saturday morning September 3, 2022 at Hermitage Nursing and Rehabilitation following a period of declining health. She was born in Altoona, PA on September 22, 1938. Irene always was known as and went by her middle name of Jane was the daughter of Kenneth and Jessie (Heck) Miller. She was raised in Sharon and graduated from Sharon High School in 1957.  Jane loved to play cards, tell jokes, enjoy butterflies, and...

MERCER-Karen L. Patron, 75, formerly of Sharon, passed away on Tuesday August 9, 2022 at Avalon Springs Place where she had been a resident for the past ten years. She was born in Sharon on April 15, 1947 the daughter of Charles and Anna (Gross) Patron.  She was a member of the former Temple Beth Israel in Sharon and a client of Diversified Family Services for many years. Karen had also enjoyed bowling and going for car rides. Karen was preceded in death by her parents and by...

BRUNSWICK- Rita A. Hurd, age 73, formerly of Sharon, passed away on Sunday May 1, 2022 at her home in Brunswick, Ohio. Rita was born in Sharon, PA on November 7, 1948 a daughter of the late Thomas and Lela (Orndorff) Messersmith. She was a graduate of Hickory High School and worked for many years as a customer service representative for Kmart before her retirement. Rita was a member of the Brunswick V.F.W. and had enjoyed bowling, ceramic painting, and crocheting. She is survived by her...

Mary Louise Barnes (Parisse) formerly of Summerville, South Carolina and Sharon Pennsylvania and the wife of the late Thomas Marshall Barnes, Sr., passed away peacefully on April 24, 2022 at the age of 79 in Annandale, Virginia with her two children by her side.  Born December 13, 1942, she was the daughter of the late Anthony D. and Dora (Raffaeli) Parisse of Sharon, Pennsylvania.  Mary and her sister, Margaret (Parisse) Viccaro grew up on Service Avenue and attended St....

HERMITAGE- Ella M. Lee, 95, of Hermitage passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on Wednesday morning March 23, 2022 at UPMC Jameson in New Castle, PA. Ella was born in Knoxville, TN on February 5, 1927 the daughter of Cleve and Katie (Davis) Cregger. Following her graduation from high school she furthered her education at Emory University where she obtained a Master’s degree in Library Science. Her husband of thirty-two years, Ronald W. Lee, whom she married on...