Nov 4, 2013

All-around handyman enjoyed fishing

James Edward Ankrom, 60, of Waynesburg, died at 5:36 p.m. Sunday, November 3, 2013, in Golden Living Center, Waynesburg.

He was born Saturday, October 24, 1953, in Waynesburg, a son of the late Thomas Albert Ankrom and Betty Ward Ankrom.

Mr. Ankrom enjoyed fishing and playing the lottery. He also enjoyed being with his dog, Raz.

He was a self-employed carpet installer and an all-around handyman.

Surviving are his wife, Barbara Tuggle, with whom he made his home; two stepsons, Chris (Sherri Kirby) Tuggle of Waynesburg and Steve (Tina) Tuggle of Carmichaels; five grandchildren, Craig Tuggle, Corey Tuggle, Danielle (Rusty) Bennett, Garet Bennett and Stevie Tuggle; four great-grandchildren, Logan Miller, Kolton Litten, Bailey Litten and Colton Tuggle; four sisters, Sandra K. (Roger) Scott of West Finley, Maxine (Jerry) Rutan of Oak Forest, Donise D. Ankrom of Hickory and Brenda L. (Rusty) McClelland of Holbrook; five brothers, Wayne (Patricia) Ankrom of Waynesburg, Leonard A. Ankrom of Flatrock, Robert E. (Ludi) Ankrom of Peoria, Ill., Charles F.(Deb) Ankrom of Waynesburg and Richard P. (Dee) Ankrom of Sydney, Ohio; and several nieces and nephews.

Deceased is a sister, Patricia S. Loughman.

Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday in Milliken and Throckmorton Funeral Home Inc., Daryl L. Throckmorton, owner/director, 197 North Maiden Street, Waynesburg, PA 15370, where services will be conducted at noon Thursday, November 7, with the Rev. William Parker officiating. Burial will be in Oakmont Cemetery, Waynesburg.

The family suggests memorials be made to American Cancer Society, Pennsylvania Division Inc. Southwest Region, 320 Bilmar Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15205-4620. Information is available at www.milliken-throckmortonfh.com.

Steelworker enjoyed country music, Western movies

Regis Duane Ball, 74, of Washington, died Monday, November 4, 2013, in Washington Hospital.

He was born October 30, 1939, in Washington, a son of the late Raymond Ball and Jessie Appleby Ball.

Mr. Ball was a U.S. Marine Corps lance corporal, who served his country from 1956 to 1959.

He was hot-side laborer at Jones & Laughlin Steel in Aliquippa.

Mr. Ball enjoyed country music, John Wayne, Western movies and working on cars when he was younger. He also loved his cat, Jarhead.

Surviving are three sons, John (Janet) Ball of Robinson Township, Regis (Lisa) Ball Jr. of West Alexander and Paul (Jennifer) Ball of Bridgeville; two daughters, Bonnie (Frank) Wilson and Sandra (Robert) Campbell, both of Pittsburgh; three sisters, Harriette Bayne, Edna Hazlett and Sharon Bruno; a cousin, Karen Stainbrook; 10 grandchildren; and a great-grandchild.

Deceased are his wife, Daisy Marie Steele Ball; two brothers, Charles Ball and Raymond Ball; and two sisters, Ella M. Sipe and Mary Southall.

Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m., the time of service, Wednesday, November 6, in William G. Neal Funeral Homes, 925 Allison Avenue, Washington.

Additional information and a guest book are available at www.NealFuneralHome.com.

Member of Our Lady of Lourdes Church

Ann Frances Bernola, 91, of Burgettstown, died Sunday, November 3, 2013, in UPMC-Mercy hospital, Pittsburgh.

She was born June 26, 1922, in Bulger, a daughter of the late Charles and Vincienza Acquisto Tabone.

Along with her husband, “Monk,” she owned and operated Bernola’s Restaurant in Burgettstown, during the early 1950s.

Prior to retirement, she was employed by Petrucci’s Market in Burgettstown.

Mrs. Bernola was a member of Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Church in Burgettstown and its Christian Mothers and Catholic Daughters, Burgettstown Senior Citizens and Four Seasons.

She especially enjoyed spending time with family, loving to cook for and cater to them.

Surviving are a son, Charles (Ruth) Bernola of Burgettstown; granddaughters Gina Maria Bernola of Burgettstown and Christina Ann Bernola (Tarris) Brown of Longwood, Fla.; two great-grandchildren, Qwentari Kirk Brown and Louis Brown III; a sister, Vincy Nencioni of Bulger; three sisters-in-law; a brother-in-law; and many nieces and nephews.

Deceased are her husband, Elmo “Monk” Bernola; and two brothers, Steve and Jim Tabone.

Friends will be received from 2 to 8 p.m. Wednesday in Taucher Funeral Home, 23 Erie Mine Road, Burgettstown. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Thursday, November 7, in Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Burgettstown, with the Rev. Bob Staszewski, as celebrant. Interment will follow in the church cemetery.

