Obituaries
Ronald Ackerman, Sr.
Nov 25, 2014
Ronald Paul Ackerman, Sr., 71, of Edinboro, formerly of Sheffield, PA, died Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2014 at St. Vincent Health System. He was born in Meadville on October 19, 1943, the son of the late George Ackerman and Edith (Poe) Shallenbarger. Ron loved shopping, playing cards, especially Bridge, and spending time with his wife. He was renowned for being a wonderfully...
Paul Keller
Nov 12, 2014
Paul Duane Keller, 84, of McKean, died Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2014 at the Edinboro Manor. He was born in Peoria, Illinois on March 17, 1930, the son of the late Leon and Felistias (Sprout) Keller. Paul worked as a expediter for Erie Strayer, worked for LOC Inc., and Hobbs Lumber. He was a past Fire Chief of the McKean Hose Co....
Richard Crandall
Nov 8, 2014
J. Richard Crandall, 85, of Franklin Twp, passed away Saturday, Nov. 8, 2014 at St. Vincent Health Center. He was born in Erie, on June 3, 1929, the son of the late Virgil and Bertha (McClenathin) Crandall. Richard was a successful dairy farmer for 45 years. He started with eight foundation cows and over the years grew his herd to 60 cows....
Henry Leute
Nov 6, 2014
Henry Scott Leute was born on November 6th 2014 to Pisey and Scott Leute and passed a short time later. Henry only had a brief time in this world before moving to the next, but he only knew love while he was with us. Henry’s short life will always be celebrated and remembered by those who loved him and he will be...
Howard Brown
Oct 12, 2014
Howard Leroy Brown, 83, of Edinboro, died Sunday, Oct. 12, 2014 at his home. He was born in Butler, PA on November 25, 1930, the son of the late Elmer and Lauretta Brockway Brown. Howard worked as a heavy equipment operator for many years. He worked for numerous companies. He was one of the operators that dug tunnels in Pittsburgh....
Lois Meabon
Sep 28, 2014
Lois M. Meabon, 89, formerly of Edinboro, entered into eternal rest on Sept. 28, 2014. She was born May 25, 1925 in Westline, Pa, the daughter of the late Annaus and Hattie Andersen. For 52 years she was the loving wife of the late James Meabon who passed away in 1998. She was also preceded by three brothers, Fred Andersen,...
Michael Puchacz
Sep 26, 2014
Michael Felix Puchacz, 57, of Cambridge Springs, died Friday, Sept. 26, 2014 suddenly at his farm. He was born in Meadville on Jan. 5, 1957, the son of the late Walter and Laura (Styborski) Puchacz. Michael worked for DH Steel Products in Erie. He was involved in the construction of many buildings in the area. He was a member of the...
Ronald Baker
Sep 18, 2014
Dr. Ronald G. Baker, 75, of Edinboro, passed away Thursday, September 18, 2014 at his home. He was born in Erie, PA on March 21, 1939, son of the late Robert John and Genevieve McLaughlin Baker. In 1790 his ancestors settled in Edinboro, PA. He was a teacher at Warren Area High School for five years. For forty years before his...
Barbara Nordberg
Sep 17, 2014
Barbara Lee (Johnston) Nordberg, 72, of Edinboro, died at home September 17, 2014, after a 3 year long courageous battle with cancer. Barbara was preceded in death by her parents, Sherwood and Henrietta Johnston; and a son, Brian Scott Nordberg. Barbara is survived by her loving husband of 49 years, Karl, two sons; Kevin Brent Nordberg (Tammy) of Rockford, Illinois and Keith...
Vincent Divito
Sep 14, 2014
Vincent Alan DiVito, 30, of Edinboro, died Sunday, Sept. 14, 2014 at St. Vincent Hospital. He was born in Erie on May 21, 1984, the son of Domenic and Karyn (Egloff) DiVito. Vincent was a 2002 graduate of General McLane High School then graduated from Edinboro University. He worked for DiVito Landscaping for more than 10 years and was currently working...
