solomonswords

Sherry Menniti, beloved wife, mother and grandmother, passed away on September 25, 2023 at the age of 68 following a long illness.

Friends and family are invited to attend a graveside committal service for Sherry on Wednesday, November 22, 2023 at 10 AM at Holy Rosary Cemetery, Johnsonburg. There will be a Celebration of Life for Sherry immediately following the service at the Holy Rosary School Cafeteria in Johnsonburg.
 
Sherry was born in Ridgway, PA on October 14, 1954, a daughter to the late Louis and Carrie DiIulio. On August 23, 1975, she married Greg Menniti whom she had been dating since the age of 16. They filled their 48 years of marriage with cherished memories and their bond of love shows the true meaning of devotion.
 
Sherry is also the loving mother of three children: Adrienne (Mrs. Jeff Stallard), Scott and Tony Menniti and was the proud and adoring grandmother of Collin and Felicity Stallard, who brought immense joy to her life.
 
Sherry was a retired x-ray technician and clinical supervisor at Cabell Huntington Hospital in Huntington, WV. She was a member of St. Ann Catholic Church and was a member of the Catholic Women’s Club there for many years. Sherry was a prolific quilter and crafter and loved spending hours in her sewing room creating. She treasured quality time with her family and never missed an opportunity to spoil her grandchildren. She will be deeply missed. Her spirit will live on in the hearts of those who were fortunate enough to know her.
 
A Mass of Christian Burial for Sherry was celebrated on Monday, October 2, 2023 at St. Ann Catholic Church in Chesapeake, Ohio.
 
Local arrangements are under the direction of the Anthony F. Ferragine Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Inc., 401 Chestnut Street, Johnsonburg, PA

Emporium lost one of its greatest “characters” of all time this past week.

John Gartner, a son of the late Stanley Jacob and Thelma Montgomery Gartner, was born at home in Emporium May 18,1938.

John passed away at Snyder Memorial Health Center, Marienville, PA Friday afternoon (November 3, 2023) after a brief illness.

John served in the Air Force, training pilots and parachute jumpers in survival techniques, then returned to Emporium and piloted small planes for Stackpole. He flew anything with wings, and due to daring stunts survived three airplane and one helicopter crash. John was an avid rattlesnake hunter, skier, sailor, fisherman, and model airplane pilot.

John was a pretty big influence on his city-slicker nieces and nephew, who he taught to ride horses, milk the venom from rattlesnakes, shoot beer cans, jump off rope swings high over East Branch dam, fly hang gliders over the valley, and to appreciate Boone’s Farm and Swisher Sweets cigars (in moderation).

Herbert H. “Herb” Leininger, Jr., 65, of Bradford, PA passed away on Saturday, November 4, 2023 at the Olean General Hospital, Olean, NY.

He was born on May 7, 1958, in Oberlin, OH, a son of the late Herbert and Lennis Jones Leininger, Sr.

On January 14, 1982 in Elyria, OH, he married Eloise Fields, who survives.

Christine “Chris” “Critter” Marie (Kamin) Tasa, age 64, of Wellsboro, PA, passed away surrounded by friends and family in her home on Friday, November 3, 2023. 

She was born on January 27, 1959 in Ames, IA daughter of George J. Kamin and Shirley Ann (Daleski) Jordan.

She and her family moved to Wellsboro in 1972 where she participated in cheerleading and was elected prom queen in 1977. After graduating High School Chris moved to Colorado where she worked as a waitress- she believed this was a job everyone should do at least once- and at several factories.

At one of these, she met Steven Tasa. They married on September 16, 1988 and moved back to Wellsboro in 1993 where she gave birth to her daughter Courtney.

George Michael Masisak passed away October 29th, 2023.

He was born in Bradford, PA. in August 1966 to Raymond and Miranda Masisak. He grew up playing football, hockey and cheering for the Buffalo Bills.

George attended Bradford High School before studying Mechanical Engineering at Penn College. Upon graduating he moved to Va. Beach where he worked for M & G Electronics before starting his own company, Crane and Rigging Camera Systems LLC and Global Vision Products.