Pennsylvania School Retirees Association
Since
1964
Butler Chapter
"to serve others in need and help one another"
Region 8 Mission Statement
In Memoriam
PASR Butler Chapter
It is very important that this roster be accurate. Your help is needed to supply any omitted names or correct any listings. Click on the blue name for a link to the obituary. Scroll to bottom for "A School Teachers Poem".
2023
Marlin Clay, who retired from Mars and passed January 22, age 82
Joseph Bishop, who retired from Butler and passed March 5, age 92
Carol Roland, who retired from Butler, and passed March 22, age 85
2022
Donald Cavalero, who retired from Butler and passed May 31, age 88
George Vlasic, who retired from Butler and passed April 17, age 91
2021
Jane Hogue-Russell, who retired from Slippery Rock and passed January 1, age 89
Donald G. Busler, who retired from Slippery Rock and passed January 7, age 93
Diane Duryea, who retired from public schools and passed January 15, age 68
Joyce Cooper, who retired from Moniteau and passed January 20, age 84
Dorothy Bowser, who retired from Butler and passed January 28, age 83
Nancy Kimble, who retired from Latrobe and passed February 1, age 85
Val Jean Freehling, who retired from Burrell and passed February 7, age 88
Lois Yeager-Sharpe, who retired from Seneca Valley and passed February 10, age 89
Thomas Morton, who retired from Moniteau and passed February 25, 2021
Janet Scott, who retired from Butler and passed March 25, age 88
Jean Costa, who retired from Butler and passed April 25, age 82
Virginia Thompson, who retired from Butler and passed May 26, age 90
Fred Minehart, who retired from Butler and passed August 23, age 90
Marjorie Kirk, who retired from Butler and passed September 9. age 84
Geraldine Look, who retired from Butler and passed on September 25, age 90
James Gosnell, Sr, who retired from Orleans, VT and passed October 16, age 91
John Thompson, who retired from South Butler and passed Sept 19, age 91
Albert F. Timms, who retired from Seneca Valley, and passed December 25, 2021, age 85
Bowers, Patricia, who retired from BC3, and passed Dec. 25, age 89
2020
Robert C. Shoemaker, who retired from Seneca Valley and passed January 29, age 82
Evelyn Stevenson, who retired from Butler and passed February 9, age 89
Helen Cypher, who retired from South Butler and passed February 15, age 107
Leslie Crawford Matlack, who retired and passed March 9, age 91
Pat Wagoner, who retired from Seneca Valley and passed March 25, age 82
Barbara J. Wigton, who retired from Butler and passed March 30 at age 93
Mary Lou Tooch, who retired from Butler and passed May 7, age 88
Nancy Hollifield, who retired from South Butler and passed May 28, age 89
Joanne Grossman, who retired from Butler and passed May 31, age 73
Gail Pitts Russell, who retired from Chesterfield Schools and passed June 15, age 83
Calvin Lee Stevens, who retired from Karns City and passed June 28, age 96
Alice A. DeSantis, who retired from Butler and passed July 6, age 95
Frances "Sue" Gombos, who retired from Butler and passed July 7, age 78
Raymond Knotick, who passed September 15, at age 89
Mary Ann Martsolf, who retired from Butler and passed September 24, age 81
Dorothy H. West, who retired from Butler and passed August 19, age 80
John Patten, who retired from Butler and passed October 23, age 84
Frances Cashdollar, who retired from Butler and passed November 2, age 95
Emily Maffei, who retired from Butler and passed November 4, age 98
Sylvia Enslen, who retired from BC3 and passed November 13, age 86
Dominic Virgallito, Jr., who retired from Butler and passed December 11, age 93
Audrey Gerlach, who retired from South Butler and passed December 25, age 86
Regis Schiebel, who retired from South Butler and passed December 27, age 86
2019
Janet Garrett, who retired from Butler and passed January 8, age 74
Shirley S. Kelly, who retired from Mars and passed January 10, age 90
Perry Franklin Ray, who retired from Butler and passed February 1, age 88
Norval Dunn, who retired from Mars and passed March 19, age 86
Mary Lou Waltman, who retired from Karns City and passed April 1, age 87
Marilyn Dispirito, who retired from Slippery Rock and passed February 10, age 90
Emilia Olson Moseley, who retired from Butler and passed May 10, age 85
John Varljen, who retired from South Butler and passed May 24, age 86
Dolores Jean Elli, who retired from Philadelphia and passed June 6, age 81
A. Lorraine Kesterson, who retired from Seneca Valley and passed September 10, age 89
August "Augie" Badali, who retired from Moniteau and passed Sept. 12, age 78
Beatrice Faux, who retired from Butler and passed July 14, age 95
Clara J. Thompson, who retired from Armstrong and passed December 3, age 104
Connie Pastva, who retired from Mars, and passed December 19, at age 65
2018
Beverly Antis, who retired from Butler, and passed January 7, age 69
Charles Welsh, who retired from South Butler ,and passed January 9, age 93
Helen Ruth Ferguson, who retired from Butler and passed January 25, age 91
Shirley Kelly, who retired from Mars and passed February 10, age 90
Lewis L. Nicklas, who retired from Butler and passed March 20, age 82
Evelyn Gandy, who retired from Seneca Valley and passed April 5, age 88
Sarah Woessner, who retired from Slippery Rock and passed on April 8, age 95.
