Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Ellwood City, PA, Lawrence County Pennsylvania & Surrounding Areas
Patricia G. Shoaf
Mar 28, 2018
Patricia G. Quinn Shoaf, 64, of Beaver Falls (North Sewickley Twp.), passed away peacefully into Jesus" arms, on Wednesday evening, March 28, 2018 after a 16 month courageous battle with cancer. She was born in Ellwood City on January 5 1954 to the late Warren Quinn and Emma Virginia Aiken Quinn of North Sewickley, who survives. Patti graduated in...
Dora M. Graff
Mar 17, 2018
Dora M. Graff, 94, of Pittsburgh (Oakland), formerly of Pander Hollow Road, Franklin Twp. (Ellwood City), passed away peacefully on Saturday, March 17 2018, in Pittsburgh. She was born on the family farm in Franklin Township, Beaver County, on January 16 1924, daughter of the late Robert John Graff and the late Sarah Elizabeth Moyer Graff. Dora began her...
Jean B. Steele Cooper
Mar 15, 2018
Jean B. Steele Cooper, 99, of Hollow Road, (Wayne Township) passed away peacefully on Thursday morning, March 15 2018 at her home. She was born in Wayne Township (New Castle) on January 7 1919 to the late Walter and Myrtle Newton Steele. Jean graduated from Lincoln High School in Ellwood City, and attended New Castle Business College. She worked...
Janet E. Mcclung
Mar 14, 2018
Janet E. McClung, 92, formerly of Marr Road, Pulaski Township, Pa., passed away Wednesday, March 14, 2018, at the Senior Lutheran Life Care Center in New Castle. Janet was born in New Castle on May 17, 1925, to the late Clyde J. and Iva L. White McClung. She was a longtime member of the former First Christian Church in...
Jean Cunningham Wick
Feb 10, 2018
Jean Morrow Cunningham Wick, 96, was born on Foch Street in the Ewing Park section of Ellwood City on May 11, 1921 to parents Carrie Burket Morrow and Charles King Morrow. Shortly after her birth, her father, C.K. Morrow, built the house in Ewing Park where she grew up. Jean spent her final years there until health required a...
Joyce G. Poole Snowden
Feb 8, 2018
Joyce Georgia Poole Snowden, 89, formerly of Beaver and North Sewickley, passed away peacefully on Thursday, February 8, 2018 in the Wesbury UM Retirement Center in Meadville, PA. She was born September 16, 1928 in Steubenville, OH to the late Edgar Alan Poole and Georgianna Ramaley Poole. She graduated from New Brighton High School in 1946 and married the...
Charles William Evans Jr.
Feb 6, 2018
Charles W. Evans, Jr., 59, of Butler PA, formerly of Ellwood City, passed away on Tuesday evening, February 6 2018 at a friend"s residence. He was born in Ellwood City on February 2 1959 to Joan Gosciewski Evans of Ellwood City, and the late Charles William Evans Sr. In addition to his father, he was preceded in death by...
Phyllis Jean Main Gordon
Jan 31, 2018
Phyllis Jean Main Gordon, 89, of Ellwood City, passed away peacefully on Wednesday evening, January 31, 2018 at the Avalon Nursing Center in New Castle, after an extended illness. She was born in Ellwood City on May 5 1928 to the late Curtis and Edith Majors Main. She was a longtime member of Park Gate Baptist Church. Most of...
Bernard Wise Carbeau
Jan 28, 2018
Bernard Wise Carbeau, 92, of Ellwood City (Marion Township, Beaver County), passed away peacefully on Sunday morning, January 28, 2018. He was at his home, surrounded by his loving family. Ben was born in Ellwood City on April 1, 1925 to the late Charles William Carbeau and the late Florence Wise Carbeau. He was a 1943 graduate from Lincoln...
Lydia M. Simmons
Jan 19, 2018
Lydia M. Simmons, 81, of Ellwood City, passed away peacefully on Friday evening, January 19, 2018 at the VNA Inpatient Hospice in Butler. She was born in Zelienople PA on March 28 1936 to the late Charles Mathes and Lydia Josephine Davidson. She also was preceded by her stepfather, Scotty Davidson. Lydia was preceded in death by her late...
Albert W. Poholsky
Jan 7, 2018
Albert W. Poholsky, 96, of Ellwood City, passed away peacefully on Sunday January 7 2018 at his home. He was born in Sagamore PA on November 29 1921, to the late Stephen and Anna Gaborack Poholsky. Al graduated from Lincoln High School in Ellwood City, and Geneva College with a B.S. in accounting. He served his country as a...
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...


