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Gloria J. Harmon. age 76 of DuBois, PA died Sunday, December 13, 2020 at Penn Highlands DuBois Hospital.
 
Born on July 7, 1944 in Cleveland, OH, she was the daughter of the late Theodore and Ima (Graham) Zajdowicz.
 
Gloria retired from Developers Diversified Realty Company as an executive assistant for many years.
 
She was a member of Grace United Methodist Church in Sykesville, PA. She loved to play games such as Yahtzee, Bingo and Dominoes with her friends. Above all, she loved her family and friends, especially her grandchildren.
 
Gloria is survived by her fiancé (Greg Ziarko), her children; (Eric Strong & his partner Mark Long of Cleveland, OH) and Colleen Keltz & her husband Brett of DuBois, PA), stepsons; Dennis, Robert & Steven Harmon), 3 grandchildren; (Taylor & fiancé Kyle, McKenna & Dillan and Ethan), 4 step grandchildren; (Blake, Brady, Julianna & Nyles) and 1 great grandchild (Harley).
 
She was preceded in death by 1 child (Timothy Strong), 1 brother (Rick Zajdowicz) and 1 sister (Cheryl Jafelice).
 
Due to our current circumstances a private family viewing will be held from the Baronick Funeral Home & Crematorium, Inc. and a private service will be held from Grace United Methodist Church with Pastor Drew Gordon officiating.
 
Burial will be in Morningside Cemetery.
 
Memorial donations may be made to Gateway Humane Society 1211 Airport Road, Falls Creek, PA 15840 and/or a charity of the donor’s choice in the DuBois area.
 
Online condolences can be sent to http://baronickfuneralhome.com/condolence

Mary Beth Amilkavich, 64 of DuBois, PA passed away on Monday, December 7th, 2020 at Penn Highlands DuBois Hospital due to complications from COVID-19.
 
Born on August 8, 1956, in DuBois, PA, she was the daughter of the late James J. and Ann E. (Allegro) Fragle.
 
A lifelong resident of DuBois, Mary Beth graduated from Central Christian High School in 1974.
 
Her career spanned from time behind the desk at the YMCA to the numerous departments at Riverside Warehouse. In recent years, she worked as an office assistant for Dr. Angelo Illuzzi at Penn Highlands Pulmonology. She was a hairdresser in her spare time. Most notably, and perhaps even more infamously, Mary Beth worked as a hair stylist at the Baronick Funeral Home, since its inception almost 25 years ago.
 
In her spare time, she enjoyed gardening, baking, and most importantly, spending time with her family and friends. An avid sports fan, Mary Beth absolutely adored the Steelers and Penguins. She was an active member of the Friendship Ladies Auxiliary Hose Company #2. A devout Catholic, she belonged to St. Catherine’s of Siena Roman Catholic Church. Over the years she devoted her free time to volunteering for many activities relating to both of these organizations.
 
We will always remember her smile, her warmth, her laugh, her love for life, and her friendships, many of whom over time became like family. She made a difference in the lives of so many.
 
A In 1975, Mary Beth wed her husband of 45 years, Leo Charles Amilkavich. Together they raised four children. A lifetime of memories will continue to be treasured by her husband, Leo Charles; daughter and son- in-law, Carrie and Jon Tobin of DuBois; daughter and son-in-law Marcy and Robert Little of DuBois; daughter Elizabeth Amilkavich of New York, NY; son and daughter-in-law Leo James Amilkavich and Ashley of Ephrata, PA; beloved grandchildren, whom she loved so dearly, Maggie and Matthew Tobin; brother James Fragle and his wife Stephanie of DuBois; sister Toni Fragle of Olean, NY; sister Donna Fragle of New York, NY; along with many nieces and nephews, extended family and cherished friends.
 
She was predeceased by sisters Paula Bukousky and T. Sue Fragle, as well as infant brother Patrick.
 
The family would like to extend their heartfelt thanks to a number of exceptional caregivers encountered during her brief illness at Penn Highlands DuBois Hospital.
 
