Obituaries by LocationPaul G. Fortney
Paul G. 'Jerry ' Fortney, 50, of Carmichaels, Greene County, Pa., died Sunday, July 2, 2000, as a result of a motorcycle accident on Route 281 in Fayette County.
Arrangements will be announced by the Yoskovich Funeral Home, Martin J. Yoskovich, Funeral Director, 300 South Vine St., Route 88, Carmichaels, Pa.
William G. Grim
William G. Grim, 54, of Mount Morris R.D.1, Pa., died Sunday, July 2, 2000, in his home.
Friends will be received in the Yoskovich Funeral Home, Martin J. Yoskovich, Funeral Director, 300 South Vine St., Route 88, Carmichaels, Pa., on Tuesday, July 4, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday hours will be announce.
Earnest C. Hall
Earnest C. Hall, 65, of Uledi, Pa., died peacefully in his home on Sunday, July 2, 2000.
He is the son of Ethan Addis Hall and Alice Beatrice Posten Hall.
He was a member of Revere Free Methodist Church.
He was preceded in death by his parents, a daughter, Cheryl Glebis, and a brother, Samuel Hall.
He is survived by his wife of 45 years, Audrey Ilene Metts Hall; children: Deborah and her husband, Herschel Gray, Catherine and her husband, Ronnie McAllister, Rose Marie Hall and her husband, Butch, Tammy and her husband, Jeff Ardabell, Ernest C. Hall Jr. and his wife, Jonna, Ethan Hall and his wife, Kathy Jo, Shelly Renee Hall and her husband, Gene Duncan, and Dwayne E. Hall and his wife, Jody; 18 grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; a brother, Ethan Hall; four sisters: Corrine Krichbaum, Stella Renzi, Hattie Gaskill and Thelma Masako; nieces and nephews. He is also survived by his mother-in-law, Dorothy Metts, and a son-in-law, Anthony Glebis.
The family will receive friends in the DOLFI IFUNERAL HOME, Uniontown, Pa., today from 7 to 9 p.m., Tuesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m., and Wednesday, July 5, until 11 a.m., the hour of service with the Rev. Dale Sickles officiating.
Interment will follow in Sylvan Heights Cemetery.
William R. Hall
William R. Hall, 81, of Uniontown, Pa., died Friday, June 30, 2000, at his home.
He was born August 8, 1918, in Uniontown, Pa., son of Perley V. Hall and Sarah Arabelle Hunt Hall.
Mr. Hall graduated from Uniontown High School in 1936 followed by his enlistment in the United States Navy and served his country during World War II in the South Pacific Theatre of Operations.
He retired from Country Bell Dairy.
He was a Life Member of Central Christian Church, Fall/Cochran Sunday School Class, Fayette Lodge No. 228 F.&A.M., Uniontown Lodge of Perfection, Pittsburgh Consistory, Tall Cedars of Lebanon, Circle Club where he was a Trustee, and AMVETS General George C. Marshall Post 103 in Hopwood.
Three brothers, Clyde Hall, Raymond Hall and James Hall, and his parents are deceased.
He is survived by his loving wife of 58 years, Ruth Baird Hall; a daughter, Carolyn Fisher, and two grandsons, Gerald W. Fisher Jr. and William J. Fisher, all of Hopwood, Pa.; three brothers: George Hall of Uniontown, Joseph Hall of Florida, and Harold Hall of North Carolina; three sisters: Mabel Covall of Waynesburg, Pa., Estella Martin of Maryland, and Harriet H. Zebro of Uniontown; and several nieces and nephews.
Friends will be received in the ANDREW D. FERGUSON FUNERAL HOME INC., 80 Morgantown Street, Uniontown, Pa., today from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.
Fayette Lodge No. 228 F.&A.M. will conduct services today at 7:30 p.m.
Visitation continues Wednesday, July 5, in Central Christian Church, Gallatin Avenue, from 10 a.m. until 11 a.m. Services will be held at 11 a.m. with Dr. Tommy Garrison officiating.
Full Military Honors will be accorded by AMVETS Post 103 at Sylvan Heights Cemetery.
Visitation was also held Sunday from Noon to 2 and 7 to 9 p.m. and Circle Club held services at 1:30 p.m.
Blanche Reese Keslar
Blanche G. Reese Keslar, 88, of Hawkeye, Scottdale, East Huntingdon Township, who was born in Jones Mills, Pa., went to be with her Lord on Sunday, July 2, 2000, from her home.
