All Obituaries

Sybil M. (Nansi) Janes, Welsh Woman, War Bride, Farmer, Computer Programmer, Executive Secretary, Builder, Painter, Traveler, Cross Country Skiing Entrepreneur, mother, grandmother and great grandmother was born Sybil Megan Morley in the Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales, Great Britain on October 14th, 1922.  On January 8th 2020, at age 97, she passed.   She married Sargent James H. Janes, US Army in Taffs Well, Wales, near Cardiff.  Following the war, Jim, at the end...

Meredith Anne Finney, 30, of Saegertown, passed away on Saturday, January 18th, 2020, after a hard-fought battle with addiction.   A 2007 graduate of Saegertown Jr./Sr. High School, Meredith was loved by all of her friends.  She was a member of the marching band, where she was the first female percussionist.  Meredith was also a member of the cross-country team.  Outside of school, she was an avid downhill skier, a dancer at local dance schools, and a Girl Scout....

Ethel Mallon of Adams Township, PA, formerly a long-term resident of Conneaut Lake, died at age 102 on January 23, 2020.   She was born at home in Carrick, PA on February 2, 1917, the daughter of Mark and Ethel Vance Cowden.  She lived happy childhood years in Waynesburg, PA prior to the family moving to Washington, PA.  She graduated from Washington High School in 1933 and Slippery Rock State Teachers College in 1937. While attending Slippery Rock she met Carl William...

Helen Mary Carr, 71, of Meadville died Tuesday, January 21, 2020 at Meadville Medical Center following a courageous battle with cancer.   She was born December 19, 1948 in Port Jervis, NY a daughter of George and Helene Dorothy O’Malley Markiewicz.  She married David L. Carr August 4, 1973 and he survives.   She was a 1967 graduate of Meadville High School, received her Bachelor and Master degrees in Education from Edinboro University in 1971 and 1977...

James B. Kelly, 69, of Jamestown, passed away Friday, January 17, 2020 at UPMC Shadyside following a short battle with cancer.   He was born March 31, 1950 in Erie, a son of Herman and Shirley Crosley Kelly.  He grew up on the 1200 block of West 28th Street and moved to Chapin Street.  He married Mildred Cummings September 28, 1996.   Jim was a Veteran of the Vietnam War, serving from 1968 to 1971.  He was the only survivor of an attack on the convoy he was...

Patricia A. Leonheart, 78, of Linesville died Tuesday, January 14, 2020 at Meadville Medical Center following a courageous battle with cancer.   She was born February 25, 1941 in Meadville a daughter of Albert J. and Ethel A. Crosby Raybuck.  She married George E. Leonheart, Jr. August 20, 1992 and he survives.   She was a 1960 graduate of Townville High School and worked in housekeeping at Allegheny College and then for Hospice of Crawford County.   She was a...

Elsie M. Setta, 91, of Saegertown, died Sunday, January 12, 2020 at the Meadville Medical Center.   She was born March 10, 1928 in Pocahontas County, West Virginia, a daughter of Isaac and Claudia Galford Sheets.  She married Anthony W. Setta October 1, 1949 and he preceded her in death June 30, 2008.   Elsie was a graduate of Townville High School.  She was an inspector at Talon, Inc. for 46 years, retiring in 1986.  She was also a member of St. Agatha...

Martin Edward Rudler, 85, of Meadville, passed away Sunday, December 22, 2019 at Meadville Medical Center from complications of pneumonia.   He was born March 12, 1934 in Linesville, a son of the late Martin and Edna Jones Rudler.  He married Harriet Wilson August 20, 1955 who was his high school sweetheart and the love of his life for 64 happy years.  She survives.   Ed was a 1952 graduate of Kane High School where he played football and basketball. He also attended...

Robert J. (Bob) King, 69, of Harmonsburg, died suddenly Wednesday, January 8, 2020 from injuries sustained in a tractor accident.   He was born October 8, 1950 in Meadville, a son of Eldon L. and Edythe Hecker King.  He married Linda Boughton February 11, 1978.   Bob was a 1969 graduate of Linesville High School.  He worked at Advanced Cast Products for over 25 years.  He also worked as a crop farmer assisting the Amish.   Bob enjoyed hunting, fishing,...

CAPT Jon Jay McNutt, U.S. Coast Guard (Retired), 79, of Meadville, passed away January 13, 2020, in Meadville, PA, following an extended battle with Parkinson’s.   Jon was born in Meadville, PA, on September 15, 1940, son of William Wayne and Mary Elizabeth Weaver McNutt.  He married Sandra Lou Polson on January 10, 1963, and she preceded him in death on November 2, 1991.   He attended Neason Hill Elementary School and was a 1958 graduate of Meadville High School....