Due to our current circumstances, a private family service was held at the Baronick Funeral Home & Crematorium, Inc. A Mass of Christian Burial and a celebration of Mary Beth’s life will be held at a later date.
 
Burial will be in St. Joseph Cemetery.
 
Donations in Mary Beth’s memory may be made in her name to Friendship Hose Company, 12 S Main Street, DuBois, PA.
 
Online condolences can be sent to http://baronickfuneralhome.com/condolence

PRAISE THE LORD GOD ALMIGHTY!!!! CANCER AND THE LESIONS ARE GONE!!!! we still have to continue with chemo to kill it dead but all I can say FAITH DEFIES THE ODDS AND PROVES THERE IS POWER IN PRAYERS! THANKS BE TO GOD!!!!!!!

See Faith's picture in Tri-County Weekend 4th Annual Cutest Baby Photo Contest.  You can vote as many times as you want. Each vote is .25 cents. Faith is number 4 on list.  This was in Tri-County Weekend - Saturday edition - October 3, 2020.  See ballot in the newspaper. Ballots in paper from Oct.3 - Oct.24.  All together there are 24 baby pictures, My votes are in the mail.

Warning, This is going to be a long post. 
Also Trigger Alert
We took Faith to Pittsburgh on Thursday and Friday for some regular follow up visits, a BAHA hearing aid fitting as well as Pre-Op surgery clearance. The surgery is for her eyes due to strabismus with esotropia (which means her eyes are crossed but only one eye turns in at a time, not both at once)
So I’ll start from the top.
She was fitted for her hearing aid and as you seen in the previous post, it went well. 
What we did learn is that Faith should only need this type of hearing aid and not a permanent one that’s implanted behind her ear. As she grows her hearing should get better as her ear canals widen. So good news. She also got a CT scan of her ears to make sure there is nothing physically affecting her hearing such as blockages or fluid or wax....we are waiting for the results on this.
We saw her cardiologist who was very pleased that her heart has remained stable. She still has the small vsd (hole in her heart) but this is not causing any issues or affecting her in any way other than when she gets sick she has a harder time getting over the colds. So Faith graduated to one year visits!! He was very pleased that Faith has exceeded his expectations! So yay! Good news!
We saw her eye doctor who measured her eyes once more to make sure the surgery was necessary and would be effective. Yes to both of those. Even though the inner muscle pulls her eyes inwards alternately, her vision itself is fine. So she can have her hey surgery! Yay! Good news!
Okay so there’s all the good news.
While we were down there Faith needed to have a screening abdominal ultrasound to check her kidneys. Children with Trisomy 18 are at higher risk of developing Wilms Tumor which is a type of kidney cancer. 
We received these results on Friday 
The ultrasound showed multiple lesions on her left kidney (nephroblastomas) as well as a 2.2cm mass (the size of a ping pong ball). It also showed she has gallstones too.
So an ultrasound is like looking at a black and white tv through a fish bowl. This does not give the drs a full view of how much her left kidney is affected.
So we are going down for an MRI to look at her left kidney and get a better idea of what’s going on. 
Then they are going to try and do a biopsy while she is having her eye surgery.
Then once we get a better idea of what’s going on she may be receiving some “soft” chemotherapy which is the lightest stuff they can give her, easy on her heart as well as her immune system.
Or
She will receive “soft “ chemo and possibly have an operation to remove a part of or her whole kidney. This is depending on the MRI results as well as the biopsy.
We need to move fast. We are going to wage war. These lesions and this mass are ticking time bombs. It is not a matter of “if” it will turn to cancer, it is a matter of when and how bad, but remember, at this moment, it is not cancer, yet.
The chemo will act as a weed killer in a sense, by killing these nephroblastomas (the weeds) before they grow into a bigger problem and spread. 
This will be a week by week and at times a day by day process. 
This is not going to be something that is going away quickly, it’s going to take time and patience, but most of all...it’s going to take prayer.
So what I’m asking of all of you is to do what you’ve been doing all along.... pray.
If Faith has taught us anything it’s that when we come together as one, United, there is Power in Prayer and she is proof of this!
I don’t want you to feel sad.
I don’t want you to feel bad.
I don’t want you to feel sorry.
I want you to feel strong 
I want you to feel the strength of the Holy Spirit coursing through your veins as you pray.
I want you to feel the power and the hope of Jesus Christ in your heart.
She is not just my Faith, she is OUR FAITH!
We are going to keep moving forward, we are not giving up! And Faith is going to keep doing what she’s always done, Defy the Odds and Prove that there really is Power in Prayer cause that’s how she rolls! 
So pray folks and pray hard, put your hearts into it cause this little girl is living off of YOUR PRAYERS and YOUR LOVE! 
Thank you for all your support and your faith in Faith❤️

