All Obituaries

Verlee Fischer, 92, of Cabot passed away on May 10, 2019 at the Concordia Lutheran Ministries. Born February 2, 1927 in Wireton, PA, she was the daughter of Donald Cameron Lynch and Sarah Elizabeth Alexander. Verlee had worked as a Registered Nurse at the Home for Aged Protestant Women in Wilkinsburg and Wharton Nursing Home in Tennessee. She was a member of First Trinity Lutheran Church in Oakland, PA. Surviving are her son, Robert (Allison) Fischer of Butler, PA, her daughter, Dian...

Gail S. Schmidt, 61 of West Sunbury passed away on May 9, 2019 at UPMC Montefiore, with her family by her side. Born June 10, 1957 in Pittsburgh, PA, she was the daughter of Leroy Fisher and Bernice "Bunny" Nichols Fisher. Gail was of the Protestant faith. She loved her '72 Dart Swinger and going to car shows. She enjoyed fishing with her grandsons and watching Pittsburgh sports teams. Surviving are husband, Larry W. Schmidt whom she married August 31, 1974, her mother,...

Gale Lassinger Huff Kubiak, 84 of Saxonburg passed away on May 8, 2019 at Platinum Ridge Nursing Home in Natrona Heights, PA. Gale has been released from a long battle with dementia. The chains that held her to this earth have been broken and she is free. Born April 17, 1935 in Saxonburg, she was the daughter of the late Gerald Lassinger and Sarah Harvey Lassinger. Gale retired from the Moonlight Mushroom Farm in Worthington. Gale was a devoted member of the Ladies Auxiliary of the...

Vivian Jean Teer Varner, 85, of Saxonburg passed away on May 6, 2019 at the St. John's Specialty Care Center. Born November 19, 1933 in Granger, TX, she was the daughter of Arch Clay Teer and Minnie Ophelia Roberts Teer. Vivian lived in Granger until moving to Temple, TX, while attending Temple High School, she met classmate and future husband Harold Lloyd Varner. She graduated Temple High School in 1951 and later in later years, furthered her education attending the University of...

Larry L. Grossman, 71, of Prospect, passed away on May 4, 2019 at the Good Samaritan Hospice. Born March 31, 1948 in Butler, he was the son of Loyal Grossman and Virgil Ramsey Grossman. Larry served in the US Navy from 1969-1971. He worked as a car salesman for over 30 years Baglier Buick, Butler County Ford and Mikan Volkswagen until his retirement in 2016. He was a member of Summit Township Sportsman's Club, where he was a very active trap shooter, the Lyndora American Legion and...

William H. Mayer, 71, of Sarver passed away on April 30, 2019 at his home. Born May 13, 1947 in Mars, PA, he was the son of George and Ruth Mayer. Bill served in the US Army. He worked in quality control for Oberg Industries. He was a member of Saxonburg Memorial Presbyterian Church where he had served as an elder and started the video taping of services. He enjoyed hunting and fishing and spending time with his family. Surviving are wife, Susan (Murphy) Mayer whom he married April 13,...

M. Gladys Andring Bauer-Shipley, 87 of Saxonburg passed away on April 23, 2019 at the Good Samaritan Hospice. Born December 19, 1931 in Ekastown, PA, she was the daughter of the late Edgar C. Miller and Gertrude Burrows Miller. Gladys retired from Du Co Ceramics after 34 years from the extruding department. She was a member of Cabot United Methodist Church, O.E.S. Maqueda No. 421 - Past Matron, Women of the Moose No, 260, O.E.S. Butler # 45, Tri-State Music Association, and a life member...

Caroline Isabel Lang, 89 of Saxonburg passed away on Easter Monday, April 22, 2019 at the Good Samaritan Hospice in Cabot. Born March 5, 1930 in Jefferson Center, PA, she was the daughter of the late Jacob Silvis and Bertha Cunningham Silvis. She worked at Saxonburg Ceramics in her early years. She was a member of St. Joseph Parish in Cabot. Isabel enjoyed arts and crafts, baking pies and watching the Pittsburgh Pirates. Surviving are a daughter, Belinda (Donald) Leslie of Saxonburg, a...

Theodore C. Haehle, 90, of Saxonburg, passed away on Sunday, April 14, 2019 at the Good Samaritan In-patient Hospice surrounded by his family. Born March 17, 1929 in Philadelphia, PA, he was the son of Theodore C. Haehle and Margaret Kilpatrick Haehle. He worked at the Gulf Oil Refinery Lab for in Philadelphia for 13 years and for 22 years at the Gulf Research & Development Company in Harmarville . He retired from Gulf in September 1982 at the age of 53 after 35 years of services. Pat...

Mary Jo Burd (Schenkel), 85, passed away on Sunday, April 14, 2019, with her family by her side. She was born in the Spring Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on December 18, 1933, and was the daughter of the late Helen and Edwin Schenkel. She moved to Saxonburg with her family at the age of 6 in 1939. Mary Jo graduated from Winfield-Clinton High School in 1951 and the West Penn School of Nursing in 1954. She served more than forty years as a registered nurse, retiring from the...