Obituaries
Heckman, Dorothy "Dorie"
12/24/2011 - Akeley U M ChurchDorothy Louise "Dorie" Dunning Kaufman Heckman, 66, of Russell, PA, went home to her Lord and Savior, Saturday morning, December 24, 2011 at the John and Orpha Blair Hospice Home, Warren, PA after an illness that began in October, 2011. The wife of the Rev. David Heckman, pastor of Russell and Akeley United Methodist Churches, Dorie was a leader, board member and administrative assistant for Western PA Prison Outreach Ministries. As a volunteer, she led a weekly Bible study in...
Rhodes. Gloria Jean Hipple
12/24/2011 - First U M ChurchGloria Jean Hipple Rhodes of Clarion died on 12/24/11 at her home after a heroic battle with pancreatic and liver cancer. She was 70 years old. Gloria was born on August 22, 1941 in Titusville, PA. She was the daughter of the late Jeanne (Russell) Hipple Williams and the late Harold Hipple. She was the step-daughter of the late Harry Williams. On May 27, 1995, she married the love of her life, Arnie Rhodes. They shared 16 1/2 years together. Gloria was known as "Duchess of...
Hammett, Virginia Elizabeth
12/17/2011Virginia Elizabeth (Bashforth) Hammett, 80, wife of the Rev. Edward S. Hammett, passed away Dec. 17, 2011, at home with family members at her side. Her life began March 12, 1931, in a log cabin in Elizabeth Township, and ended in a log cabin on Indian Lake in Somerset County. The daughter of Henry and Bertha (Sommerville) Bashforth, Virginia was united in marriage to Edward S. Hammett on Aug. 30, 1952, a blessed union of nearly 60 years. A graduate of McKeesport Hospital...
Callihan, Rev. Robert Gerald
12/12/2011The Rev. Robert Gerald Callihan, 82, of Richland, died peacefully surrounded by his loving wife and children Dec. 12, 2011, at Arbutus Park Manor. Born March 2, 1929, in Johnstown, son of Hadson G. and Verna (Souders) Callihan. Preceded in death by parents; brother, Glenn; and cousin, Paul Callihan. Survived by wife, the former Eleanor Dabbs, Richland; daughters, Sheryl, wife of Daniel Mock, Bear Creek Township, Pa.; and Merrilee, wife of Ronald Saccol, Green Bay, Wis.; grandchildren,...
Osborne, Cloyd M. "Oz"
12/8/2011 - Christ Community U M ChurchRev. Cloyd M. "Oz" Osborne, 88, of 112 Marwood Road, Cabot, peacefully went to be with his Lord on December 8, 2011 at the Good Samaritan Hospice at Concordia. He was born in Clark, Pa., on Sept. 25, 1923, a son of John C. and Lillian Wishart Osborne. He was a 1941 graduate of Sharon High School and was awarded a bachelor of science from Thiel College in 1949. He earned a master's of divinity at Drew Theological Seminary in Madison, N.J., in 1952. During World War II, Oz served...
Loney, Betty T.
12/2/2011Betty Tether Loney, of Grove City, beloved wife of the Rev. Charles S. Loney, died Dec. 2, 2011, after an extended illness. She was 83. Betty and her twin brother Ted were the youngest of the seven children born to James and Mai Lovelady Shewbert of Dalhart, Texas. When their mother died, the twins were adopted by their aunt and uncle, Ted and Mollie Tether of Pauls Valley, Okla. Betty graduated from Pauls Valley High School in 1946 and enrolled at Central State College in Edmond, Okla.,...
Jewell, H. Eileen
12/1/2011H. Eileen Jewell, age 86, wife of the late Rev. Gale A. Jewell, Sr., with family around her, peacefully left her earthly body to be with her Lord on Thursday December 1, 2011. She graduated from New Brighton High School in 1944. Baptized in 1925 at Methodist Protestant Church in New Brighton, she continued her Methodist heritage through the 2007 merger of First Methodist Episcopal, Grace Methodist Episcopal, and Fifth Avenue United Methodist Church (Methodist Protestant). She exemplified...
