Allene Hatzel
Dec 8, 2025
Allene A. (Corner) Hatzel, age 88, of Conneaut Lake, PA passed away on Monday December 8, 2025 at MMC after a brief illness. She was born in Meadville, PA on July 20, 1937 to the late William and Esther (Blystone) Ashcraft. She married Harold Corner and subsequently divorced him. She then married Richard Hatzel. He preceded her in death.
Allene graduated...
Rhonda Frisina
Dec 4, 2025
Rhonda M. Frisina, age 62, of Conneaut Lake, PA passed away unexpectedly on December 4, 2025. She was born on April 16, 1963, in Bennington, VT to the late Dennis and Joan (Mathers) Rousseau. She met her beloved husband, Steven “Dan” Frisina at a NASCAR race at the Poconos and they were married on May 31, 2003. He survives.
Rhonda was...
Karen Peterson
Nov 30, 2025
Karen Peterson, age 79, of Meadville, PA passed away peacefully after a brief illness on November 30, 2025. She was born on October 5, 1946 in Meadville, PA to the late James and Iris Andrews. She married Albert Peterson on June 11, 1983. He preceded her in death in 1999.
Karen was a 1965 graduate of Meadville High School. She earned...
Francis L. Mason Jr.
Nov 26, 2025
Francis Mason, age 63, of Guys Mills, PA passed away at home surrounded by loved ones on November 26, 2025. He was born on December 8, 1961, in Meadville, PA to the late Francis and Elizabeth Mason. He married Carrie Lilly on February 14, 1996. She survives.
Francis enjoyed spending time with his family, hunting and fishing. He was his happiest...
James Kerr
Nov 24, 2025
James Douglas Kerr passed away peacefully at his home on November 24, 2025.
Jim was born on January 30, 1950 in Meadville, PA to Willis Evert and Desse Arlene Kerr (Pierce).
He was a proud graduate of Meadville Area Senior High School and a retired union welder with over 35 years with GE.
Jim had a lifelong love of classic Mopar, and spent...
Adella Beish
Nov 22, 2025
Adella “Della” Rose (Rogers) Beish passed away peacefully on November 22, 2025 surrounded by her loved ones.
Della was a loving and generous soul who cherished her family and friends. She loved working, playing Bingo and going to the casino.
She leaves behind two sons, Gary Beish and his wife, Ruth of Meadville, PA and Randy Beish and his wife, Mary Anne...
Eric Dempsey
Nov 15, 2025
Eric Scott Dempsey, age 66, of Guys Mills, PA passed away at home on Saturday November 15, 2025. He was born on November 25, 1958 to the late Carl R. and Lillian (Brown) Dempsey. He married Mary Alice Motter on August 20, 2005. She survives.
Eric graduated from Randolph High School in 1976. He worked at Tresco Tool for 20 years...
Joyce Gedelian
Nov 8, 2025
Joyce Loraine Gedelian, age 89, of Meadville, PA. passed away at Rolling Fields Eldercare on November 8, 2025. She was born in 1936 in Ida, Michigan to the late Leon and Geneva (Burkett) Kliem. She married Elmer E. Gedelian on January 22, 1955. He survives.
Joyce was a high school graduate. She stayed home raising their five children. She was a...
Beverly Vorous
Nov 6, 2025
Beverly A. Vorous, age 80, of Guys Mills, PA passed away suddenly on Thursday November 6, 2025, just hours after her 80th birthday. She was born to the late Vernon and Mary (Carter) Adamson in Mercer, PA on November 5, 1945. She married Laurence Vorous on July 2, 1965. He preceded her in death on November 26, 2017.
Beverly was a...
Myrle Knickerbocker
Nov 4, 2025
Myrle Knickerbocker, age 75, of Linesville, PA passed away on Tuesday November 4, 2025 after a brief illness. He was born on February 25, 1950.
Of all of his accomplishments he had in his life, only two really mattered. The birth of his children, Myrle Jr., Brian and Amber and finding the true love of his life, his “Margarette.”
At his request,...
