Obituaries
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Local Obituaries for Linesville, PA, Crawford County and Surrounding Pennsylvania Areas
Delbert Richard Howard
Mar 30, 2016
Delbert Richard Howard, 69, of Meadville, passed away on Wednesday, March 30, 2016, at his residence surrounded by his family.
Born June 7, 1946, in Detroit, Michigan, he was the son of James R. Brown and Ida Agnes Napier. He married Mary Elizabeth Huggins on September 10, 1969 in Chicago, Illinois.
He...
Margaret Leora (Gregory) Shartle
Mar 28, 2016
Margaret Leora Shartle, 91, of Linesville, passed away on Monday, March 28, 2016, at her residence after a brief illness.
Born October 24, 1924, in Meadville, she was the daughter of Frank and Marie Morris Gregory. She married Harry E. Shartle on April 13, 1946 in Hartstown; he preceded her in death on April 17,...
Raymond J. Powell
Mar 26, 2016
Raymond J. (Ray-Ray) Powell, 77, of Westford, passed away at Park Avenue Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Meadville. Prior to moving to Jamestown (Westford), Pa in 2004, he resided in the Oakland area of Pittsburgh and West Mifflin.
Born January 15, 1939, in Pittsburgh, he was the son of the late Raymond J. Powell Sr....
Anna M. (Sobczak) Schramm
Mar 26, 2016
Anna M. Schramm, 93, of Espyville, formerly of Pittsburgh, passed away on Saturday, March 26, 2016, at the Meadville Medical Center.
Born August 18, 1922, in Pittsburgh, she was the daughter of Frederick and Catherine O’Farrell Sobczak. She married Robert A. Schramm on April 19, 1979 in Westview, Pennsylvania.
She served our...
Clara Grace (Irrgang) Pazey
Mar 24, 2016
Clara Grace (Irrgang) Pazey, 85, of Linesville, passed away on Thursday, March 24, 2016, at her residence.
Born January 30, 1931, in Pittsburgh, she was the daughter of Carl and Mary Bryer Irrgang. She married James R. Pazey on February 14, 1998 at St. Philip Church in Linesville. He preceded her in death on May...
Daniel Praskavich
Mar 22, 2016
Daniel Praskavich, 76, of Parma, Ohio, beloved and cherished husband of Winnie for 56 years, passed away on Tuesday, March 22, 2016, at the Cleveland Clinic.
He was a loving father of Daniel S. Praskavich and his wife, Jackie, Kim Robinson and her husband, Bob, and Beth Sturgeon; devoted grandfather of Christopher...
Tracey A. (Baumgardner) Elmen
Mar 12, 2016
Tracey Ann (Baumgardner) Elmen, 48, of Guys Mills went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, March 12, 2016, at Meadville Medical Center after a courageous battle with breast cancer for the last three years.
Born May 14, 1967, in Meadville, she was the daughter of Sandy Baumgardner and James Baumgardner.
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Betty L. Reisinger
Mar 11, 2016
Betty L. Reisinger, 81, of Meadville, passed away on Friday, March 11, 2016, at her residence where she had been living with her daughter, Debra.
Born March 2, 1935, in Oil City, she was the daughter of Clyde and Louella Hueston Roberts. She married Ricard E. Reisinger Jr. on May 14, 1955,...
Gary Lee Oates
Feb 22, 2016
Gary Lee Oates, 68, of Linesville, passed away on Monday, February 22, 2016, at his residence after a courageous battle with cancer.
Born November 1, 1947, in Meadville, he was the son of Robert and Marleah Partch Oates. He married Barbara Hawk on September 12, 1966, at the Calvary Baptist Church in Linesville....
Joseph Anthony Cancilla
Feb 19, 2016
Joseph Anthony Cancilla, age 94, born in Pittsburgh, Pa and formerly of Andover, Ohio quietly passed away in Shillington, Pa on Feb. 19, 2016. Joseph was preceded in death by his wife of 61 years Marcella (Lienert) and his daughter Joyce Puskar.
He is survived by his 3 children: Joseph Cancilla, Janet (James)...
Doris R. (Weeks) Waring
Feb 16, 2016
Doris Roberta Waring, 98, formerly of Linesville, passed on to Heaven on Tuesday, February 16, 2016, at Juniper Village in Meadville.
She was born Sept. 13, 1917, in Omaha, Nebraska, the daughter of Lois Corey Weeks and Homer Weeks. At the age of two she and her family moved to Linesville,...
George F. Smith
Feb 10, 2016
George Frank Smith, 94, formerly of Linesville, died on Wednesday, February 10, 2016, at Rolling Fields Elder Care in Conneautville, after a brief illness.
Mr. Smith was predeceased by his wife of almost 68 years, the former Anne Kessler of Wall Township, NJ, who died on March 14, 2014, in the same facility. ...
Addelyn Caroline Mccoy
Jan 30, 2016
Addelyn Caroline McCoy, 2 ½, passed away suddenly on Saturday, January 30, 2016, at her home in Linesville. She was born June 8, 2013, in Erie, a daughter to Charles and Jaclyn Kohler McCoy.
Survivors include her loving parents, Charlie and Jaclyn, of Linesville; little brother, Mackson Charles McCoy; paternal grandparents, Richard and...
Ralph G. Anlauf
Jan 22, 2016
Ralph G. Anlauf, 87, of Espyville, passed away Friday, January 22, 2016, at the Palms of O’Neil in White Oak, Pennsylvania, where he had resided for over a year.
Born May 12, 1928, in Pittsburgh, he was the son of Ralph Sr. and Helen Csizmadia Anlauf. He married Lorraine V. Trout on May...
Francis Mirage
Jan 20, 2016
Francis Mirage, 79, of Espyville, died on Wednesday, January 20, 2016, at UPMC Presbyterian Hospital in Pittsburgh.
Born March 16, 1936, he was the son of the late Lawrence and Kathryn Mirage.
He retired from Process Control of Imperial as a product manager.
Francis retired...
Kathryn L. (Rudler) Collins
Jan 18, 2016
Kathryn L. Collins, 90, of Linesville passed away Monday, January 18, 2016, at her residence.
Born September 30, 1925, in Linesville, she was the daughter of Robert and Edith Campbell Rudler. She married Robert N. Collins on October 25, 1946, in Linesville. He preceded her in death on December 1, 2005.

Lawrence Lyle Smith
Jan 11, 2016
Lawrence Lyle Smith, age 57, of Sanford, North Carolina, died Monday, January 11, 2016, at his home with his two sons by his side.
He was born in Meadville, Pennsylvania on July 24, 1958, to the late Richard Hugh Smith and Carol Faye Chatley Smith. Lawrence moved to North Carolina in 2009 and...
David A. Wrataric
Jan 9, 2016
David Andrew Wrataric, 50, of Espyville passed away suddenly, on Saturday, January 9, 2016, at UPMC Hamot in Erie.
Born May 13, 1965, in Warren, Ohio, he was the son of Gary Wrataric and Mary Lou Reckner. He married Bobbi Sprague on December 19, 1998.