(Sandy Lake, Mercer Co., Pa.) 1902-1962, Sandy Lake: Sandy Lake News. Some 3,000 members of the division perish when the German ships they are on (they were to be taken to concentration camps) are sunk by Allied aircraft. (Stoneboro, Pa.) 1982-1980s, West Greenville: Independent Press. Service: 11 a.m. Tuesday (5-23-17) in the funeral home, with the Rev. September 11 Germans occupy Rome. Online condolences at cunninghamfhgc.com Marshal Pietro Badoglio, former chief of the Italian general staff and member of the Fascist Party, replaces Mussolini as prime minister and declares on the radio that Italy will remain loyal to Germany. Fiat factory workers there go on strike. He graduated from Grove City High School in 1969. (Mercer, Pa.) 1896-1944, Mercer: Mercer Dispatch. KOCHEMS Husky will be one of the largest amphibious operations of the entire war, with more than 3,000 ships (under the command of British Admiral Andrew Cunningham, Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet) transporting more than 150,000 Allied troops (eight divisions by sea plus two airborne divisions) over the next three days. The largest of the ghettos where Eastern European Jews were first confined and, later, deported to extermination camps by the Nazis was set up in Warsaw, Poland. Two of the spies were Jewish, increasing the risks they faced if the mission ended in capture. Lyle E. Ebersprecher, from the Collection of The National WWII Museum, 2013.495.970. Record of administrators, deaths, marriages, etc., collected from Mahoning Valley newspapers, 1839-1863. 2023. During peak periods such as Valentines Day, Memorial Day and most holidays, florists are not always able to keep up to demand. Funeral service: 11 a.m. Friday (2-24-23) in the funeral home. The National Liberation Committee (CLN) is clandestinely established in Rome from six Italian anti-fascist political parties: the Italian Liberal Party, the Italian Socialist Party, the Italian Communist Party, Christian Democracy, the Labor Democratic Party, and the Action Party. When someone close to you passes away, it can be difficult to know what to do. Charles was born in Grove City June 12, 1939, to LeRoy J. and Emma B. Troops of the British Eighth Army capture the airfields near Foggia. Calling hours: Were Friday (4-28-17) at JOHN FLYNN FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORY, INC., Hermitage. He fought the good fight, kept the faith, finished the race. She married James "Shirl" Adams on Aug. 30, 1957; he preceded Rachael in death on Jan. 1, Gerald E. Bowser, 97, of Grove City passed peacefully on Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2023, in Orchard Manor, Grove City. This is the full obituary story where you can express condolences and share memories. The Italian fleet based in La Spezia and Genoa heads first for Sardinia, then learning of the German actions there, make for Algeria. Calling hours: Were held Sunday (4-30-17) in CUNNINGHAM FUNERAL HOME Inc., 306 Bessemer Ave., Grove City. You will receive email notifications when changes are made to the online memorial, including when family and friends post to the Guestbook. Please note that these are only items that mention towns in the Palermo province. (Greenville, Pa.) 1865-1874, Greenville: Greenville Progress. Post free classified ads. To download this photo, the file name must have less than 255 characters. Church welcomes all to reflect, grow as Lenten season begins. Father Robert Seeman, as celebrant. (Mercer [Pa.]) 1844-1864, Mercer: Mercer Dispatch and Republican. Jim graduated from Sharon High School, where his father was the Robert Earl Hoffman peacefully passed away surrounded by family on Monday, Feb. 6, 2023, at the age of 96. Known to her family and friends as "Sandy", she was born on Jan. 17, 1952, in West Virginia, to Hance A. and Dora (Butler) Metheney. It is one seven divisions withdrawn from the theater. Advance Argus (1887 - 1912) Newspaper Archive. Many inhabitants of Palermo wave white flags and welcome the Americans. Need help? JAMESTOWN Jamestown Mayor Justin Pipp announced he is running for a