Category Archives: Obituaries

SAM ECKENROD, JR., 81
Sam (Roy) C. Eckenrod, Jr., 81, of Creekside, was called home to be with his Lord on Friday, Jan. 31, 2020. Sam was born on Oct. 2, 1938, in Ernest, to Roy C. and Anna (Kanaba) Eckenrod. Sam married h...
Feb 04, 2020

LAURA BANKS, 90
Laura Jane (Buterbaugh) Banks, 90, of Indiana, died Saturday, February 1, 2020 at the Scenery Hill Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center. Born April 6, 1929 in Purchase Line, she was the daughter of th...
Feb 03, 2020

MICHAEL BURTYK, 71
Michael Charles Burtyk, 71, of Clarksburg, PA passed away on Saturday, February 1, 2020 in Scenery Hill Manor, Indiana, PA. The son of Charles A. and Sara G. (Solley) Burtyk, he was born January 28, 1...
Feb 03, 2020

ASHLEY ADAIR, 35
Ashley Nicole Adair (Jones), 35, of Blairsville PA lost her battle to cancer on February 1, 2020 at UPMC Shadyside. She was born on December 8, 1984. Ashley fought long and hard, she loved every singl...
Feb 03, 2020

DOLORES FORSHA, 92
DOLORES R. "DORRIE" (BOLLINGER) FORSHA, 92 OF BLAIRSVILLE passed away on Saturday, February 01, 2020 at Rose Haven, Indiana, PA. She was born January 31, 1928 in Derry, PA, the daughter of the late Jo...
Feb 03, 2020

Florence Marie Jervis, 88
Florence Marie Jervis, age 88 of Indiana, died peacefully at home surrounded by her loving family on Friday, January 31, 2020. She was born in 1931 in Bolivar to Lawrence and Goldie Margaret Walbeck C...
Garrett Clark Feb 02, 2020

WALTER A. NOVAK, 69
Walter "Bud" "Crack" A. Novak, 69, of Homer City, passed away on Friday, January 31, 2020 at Beacon Ridge Nursing Home, Indiana. He was the son of Walter F. Novak and June L. (Poole) Novak, who preced...
Feb 01, 2020

ROXY DOTY, 91
Roxy Ann (Brewer) Doty, 91, of Rochester Mills, PA, died Wednesday, January 29, 2020 at Punxsutawney Area Hospital in Punxsutawney, PA. The daughter of Paul L. Brewer and Anna M. (Henry) Brewer, she w...
Jan 31, 2020

DOLORES DEGRUTTOLA, 89
DOLORES "DODIE" DeGRUTTOLA, 89 OF BLAIRSVILLE, PA passed away on Thursday, January 30, 2020 at Indian Haven, Indiana, PA. She was born August 30, 1930 in Indiana, PA, the daughter of the late Homer Ke...
Jan 31, 2020

MARGARET HOSPODAR, 90
Margaret Hospodar Formerly of Lower Burrell, PA Margaret "Peggy" Hospodar, 90, of Alexandria, VA, passed away at home on January 27, 2020, surrounded by her family. Margaret was born in Clymer, PA, on...
Jan 29, 2020

Konnor Griffin
Konnor Griffin is a Bucco! Are you going to go watch him play?
You bet! He's going to put them in the playoffs!
Sure will, but he's not going to make them much better.
Maybe a few games, but he's going to struggle.
Nope! The Pirates have been too bad for too long.
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