All Obituaries

Joseph A. Hartman Vanport   Joseph A. Hartman, 86, of Vanport passed away Saturday November 9 in Heritage Valley Beaver. He was born October 8, 1933 in Waynesburg. Joseph was a retired employee of Westinghouse Electric Corporation in Vanport and a member of the Grace Lutheran Church of Rochester. He was preceded in death by his wife Mary Martha Hartman in 1997 and 2 brothers, Roy C. and Wayne Hartman. He is survived by his sons, Edward Hartman, Center Township and Joseph (Solita)...

Roberta J. Lowe Formerly of Bridgewater   Roberta J. Lowe, 94, a former lifelong resident of Bridgewater, passed away Wednesday November 6 in Beaver Valley Nursing and Rehab, Beaver Falls. She was born October 26, 1925 in Bridgewater and was the daughter of the late Claude and Elizabeth Zilk Davidson. She had worked in the Dietary Department at the Medical Center of Beaver and was a member of the Church of the Living Christ in Bridgewater. In addition to her parents, she was preceded...

Catherine Eleanor Batto Daugherty Township Formerly of Bridgewater   Catherine Eleanor Batto, 82, of Daugherty Township, formerly of Bridgewater, passed away Sunday October 27 in her home. She was born November 3, 1936 in Beaver Falls and was the daughter of the late Michael and Mary Pavlinch Malkoch. She was affiliated with the Christian Missionary and Alliance churches in Beaver and New Brighton and had been in the Women’s Auxiliary of the Bridgewater and Daugherty Volunteer...

Ilo R. Loughner Patterson Township   Ilo R. Loughner, 89 of Patterson Township went to her heavenly home on Friday, October 25, 2019. Ilo was born on December 30, 1929 in Cleveland, Ohio. She spent her early years in Freedom, Pennsylvania with her aunt and uncle, Gertrude and Clifford Dunbar.   Ilo worked at Westinghouse, Beaver for over 40 years. During that time she became of one of the first women officers of the PA labor union serving on the IBEW Local 201. Ilo was a...

Inger Niklasson Beaver   On October 21 Inger (Jansson) Niklasson passed peacefully. Inger was born in Oskarshamn, Sweden on June 27, 1942, the only daughter of Sven Adolf Wide and Dagmar Jansson. She was the widow of Sven Herbert Niklasson and is survived by her eldest daughter, Inger Maria Ross and son-in-law Gregory Vincent Ross, her youngest daughter Anna Kristina Niklasson and son-in-law Eric Stefan Mitzel, grandson, Vincent Niklas Ross and granddaughters, Lovisa Vida...

Stephen Jude Domitrovich Beaver   Stephen Jude Domitrovich, 94, died peacefully surrounded by his loved ones on Sunday, October 20, 2019. Stephen was the last living survivor of the Massacre at Malmedy, a harrowing time in World War II history. Between Dec. 16, 1944, and Jan. 13, 1945, German soldiers executed about 350 American Soldiers who had surrendered and were prisoners-of-war and executed 100 Belgian civilians during the Battle of the Bulge. Stephen Domitrovich was one of...

David William Raegler Brighton Township   David William Raegler, 79, of Brighton Township passed away Monday October 7 in Concordia Villa St. Joe in Baden. He was born December 4, 1939 in Rochester and was the son of the late George and Verna Fogel Raegler. David had been a resident of Brighton Township since 1965, was an electrical contractor for Blackhawk Electric and later Yate’s Electric, was a member of REACT and had served as a director for the Bridgewater River Regatta....

Evelyn Wilson Beaver Born and raised in Port Vue (PA), Evelyn married Robert George Wilson, and they lived their early married life in South Carolina and Georgia, where their first three children, Christine, Leslie and Bruce were born.  Evelyn lived the rest of her life in the Beaver area raising her six children, including Rob, Amy and Jenni, who were all born in Rochester (PA).   Volunteering her time and...

Joan Lee Ault Aliquippa Formerly of Darlington   Joan Lee Ault, 83, of Aliquippa, formerly of Darlington, PA went home to be with her loving Lord on Saturday, September 14. She was born April 17, 1936 in Rochester, PA and was the daughter of the late John  and Betty Conrad Graham. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husbands Albert Takas and George Ault and a brother John (Sonny) Graham. Surviving her are her son Rick Takas and daughter-in-law Robin...

The life of Marjorie Ann (Margie) Swanson ended on Friday, September 13, 2019 at her home in Brighton Township. Born in Rochester May 1, 1930 she was a Rochester resident until moving with her family to Brighton Township in 1961. Following 28 years with the Beaver County Times where she was employed first in the editorial department and for the last half of that period of time in advertising, she retired in 1998.  Prior to her employment with the Times, she was a school bus...