Republican nomination , PITTSBURGH A former township official will face prison time and must pay thousands of doll, A pair of Grove City College alumni and ardent athletic advocates are the winners of the 202, WEST MIDDLESEX In his Ash Wednesday homily at Church of the Good Shepherd, Father Glenn Wh, GROVE CITY When Evan Lowe moved his elderly mother to Grove City last year, he realized th. Memorial service: 2 p.m. Feb. 25, in the funeral home. He enjoyed working on cars, playing video games Kendric Cole McBride, 1, of Grove City, passed away Monday morning, Jan. 30, 2023. Palermo is the first city liberated by US forces in World War II. Official US Coast Guard photo, gift of Jeffrey and Mary Cole, from the . July 22 Troops of Pattons Seventh Army take Palermo, the regional capital of Sicily, with Major General Lucien K. Truscotts 3rd Infantry Division at the head of armored columns covering 100 miles in 72 hours. Those who survived the initial onslaught and did not manage to flee, had to eke out a living on a battleground ravaged by incessant bombardment and street fighting. He married Kathy McBroom on Feb. 11, 1973. Jim Lewis, pastor of the Karns City United Methodist Church, officiating. He married Irma J. Bohlender on June 19, 1953, in Millbrook Methodist Church, Dennis Michael "Mike" Geary, 71, of Parker, passed away Monday morning, Jan. 16, 2023, at his home following an illness. She married James "Shirl" Adams on Aug. 30, 1957; he preceded Rachael in death on Jan. 1, Gerald E. Bowser, 97, of Grove City passed peacefully on Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2023, in Orchard Manor, Grove City. (Greenville, Pa.) 1887-1917, Greenville: Advance. Anti-fascist political parties in German-occupied northern Italy form the Liberation Committee of Northern Italy (CLNAI), committing to leading resistance activity in the area. GROVE CITY A pizza shop, greenhouse and more are in the works for Grove City borough. Field Marshal Albert Kesselring, in charge of central and southern Italy, takes over in Rome and leads the resistance to the Allied landing at Salerno. (Farrell, Pa.) 1912-1924, Farrell: Farrell Press. To plant a tree in memory of Glenn P. Hart, please visit. Obituaries | The Sharon Herald Featured Sandra Phillips Fabrey Williams 1946 - 2023 Obituary Explore All Latest Obituaries Adam Knapp Obituary Neal Lineman 1934 - 2023 Obituary Darrell. Hitler orders that Italy be treated as an occupied country. Adda was a Jeffrey D. Williamson, 72, of Greenville, passed away on Friday, Jan. 20, 2023, following a period of declining health. Eventually, the Fifteenth Air Force, initially using bases at Foggia, includes seven fighter groups (among them the Tuskegee Airmen of the 332nd Fighter Group) and 21 bomb groups, carrying out missions over northern Italy, Germany, Austria, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, and France. Service: Funeral Mass was Friday (5-12-17) at St. Peter Roman Catholic Church, 670 S. Main St., Slippery Rock, with Rev. LIBERTY TOWNSHIP A teenager was killed and four people were injured in a crash Sunday afternoon in Liberty Township. US General George S. Pattons Seventh Army lands on the southern coast of Sicily and British General Bernard Montgomerys Eighth Army on the southeastern coast. Germans begin to move troops from Sardinia to Corsica. November 1 The US Fifteenth Air Force is created under the command of Major General James H. Doolittle, the hero of the April 1942 raid on Tokyo. One time, an adorable little girl asked me, If Im going on an Angel Flight, does that mean Im an angel? Naturally, I confirmed it, Mr. Billings told the Patriot Ledger of Quincy, Mass., in November, when he retired from the volunteer flight program because of a recent heart attack. Greenville Advance (1871 - 1876) Newspaper Archive. Greenville], Pa.) 1852-1856, West Greenville: Rural Argus. Mark was born on April 23, 1958, in Grove City, to Robert J. Note: These are general guidelines; some florists may not be able to operate within these timelines. (Mercer, Pa.) 1967-1968, Mercer: Democratic Register. Greenville Advance