All Obituaries

   John Allen Chambers II, age 21, of East Hickory, PA, passed away at his home on Tuesday, March 26, 2024.   He was born October 24, 2002 in Warren, PA.     John was an excellent tattoo artist and loved his job as a tattooist at Proper Inks Underground Tattoos of Seneca, PA.  Designing and creating tattoos was his passion.  He also worked at various other places before he landed what he considered his dream job/career.     John...

     Dale R. Crowe, age 55, of East Hickory, PA, died on Saturday morning, March 23, 2024, at his home in East Hickory.  He was born On July 26, 1968, in North Tonawanda, NY, son of the late Jack Franklin and Barbara (Pienta) Crowe.       Dale worked for over 30 years as the meat cutter at Farm Fresh Foods, previously the Super Duper and Market Basket, in Tionesta, PA.  Following a 14-year relationship, on February 14, 2024, in...

     Shawn R. (Licht) Jordan, age 51, of Tionesta, PA, formerly of Gloucester, VA, left this earthly existence to be with the Lord on Monday morning, March 18, 2024, at her home in Tionesta.  She was born in Alamogordo, NM, on October 20, 1972.      Shawn graduated from Gloucester High School in Gloucester, VA in the class of 1991.  She worked at Rose’s Department Store in her hometown.  On September 28, 2001, in Mathews, VA, she...

     Richard E. “Rich” Downer, Sr., age 74, of Tidioute, PA, formerly of New Eagle, PA, died on Tuesday morning, March 5, 2024 at St. Vincent Hospital in Erie, PA.  He was born February 20, 1950 in New Eagle, son of the late Francis E. and Laura M. (Hill) Downer.       On June 23, 1969 in Winchester, VA, he married Cynthia M. “Cindy” (Signorini) Downer, who survives.  Richard was proud to have worked as an iron...

     Betty M. Foley, age 68, of Tionesta, PA, died on Monday morning, March 4, 2024 at UPMC Hamot Hospital in Erie, PA.  She was born May 31, 1955 in Wilkinsburg, PA, daughter of the late Albert and Betty M. (Hockenberry) Obies.      On August 25, 1993, she married Ronald D. Foley, who survives.  Betty worked many years as a waitress at the former Sky Jet restaurant in Tionesta.  She enjoyed fishing and spending time...

 Graydon D. Thomas, age 80, of Tionesta, PA, died Friday morning, March 1, 2024 at his home in Tionesta. He was born February 16, 1944 in Tionesta, son of the late Russell Graydon and Mildred Marie (Wagner) Thomas.   Graydon served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam era. On January 14, 1967, at Grace Methodist Church in Warren, PA, he married Linda (Cobb) Thomas, who survives. He worked as a lathe operator at National Forge in Irvine,...

     Jack L. Dalmaso, age 86, of Tionesta, PA, died on Tuesday, January 23, 2024 at the Oil City Health Care and Rehabilitation Center in Oil City, PA.  He was born January 7, 1938 in Franklin, PA, son of the late  Reno and Audine (Funk) Dalmaso.       Jack attended Rocky Grove High School, Rocky Grove, PA. and after moving with his family he graduated in 1957 from Blythe High School in Blythe, California.  He went on to Palo Verde...

     Elsie V. (McKean) Ressler, age 83, of Tidioute, PA, died on Tuesday morning, January 16, 2024 at her home in Tidioute.  She was born on the family farm in Tidioute on May 25, 1940, daughter of the late Lyle L. and Savilla E. (Storer) McKean.      Elsie graduated from Tidioute High School in the class of 1958 and attended Tidioute United Methodist Church as a young adult.  On July 3, 1974, in Warren, PA, she married Thomas D. Ressler,...

   Joan Marie Ellis, age 91, of Tionesta, PA, passed away peacefully on Saturday, December 16, 2023, at the Titusville Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, Titusville, PA. She was a longtime resident at The Tionesta Manor.      She was born October 11, 1932, in Olean, New York, daughter of the late James H. and Aldean R. (Osterman) Hammond. They later moved to Oil City, PA, where they resided until their deaths. She was an only child.     ...

   Donna L. (Miller) Whitton, age 92, of Tionesta, PA, passed away peacefully  on Wednesday, December 6, 2023 at her home in Tionesta.  She was born February 11, 1931 in Oil City, PA, daughter of the late Henry J. “Harry” and Bessie (Daugherty) Miller, and was the last surviving member of her family of twelve.   On January 21st 1950 in Oil City she married Stephen O. Whitton who died April 13, 1998.   The couple raised a large family in Tionesta of...