Obituary of Dr. William F. Newhart

Dr. William F. Newhart, 63, of Plains Township, passed at his private residence on Friday, May 2, 2025, with his wife and family by his side. Born in Wilkes-Barre on September 8,1961, William was a son of the late Herbert and Mary Pietrzyk Newhart. The family resided in the Fox Hill section of Plains as he grew up. William started his education at the Cotton Avenue Elementary School and was a graduate of James M. Coughlin High School, class of 1979. He continued his college education at Wilkes College and received his bachelor's degree in biology. William then obtained his doctorate at the Sherman College of Chiropractic in Spartanburg, SC in 1993. Dr. William joined his brother-in-law’s practice, Dr. Malcolm Conway in Kingston from 1993 to 2002. He then opened Newhart Chiropractic Center in Plains Township from 2002 until the present. In 1983, William met Maureen McDermott. On October 19, 1990, the loving couple was married and resided in Kingston, Yatesville, and currently in Plains. Together they raised their son William. Over the years, he enjoyed expanding on his cooking and his baking skills for his loving family and friends to enjoy a great meal and a sweet treat. William was very talented in many aspects of life. He had an engineer’s mind in two different senses. One was that of a handyman and carpenter that he could look at something broken and figure out how it worked and what it would take to fix it. He inherited this from the years he worked with his Pop Newhart and father working on restoring their 1955 corvette that they took to car shows. The second was that of a locomotive engineer. William loved trains of all sizes. As a child, he loved Lionel trains, and his passion grew throughout his life for the power of steam on the rails. One of his favorite places that he took his family was to watch trains pass around the Horseshoe Curve in Altoona. William was a member of Saints Maria Goretti Parish, Laflin; the Pennsylvania Chiropractic Association, and a member of the Masonic King David Lodge 763 F&AM, Kingston. William was preceded by his loving parents Herbert and Mary, and infant brother Joseph. He is survived by his loving wife of thirty-four years, Maureen, at home; son William (Tara), Pittsburgh; brothers Dr. Paul Newhart, Plains; and Ryan Newhart, Port Deposit, MD; stepmother Colleen, Plains, his grand pup Leo and extended family. Friends and family are invited to attend a memorial visitation at the Saint Maria Goretti Church, 42 Redwood Drive, Laflin, on Friday, May 9, 2025, from 9:00 a.m. until 10:00 a.m. A Mass of Christian Burial will begin at 10:00 a.m. Rev. Alex Roche will be the officiant of the service. Interment will be held at the convenience of his family. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations in William's name may be given to Whiskers World Inc., 100 Williams Street, Plains, Pa, 18705, or to a charity of the donor's choice. Arrangements have been made with care by the Yanaitis Funeral Home Inc., Plains Twp.