Obituaries by LocationJoseph G. Pravlik
Joseph G. Pravlik, 79, of Mount Pleasant (Parfittown) died Wednesday, in Frick Hospital, Mount Pleasant.
He is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Richard (Cheryl) Hegyes of Mount Pleasant; two grandsons; one brother, Charles Pravlik of Scottdale; two sisters, Mary Grippo of Tarrs and Margaret Pravlik of Mount Pleasant.
Friends will be received in Brooks Funeral Home Inc., 406 E. Washington St., Mount Pleasant, today from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. until 9:30 a.m. Monday.
Dale Alan Titler Sr.
Dale Alan Titler Sr., 71, a 10-year resident of Middletown, Del., and former 29-year resident of Levittown, Pa., who was born in Hiller, Fayette County, Pa., died Friday evening, March 31, 2000, at his home.
He is survived by his loving wife of 40 years, Shirley A. Calvin Titler; children: Dale Titler Jr. of Levittown, Pa., Dan Titler of Morrisville, Pa., and Beth Titler Johnson of Middletown, Del.; grandchildren: Carrie, Amanda, Ashley, Heather, Matthew, Sara, Emily; and brothers: Guy Titler of Youngstown, Ohio, and Clyde Titler of Brownsville, Pa.
Funeral service and interment in Beechwood Cemetery, Bensalem, Pa., were held Tuesday, April 4, under direction of the James J. Dougherty Funeral Home Inc., 2200 Trenton Road, Levittown, Pa.
Charles E. Ward Jr.
Charles E. Ward Jr., 55, passed away Tuesday, March 14, 2000, at his home in Riverdale, Maryland.
He was born November 11, 1945, in Charleroi, Pa.
His father, Charles E. Ward Sr., and a son, Charles E. Ward III, are deceased.
He served in the United States Marine Corps.
Mr. Ward, after leaving the Uniontown area where he worked as a tree surgeon, was employed by Savemore Security Service.
He is survived by his mother, Sarah Jean McCormick Ward of Uniontown, Pa.; his wife, Mary Barber Ward; sisters: Lottie Scruggs of Albright, West Virginia, Sara Howard of Uniontown, Pa., Gretna DeStefano of Riverdale, Maryland, and Jessie Dunn of Supply, North Carolina; three grandsons: Nicholus, Charles, and Ricky all living in the Maryland area; 13 nieces and nephews; and 30 greatnieces and greatnephews.
He was laid to rest on Monday, April 3, 2000, in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, where Full MIlitary Honors were accorded.
He will be surely missed by his Family and Friends!
Arrangements were under direction of the CHAMBERS FUNERAL HOME, P.A., 5801 Cleveland Avenue, Riverdale, MD 20737.
Frank W. Yelinek
Frank W. Yelinek, 82, of Medina, Ohio, formerly of Fayette City, Pa., who was born in Denbo, Pa., died Friday, April 7, 2000, in Samaritan Care Center, Medina, Ohio.
He is survived by his wife, Mable Louise Davison Yelinek; children: Frank Yelinek Jr. of Hinckley, Ohio, and Kathy Yelinek Currier of Youngstown, Ohio; four grandchildren; brother, Steve Yelinek of Brownsville, Pa.; and sister, Nellie Yelinek Steffel of East Liverpool, Ohio.
Friends will be received at the Eley-McCrory Funeral Home Inc., 334 Main St., Fayette City, Pa., on Monday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. and Tuesday until 9:30 a.m.
James W. Younkin
James W. ``Jim'' Younkin, 83, a lifelong resident of Owensdale, Upper Tyrone Township, Pa., died Saturday morning, April 8, 2000, at Fay-West Health System's Frick Hospital, Mount Pleasant.
He is survived by two sisters-in-law: Dorothy ``Dot'' Younkin of Scottdale and Dorothy J. Younkin of Somerset, Pa.; brother-in-law, George C. Fretts of Scottdale; numerous nieces and nephews; and a special friend, Kathleen Sethman of Scottdale. He was the last remaining member of the Herman Younkin and Audith Keller Younkin 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., Monday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m., and Tuesday until 11 a.m.