Mary Lou Caldwell
Aug 3, 2014
Mary Lou Jean Caldwell, 79, of Edinboro, died Sunday, August 3, 2014 at UPMC - Hamot. She was born in Erie on June 27, 1935 the daughter of the late Elmer G. and Corabell (Allen) Miller. She was preceded in death by her loving husband, Floyd in 2005; a brother Francis Miller; and two sisters, Leona Ellison and Geraldine Baney. Survivors...
Loretta Dzeskewicz
Jul 22, 2014
Loretta Y Dzeskewicz, age 77, of McKean passed away on Tuesday, July 22, 2014 at home in the care of her family. She was born in Hastings, PA, daughter of the late James and Lucy (Gray) Young. Her family moved to Waterford when she was a child and she graduated from Waterford High School. She met her future husband during school where he...
Ronald Teorsky
Jul 17, 2014
Ronald Leonard Teorsky, 71, of McKean died Thursday, July 17, 2014 in the loving and exceptional care of the Erie VA Medical Center. He was born in New Kensington, PA on July 4th (POW), 1943, the son of the late Casmere and Veronica (Kaczkowski) Teorsky. He was a graduate of Ken High and was a loyal employee of GE where he worked...
Barnett Jarvis
Jul 16, 2014
Barnett Robert Jarvis, 89, of Edinboro, died Wednesday, July 16, 2014 at St. Vincent Hospital. He was born in Detroit, MI on August 25, 1924, the son of the late John and Rebecca Goldstein Jarvis. Before his retirement Mr. Jarvis was a security guard for Securicor UK. Before that he worked as a manager at British Leyland Trucks. He served in the...
Melvin Wellman, Sr.
Jul 12, 2014
Melvin A. Wellman, Sr., 86, of Edinboro, died Saturday, July 12, 2014 at St. Vincent Hospital. He was born in Edinboro on May 10, 1928, the son of the late Clyde D. and Blanche M. Colvin Budd Wellman. Among loving his family, Mel enjoyed farming, outdoors, tractors, cutting firewood, gardening, making maple syrup and camping. Melvin worked 11 years for Marx...
Jeffrey Chivari
Jul 7, 2014
Jeffrey Lawrence Chivari, 56, of Albion, formerly of Franklin Center, passed away peacefully at home on, Monday, July 7, 2014 after a long fight with cancer. He was born in Erie on October 24, 1957, the son of the late Stephen and June (McAnulty) Chivari, Jr.. Jeff was a General McLane High School graduate and then received a welding certificate from...
Louis Beck
Jun 18, 2014
Louis L. Beck was born in Cleveland, Ohio September 13, 1923 and died at age 90 on June 18, 2014 peacefully at home on the farm he loved surrounded by loving family and caregivers. Louis graduated from John Adams Senior High School in Cleveland and moved to his Edinboro farm after serving proudly as a sergeant in the Marines during World...
Dr. Richard "Dick" Gromen
Jun 12, 2014
Dr. Richard "Dick" Gromen was born in Cleveland, Ohio on December 3, 1930. He was the only child of Jack Gromen and Rena Calcagni Gromen. His grandparents immigrated from Groussau, Romania and the Lake Como region in Italy. He loved to talk about his Transylvanian heritage and the lessons learned from his Italian grandmother. On January 27, 1951, Dick married...
Charlotte Mainon
May 31, 2014
Charlotte M. Mainon, only 45 years young, a quadriplegic for twenty-two years, who's health was a struggle for the last few years with Chronic Osteomyelitis then Multiple Sclerosis (MS). She was always a fighter and strong until the diseases took her away on Saturday, May 31, 2014 at St. Vincent Health Center in Erie, PA. Charlotte is survived by her beloved cat,...
Thomas Kingston
May 31, 2014
Thomas Irvin Kingston, 76, of Edinboro died Saturday, May 31st, 2014, at the VA Hospital, Hospice Unit in Erie, PA. He was born in Erie on May 8th, 1938, the son of the late Paul and Gladys (Hornaman) Kingston. He graduated from Academy High School in 1956. After High School he joined the Air Force. A Veteran of the USAF,...