Argus (1878 - 1887) Newspaper Archive. October 3 Troops from the 2nd New Zealand Division arrive in Taranto. Sorry, there are no recent results for popular videos. Whether you are planning a funeral service, buying flowers, expressing condolences, or just trying to figure out how to process grief, this library of articles will help you understand what to expect. Chance of rain 50%.. Learn more. Born in Philadelphia, PA, he was the son of the late Nicholas and Helen Romano (nee Tarmero . Services: 11 a.m. Feb. 18 in the funeral home with the Rev. Dennis was Linda R. Moore, 75, of Grove City, passed peacefully on Friday, Feb. 3, 2023, following a brief illness. August 1 The hardest fighting of the entire campaign sees the US 1st Infantry Division (the Big Red One) under the command of Major General Terry de la Mesa Allen Sr. (Terrible Terry Allen, as he is known to his men) battling the Germans for the town of Troina, centrally located in Sicily. The Allied victory against the Axis was a long journeyone that actually took much longer than the war itself. Pastor Frey and his wife Florence were married on Barbara Sue "Bobbie" Van Til, 56, of Grove City, passed peacefully on Thursday evening, Feb. 2, 2023, at home, following a courageous eight-year battle with cancer. 4/12/21. WILMINGTON TOWNSHIP A New Wilmington man died in a horse buggy crash Saturday in Wilmington Township. Burial: Mount Irwin Cemetery. He married Betty J. Waltenbaugh on Sept. 12, 1959. Find an obituary, get service details, leave condolence messages or send flowers or gifts in memory of a loved one. Rachael was born in Brookville, Pa., on Dec. 3, 1940, to Parker and Mary Josephine (Keighley) Hayes. If you are having trouble, click Save Image As and rename the file to meet the character requirement and try again. This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks. MERCER Mary Jo Basilone DePreta is seeking re-election for a second term as Mercer County clerk of courts, register of wills and clerk of or. (Greenville, Pa.) 1985-Current, Greenville: Shenango Valley Argus. A complete obituary will be published in Wednesday's edition of Allied News and at www.cunninghamfhgc.com. (Mercer, Pa.) 1858-1860s, Mercer: Democratic Signal. (Mercer, Pa.) 1865-1887, Mercer: Mercer Gazette. Jeff was a 1968 graduate of Grove City High School. (Sharon, Pa.) 1875-1885, Sharon: News-Telegraph. The cause was congestive heart failure and renal failure, said his wife, Barbara Billings. US Army Signal Corps photo, gift of Ms. Regan Forrester, from the Collection of The National WWII Museum, 2002.337.236. Latest News a 'Night to Shine' for everyone; SNAP to attention for Lone Star Card holders. He was born in Mercer in 1931. Glenn P., 89, of Grove City. (Power) Hart. Willard Morse, visitation pastor of Grace United Methodist Church, Grove City, officiating. A podcast created for those who desire a new way of gaining information rather than reading a traditional newspaper. (Grove City, Pa.) 1972-Current, Grove City: Grove City Herald. This particular page exists for the purpose of indexing obituaries of individuals born in Italy. She lived in Colorado Springs, Colo., Santa Barbara, Calif., and York. But, he added, So many people, deserving people, are not here anymore. Limit By Year: Go. Willard Morse officiating. DULANEY (Sandy Lake, Pa.) 1879-1889, Sandy Lake: Lakeview Breeze. In total, 17 ships are sunk and dozens more suffered damage. October 23 US 1st Infantry Division departs Sicily for England to train for the cross-channel attack into northern France. Search Grove City obituaries and condolences, hosted by Echovita.com. Feb 22, 2023. John Billings, who flew Allied spies behind Nazi lines, dies at 98, Bradley Beal hits season high as Wizards fight to the finish in Atlanta, For Ovechkin in winter, a deadline sell-off makes sense this spring, Commanders cut Carson Wentz and Bobby McCain, clearing cap space, the Patriot Ledger of Quincy, Mass., in November. The Combined Bomber Offensive (CBO) in the European Theater was one of Americas bloodiest campaigns. Hundreds of American soldiers assemble