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Albert Jerome "Jerry" Wiesen, 73, of 448 South Eighth Street, Sharpsville, Pennsylvania, died peacefully of natural causes at 4:15 P.M. Saturday, December 28, 2013, in the hospital of Sharon Regional Health System. He was born January 10, 1940, in Sharon, one of three children born to Paul John Wiesen and Helen C. Conlin Wiesen. A lifelong area resident, he graduated from St. Joseph’s School in 1954 and Sharon High School in 1958. Jerry, as he was known by his family and friends, worked at the former Sharon Steel Corporation’s Farrell plant from March 5, 1959, to October 1989, as a production clerk, shipping clerk, safety man and shipper in the 60-inch cold roll department. He was an active member of the United Steel Workers Local 1197, serving on the negotiation committee and as a grievance man and financial secretary, and was a lifelong member of St. Joseph’s Church, Sharon. In the 1960’s Jerry had a successful run as the head basketball coach at St. Joseph’s School. He started his coaching career with 44 straight victories in the Mercer County Parochial League over a three-year period. His 1966-67 team won the Erie Diocesan title and made it to the state parochial tournament held at St. Frances College, Loretta, Pa. His wife, the former Mary Ann Mineo, whom he married September 29, 1962, in Our Lady of Fatima Church, passed away June 8, 2010. Surviving are two daughters, Nancy Ann Wiesen, Shelby, N.C.; and Carol Ann Wiesen McCurdy and her husband William, Winthrop, Mass.; three sons, Paul J. Wiesen and his wife Jane, Melrose, Mass.; Michael J. Wiesen and his wife Jodi, Georgetown; and Thomas J. Wiesen and his wife Darcy, Sharpsville; 12 grandchildren, Thomas J. “TJ” Wiesen II, Annemarie, Edward “Ted,” Tim, Tyler, Daniel, twins Marissa and Matthew, Peter, Andrew and Robert Wiesen and Grace Lillian McCurdy; a brother, Eugene P. Wiesen and his wife Genevieve Mastrian Wiesen, Hermitage; brothers-in-law, Kenneth Vorhaben, Houston; and Anthony Mineo and his wife Judy Babinka Mineo, Sharon; and numerous nieces and nephews. In addition to his wife, he was preceded in death by his parents; a sister, Rosemary Vorhaben; his mother- and father-in-law, Joseph and Grace Mineo; and two sisters-in-law, Caroline and Jean Mineo. A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated Thursday, January2, 2014, in St. Joseph Church, Sharon, with the Rev. Jason Glover and Rev. Glenn R. Whitman concelebrating, and burial was with his wife in St. Rose Cemetery, Hermitage. Funeral arrangements were handled by the J. Bradley McGonigle Funeral Home and Crematory, Inc., 1090 East State Street, Sharon. |  |
