Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Ellwood City, PA, Lawrence County Pennsylvania & Surrounding Areas
Carol L. Kotuby
Jan 5, 2018
Carol L. Reeder Kotuby, 70, of Ellwood City (North Sewickley Twp.) passed away peacefully, surrounded by her family, on Friday evening, January 5, 2018 at the VNA Inpatient Hospice in Butler. She was born in Beaver Falls on August 30 1947, to the late Ralph and Barbetta "Betty"
Carl W. Bender Jr.
Dec 29, 2017
Carl W. Bender, Jr., 88, of Neshannock Township, passed away peacefully on Friday, December 29, 2017 at the Avalon Nursing Center. He was born November 18, 1929 to the late Carl W. Bender, Sr. and Olive Brisbin Bender. Carl was a 1947 graduate of New Castle High School and graduated from Youngstown University in 1955. He was the owner...
Nancy L. Hazen
Dec 11, 2017
Nancy L. Hazen, 77, of Ellwood City (Perry Township), passed away peacefully, surrounded by her family, on Monday evening, December 11, 2017. She was born in Ellwood City on March 6 1940, daughter of the late Harry and Ellen Lutz Stewart. Nancy worked at the Ellwood Knitting Mills and Pittsburgh Mailing Service in Cranberry. She was married for over...
Patricia A. Leonhardt
Dec 10, 2017
Patricia A. Leonhardt , 75, of Neshannock Township passed away Sunday, Dec. 10, 2017, at her residence. Patricia was born in New Castle on December 26, 1941 to the late Russell and Anne Weppler McKnight. She married the late Robert P. Leonhardt, Jr. who preceded her in death in 2016. Patricia had worked at the former Shenango Pottery. Patricia...
Helen E. Muntean Oliver
Nov 21, 2017
Helen Muntean Oliver, 87, of North Tower Road, (Franklin Township), Fombell, died peacefully at home on Tuesday evening, November 21 2017, surrounded by her family. Born March 5, 1930 in Canton, Ohio, Helen was the daughter of the late Nick Muntean Sr. and the late Elizabeth Toda Muntean. She was a member of the Park Alliance Church (Christian and...
Lena C. Bauder
Nov 19, 2017
Lena Stanilla Bauder, 97, of Ellwood City, (Franklin Twp.) was called home to the Lord, on Sunday evening, November 19, 2017 at the Ellwood City Medical Center. She was born on January 2, 1920 in Lebanon, PA to the late Anna Arazan and Joseph Stanilla. She graduated from Lebanon High School in 1937, where she met her future husband,...
Robert P. Leonhardt
Nov 14, 2017
Robert P. Leonhardt, Jr., 78, of Neshannock Township passed away November 14 at the Sharon Regional Hospital. Robert was born in New Castle on April 4, 1938 to the late Robert P. and Amy I. Coryea Leonhardt. Robert is survived by his wife of 56 years the former Patricia A. Weppler; his son Todd (Sharon) of Medina, Ohio and...
Ira Clifford Boyer
Nov 13, 2017
Ira Clifford Boyer, 71, of Fombell, (Franklin Twp.) passed away peacefully at his home on Monday morning, November 13, 2017. He was born in Ellwood City on December 31, 1945 to the late Ira W. Boyer and the late Mary Daufen Boyer. Cliff was a graduate of Riverside High School, class of 1964. He then volunteered for service in...
David Samuel Kerr
Nov 10, 2017
David Samuel Kerr, 32, of Ellwood City went home to be with his Lord and Savior the morning of November 10, 2017. Born March 11, 1985 in New Castle, he was the son of Samuel and Patricia Kerr. David was a lifelong resident of Castlewood. He attended Portersville Christian School until his senior year where he graduated from Shenango...
Olga M. Lemanski
Nov 4, 2017
Olga M. Lemanski, 90, of Ellwood City, passed away peacefully on Saturday evening, November 4, 2017 at The Grove in Harmony. She was born in Ellwood City, on March 30, 1927 to the late George and Regina Koenig Miller, and was raised by the late Wilhelm and Anna Schuller. She was a graduate of Lincoln High School in Ellwood...