She is survived by five children: Gaynell Keslar Hixson of Mount Pleasant, Donna Keslar Greenawalt and husband, Walter Greenawalt, of Mount Pleasant, Ardith Keslar Weightman of Belle Vernon, Gwendolyn Kesler Klepsky and husband, Dennis Klepsky, and Larry Keslar and wife, Debbie, all of Scottdale; 16 grandchildren; 24 great-grandchildren; numerous nieces and nephews. She was the last remaining member of her immediate family.
Family and friends will be received at the Robert B. Ferguson Funeral Home, 105 Spring St., Scottdale, Pa., today from 7 to 9 p.m., Tuesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m., and Wednesday, July 5, until 11 a.m.
Joseph J. Konieczny
Joseph J. 'Joe' Konieczny, 81, of Liberty St., Mount Pleasant, Pa., died early Saturday morning, July 1, 2000, at his residence.
He is survived by his wife, Frances V. Sokola Konieczny with whom he would have celebrated their 52nd wedding anniversary on July 10; their children: Cynthia A. Konieczny Oriolo and her husband, Vincent Oriolo, of McKees Rocks, Pa., Eileen C. Konieczny OíConnor and her husband, Patrick, OíConnor, of New Kensington, Pa., and Ronald J. Konieczny and wife, Tara, of Woodland Park, Colo.; and grandchildren: Brian OíConnor, Matthew OíConnor, Nathan OíConnor, Michelle Oriolo and Matthew Oriolo. He was the last remaining member of his immediate family.
The family will receive friends in the Frank Kapr Funeral Home Inc., 417 West Pittsburgh St., Scottdale, Pa., today from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. and Tuesday until 9 a.m.
Carl Floyd Kotchman
Carl Floyd Kotchman, 30, of Bentleyville, Pa., died Saturday, July 1, 2000, at home.
He is survived by his mother, Martha Floyd Kotchman of Bentleyville; sisters: Bonita Kotchman Comer of Bentleyville, Michelle Kotchman Huseman of Lordstown, Ohio, and Cathy Kotchman Derrow of Cokeburg, Pa.; a brother, Larry Kotchman of Cokeburg; several aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews.
Arrangements will be announced by the Greenlee Funeral Home, 619 Main St., Bentleyville.
Betty Childs Mackey
Betty L. Childs Mackey, 76, of Fairbank, Pa., died Sunday, July 2, 2000, at home.
She was born April 14, 1924, in Oliphant, Pa., daughter of Paul Childs and Nellie Mae Hayden Childs.
She was Apostolic by faith.
Two brothers, Harry Childs and Arthur Childs, a sister, Lucy Dillow, and her parents are deceased.
She is survived by her husband of 58 years, Rev. Wilbert Mackey; children: Ronald Mackey and his wife, Carolyn, of Alabama, Connie Pepper of Uniontown, Pa., Jerry Mackey and his wife, Charlotte, of Waynesburg, Pa., Nancy and her husband, Emil Panzo, of Belle Vernon, Pa., and Robert Mackey and his wife, Jacklyn, of Fairbank; 17 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; four sisters: Pauline Ferland of Smithfield, Pa., Delores McMurray and Mary Jane Greene both of Uniontown, Pa., and Georgetta Kozy of Masontown, Pa.; several nieces and nephews.
The family will receive friends in the DOLFI FUNERAL HOME, Uniontown, Pa., this evening from 7 to 9 p.m., Tuesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m., and Wednesday, July 5, from 12 Noon until 1 p.m. Services will be held at 1 p.m. with the Rev. Terry Upton officiating.
Interment will follow in Church Hill Cemetery, McClellandtown, Pa.
Jayne Peppel Meikle
Jayne Peppel Meikle, 83, of Charleroi, Pa., died Friday, June 30, 2000.
She is survived by her husband, H. Scott Meikle; children: Scott Meikle and wife, Janice, of Allison, Park, Pa., Marilyn Meikle of North Cape May, N.J., and Linda Meikle Sprowls and her husband, Curtis Sprowls, of Washington County, Pa.; a sister, Marian Peppel Johnson of Belle Vernon, Pa.; and four grandchildren.
Friends will be received in the Schrock-Hogan Funeral Home Inc., 226 Fallowfield Ave., Charleroi, Pa., today from 7 to 9 p.m., Tuesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m., and Wednesday, July 5, until 1 p.m.