Samuel B. Maze, Age 41 of Falls Creek, PA died Saturday, June 13, 2020 at Penn Highlands DuBois Hospital.

Sam was born on June 26, 1978 in Warren, PA.

On September 3, 2016, he married Danielle (Vizza) Maze.  She survives.

Sam was the service manager at Stoltz Toyota in DuBois.

He was the head varsity coach of the Brockway High School Girls Volleyball Team.  Sam was also a coach in the DuBois Central Catholic Boys Basketball Middle School Program and coached youth soccer and baseball.

Sam is survived by 3 children (Evan & Brock Dixon, and Samantha Maze), 2 sisters, 6 brothers, and several nieces and nephews.

There will be no public visitation.

A celebration of Sam Maze will be announced at a later date.

Memorials donations can be made to: aMAZing Maze family memorial fund, c/o S&T Bank, 614 Liberty Boulevard, DuBois, PA 15801.

The Baronick Funeral Home & Crematorium, Inc is in charge of arrangements.
 
On line condolences can be made to http://www.baronickfuneralhome.com

Boredom was alleviated by something I found in the greenhouse today. Once upon a time I bought a white bird of paradise plant. I saw them growing in baskets in Florida and thought I got lucky when I found one at Lowe's. There must be more than one kind as this one subsequently grew to 9 or 10 feet tall and has never bloomed. No it hasn't bloomed yet but it did produce something interesting. Lo and behold when I watered today I found an earthstar fungus growing in the pot. Don't have a clue as to where it came from as I have never seen one in the yard. Maybe the spores came in with the potting soil. Who knows?  Isn't it great?
 

Thank u. I was wondering what it looked like and was used for.

For anyone that doesn't know, a tipper is a stand alone piece of equipment that the tractor trailers back onto to dump their loads in the landfill. Most dump the trailer after the truck uncouples, but some will lift the entire truck and trailer

When that deck is in the down position, it is normally angled from back to front, so the trucks have to back slightly uphill. The big blue wall the truck is backed into is called the backstop, and the way I read that story the employee was pinched between the truck and the backstop. It's doubtful the truck was in neutral with the brakes off and just rolled into him. This is just a very sad, scary story, and another sad example that I shared with all of my operators at lunch today.
We see 130-160 trucks per day, and several times per day we will interact with these trucks with either a man on the ground, or a piece of heavy machinery. Trucks can get stuck and have to be pushed or pulled, spotters will be on the ground, trash can get hung in the chute in the tipper...
The cardinal rule is always make contact with the driver before doing anything around, or to, their truck. Landfills are busy places, trucks and equipment never stop moving. Many drivers get paid by the load, not by the hour, so everyone is in a hurry. We deal with a lot of weight and a lot of horsepower, so very few accidents are small. Almost every accident results in significant damage to equipment, and my fear is always what would happen if it ever involved a man on the ground.
This is what would happen. It's so sad. It's a preventable accident, and if a driver was in fact driving the truck when it ran into that man, he will have to live with that for the rest of his life. I wouldn't wish that on anyone, and my biggest fear is having to call one of my employees' wives one day and tell her daddy isn't coming home
 

Supposedly the truck driver backed into and pinned him.  So so sad.

I never noticed that she is cross eyed until this picture. My nephews eye was exactly like this when he was a baby. By the time he went to first grade it was pretty much corrected and never bothered him before it was corrected. Hopefully she will have the same success.  She is really cute. Love the tutu.