For further information or to leave condolences, please visit www.taucherfuneralhome.com.

Member of Pleasant Valley Presbyterian Church

Evelyn Brichetti, 94, of Clarksville, died Sunday, November 3, 2013, in Rolling Meadows Nursing Home, Waynesburg.

She was born January 10, 1919, in Baltimore, Md., a daughter of the late James C. and Lillie Flanagan Fountain.

Mrs. Brichetti was a homemaker.

She lived all of her married life in Clarksville, where she was a member and elder of Pleasant Valley Presbyterian Church and its Ladies Aid Society.

On July 25, 1945, she married Milio P. Brichetti, who died February 12, 1985.

Surviving are a sister-in-law, Virginia Brichetti, and several nieces and nephews.

Deceased are two sisters, Dorothy Saylor and Lillian DeHaven.

Family and friends will be received from 4 to 6 p.m. Wednesday in Behm Funeral Homes Inc., 1477 Jefferson Road, Jefferson, Gregory P. Rohanna, supervisor, where services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, November 7, with the Rev. Ford Campbell officiating. Interment will be in Greene County Memorial Park, Morgan Township.

In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorials to Pleasant Valley Presbyterian Church, Clarksville, PA 15322. Condolences may be offered at www.behm-funeralhomes.com.

Retired Trinity teacher was Faith U.P. Church member

Ruth G. Duncan, 89, of Washington, died Sunday, November 3, 2013, in St. Clair Hospital, Mt. Lebanon.

She was born December 1, 1923, in Pittsburgh, a daughter of the late Thomas E. and Wilba Barber Graham.

Mrs. Duncan was a graduate of Ambridge High School and went on to receive her bachelor’s degree in education from Geneva College.

She taught in North Allegheny School District and retired from Trinity Area School District.

Mrs. Duncan was a member of Faith United Presbyterian Church in Washington and PSEA.

On November 20, 1948, in Ambridge, she married James Raymond Duncan, who died January 27, 1987.

Surviving are two sons, David James Duncan of Ganado, Ariz., and Richard Thomas (Sandra) Duncan of Oil City; a daughter, Carolyn Ruth (Mark) Boggs of Washington; six grandchildren, James and Abbey Duncan, Christopher and Gregory (Mandy) Boggs and Kristina and Thomas Duncan; two great-grandchildren, Sierra and John Duncan; and several nieces and nephews.

Deceased are three brothers, David, Paul and Wylie Graham; and a sister, Margaret Blackwood.

Friends will be received from 1 to 3 and 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday in Piatt and Barnhill Funeral Home, 420 Locust Avenue, Washington. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, November 7, in Faith United Presbyterian Church, 900 East Beau Street, Washington, PA 15301, with the Rev. Jason Hefner officiating. Interment will follow in Forest Lawn Gardens, McMurray.

Memorial contributions may be directed to Faith United Presbyterian Church. Condolences may be expressed and photos uploaded to www.familyremembers.com. Piatt and Barnhill Funeral Directors Inc., Charles R. Piatt, owner/supervisor, and Lawrence K. Donovan, director.

Coal miner, UMWA member

Richard D. Hanlan Jr., 67, of Masontown, Gallatin, died Saturday, November 2, 2013, in his home.

He was born August 16, 1946, in Bobtown, a son the late Richard and Mary Jane Frazier Hanlan.

Mr. Hanlan was a coal miner, having last worked at Maple Creek Mine, and a member of United Mine Workers of America.

Surviving are his wife, Rebecca Wyland Hanlan; five children, Tina Hanlan of Dilliner, Lisa Hanlan of Alaska, Jerry Presock Jr. of Washington, Bryan Presock of Fayette City and Amy Palone of Jefferson; 15 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; three sisters, Mary of Ohio, Alice of Point Marion and Virginia Leek of Waynesburg; and four brothers, Hodge Hanlan of Davistown and Bill Hanlan, Sam Hanlan and Fred Hanlan, all of Dilliner.

Deceased are two brothers, Douglas and William.

The family will receive friends from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., the time of service, Wednesday, November 6, in Richard R. Herod Funeral Home, Point Marion, with the Rev. Scott Teets officiating.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be offered to the family at 501 Morgantown Street, Point Marion, PA 15474. www.herod-rishel.com

USPS employee enjoyed woodworking

Paul Leroy Harps, 84, of Carnegie, formerly Washington, died Sunday, November 3, 2013, in Townview Health and Rehabilitation, Canonsburg.

He was born April 29, 1929, in Washington, a son of the late William Harps and Ethel Haines Harps.

Mr. Harps was a 1948 graduate of Washington High School and attended Carlow College.

He worked for 17 years at Brockway 7, for 25 years as a letter carrier for the U.S. Postal Service and for nine-and-a-half years at Wal-mart.

Mr. Harps enjoyed woodworking.

He most recently attended Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Washington.