Josephine Zoracki
Josephine Zoracki, 81, a lifelong resident of East Huntingdon Township, Pa., died Friday, April 7, 2000.
She is survived by three brothers: Jerome Zoracki and Francis Zoracki both of Everson, Pa., and Richard Zoracki of Mount Pleasant, Pa.; sisters: Florence Zoracki Dombrowski of Pittsburgh and Rita Zoracki Musial; sister-in-law, Anna Lisik Zoracki of Mount Pleasant; nieces and nephews; one great-greatniece and one great-greatnephew.
Friends will be received in the Eugene G. Saloom Funeral Home Inc., 730 West Main St., Mount Pleasant, Pa., today from noon to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. and Monday until 11:30 a.m.
Elizabeth Bowers
Elizabeth Pearl Bowers, 74, of Mill Run, died Thursday in Highlands Hospital.
She is survived by four sons, Marvin Bowers of Uniontown, Fred, Jerry and Mike Bowers, all at home; six daughters, Dorothy Snyder of Uniontown, Mrs. John (Shirley) Lake of Mill Run, Emma, Brenda and Wanda Bowers, all at home, and Mrs. Ernie (Roxanne) Keefer of Leisenring; several grandchildren and great-grandchildren; and one sister, Norma Jean Huffine of Dawson.
Arrangements were under the direction of Vito C. Martucci Funeral Home, Connellsville.
Chelsea DeLotto
Chelsea (Chuckie) DeLotto, 80, of Spring Hill, Fla., died Saturday in Frick Hospital, Mount Pleasant.
He is survived by three sons, Richard R. Nadeau of Salem, N.H.; Robert C. Stocker of Seaside Park, N.J.; and Michael S. Stocker of Laguna Niquel, Calif.; one daughter, Mrs. Rodney (Elaine J.) Gunderson of Connellsville; six grandchildren; one great-grandson and one brother, Natalie (Nate) DeLotto.
Arrangements are under the directions of Brooks Funeral Home, Connellsville.
Helen Mae Greenawalt
Helen Mae Greenawalt, 84, of Mount Pleasant R.D. 2 died Friday in Uniontown Hospital.
She is survived by two sons, Thomas Greenawalt of Mount Pleasant R.D. 2 and Samuel Greenawalt of Phoenix, Ariz.; seven grandchildren; and several great-grandchildren.
Friends will be received at Brooks Funeral Home, Mount Pleasant, today from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Helen Jenkins Griffith
Helen Maynard Jenkins Griffith, 70, of Masontown, Pa., passed away Saturday, February 26, 2000, in Uniontown Hospital.
She was born March 6, 1929, in McClellandtown, Pa., daughter of James Maynard and Ruie Ellison Maynard.
Preceded in death by her first husband, Orel Jenkins, her second husband, Albert Griffith, three brothers, Kenneth Maynard, Harold Maynard, and Oliver Maynard, and her parents.
She is survived by three children: Rikki Jenkins of Pittsburgh, Pa., Michele Jenkins of Cape Canaveral, Fla., and Orel Jenkins of Orlando, Fla.; four grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; a sister, Edith Coffman of McClellandtown, Pa.; brothers: Charles Maynard of Granada Hills, Calif., James Maynard of Cleveland, Ohio, and George Maynard of Parma, Ohio; and many nieces and nephews.
A graveside Memorial Service will be held at Church Hill Cemetery, McClellandtown, Pa., on Wednesday, March 1, at 11 a.m
The Rev. Douglas J. Essinger-Hileman will officiate at the services.
Arrangements are under direction of the H. DAVID McELROY FUNERAL HOME, corner of Main and Blaine streets, McClellandtown, Pa.
Debra Cursi Helmick
Debra Cursi Helmick, 35, of Marianna, a native of Linden, N.J., died Monday, Feb. 28, 2000, as a result of injuries sustained in an automobile accident.
