All Obituaries

Earhart, Nancy (Weakland), 67, passed away May 18, 2020 at home. Born January 3, 1953, the daughter of Carl V. "Cutty" and Geraldine (Krug) Weakland. Deceased family members include her father and son Raymond P. Earhart. Survived by mother, husband William Earhart, daughters Kimberly Dematteis and Heather, wife of Douglas Wills. She will be sadly missed by her grandchildren Cody and Brittany DeMatteis, Zach and Zowie Wills and Dalton Churilla. Sister of Paul, married to the former...

Arnold, James, Jim, "Lucky" 82 of Lilly, passed away May 14, 2020 at Cambria Care Center. Born September 16, 1937, the son of the late Elmer and Agnes (Burke) Arnold. Deceased family members include his parents, wife, Emilie M. (Panek) Arnold who was the love of his life, and brother Fred "Marty" Arnold. Survived by children Lana, and husband John Geriak, Cresson; Linda, and husband Bob Booterbaugh, Richmond, Va.; and Theresa, and husband Shawn Stevens, Lilly;...

Williams, Alice, 77 of Portage passed away May 10, 2020 at Maple Winds Care Center. Born July 19, 1942, the daughter of James E. and Roberta (Maher) Benton. Deceased family members include her parents, and brother Robert Benton. Survived by daughter Ramona (Robert) Laskowsky and sons Arthur (Kimberly) and Robert Williams; 9 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren. Former seamstress for Empire Foundation. Services and interment will be private. The Serenko-Claar Funeral Home, PC, Portage is...

Sabala, Esther  Bernadette, (Zock) 83, of Jamestown, Portage Twp., passed away May 7, 2020 at Memorial Medical Center, with her daughters by her side. Born February 2, 1937, in Portage Twp., the daughter of Frank and Catherine (Starchville) Zock. Preceded in death by, her parents; loving husband, Anthony "Tony" Sabala; brothers and sisters, Agnes Tomasko, Josephine Russ, Blanche Zock, Anna Zock, and Irene Lidwell; Frank Jr., Chester, Leo and Stanley Zock; Survived by children,...

Gruse, David A., 61, of Portage, passed away April 25, 2020 at home. Born August 10, 1958, in Johnstown, the son of Joseph and Loretta (Galanick) Gruse. Deceased family members include his parents; brother, Joseph S. Gruse; and mother-in-law Barbara A. Jubara. Survived by his brother, Ronald (Eileen) Gruse, Lilly; sister-in-law Chris Gruse; niece Ann; nephews, Andrew, Josh, Nick and Dylan; great nieces, Zoey and Cassidy; great nephew, Christopher and special cousin Bob Novak, Carol Novak and...

George, Deborah M. 53, of Portage, passed away March 28, 2020 at home, surrounded by her family. Born on September 28, 1966, in Johnstown, the daughter of Arthur D. and Mary Jane (Poborski) George. Preceded in death her father.  Survived by her mother Mary Jane, sisters,   Brenda Stager; and Dianne, wife of Allen Novotny; and brother, Daniel George; nieces and nephews, Heather; Travis; and Kevin Stager; and Alexis Novotny, and fiancee', Brenden Valko. Also survived by...

LILL, Sean Patrick, 46, died on March 21 in New York City where he had resided for several years. Born in Johnstown, PA on August 19, 1973 to James J. Lill, Jr. and Roxanne (Graham) Valentine. Preceded in death by his father, paternal grandparents James J., Sr. and Edith Lill; maternal grandparents Donald and Barbara Graham, and infant nephew Daniel James Lill. Sean is survived by his mother, New York City; his son Brennan Lorditch; his brother and sister in law Rev. Scott J. and Shelley...

Mary Ann (George) Suchta, 82, Lilly, On Monday afternoon, March 16, 2020 our beloved “Mum” and Grandma entered the heavenly kingdom to live eternally with God, the Blessed Mother, all the angels and saints and her beloved Stevie. Mary Ann was born November 13, 1937 in Lilly the eldest child of Theodore “Dorry” and Kathleen (Boylan) George.Mary Ann attended grade school at St. Brigid’s Catholic School in Lilly and graduated from Lilly High School Class of 1955....

Barbara Ann “Barbie” (Plummer) Malchesky, 71, of Charlotte, passed away at her home on Sunday, March 15, 2020. She was born on November 17, 1948 in Johnstown, PA. Barbie graduated from Triangle Area High School in 1966. She married Tom Malchesky on August 20th, 1966 and were married for 51 years until his sudden death in 2018. She had a career in accounting and was a member of the “Mother of Twins” Club. After Barb's double heart attack 5 years ago, she never...

Lazere, Alberta, 81, Cassandra, passed away February 23, 2020 at Memorial Medical Center. Born August 13, 1938 in Shoemaker,  the daughter of William and Kathryn (Malik) Gorba-Politsky. Deceased family members include her parents, husband, Donald M. Lazere, sister Martha Franey and brothers-in-law Don Franey, Allen Nickol, William Shields and Bob Spies. Survived by daughter Karen Lazere and partner Anthony Moyer, sisters Dorothy Shields, Barbara (Walter) Latoche, and Joann Nickol;...