Foster, the Rev. Glea L.
11/29/2011Rev. Glea L. Foster, 62, of Chicora, pastor of Chicora and Karns City United Methodist churches, went home to be with the Lord late Tuesday evening, November 29, 2011, at Armstrong County Memorial Hospital in Kittanning following a 21-year battle with cancer. Born on May 18, 1949 in Madison Twp., Clarion County. She was the daughter of Mabel Swartz Bearfield of Rimersburg and the late Willis D. Bearfield. Rev. Foster was a graduate of Union High School in Rimersburg. She was...
Scruton, Marjorie Ellen
11/1/2011 - Belmont U M ChurchMarjorie Ellen Scruton, 88, of Richland, died Nov. 1, 2011, at Arbutus Park Manor. She is survived by her husband the Rev. Paul H. Scruton, whom she married Aug. 12, 1945, and children,the Right Rev. Gordon Paul, married to Rebecca Polley, Agawam, Mass.; Carol Jean, married to Gary Griffith, Great Falls, Va.; Lois Elaine Mock, Mundys Corner; and Wayne Morris, married to Melanie Bracey, Chester, Va. Also survived by nine grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren and a...
Lynn, Rev. Carol E.
9/28/2011 - Bakerstown U M ChurchThe Rev. Carol E. (Sayenga) Lynn, 75, of Hampton Township, died Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2011, surrounded by her family in the comfort of her home. Born Sept. 20, 1936, in Pittsburgh, she was the daughter of the late George and Helen (Frye) Sayenga. She was the beloved wife for 53 years to her high school sweetheart, James C. Lynn Jr., whom she married Aug. 23, 1958; loving mother of J. Curtis Lynn III, of Hampton, and Scott G. Lynn and his wife, Emily Morrison, of Maryland; sister of Donald A....
Mostoller, Ralph V.
7/8/2011 - Park Avenue U M ChurchRalph V. Mostoller of Richland died July 8 at Arbutus Park Manor at the age of 104. Born June 15, 1907, in Johnstown, he was the son of the late Cyrus Albert and Dessie (Reel) Mostoller. He is survived by two sons, the Rev. Ralph A. Mostoller, pastor of Tarrs United Methodist Church, and George A.(Elaine) of Johnstown; two granddaughters and a great-grandchild. Ralph was a 1925 graduate of Johnstown High School and earned a B.S. in education in 1936 and a masters in letters in 1949...
Crocker, Rev. Dr. Hugh D.
6/13/2011Age 80, formerly of Grove City after an extended illness on Monday, June 13, 2011 with his loving family around him. Dr. Crocker was preceded in death by his parents, Hugh D. and Lois Moore Crocker, and a brother James Crocker. He is survived by his wife Ruth (McCullon); sisters Ida (James) Hirst and Eileen (Ray) Verbanic; and one brother Robert (Becky) Crocker. He has two daughters, Susan (Greg) Bixler and Paula (John) Slater; and five grandchildren, Christopher and Lindsey Bixler and...
Shaffer, Grace I.
4/9/2011 - Christ U M ChurchGrace I. Shaffer, 85, of Greensburg, wife of the Rev. Jay F. Shaffer, passed away Saturday, April 9, 2011, in Westmoreland Manor, Hempfield Township. She was born Sept. 19, 1925, in New Bethlehem, a daughter of the late Frank and Lula Mae (Crawford) Bish. She was a graduate of Redbank Valley High School, and a member of Christ United Methodist Church, Youngwood. Grace had a simple faith. She would say, "God said it, I believe it, that settles it." While a homemaker for...
