CENTERVILLE — Lester W. Nunemaker, 74, of 35945 State Highway 77, Centerville, was called home to be with his heavenly father at 8:35 a.m. Friday, July 3, 2009, at his residence following an extended illness.
UNION CITY — John Richard Sutter Jr., 78, of Union City, passed away Wednesday, July 1, 2009, in his sleep at home after a long battle with lung cancer.
Gary L. Larcom, 62, of Meadville, died Wednesday, July 1, 2009, at Meadville Medical Center.
Rudolph (Rudy) Durec, 77, formerly of Conneaut Lake, died Tuesday, June 30, 2009, at UPMC-Greenville.
Joe E. Davis, 78, of Meadville, died Wednesday, July 1, 2009, at Meadville Medical Center following a courageous battle with cancer.
LINESVILLE — Cecil C. Calladine, 54, of Linesville, passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, July 1, 2009, at Meadville Medical Center.
John Joseph Luptak, 84, of Gastonia, N.C., died Monday, June 29, 2009 at Gaston Memorial Hospital, Gastonia.
Ronald Frederick Hiles, 56, of Sanford, N.C., died Sunday, June 28, 2009, at Central Carolina Hospital.
Steven Richard Arblaster II, 40, of 4126 Amherst Road, Erie (Millcreek Township, Erie County), died Sunday, June 28, 2009, at 10:45 p.m. at the VA Hospital in Erie.
Mr. Radio — silenced. Arthur William Cervi Sr., 89, of Linesville, “Mr. Radio” — the “Voice of Crawford County,” as some referred to him, passed away in his sleep on Sunday, June 14, 2009, at Soldiers and Sailors VA Nursing Home in Erie.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Ola Mae Lamb-Wilson, 71, of Tallahassee, Fla., formerly of Meadville, passed away Monday, June 22, 2009, at home.
CONNEAUT LAKE — Joseph William Teare, 82, of Highland Avenue, Conneaut Lake, died Sunday, June 28, 2009, at UPMC-Horizon Hospital, Greenville.
CONNEAUTVILLE — Elizabeth (Betty) Lehman, 91, of 9108 State Highway 198, Conneautville, passed away on Saturday, June 27, 2009, at Rolling Fields Inc.
Ola Mae Lamb-Wilson, 71, of Tallahassee, Fla., formerly of Meadville, passed away Sunday, June 21, 2009 at home.
Elizabeth (Betty) Lehman, 91, of 9108 State Hwy. 198, Conneautville, passed away Saturday, June 27, 2009 at Rolling Fields, Inc.
Esther Helen Shumaker, 95, a former Saegertown resident, resident of Wesbury Hillside Home for four-and-a-half years, and a resident of Rolling Fields Nursing Home, Conneautville, for the past 13 months, died there Friday, June 26, 2009, after a period of declining health.
Doris Catherine Hess Gum, 91, formerly of Plainfield Township, Moore Township and Cochranton, passed away June 26, 2009, at Crawford County Care Center, Saegertown.
Mary F. Ditzenberger, 64, of 1425 Rutledge Road, Pymatuning Township, Transfer, passed away at 12:18 p.m. Tuesday, June 23, 2009, at her residence.
Robert Clinton Rust, 87, resident of 23385 Amy Road, Saegertown, died Tuesday, June 23, 2009, at Hamot Medical Center, Erie. He was a resident of Woodcock Township all of his life.
Louis Vincent Stadler of Deerfield, Ill., died Tuesday, June 9, 2009, after a short illness.
John Sestak, 73, of 9341 Eureka Road, Girard, died unexpectedly Monday, June 22, 2009, at Saint Vincent Health Center, Erie. Born March 24, 1936, in Stulany, Slovakia, he was a son of the late Jan and Anna Lunik Sestak.
William W. Singleton, 73, of 29020 Guys Mills Road, Guys Mills, passed away Monday, June 22, 2009, at Meadville Medical Center.
William W. Singleton, 73, of 29020 Guys Mills Road, Guys Mills, passed away Monday, June 22, 2009, at Meadville Medical Center.
Russell William Barngrover, 67, of 21364 Boyle Road, Cochranton, died Tuesday, June 23, 2009, at Meadville Medical Center.
Mary Ditzenberger, 64, of 1425 Rutleage Road, Transfer, passed away Tuesday, June 23, 2009, at 12:18 p.m. at her residence.
Maurice C. Campbell, 94, of Linesville, died Tuesday, June 23, 2009, at his residence after a lengthy illness.
Ira Dale Bishop, 77, of 441 W. Third St., Apt. 110, Erie, (formerly of Conneautville) died Tuesday, June 23, 2009, at Hamot Medical Center, Erie.
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Aldo W. Canfield, 96, formerly of Meadville, died Saturday, June 20, 2009, in Scottsdale, Ariz.
FAIRVIEW — Charles (Charlie) Dodds, 62, of Fairview, died following a brief illness at his home on Saturday, June 20, 2009.
Terry Bertram Ross Vactor, 65, of 31 N. Park Ave., Meadville, passed away Thursday, June 18, 2009, at Wesbury United Methodist Community, Meadville.
ERIE — Roa Alton Jones, 76, a resident of Erie, died Friday morning, June 19, 2009, at Pleasant Ridge East following a brief illness.
Ruth Williams Ott, 87, of 529 Limber Road, Meadville, passed away at noon on Thursday, June 18, 2009, at her home.
CONNEAUTVILLE — Edward L. Linz Sr., 97, of 9108 State Highway 198, Conneautville, formerly of West Vernon Road, Conneaut Lake, passed away Friday, June 19, 2009, at Rolling Fields.