She is survived by her parents, Albert Cursi Jr. and Ada Shepherd Cursi of Eighty Four; her husband, Paul Charles Helmick, whom she married Oct. 23, 1993; daughters: Chelsea Rae Helmick, Christina Pekar and Cassandra Pekar; brothers: Gary Cursi of Index, Wash., and Albert Cursi III of Marianna; sisters: Marina Cursi Calabrese of Washington, Pa., and Wendy Cursi Lowry of Chesapeake, Va.
The family will receive friends in the Greenlee Funeral Home, Route 40, Beallsville, today from 7 to 9 p.m., Wednesday from noon to 9 p.m. and Thursday until 11 a.m.
M. Jane Beal Hepler
M. Jane Beal Hepler, 84, of Wooddale, Mount Pleasant, Pa., died Sunday, February 27, 2000, in Fay-West Health System's Frick Hospital, Mount Pleasant.
She was born September 27, 1915, in Mount Pleasant, Pa., daughter of Clyde Beal and Mary Washabaugh Beal.
Jane was a graduate of the former Ramsay High School in Mount Pleasant.
She was formerly employed at Frick Hospital as a Controller/Business Office Manager where she worked for 25 years.
She was a member of Paradise United Methodist Church for more than 50 years,where she served as the Church Treasurer and a Sunday School teacher for over 50 years.
She was the Chairperson of the Pastor-Parish Committee and she served on the recent 125th Anniversary Committee.
On the United Methodist Church District level she served as a District Parsonage Trustee and the Lay Equalization Delegate to the Western Pennsylvania United Methodist Conference.
She was also a member and past president of the United Methodist Women, and since 1980 she served almost daily as a full time volunteer of the Connellsville Community Ministries.
Jane was a Life Member and Past Master of the Pleasant Valley Grange.
She was also the longest living volunteer of the Bullskin Township Fair.
She was a member and past treasurer of the Bullskin Township Lioness Club and a member of the Pleasant Valley Lions Club where she held several offices and was the recipient of the coveted ``Melvin Jones Fellow Award'' for her work in Lionism.
In 1992 Jane received the Connellsville Chamber of Commerce Service Award.
Her husband, Orton W. Hepler, died in 1980. Also deceased are her parents; six brothers, Russell, Clyde, John, Oliver, Lloyd and the Rev. William Beal, and five sisters, Alma Keefer, Grace Crise, Nora Wilson, Elizabeth Daniels and Mary Basinger.
She is survived by one son, Blaine Hepler and his wife, Linda, of Beaver, Pa.; one daughter, Linda Rose and her husband, Louis, of Wooddale; eight grandchildren: Thomas Pietrzak and his wife, Cindy, of Lansdale, Pa., Amy Landman and her husband, Roger, of Mount Pleasant, Pa., Denise Harrison of Arizona, David Hepler and his wife, Denise, of Georgia, Danny Hepler of Beaver, Pa., Darla Hepler of Arizona, Dawn Bufalini and her husband, Chris, of Beaver, Pa., and Darin Hepler of Beaver, Pa.; seven great-grandchildren: Tonya Hepler, Thomas Pietrzak III, Danny Hepler Jr., Shayla Landman, Reana Landman, Ryan Hepler and Nathan Hepler; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Jane was the last surviving member of her immediate family.
Friends will be received in the BROOKS FUNERAL HOME INC., 406 East Washington St., Mount Pleasant, Pa., today from 3 to 9 p.m. and Wednesday from 1 to 9 p.m.
Funeral Services will be held Thursday, March 2, at 11 a.m. in Paradise United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Doug Burns and the Rev. Terry Guiste officiating.
Interment will follow in Greenlick Cemetery.
Memorial contributions are suggested to Connellsville Community Ministries or to Paradise United Methodist Church in Memory of Mrs. Hepler.
Pleasant Valley Lions Club will conduct a Memorial Service in the Funeral Home on Wednesday at 7 p.m.
