All Obituaries

     The heart of one of the kindest, sweetest souls you could have ever known, stopped beating on Monday evening, September 14, 2020.      Pauline L. “Boose” Schreckengost, age 95 of Putneyville passed away at Jefferson Manor in Brookville following a period of declining health.      Born November 27, 1924, she was the daughter of the late William George Adams and Mabel Irene Adams Thompson.     She...

     D. Patricia Boyer, age 85, of New Bethlehem, passed away Friday evening, September 11, 2020 at Edgewood Heights in New Bethlehem.     Born April 19, 1935 in Kittanning, she was a daughter of the late Raymond H. and Helen A. Russell Toy and was a graduate of Kittanning High School.      She married Raymond Darl Boyer on June 25, 1955 and he preceded her in death on August 9, 2019.      Pat was a member of...

     A complete obituary will be posted as soon as available.        Harvey Richard Burris, age 90 of Cranberry, passed away Sunday morning, September 6, 2020 at the home of his daughter, following a brief illness.      He married the former Naomi Laurie Wedekind on November 10, 1951 and she preceded him in death on August 11, 2020.      Survivors include two sons:  Rick (Dorthea) Burris of Oil City and...

     Debra Sue Barr, age 68, of Distant, passed away Thursday, September 3, 2020 at UPMC Presbyterian Hospital in Pittsburgh following an illness,      Born March 25, 1952 in Brookville, she was a daughter of the late Bud and Florence Willison Barnett.        Debbie was a graduate of Redbank Valley High School and a cosmetology school graduate.      She married Robert “Dick” Barr in 1980...

     Phyllis J. Kahle, age 91, of Knox, passed away Thursday morning, September 3, 2020 at the home of her daughter.      Born April 23, 1929 in Ludlow, she was the daughter of the late James and Daisy Grinnen Mellon.      She married Frank O’Neil and he preceded her in death in October of 1965. She then married Walter W.  Kahle, who preceded her in death in January of 1993.      Phyllis was a...

     James R. “Jim” Roudybush, age 83, of Kittanning and formerly of Putneyville, passed away unexpectedly Wednesday morning, September 2, 2020 at Kittanning Care Center.      Born November 13, 1936 in Kittanning, he was the son of the late Vernon and Mary Shoop Roudybush.      He married the former Myrtle E.  Moody on September 27, 1955 and she preceded him in death on August 18, 2005.     ...

       James Hilton Wise, age 76, of Knox, passed away Sunday evening, August 30, 2020 at his home surrounded by his family, following a lengthy battle with cancer.       Born April 13, 1944 in Rimersburg, he was a son of the late Harold Leroy Wise and Pauline June Cook Wise.      He was a graduate of Union High School and Clarion State College, earning a BS and a Master’s Degree in Education.    ...

Mary Evelyn Bell Arnold, 80, of Bryan, Texas and formerly of Knox, passed away on August 29, 2020. Mary was born in Oil City, on May 6, 1940 to Scott Leroy Bell, and Birdie Geneve Carson Bell. Mary was the oldest out of six children, so it is no surprise that she had such a nurturing personality. Mary graduated from Keystone Joint High School in 1959. She then went to attend Oil City Hospital Nursing School and graduated as a registered nurse in 1962, earned a Bachelor of Science in Nursing...

       Ronald Lee Yeany, of Hawthorn, died Saturday, August 22, 2020 in Allegheny General Hospital following complications from heart surgery. He was 78.      Born May 20, 1942 the son of Russell and Marge (Schick) Yeany, he grew up in Hawthorn and attended Redbank school district. He moved to Fairmount City in 1961 after meeting and marrying the love of his life, Connie (Wiant) Yeany, who preceded him in death in 2017.     ...

     Katherine Marie Drenning, age 67, of Fairmount City, passed away Tuesday afternoon, August 25, 2020 after an extended illness.       Born December 14, 1952 in Clarion, she was the daughter of the late Charles W. and Jennie E. Raybuck Hetrick.      She was a graduate of Redbank Valley High School.      Kathy was formerly married to Harlon P. Drenning and he preceded her in death in...