Dennis L. Wallace
Oct 25, 2017
Dennis L. Wallace, 71, of Ellwood City (Wayne Township), passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, October 25, 2017 at his residence. He was born in Ellwood City on December 14, 1945 to the late Clarence Edward Wallace and the late Mildred McQuiston Wallace. Dennie was a graduate of Lincoln High School in Ellwood City, class of 1963. He worked at...
Richard A. "Rick" Kasparek
Oct 22, 2017
Richard A. Kasparek, 63, of Ellwood City (North Sewickley Twp.) passed away unexpectedly on Sunday morning, October 22 2017 at his home. He was born in Ellwood City on May 21 1954, to the late Gerald Kasparek, Sr., and the late Alma Kotuba Kasparek. Rick was a graduate of Riverside High School. He worked for the P&LE Railroad at...
Fanny Ottaviani
Oct 22, 2017
Fanny Ottaviani, 87, of Ellwoood City, passed away peacefully but unexpectedly on Sunday evening, October 22 2017 at Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh. She was born in Ellwood City on July 20, 1930, to the late Dimitrios and Vasiliki Santis. She was a graduate of Lincoln High School in Ellwood City. She had worked for years in the clerical...
Alice Woodrow
Oct 16, 2017
Alice E. Woodrow, 77, of Portersville, passed away peacefully on Monday morning, October 16 2017. She was born in Ellwood City, PA on May 10, 1940 to the late Harold and Alice Pander Funkhouser. She graduated from Lincoln High School (Ellwood City) in 1958 and worked at Airways Industries in Ellwood City, and later at American Eagle Outfitters in...
Lloyd Elmer Moyer
Oct 7, 2017
Lloyd Elmer Moyer, 93, of Schill Manor, Ellwood City, formerly of Fombell, entered into eternal rest on Saturday, October 7, 2017 at the Ellwood City Hospital. He was born in Fombell, Beaver County, on September 26 1924 to the late Elmer and Esther Herrmann Moyer. He married the late Phyllis Catherine Boots Moyer on June 12 1948. She preceded...
Frank Tangora
Oct 2, 2017
Frank Tangora, 93, of Ellwood City, passed away peacefully on Monday, October 2 2017 at The Grove at Harmony PA. He was born in Aliquippa on August 6 1924, to the late the late Pasquale and Antonetta Tangora. Frank attended Aliquippa High School, and then served in the US Army 5th Air Force during WWII, with the 90th Bombardment...
Theo C. Cusato
Sep 10, 2017
Theo Chase Johns Cusato, 93, of Ellwood City went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Sunday, September 10 2017. She leaves a legacy of faith and will be remembered fondly for the selflessness, love and generosity she extended to all those who knew her. Theo was born July 30, 1924 to the late Edward and Marie...
Ruth Holzhauser
Sep 4, 2017
Ruth Bleakney Holzhauser, 97, of New Castle PA, passed away peacefully on Monday, September 4 2017 after an illness. The daughter of the late Eugene Bleakney, and Edythe Magee Bleakney, Ruth was born in Ellwood City in August 1920. She was the devoted big sister to Shirley Bleakney Houck (deceased), and Kenneth Bleakney, and Norma Bleakney McClintick. Ruth married...
Wayne R. Read
Aug 6, 2017
Wayne R. Read, 70, of New Castle (Wayne Township), went to be with his Lord on Sunday, August 6 2017. He was born in Clearfield PA, on July 31, 1947 to the late Richard and Lois Johnston Read. Wayne graduated from Clearfield High School in Clearfield, PA in 1965. He retired from General Electric in Grove City, where he...
M. Charles Nye
Aug 2, 2017
M. Charles Nye, 88, of Portersville PA, passed away peacefully, on Wednesday afternoon, August 2 2017 at Sunnyview Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Butler PA. He was born in Fombell, Beaver County, on April 6 1929 to the late Joseph Bert Nye and Florence Lena Weil Nye. Charles graduated from Muddy Creek High School in Portersville. He was a...