I never noticed that she is cross eyed until this picture. My nephews eye was exactly like this when he was a baby. By the time he went to first grade it was pretty much corrected and never bothered him before it was corrected. Hopefully she will have the same success.  She is really cute. Love the tutu.

I never noticed that she is cross eyed until this picture. My nephews eye was exactly like this when he was a baby. By the time he went to first grade it was pretty much corrected and never bothered him before it was corrected. Hopefully she will have the same success.  She is really cute. Love the tutu.

Edward Alan Miller, age 63 of Ridgway, PA died Wednesday, July 17, 2019 at Penn-Highlands DuBois Hospital
Born Feb 20, 1956 in Chicago, IL, He was the son of the late Clarence and Elaine Jemison Miller.
He is survived by his siblings, David Miller of Westminster, CO, Dr. William Miller of Oakland, CA, and Rebecca Miller, of Thornton, CO.
Edward Miller lived a life of adventure. In his youth, he played basketball for the local Methodist Church and for his Jr. High and High School teams. His teammates included his younger brother David, and another mate, Dave Corzine, who went on the play for the Chicago Bulls. His love of sports included a passion for fishing in Shell Lake, WI. His grandparents Willard and Myrtle had a cabin on the lake, and he and his brothers would spend summers at the lake being spoiled, catching fish, woodworking, and enjoying the beauty of WI. On July 20, 1969, they spent the evening gazing at the moon, his grandfather skeptical of the event, but the boys were captivated by the lunar landing. Ed continued to visit Shell Lake up to the end of his life with his brothers over the years, passing his fishing skills onto the new generation of his brother David's children and grandchildren.  His sister, Rebecca, who is 14 years younger, was not a participant by choice. Instead, a love of art, music, writing, and spirituality was shared between them. An avid traveler, 
Ed lived all over the world, including Edinburgh, Scotland, the birthplace of his ancestors. In Colorado, he was a member of the Pinehurst Country Club, and was fortunate to attend the Super Bowl in 1985 to watch the Bears. This joy was later matched by watching the Cubs win the World Series. Later in life, he pursued his art of photography, living on a ranch in Canon City, Colorado but longed to return to the quiet of the Midwest. He found peace and solace at his new home in Ridgway, with his love, Christine, enjoying the quiet evenings, feeding his birds, growing plants, and watching the fireflies.
There will be no public visitation and service will be held at the convenience of the family.
Arrangements are in the care of Baronick Funeral Home and Crematorium, Inc.

Donald L. Bishop, Sr., Age 87, of Falls Creek, PA died Tuesday, July 2, 2019 at his home.
Born on September 19, 1931 in Toby, PA, he was the son of the late Cecil and Evelyn (Sinsabaugh) Bishop.
On March 1, 1958 he married Patty R.(Fox) Bishop. She preceded him in death on January 13, 2007.
Don was a veteran of the United States Navy having served during the Korean War.
He retired from Owens Brockway after 31 years of service.
He was a member of the Lanes Mills United Methodist Church.
He enjoyed baseball and in his earlier years he coached his sons in the DuBois Little League. He also enjoyed fishing and hunting. Don loved his family and friends and would always lend a helping hand to anyone in need. 
He is survived by a daughter (Betty Shaffer and her husband Ron of Rockton, PA), two sons; (Jerry Bishop and his wife Linda of Falls Creek, PA and Donald Bishop Jr. and his wife Danita of Reynoldsville, PA), two sisters; (Frances Lazar & husband Frank Caracciolo of DuBois, PA and Marian Lundberg & husband Raymond of Ft. Lauderdale, FL) a brother (Ronald Bishop & his wife Helen of Falls Creek, PA), six grandchildren and numerous great grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by a daughter (Daunna Carlson) and a grandson (Eric Carlson).
Visitation will be held on Friday, July 5, 2019 from 2PM - 4PM & 6PM - 8PM at the Baronick Funeral Home & Crematorium, Inc.
A funeral service will be held on Saturday, July 6, 2019 at 10:30AM from the funeral home with Pastor Robert Trask officiating.
Full Military Honors will be accorded from the funeral home by the DuBois Area Honor Guard.
Burial will be in Beechwoods Cemetery.
Memorials may be made to Hahne Regional Cancer Center, 100 Hospital Avenue, DuBois, PA 15801.
Online condolences can be made to http://www.baronickfuneralhome.com.