at a rest camp near Naples and listen to update, Fall 1943. It will be a two-part operation, the first part in Calabria (Operation Baytown), the second at Salerno (Operation Avalanche), the northernmost beach in the Italian peninsula within range of Allied fighters based in Sicily. Winds WSW at 5 to 10 mph. September 8 Eisenhower announces that the Italian government under Badoglio agrees to an armistice with the Allies (through General Giuseppe Castellano in Cassibile, Sicily)and that Italy will have the status as a co-belligerent against Nazi Germany. (Greenville, Pa.) 1917-1923, Greenville: Advance Argus. Hitler assures Pope Pius XII that the Germans will honor the sovereignty of the Pope over Vatican City and shield the latter from combat. He was born in Mercer in 1931. December 2 German Junkers 88 bombers strike Bari Harbor. Rob Guy, officiating. Charles Allen Tubbs, Grove City, passed peacefully Monday, Feb. 20, 2023, in Yuma, Ariz. They also dropped spies, notably in Operation Greenup. (West Greenville, Pa.) 1861-1864, West Middlesex: West Middlesex News. WOLF CREEK TOWNSHIP A Grove City man died Monday morning after his pickup truck hit a deer in Wolf Creek Township. A week later some 50 Jews are massacred at Meina on Lake Maggiore, north of Milan, by men of the SS Panzergrenadier Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler. This is the start of the Third Reichs reign of terror in Italy. Tim Callahan, current deputy sheriff and retired Pennsylvania State Police trooper, is running as a Republican for sheriff of Mercer County. Obituaries Obituaries. Cynthia Magoon. She graduated from Slippery Rock High School in Garalynn S. Barlow, 81, of Liberty Township, Grove City, passed peacefully at home under hospice care on Sunday, Jan. 29, 2023. Silvio T. Romano, age 94, of Exton, PA, formerly of Broomall, PA, passed away on December 9, 2015. (Greenville, Pa.) 1873-1875, Greenville: Camp Reynolds Victory News. Rachael was born in Brookville, Pa., on Dec. 3, 1940, to Parker and Mary Josephine (Keighley) Hayes. Germans organize the first round-up of Italian men born between 1910 and 1925 for forced labor, dragooning some 18,000 men in Campania and Latium. John A. Frey, 86, of Grove City, went home to be with the Lord on at 3 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023. (Mercer, Pa.) 1830-1850, Mercer: Mercer Republican. Greenup was one of 39 OSS missions flown by Mr. Billings, who later worked as a commercial pilot and volunteered with the organization Mercy Medical Angels, flying patients who couldnt afford to travel long distances for health care. October 12 Fifth Army, launching the first of five offensives executed between mid-October and mid-January 1944, establishes bridgeheads over the next four days across the Volturno River, north of Naples. Germans complete evacuation of Corsica, after battling Free French troops and resistance fighters. German 1st Mountain Division, under the command of General Hubert Lanz, is responsible. The mission, known as Operation Greenup, was considered one of the most successful OSS operations of the war; its operatives are sometimes described as the real inglourious basterds, after director Quentin Tarantinos movie of the same name. He was born Nov. 10, 1938, in Sharon, to Stanley N. and Esther Hughes Currier. Two days later 1,030 Jews, a majority of them women and 200 of them children, are deported to Auschwitz, where most of them are murdered immediately. (West Greenville [I.E. USA (1,373,456) > Pennsylvania (70,521) > Mercer County (724) > Mercer County Newspapers and Obituaries (92), USA (1,373,456) > Pennsylvania (70,521) > Pennsylvania Newspapers and Obituaries (7,373) > Mercer County Newspapers and Obituaries (92). Top image: US Servicemembers take cover on a beach at Paestum, south of Salerno, September 9, 1943. (Power) Hart. Mark was formerly employed by Grove City College, Allegheny 1942 We werent even supposed to mention that we were with OSS. MERCER Telephone scammers are targeting county residents claiming to be from the Mercer County Sheriff office. (Camp Reynolds [Greenville], Pa.) 1943-1940s, Greenville: Evening Record. Mussolini is arrested and held in multiple locations, before being confined in the Hotel Campo Imperatore on the Gran Sasso dItalia in the Abruzzo Mountains, one of Italys tallest peaks. 