Arthur Jay Gregg – Coal Center
Obituaries
July 16, 2022

Arthur Jay Gregg – Coal Center

By Mon Valley Independent

Arthur Jay Gregg, 89, of Coal Center, Pa., died Friday, July 15, 2022, at West-lake Woods Assisted Living in Erie, Pa. He was born on Tuesday, March 28, 1933, in East Millsboro, Pa., the son of the late Arthur Jackson Gregg and Mary Novak Gregg. He was a member of Monongahela Valley Lodge No. 461 Free and Accepted Masons, the Shriners, Long Branch Grange and Howe United Methodist Church. He taught chemistry and was the science department head at Peters Township High School for 37 years. After retirement, he and his wife Nancy enjoyed traveling. Arthur enjoyed collecting and working on antique cars. He loved spending time with his family. Arthur was preceded in death by his parents. Left to cherish his memory are his wife of 65 years, Nancy (Schaum) Gregg; three children, Arthur Jeffrey Gregg (Candace) of Northport, Ala., Marcy Ruggiero (Nick) of Wittman, Md., Dianne Stanopiewicz of Erie, Pa., and son-in-law, Donald Stanopiewicz. Also surviving are four grandchildren, Zack Stanopiewicz, Jordan Stanopiewicz, Anna Ruggiero and Anthony Ruggiero. Friends will be received at Howe United Methodist Church from 4 to 7 p.m. Monday, July 18, 2022. Funeral services will begin at 10 a.m. Tuesday, July 19, 2022, with Rev. Gary Gregg officiating. Interment will follow in Howe Cemetery. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to MARISCOTTI FUNERAL HOME, INC., Anthony N. Mariscotti, supervisor, 323 Fourth Street, California, Pa. In lieu of flowers, the family requests contributions to be made to the Gregg, Hartman and Novak Scholarship fund for the Science Department of PennWest California (formerly California University of Pennsylvania).

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