Thomas K. "Tommy" Scott, Jr. Age 56 of DuBois, PA died Thursday, May 23, 2019 at Penn Highlands DuBois Hospital.
Born on October 16, 1962 in DuBois, PA he was the son of the late Thomas and Jean (Munro) Scott.
On September 10, 2005, he married Mari Lynn (Martini) Scott. She survives.
He was the owner and operator of Gateway Enterprises for 36 years and was involved in the daily operations of the family business Herb & Tom's.
Tommy loved his family and auto racing. He was a well-known racing enthusiast owning and operating his own race team. He worked at many race tracks in the area alongside his family, sponsored many cars and mentored many drivers.
He is survived by two daughters;(Elizabeth "Betsy" Spellen of DuBois, PA and Jamie Beatty of Lexington, NC), one brother (Jim Corby & his wife Biz of DuBois, PA) and one sister (Debra Scott of DuBois, PA), and three grandchildren;(Jacob & Ethan Spellen and Emily Beatty).
Visitation will be held on Friday, May 24,2019 from 2 - 4 PM and 6- 8 PM at the Baronick Funeral Home & Crematorium, Inc.
A funeral service will be held on Saturday, May 25, 2019 at 11 AM from the funeral home with Pastor Terry Felt officiating.
Burial will be in Beechwoods Cemetery.
Memorials may be made to Gateway Area Humane Society 1211 Airport Road, Falls Creek, PA 15840.
Online condolences can be sent to www.baronickfuneralhome.com

Just read the article about her in the Courier. 

Papa with Faith Marie,  Faith smiling,  Faith Marie imitating Muhammad Ali,  Brandi reunited with Faith after work.

Seriously???

Seriously???

IMO, if 'some' don't like it, they don't need to click on the thread. I'll never understand people who complain about a topic when clicking/reading/looking/replying is completely optional.  
That said, what's not to like here? 

Today Faith Marie is 3 months old. She is 8# & wearing 0-3 mo clothing.

Brandi took a pic of Faith Marie from about a month ago & put it side by side with her 1 month old pic. ❤️

Today Faith Marie is 1 month old. ❤️ 🙏🏻 ❤️ We are told that her odds of making it to a yr old go up if she made it to a month old. I say she has the same odds as the rest of us. When God calls us home, we go.
 

Marlene Good Age 70 of DuBois, PA died Wednesday, February 6, 2019 at Penn Highlands DuBois Hospital.
Born on September 20, 1948 she was the daughter of the late Stanley S. and Phyllis Baranoski Godak.
On July 4, 1970 she married Peter M. Good. He survives.
She worked as a hairstylist for Shear Imagination in DuBois and La'Jose in Pittsburgh. She also worked at the DuBois Regional Medical Center for 15 years and was very active in the family business, Forklift Repair Service. 
Marlene was a member of St. Michael the Archangel Roman Catholic Church and enjoyed visiting the residents of Christ The King Manor. 
Marlene is survived by two sons; (Andrew Good of Reynoldsville, PA and Michael Good of Leesburg, VA), one sister (Barbara Sobczak of DuBois, PA) and numerous nieces and nephews.
There will be no public visitation.
A Memorial Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Tuesday, February 12, 2019 at 10 AM from the Chapel at Christ The King Manor with Msgr. Richard Siefer as celebrant.
Burial will be in St. Michaels Cemetery.
Memorials may be made to Christ The King Manor, 1100 West Long Avenue, DuBois, PA 15801.
Arrangements are under the direction the Baronick Funeral Home and Crematorium, Inc. 
Online condolences can be made to www.baronickfuneralhome.com