Elizabeth Bajuszik, who retired from Mars and passed June 2 age 90
M. Susan Campbell, who retired from Seneca Valley and passed Sept. 7, age 75
2017
Roberta "Bobbi" Tritch, who retired from Mars and passed March 14, age 70
Evelyn Hillberry, who retired from Butler and passed April 7, 2017
Joyce Goepfert, who retired from Butler and passed April 10, age 72
Ruth Andersen, who retired from Slippery Rock and passed May 11, age 97
Donald Clingensmith, who retired from Mars, and passed June 14, age 86
Rudy Corona, who retired from Butler and passed August 23, age 88
Marian Bell, who retired from Butler and passed Sept. 23, age 98
Helen Bayuszik, who retired from Butler and passed on October 20, 2017, age 88
Emma Holtz, who retired from Slippery Rock and passed November 8, age 91
Jane Kummer, who retired from BC3 and passed November 12, age 91
Mary Louise Lang, who retired from Mars and passed Nov, 21, age 87
Laura Herold, who retired from Butler and passed December 28, age 92
2016
Mary C. Hoehn, who retired from Butler and passed October 13, age 105
Jane M Bortmas, who retired from Moniteau and passed October 7, age 94
Gary Anderson, who retired Butler from and passed September 11, age 75
Robert J. Niesslein who retired from Quaker Valley and passed August 18, age 75
Gerald L. Kramer who retired from South Butler and passed September 18, age 82
Joanne Lewis, who retired from Butler and passed July 28, age 87
Valjean Champ, who retired from Butler and passed April 21, age 75
Louise Kunkle, who retired from South Butler and passed April 2, age 88
Carol Schofield, who retired from Butler and passed February 10, age 80
2015
Velma Jean Dreher, who retired from Butler and passed December 29, age 81
Walter Lonchena, who retired from Butler and passed November 6, age 83
Helen Painter, who retired from Seneca Valley and passed Sept. 14, age 92
Marjorie "Peg" Campbell, who retired from Butler and passed on October 23, age 87
Donald "Coach" Dombart, who retired from Butler and passed on October 16, age 83
Kathryn Conway, who retired from Slippery Rock and passed July 23, age 88
Marilyn "Mimi" Rider, who retired from Butler passed on May 26, age 92
Dorothea Kummer, who retired from Butler passed on March 9, age 89
John Lytle, who retired from Butler and passed on February 20, age 83
Mary L. Carney, who retired from Richland and passed February 11, age 89
Amelda Bennett, who retired from Slippery Rock and passed on January 22, age 92
2014
George Bernlohr, who retired from BC3 and passed December 15, age 83
George Bristen, who retired from Moniteau and passed November 14, age 84
Angeline Venditto, who retired from New Castle and passed November 4, age 93
Donna Reeder, who retired from Butler and passed September 28, age 69
Robert King, who retired from South Butler and passed September 16, age 82
Irene "Texie" Ketterer, who retired from Seneca Valley and passed June 3, age 82
William Thompson, who retired from South Butler and passed June 18, age 82
David Ellis, who retired from Slippery Rock and passed May 26, age 74
Thomas Hovanec, who retired from Butler and passed May 19, age 78
Thelma Jordan, who retired from Seneca Valley and passed in March 10, age 87
2013
Martha Noble, who retired from Butler and passed January 13, age 89
Alida Moore, who retired from Slippery Rock and passed January 17, age 91
Margery Bish, who retired from Butler and passed February 3, age 86
Harold Stang, who retired from Mars and passed February 8, age 84
Elizabeth "Betty" Bauer who retired from Butler and passed March 4, age 98
Francis Nowicki, who retired from Butler and passed on May 14, age 89
Elizabeth "Becky" Banyay who retired from Seneca Valley and passed on June 2, 91
Bessie Higgins who retired from Butler and passed July 9 age 110
Virginia "Jean" Mosesso, who retired from Butler and passed Sept 15, age 87
Cheryl Livengood, who retired from Butler and passed November 7, age 64
2012
Delores "Dorrie" Weber from Butler and passed March 2, age 62
Ruth Rajchel, who retired from Butler and passed August 21, age 84
Jane Davis, who retired from Apollo and passed July 17, age 93
Dorothy Brown, who retired from South Butler and passed August 5, age 99
Elsie S. McGarvey, who retired from Karns City and passed October 14, age 92
Dorothy Haywood, who retired from Butler and passed November 6, age 92
Joyce Teese who retired for W. PA School for blind and passed November 19
2011
Gladys Miles, who retired from Butler and passed February 10, age 89
Lois Joseph, who retired from Butler and passed February 20, age 93
Juanita Trunzo, who retired from Butler and passed June 10, age 83
Jesse Bowers, who retired from South Butler and passed June 8, age 78
Lois King, who retired from Butler and passed August 25, age 92
Clarence "Ed" Davis, who retired from Butler and passed October 13, age 88
Marjorie Kelly, who retired from BC3 and passed November 4, age 92
John Gillespie, who retired from South Butler and passed November 17, age 83
2010
Audrey Richardson, who retired from Butler and passed June 13, age 79
Stella Emerick, who retired from Butler and passed February 22, age 85
Helen McDeavitt, who retired from Butler and passed April 13, age 82
Mary McKinnis who retired from Butler and passed July 10, age 94
Norma J. Neely, who retired from Butler and passed November 26, age 81
Jean Cratty, who retired from Slippery rock and passed December 6, age 80
2009
William A. Lehnerd, who retired from Butler and passed May 27, age 79
No date or school district
Rita Kelly
2004
George Bristen, who retired from Moniteau and passed November 14, 2004, age 84
A School Teachers Poem
One hundred years from now
it will not matter
what kind of car I drove,
what kind of house I lived in
how much money was
in my bank account
nor what my clothes looked like..
But the world may be a
better place because
I was important in the life of a child!