Tracy Tidd
Oct 29, 2025
Tracy (Stewart) Tidd, age 54, of Waterford, PA passed away at home with her loving husband by her side on Wednesday October 29, 2025. She was born on September 8, 1971 in Meadville, PA to the late Robert G. and Delores (Ramey) Stewart. She married Brian Tidd on January 11, 1991. He survives.
Tracy graduated from Conneaut Lake High School in...
Patricia Pechin
Oct 29, 2025
Patricia Ann Pechin, age 67, of Cambridge Springs, PA passed away at Marquette Hospice House on Wednesday October 29, 2025 after a courageous battle with cancer. She was born on October 17, 1958 in Oil City, PA to the late Harold and Patricia (Sutton) Shontz.
Patricia graduated from Saegertown High School in 1976. She owned and operated her own residential cleaning...
Chad Walker
Oct 28, 2025
Chad Neal Walker, age 36, of Meadville, PA passed away unexpectedly on October 28, 2025. He was born on June 11, 1989 to Robert Walker and Sheila Mailliard.
Chad attended Meadville area schools where he made many lifelong friends. He was currently working at C&J Industries and was very proud of the work he was doing and all of the recent...
Bruce Dygert
Oct 25, 2025
Bruce Henry Dygert, 87, went home to be with his Lord on October 25th, 2025. He was born on June 11, 1938 to Joseph and Myrtle (Peterson) Anthony and adopted on December 11, 1943 by Paul H. and Margaret (McMichael) Dygert. He married Marjorie K. Howles on June 19, 1959.
Bruce attended Conneaut Lake High School, served in the U.S. Army...
Elvin Brown
Oct 18, 2025
Elvin (Sonny) Brown passed away on Saturday October 18, 2025. He was born on July 13, 1939 to Sammie Brown and Mary (Morton) Brown.
He graduated from Cambridge Springs High School 1957 and married his high school sweetheart, Nancy Beach in 1959. He worked at Hughson Chemicals as a shipping supervisor and retired in 2000. He was a lifetime member of...
Kenneth Walls
Oct 17, 2025
Kenneth E. Walls, age 60, of Conneaut Lake, PA passed away on October 17, 2025 at home surrounded by family due to ALS (Lou Gehrig). He was born July 12, 1965 in Bethesda, MD to Joan (Litwiler) Powell and William Walls. He married Lori Amos on May 19, 1990.
Ken was a 1985 graduate of Conneaut Lake High School. He worked...
Donald Grinnell
Oct 16, 2025
Donald Allen Grinnell, known lovingly to all as “Ducky,” passed away peacefully on Thursday, October 16, 2025, after a life dedicated to family, community and hard work. He was 86 years old.
Born on February 11, 1939, Ducky was the son of the late Roy and Audry (Britton) Grinnell. He attended Conneaut Lake High School before serving his country in the...
Gary Shidemantle
Oct 14, 2025
Gary Lee Shidemantle, of Crossingville, age 76, journeyed to his heavenly home on Tuesday, October 14th, 2025 due to an illness related to serving his country. He was born November 13, 1948 in Grove City, PA the son of Richard and Sarah (Beighley) Shidemantle. He graduated from Slippery Rock High School. He moved to Crawford County PA in 1968. He...
Cheryl Schanz
Oct 12, 2025
Cheryl Lynn Schanz, age 77, of Conneaut Lake, PA passed away on Sunday October 12, 2025 at Embassy of Park Ave. She was born on January 9, 1948 in Morgantown, WV to the late Donald Clayton and Betty Lou (Bucklew) Schrader. She married Donald Charles Schanz on June 29, 1968. He preceded her in death on September 11, 2021.
Cheryl graduated...
Paul Pressey
Oct 4, 2025
Paul V. Pressey, age 91, of Forest Hills, Meadville, PA, passed away on Saturday October 4, 2025 at Wesbury. He was born on October 31, 1933, in Linesville, PA.
Paul graduated from Cambridge Springs High School in 1951. He served in the United States Army during the Korean War. Paul worked for Ray Spalding Industries for many years and then for...
