All Obituaries

Richard Z. Hovis, 93, of Polk passed away March 28, 2021 at Trinity Living Center. Dick was born June 15, 1927 in the Village of Pearl, Victory Township, Venango County.  He was the son of Edward O. and Myrtle A. Wieble Hovis.  Dick received his education at the Lyons Public School in Pearl.  Dick married the late Ila Louise Myers on July 1, 1950.  Together the couple built a house on the family farm which they resided their entire married life.   Dick...

Donald L. Snow, 64, of Harrisville passed away at his home March 23, 2021. Don was born July 12, 1956 in Grove City and was the son of the Alvin Snow and Lorraine Peters Reedy. Don married Barbara Humbert on November 15, 1997; she survives. Don was currently working at Lornat Inc in Butler as a crane inspector.  Don was a true outdoors man.  He loved to hunt and fish, even though last year wasn’t quite his year for fishing.  Don enjoyed his time in the woods...

Richard passed away surrounded by family on March 6, 2021 following health conditions. He was born in Ridgeway, PA Dec. 15, 1933 to Carl and Mary Holt. He married Barbara E. Buggey on Sept. 17, 1955. He graduated from Indiana state with a bachelor’s in education. He went on to receive his masters from Alfred university in New York. Later received his doctrine credits at Delaware University. Richard retired from Franklin Area High School Franklin, PA as a Math teacher in...

Sharon Elizabeth (Ivell) Bowers, 60 of Harrisville passed away Friday March 5, 2021 at the Transitions Healthcare Autumn Grove following an extended illness.  She was born July 27 1960 to Robert E. Ivell Jr. and Beryle R. (Montgomery) Ivell. She was a 1978 graduate from Moniteau High School. She worked in Early Child Development in California, Guam and Pennsylvania. She was a devoted and loving wife and step mother. She was a member of the Peters Chapel United Methodist Church. Sharon...

Josephine Blair, 96 of Emlenton passed away peacefully at home, February 25, 2021. Josephine was born November 27, 1924 in New Castle, she was the daughter of Elbert and Henrietta White Fannin.  She received her education in New Castle.  Josephine married Stanley Blair, together the couple had 3 children.  Josephine was an active member of the Scrubgrass Senior Center.  She was proud to be the oldest active member at the center.  In 2015 she was awarded the...

Beryle Ramona “Billie” Montgomery Ivell, age 82, passed away on February 22, 2021 at the Stowe-Glen Retirement Village, Stowe, Ohio, where she had resided for the past several years.  She was born on July 7, 1938 and raised by John K. “Jack” and Lottie Seelbaugh Montgomery in the Eau Claire area. She had attended the Flat Rock one-room school and graduated from Moniteau High School.  She spent many years as a nurses’ aide, caregiver and cook in Grove...

Thomas Dean Crissman, 60 of Clintonville, passed away at home after heart complications on February 20, 2021. Tom was born August 2, 1960 in Armstrong county, he was the son of Dean and Glee Lemmon Crissman. Tom graduated from Franklin High School in 1978.  He married Debbie Eakin on May 1, 1982.  Together the couple had three children Jessica, Josh and Jake. In 2005 Tom fulfilled his dream of owning his own trucking company, Tom Crissman Trucking out of...

Richard Eugene “Sonny” Vogan, Jr, 83, of Mobile, AL, formerly of Nectarine, PA, passed away Monday, February 15, 2021.  Sonny, the son of the late Richard Eugene Vogan, Sr. and Dorothy Virginia McElhatten Vogan, was born July 2, 1937 in Knox, PA.   He attended White Memorial School in Knox, PA; married Esther Annabell McBride on November 24, 1956 and retired from Cooper Cameron, formerly Cooper Bessemer in Grove City, as a molder in the foundry shop.  He was a...

Esther Annabell McBride Vogan, 83, of Alabama, formerly of Nectarine PA, passed away February 12, 2021.  Esther, the daughter of the late Nelson Reed McBride, Sr. and Lucille Ruth Buckley McBride, was born August 10, 1937 in Pone Hill, Venango County, PA.  Esther graduated from Walter Public School in Irwin Township, PA and married Richard Eugene “Sonny” Vogan, Jr. on November 24, 1956.  Esther was a member of the Church of God in Nectarine; was a devoted...

Velma Faye Meals, 88, of the Caring Place passed away peacefully February 5, 2021. Velma was born September 25, 1932 in Knox, she was daughter of the late Harry and Mabel Cotterman Rossman. Velma graduated from Salem High School.  She married William D. Meals on November 5, 1955.  Bill passed away January 26, 2018.  She enjoyed being a homemaker. Loved ones left to cherish her memory are her children Rick A. Meals of Emlenton and Sharon A. Shaw and her husband Gary of...