Christine (Grace) Taylor, 83, of 17948 Mullen Road, Meadville passed away Friday, June 19, 2009, at home.
HALIFAX, Mass. — Thomas W. Stewart, 83, of Halifax, Mass., passed from this life on Tuesday, June 9, 2009.
Thomas E. Fletcher, 94, of 701 Georgetown Road, Hadley, died At 8:15 a.m. Thursday, June 18, 2009, in Meadville Medical Center after a brief illness.
Alice Marie Huggins Malloy, 89, of Bethel Park, died peacefully at home on Wednesday, June 17, 2009.
Ormal J. Jones, 84, of Littleton, Colo., died Monday, June 8, 2009, in Lakewood, Colo.
Bertram Vactor Ross, 65, of 31 N. Park Ave., Meadville, passed away Thursday, June 18, 2009, at Wesbury United Methodist Retirement Community.
William H. Harrison, 93, a pioneer in the local tool and die industry, passed away peacefully at Meadville Medical Center on Thursday, June 18, 2009, after a short illness.
James F. Rappa, 77, of Meadville, died Thursday, June 18, 2009, at UPMC — St. Margaret’s Hospital, Pittsburgh, after a period of declining health. He had been hospitalized for the past 10 months in Meadville, Erie and Pittsburgh.
SAEGERTOWN — Mary (Mamie) L. Griffin, 89, of Crawford County Care Center, Saegertown, died Wednesday, June 10, 2009, at Meadville Medical Center.
AUSTINTOWN, Ohio — Frances J. Green, 87, formerly of Meadville, died Tuesday, June 16, 2009, at Hospice House, Poland, Ohio, after a short illness. Mrs. Green lived at Victoria House in Austintown, Ohio, and had a home at Hunters Woods in Canfield, Ohio.
CASSELBERRY, Fla. — Kathy Conway Haines of Casselberry, Fla., died Thursday, May 14, 2009, at her residence.
SEBRING, Fla. — Mildred Christian of Sebring, Fla., formerly of Venango, entered into eternal rest on Tuesday, June 9, 2009.
SAEGERTOWN — Darilynn J. (Lynn) Running, 55, of Saegertown, died Tuesday, June 16, 2009, at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center — Montefiore, Pittsburgh.
Sarah (Sally) Haney, 79, of North Cottage Street, Meadville, died Wednesday, June 17, 2009, in Erie.
BETHEL PARK — Alice Marie Huggins Malloy, 89, of Bethel Park, died peacefully at home on Wednesday, June 17, 2009.
GUYS MILLS — Lucille (Lucy) Sas, 74, of 9203 Highway 198 Guys Mills, passed away Saturday, June 13, 2009, at Meadville Medical Center.
Andover, Ohio — David E. Dolan Sr., 70, of Andover, Ohio, died Thursday, June 11, 2009, as a result of an automobile accident.
CONNEAUT LAKE — Greta J. Prenatt, 79, of Harmonsburg Road, Conneaut Lake, died Friday, June 12, 2009, at Meadville Medical Center.
SAEGERTOWN — Marye Bernadette Hamilton, 96, formerly of Conneaut Lake, died Friday, June 12, 2009, at Crawford County Care Center, Saegertown.
BELVIDERE, N.J. — James Maxton Johnson, 78, of Belvidere, N.J., passed away peacefully at his home surrounded by caring friends, on Tuesday, June 9, 2009, after a lengthy illness.
LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Grace Maxine Yarnell Roberts of Los Angeles, Calif., died Wednesday, June 3, 2009.
SAEGERTOWN — Mary (Mamie) L. Griffin, 89, of Crawford County Care Center, Saegertown, died Wednesday, June 10, 2009, at Meadville Medical Center.
GREENVILLE — Betty J. Eves, 84, formerly of Meadville, and a resident of St. Paul Homes, Greenville, died there Tuesday, June 9, 2009.
MORGANTON, N.C. — Virginia S. Kingston, 90, of 107 Magnolia Drive, Morganton, N.C., died Sunday, June 7, 2009, at Britthaven of Morganton Nursing Home in Morganton.
Emily C. Parker, 60, of Meadville, died unexpectedly at home Tuesday, June 9, 2009.
CAMBRIDGE SPRINGS — Dr. Frank Oran Taylor IV, 53, of Cambridge Springs, passed away Friday, June 5, 2009, at Ruby Memorial Hospital of Morgantown, W.Va., due to injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident on May 29, near Rachel, W.Va.
CONNEAUTVILLE — Patsy (Pat) Mantini, 88, of 9108 State Highway 198, Conneautville, formerly of 482 Baldwin St., Meadville, passed away Tuesday, June 9, 2009, at Rolling Fields, Conneautville.
Kenneth B. Shouey, 88, of Juniper Village, formerly of 765 Irvin Ave., Meadville, passed away Friday, June, 5, 2009, at Meadville Medical Center.
Gene Thomas, 63, of 780 Market St., Meadville, died Friday, June 5, 2009, at Hamot Medical Center, Erie.
CONNEAUTVILLE — Margaret W. Bronson, 87, of 18993 S. Center St., Conneautville, passed away Sunday, June 7, 2009, at Rolling Fields Inc.
HAINES CITY, Fla. — Leon Sweatman, 87, passed away on Friday, Jan. 23, 2009, in Haines City, Fla.
TITUSVILLE — Fred S. McMahon, 86, of Titusville, died at 5:30 p.m. Friday, June 5, 2009, at his residence.
Richard P. Smith, 79, of 20999 Star Route, Meadville, died Saturday, June 6, 2009, at Meadville Medical Center.