Bruce Michael Emerick, 33, of Johnstown, passed away on Tuesday May 24, 2022 at UPMC Presbyterian, Pittsburgh, with his family by his side. He was born October 24, 1988 in Somerset, PA, a son of Rick L. and Donna (Shaffer) Emerick. Bruce was a self-employed handyman and enjoyed working on many different projects, including tuning up vehicles. He loved to go riding on his motorcycle and fishing, especially on beautiful, sunny days. His children were everything to him. Bruce is survived by...

Patricia Louise DeCara, 88, of Monarch, passed away peacefully on Sunday May 22, 2022 at her home surrounded by her loving family. She was born March 7, 1934 in Uniontown, a daughter of the late William and Anna (Skuban) Machesky. Pat graduated from South Union Township High School in 1952. She attended the Uniontown Hospital School of Nursing and graduated as a registered nurse in 1955. Pat worked at the Uniontown Hospital until 1971. She was active with organizing her nursing class...

William Clayton ‘Bill’ Swink, 82, of Bullskin Township, passed away peacefully on Monday May 16, 2022 at his home with his beloved wife at his side. He was born September 5, 1939 in Connellsville, a son of the late Emerson and Wilma (Grimm) Swink. He graduated from Connellsville Area High School and proudly served his Country in the United States Army from which he was honorably discharged. Bill was the owner of Swink’s Country Store and was the owner of Fayette Swimming Pools for...

Jerome Daniel “Jerry” Connell, 85, of Dunbar, passed away peacefully on Tuesday April 26, 2022 at his home surrounded by his loving family. He was born July 17, 1936 in Uniontown, a son of the late William C. Sr. and Coletta (Callahan) Connell. He graduated from Dunbar Township High School, where he met his high school sweetheart, Renee, who believes wholeheartedly that it was love at first sight. He was a member of St. Vincent DePaul R.C. Church, Dunbar prior to its closure...

Pamela (Susie) Johnson, 70, of Connellsville, passed away on Friday April 22, 2022 at home with her loving daughter at her side. She was born August 12, 1951 in Connellsville, a daughter of the late Harry (Hyst) and Erma (Stewart) Schobert. For many years, Susie was employed through Fayette Arc where she was a direct support professional. She dedicated her time to caring for her sister, Karen and loved spending time with her great-grandchildren and her family. Susie is survived by her...

Gregory S. Kontaxes, 65, of Brownsville, passed away unexpectedly on Friday April 8, 2022 at his home. He was born February 6, 1957 in Charleroi, PA, a son of the late Steve and Mary (Hadjantoni) Kontaxes Funeral arrangements are under the care and supervision of the PAUL G. FINK FUNERAL HOME, INC. 418 North Pittsburgh Street Connellsville, PA 15425. No visitation or services will be held. Interment will be private.

Daniel ‘Dan’ Carnack, Sr., 78, of Monarch, PA, passed away Saturday April 2, 2022 at his home after a courageous battle with cancer. Dan was born July 28, 1943 in Mt. Pleasant, PA, a son to the late Joseph and Harriet (Dawson) Carnack. He spent many years in construction, where he was an expert carpenter, skills he used throughout his life helping and teaching others. He also worked at Rock Engineering in Connellsville, PA, and as a janitor for the Connellsville Area School...

Linda Susan Trefelner, 59, of Bellefonte, PA, passed away on Monday March 28, 2022 at Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA. She was born July 27, 1962 in Westchester, VA, a daughter of the late Homer and Florena Gale (Nicholson) Walters. She was employed as a registered nurse for many years, working at a variety of different facilities, such as Brownsville Hospital and SCI Greensburg. With her caring nature of being a nurse, Linda was a truly devoted, loving, and caring wife, mother and...

Lori Jean (Graft) Coneway, 58, of Elizabeth, passed away peacefully on Monday March 28, 2022 at her home with her family at her side. She was born July 29, 1963 in Mt. Pleasant, a daughter of the late Glenn E. and Wanda L. (O’Nell) Graft. She graduated from Elizabeth Forward High School in the Class of 1981.  Lori enjoyed many things in her life, including flowers, country music, dolphins, cooking, baking, shopping, feeding the birds outside and spending time with her dog,...

Gilbert R. ‘Gil’ Layman III, 50, of Connellsville, passed away on Saturday March 12, 2022 at his home surrounded by his family. He was born December 16, 1971, a son of Betty Jean (Burkett) Layman and the late Roy H. Layman. He graduated from Connellsville Senior High School in the Class of 1990 and he was a member of the Faith Bible Church. Gil was employed as a flagger for many years through Flagger Force until his retirement. Gil enjoyed being outside and working on cars....