Cox, Rev. John "Jack"
4/9/2011Reverend John "Jack" Cox, Sr., 88, of Asbury Heights, Mt. Lebanon, died on April 9, 2011. He was the beloved husband of Dora C. Cox; loving father of Edith (Harry) Heidrich, Naomi (David) Harriger, John "Skip" (Janet) Cox, Jr., Laura Cox and Jim (Brenda) Cox; brother of Earl (Verna) Cox and the late Dorothy Fox and her husband Robert and the late Rev. Albert Cox and his wife Ruth. He is also survived by six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. He...
Park, Rev. Ferd
3/7/2011Rev. Dr. Ferd Brownlee Park, 80, of Indiana, died after an extended illness on Monday, March 7, 2011 with his loving family around him. Born May 17, 1930 in Munhall, he was the son of the late Ferd B. and Mary Bishop Park. Ferd graduated from Munhall High School in 1948. After learning his machinist trade at U.S. Steel in Homestead, Ferd experienced a call to the pastoral ministry. He graduated from Waynesburg College, where he majored in history. During his college...
Blaha, Rev. Wesley E.
1/29/2011Funeral services were held Wednesday, Feb. 2 for the Rev. Wesley E. Blaha, 80, of Monroeville, who passed away January 29, 2011 at Cedars Community Hospice. Beloved husband of the late Cindy (Curry) Delle Donne Blaha; loving father of Robert Blaha of Waterford, PA, Rebecca Blaha of Penn Hills, Susanna Blaha of Tarentum and the late Benjamin Blaha; proud and adoring grandfather of Shelly, Alaina, and Ashlyn; stepfather of Lara andDonne; brother of H. Dale (Susan) Blaha; nephew of...
Peelor, Rev. Dr. Harry N.
1/25/2011 - Christ U M ChurchRev. Harry N. Peelor, 88, founding pastor of Christ United Methodist Church in Bethel Park, passed away at his home in Rohnert Park, CA on Jan. 25, just eight days after his wife Ruth died. The Peelors met while he was a Navy chaplain and she a Navy nurse and were married aboard an aircraft carrier in 1946. Launching Christ Church above a shoe store in 1949, Peelor led the congregation through rapid growth. By 1975, when he left to join Norman Vincent Peale’s Guideposts...
Adams, Leonard
1/22/2011The Reverend Leonard D. Adams, of Clymer, N.Y., went home to be with his lord on Saturday, Jan. 22, 2011. He was born Dec. 13, 1925, to the late Maxwell and Rose Adams in Uleda, Pa. REv. Adams served as a pastor in the Western PA and Western NY conferences of the United Methodist Church for 61 years. He was a retired sixth-grade teacher in the Clymer Central School District, and attended Clymer United Methodist Church. He is survived by his wife of 62 years: Doris...
Pullen, Paul T.
1/10/2011 - Anne Ashley U M ChurchPaul T. Pullen, 81, died Jan. 10 in Salem, VA. Born Nov. 3,1929, in Charleston, WV, he was the son of the late Rev. Oden M. and Anna M. Pullen. Finishing high school in Charleston, he felt the call to preach and went to college receiving an A.B. degree from Asbury College, and the M. Div. from Asbury Theological Seminary. Later he completed the M. Th. at Pittsburgh-Zenia Theological Seminary and PH.D. at the University of Pittsburgh. He entered the Methodist ministry in the WV...
Ernst, Eleanor Graham "Sally"
1/4/2011 - Christ U M ChurchAge 83, on Tuesday, January 4, 2011 of Providence Point, Scott Township, formerly of Bethel Park, from complications of a stroke suffered on Father's Day 2010. Born in Pittsburgh on January 17, 1927. Daughter of Freda and Howard L. Graham of Wilkinsburg, PA; sister of Howard L. Graham, Jr. of Saxonburg, PA; Jean Kelsey of Mayville, NY; Henry Graham of Ohio and proceeded in death by Nancy Ross of Winston-Salem, NC; married to Edwin G. Ernst, Jr. on September 16, 1950; mother to three sons,...