1907-1909. Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page. The declaration, signed by Victor Emmanuel III, is transmitted to Berlin through the Italian Embassy in Madrid. He married Betty J. Waltenbaugh on Sept. 12, 1959. Even after he was captured and tortured by the Germans, Mayer persuaded the regional Nazi authority to surrender Innsbruck to approaching Allied forces, saving untold thousands of lives, Pinck added. (Sharon, Pa.) 1876-1890, Sharon: Evening Edition of the Tribune. September 3 Montgomerys Eighth Army launches Operation Baytown, an amphibious operation at Reggio di Calabria, the toe of the Italian peninsula. The bulk of the German force on Sicily escapes. Online condolences: Dr. Michael W., 91, of Grove City. "Skip" and Esther M. "Essie" (Robson) Owen. Note: Affiliate links are used within the directory on this site and a small contribution goes to the website for some purchases made. US Army Signal Corps Photo No. At the Arcadia Conference, held in Washington, DC, from December 24, 1941 to January 14, 1942, the Western Allies agreed to a Germany First policy to govern global strategy, but the question where to engage Germany, and when, remained unsettled. She was of the Protestant Edgar E. "Gene" O'Conner, 88, a lifetime resident of Grove City, passed peacefully at home surrounded by four generations of his family on Monday, Jan. 23, 2023. 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WEST MIDDLESEX - In his Ash Wednesday homily at Church of the Good Shepherd, Father Glenn Whitman said this was a time . Services will be held at a later date. Search Richmond obituaries and condolences, hosted by Echovita.com. He married his high school sweetheart, Ruth J. Shaw, June 1, 1962; she preceeded him in death Nov. 29, 2004. July 18 With the fighting in Sicily still raging, General Dwight D. Eisenhower wins support from the Combined Chiefs of Staff for Winston Churchills idea of a landing in mainland Italy. Sorry, there are no recent results for popular commented articles. September 19 Confrontations between Italian partisans and Germans ensue. With Nazi troops on the defensive and World War II nearing an end, Army Air Forces pilot John Billings was enlisted for a risky operation organized by the Office of Strategic Services, the wartime precursor to the CIA. As many as half a million civilians remained in Stalingrad when the Germans approached in the late summer of 1942. TUES-SAT He and his fellow aviators dropped supplies for partisans and undercover operatives, including 500-pound containers full of gold coins used to bribe Germans. Jennifer Louise (Beil) Hetrick, 83, of Transfer, passed away Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023, in her home. 2023. Read more. (Greenville, Mercer County, Pa.) 1877-1946, Greenville: Greenville Record-Argus. German forces will move to disarm Italian garrisons in France, Yugoslavia, Albania, and Greece. (Grove City, Pa.) 1968-1972, Grove City: Allied News. Searching obituaries is a great place to start your family tree research. The action you just performed triggered the security solution. Greenville Evening Record (1897 - 1923) Newspaper Archive. Robert "Bob" was born June 12, 1926, in Clintonville, Pa., to Jane (McQuistan) and Raymond Hoffman. The oldest of three children, John Malcolm Billings was born in Winchester, Mass., on Aug. 7, 1923, and grew up in Scituate, a coastal town south of Boston. Rain showers this evening with overcast skies overnight. (New York) 1862-1866, Sharon: Herald. September 13 Italian 33rd Infantry Division (Acqui) resists the Germans on the Greek island of Cephalonia. (Mercer, Pa.) 1811-1827, Mercer: Western Press. Mussolini meets Adolf Hitler in Rastenburg, Germany, two days later. When your purchase is complete, a post will be made on the tribute wall of the deceased signifying the planting of a memorial tree.