On July 2, 1953, he married Shirley Jean Frye, who died January 12, 2006.

On March 29, 2008, he married Beatrice Imogene Williams, who survives.

Also surviving are a son, Alan Leroy Harps of Washington; five daughters, Barbara (Alan) DePaoli of Pittsburgh, Kimberly (William) Pareso of Columbus, Ohio, Janice Neff of Radcliff, Ky., Vicky Harps of Irvington, Ky., and Bylle Davidson of Washington; stepchildren Carol Kirschner and Homer Nixon, both of Washington, Walter Nixon and Richard Nixon, both of McDonald, and Edward Nixon of Prosperity; two brothers, Merle E. and Carl Harps, both of Washington; a sister, Ruth Ann Cox of Anderson, S.C.; several grandchildren; several great-grandchildren; and a great-great-grandchild.

Deceased are five brothers and two sisters.

Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday in William G. Neal Funeral Homes Ltd., 925 Allison Avenue, Washington, where services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, November 7, with Pastor James Duggan officiating. Entombment will follow in Washington Cemetery.

Additional information and a guest book are available at www.NealFuneralHome.com.

Army veteran, U.S. Steel retiree

Edward J. Jagoda, 66, of Rensselaer, Ind., formerly of Crown Point, Ind., passed away Sunday, November 3, 2013, in Jasper County Hospital.

He was born July 6, 1947, in Dry Tavern, a son of Anna Baniecki Jagoda and Joseph Jagoda Sr.

Mr. Jagoda was a 1965 graduate of Jefferson-Morgan High School.

He was a U.S. Army veteran, serving from 1966 to 1968.

Mr. Jagoda retired from U.S. Steel Gary Works, Local 1066, after 36 years, where he was a millwright at the Eighty Four Hotstrip Mill.

On September 24, 1966, in Crown Point, he married Mona A. Vonderheid, who survives.

He was a member of St. Augustine Catholic Church in Rensselaer.

He was a member of Knights of Columbus, Bishop Dwenger Council 1881, where he enjoyed working the Friday night fish fries.

Mr. Jagoda enjoyed hunting, especially archery, traveling, spending time outdoors and always appreciated a good practical joke.

He was a loving husband and father who will be greatly missed.

Surviving are his loving family, wife Mona of Rensselaer; son James (Barbara) Jagoda of Brookston, Ind.; daughter Julie A. Jagoda of Chicago, Ill.; two sisters Doloris McClelland of Washington and Joanne (Roger) Zackfia of Morocco, Ind.; a brother, Joseph (Freda) Jagoda Jr. of Washington; and many nieces and nephews.

Friends may call from 3 to 8 p.m Wednesday in Jackson Funeral Chapel, Rensselaer. A Mass will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, November 7, in St. Augustine Catholic Church, Rensselaer, with Father Don Davison officiating. Burial will follow in St. Mary’s Cemetery, Crown Point, with military rites. A prayer service will be held at 4 p.m. Wednesday in the funeral home.

In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorials be made to Scleroderma Foundation, Wounded Warrior Project, St. Augustine School or Gibault Foundation.

See www.jacksonfuneral.com to leave condolences and sign a guest registry.

Ruth Johnson, 95, of Washington, died Monday, November 4, 2013.

Arrangements are incomplete and under the direction of John B. Greenlee Funeral Home, Beallsville. A complete obituary will be published in a later edition.

Retired Washington Park Elementary teacher

Eileen “Ya Ya” Nix, 64, of Fallowfield Township, died Sunday, November 3, 2013.

She was born February 12, 1949, a daughter of the late Lou and Wanda Sikora Pedzwater.

Mrs. Nix was retired from Washington Park Elementary School, where she taught fifth grade.

She especially loved caring for her grandchildren.

Surviving are her husband, Jeffrey Nix of Fallowfield Township; a son, Shane Leska and wife Amy of Fallowfield Township; a daughter, Jennifer Williams and husband Duane of Fallowfield Township; grandchildren Alleah and Lucas Leska and Evan Williams; brother Rick Pedzwater and wife Vanessa of York; niece Meagan Handford and husband Chuck of Albany, N.Y.; and nephew Devin Pedzwater and wife Gina of New York City.

Mrs. Nix leaves behind her yellow Labrador companion, Gus.

Friends will be received from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday and 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday in Carl J. Spallino Funeral Home, 819 Fallowfield Avenue, Charleroi, where a Catholic blessing will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, November 7, conducted by the Rev. Gerald Mikonis. Interment will be private.

Condolences may be sent to www.spallinofuneralhome.com.

Additional information was received for the obituary of Andrew Michael Petrus, published Sunday.

Deceased is a deceased brother, John Petrus.

Phyllis Dillon Riber, 89, formerly of Marianna, died Friday, November 1, 2013.

Arrangements are incomplete and being handled by Nichol Funeral Home, Marianna. A complete obituary will be published in a later edition.