Obituaries

Mr. Paul R. Plavecsky, Sr., 95 passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on Friday, July 22nd, 2022, at his home in Ellwood City, PA. Paul was born in Jennerstown, PA on June 29th, 1927 to the late Joseph and Anna Hrabosky Plavecsky. He attended Lincoln High School until he left to serve in the U.S. Army Signal Corps during World War II where he decrypted enemy messages from 1945 until 1946. He was awarded the World War II Victory Medal for his service. When the war ended, he returned home to complete his GED. He was a Class A…

Mrs. Sandra K. Hardesty, 76, of Bessemer, formerly Ellwood City, passed away on Sunday, July 17th, 2022 at the UPMC Jameson Hospital in New Castle. Mrs. Hardesty was born on March 11, 1946 in Pittsburgh to the late John V. and Marietta (Bassler) Markle. She had worked at Passavant Retirement Community in Zelienople, Sherwood Oaks in Cranberry, and Heritage Valley Medical Center as a Certified Nursing Assistant. Sandra enjoyed reading and jig saw puzzles. She is survived by her daughters, Shannon Hinkle (James Augustine) of Bessemer, Sharon (Bob) Miller of Wampum, and Sharlene (Curtis) Figurel of Ellwood City, sons, Shawn…

David Carl Tammaro, 69, of Waynesboro, went home to be with the Lord on Friday July 8, 2022. He was born on August 5, 1952, in Ellwood City, PA, to the late Phillip Anthony Tammaro, SR, and Mary Pishioneri Tammaro. David faithfully served as a member of the US Army from 1972 until 1974. He moved from Pennsylvania to Waynesboro in 1987, and retired from Southern Company as a Security Instructor in August of 2016. David was very generous in his support of various organizations such as Wounded Warrior Project and the Fraternal Order of Police. He was a huge…

Mrs. Ruth Genevieve (Hampton) Holleran passed away peacefully in her home in Avon Lake, Ohio on Wednesday July 13, 2022. She was the youngest of 13 children born to the late William Bernard and Anna Cecilia (Haney) Hampton on September 23, 1927. She grew up in Ellwood City, Pennsylvania and had fond memories of her hometown and large family. It was there that she met the love of her life John (“Jack”) Holleran at a spaghetti dinner at St. Agatha’s Church Hall. Ruth and Jack were married at St. Agatha’s in 1950 and lived in Ellwood where their first of…

Mrs. Patricia Ann “Pat” Tino, also known by all as “Granny” , 85, of Ellwood City and Adelphi, Maryland passed away on Tuesday, July 12th, 2022 following an automobile accident. Mrs. Tino was born in New Castle on December 23rd, 1936 to the late Joseph and Mary (Prokop) Pavuk. Pat graduated from Lincoln High School with high honors with the class of 1954, and from the New Castle Business School with a secretarial degree. She had worked as a secretary at Kildoo Agency in 1955, Zonolite in 1956, Babcock &Wilcox in Beaver Falls 1957 to 1958, University of Maryland Botany…

Erik Anderson, 50, of Phoenix, Arizona, passed away unexpectedly on May 31, 2022. Born on April 23, 1972 in Phoenix, Erik was the son of Helmer T. Anderson of Iola, Wisconsin and the late Barbara Dici Anderson. Erik grew up in Miami, where he graduated from Palmetto High School and attended Miami-Dade Community College. He loved playing baseball and football, but his biggest passions in life were his love of music and his close friends. His most ambitious career was as a captain and co-owner of a commercial fishing boat with a childhood friend. Erik loved the open sea and…