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Dennis W. Caprarotta, 78, of Bradford, passed away on Monday, April 14, 2025 at his home.

He was born on November 8, 1946 in Goshen, IN, a son of the late Francis and Velma Mock Caprarotta.

He was a 1968 graduate of Indiana University, Bloomington, IN.

On January 27, 1968 in Goshen, he married Sandra L. Sharpe who survives.

James L. Sunderland, 76, of Turtlepoint, PA passed away unexpectedly though peacefully at his home on Monday, April 14, 2025.

He was born October 21, 1948 in Clearfield, PA and was the son of  Merle and Florence (Woods) Sunderland. On June 15, 1974 he married Joyce R. Chittester, who survives.

Jim was a 1966 graduate of Clearfield High School and graduated from Pennsylvania State University with a degree in Forestry. He was employed as a Forester by the DCNR in Coudersport, and later in Emporium until his retirement in 2006.

He was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force, serving from July 3, 1968 to July 2, 1972, during the Vietnam War.

David P. TUBBS, 76, of Westfield, PA, passed away on April 16, 2025 at Snyder Memorial Health Care Center, Marienville. 

He was born February 16, 1949, the son of Derwood S. and Doris M. McKendrick Tubbs.  On June 27, 1969, he married Joyce L. Cady, who predeceased him on July 9, 2011.  He was a graduate of Cowanesque Valley High School, Class of 1967, and went on to attend Breeden Welding School in Genesee. 

Barbara G. HAMMOND, 92, of Westfield, PA, died Wednesday, April 16, 2025 in her home.  

Born September 4, 1932, in Westfield, she was the daughter of Otto and Margaret Kilbourne Davis.  She was a 1950 graduate of Westfield High School.  On September 26, 1954, in Potter Brook, she married Wilfred Gordon Hammond, who predeceased her on February 9, 2017. 

Barb was the self-proclaimed Mayor of Purple Brook, policing the neighborhood on her four-wheeler and welcoming new residents with area history.  For many years, she transported friends and neighbors to appointments.  She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Westfield. 

Berne Keith “Bernie” Dutcher, age 83, formerly of Morris, Pennsylvania, passed away Tuesday, April 15 at his home in Wellsboro.

Bernie was the son of the late William and Jennie (Campbell) Dutcher. Bernie was a graduate of Liberty High School and enlisted in the U.S. Army, where he became a military police officer and paratrooper assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division. He deployed to the Dominican Republic in support of Operation Power Pack in 1965 for which he was awarded the Combat Infantryman’s Badge and Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal.

After the Army, Bernie became a journeyman electrician and member of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. In 1967, he married his wife of more than 57 years, Ruth E. Dutcher.

Mary Kay Sarnoski, 80, passed away peacefully at her home on Tuesday, April 15, 2025, with her loving family by her side.

She was born on July 18, 1944 in Blytheville, AR, a daughter of the late Eugene and Elva Fuller Hollobaugh.

On June 25, 1966, at St. Joseph’s Church in Force, she married Joseph Sarnoski, who survives. Together they were blessed more than 58 years of marriage.

Thomas E. Mitchell, Jr., 83, of 103 Thunder Road, St. Marys, passed away Monday, April 14, 2025, at Penn Highlands DuBois, after a brief illness.

He was born March 23, 1942, in St. Marys, son of the late Thomas E. and Margaret Young Mitchell, Sr. Tom was a lifelong resident of the area and was a graduate of St. Marys Public High School, Class of 1961.

In his younger years, he worked with his father at Mitchell Trucking and later worked for multiple local trucking companies. On May 1, 1982, in the Holy Rosary Church in Johnsonburg, Tom married Dorothy A. “Dot” Simchick, who survives. They were blessed to share more than 42 years of marriage.