Ryan Francis Terney, 36, of Cambridge Springs passed away unexpectedly at his residence on February 21, 2023. Ryan was born in Pittsburgh on February 20, 1987, son of Donald Carl Terney, Jr. and the late Denise Ann Stiglic Terney. He graduated from Cambridge Springs High School with the class of 2005 and was a U.S. Army Iraq War Veteran serving from 2005 until 2007. Presently, he was a sales associate at Ace Hardware in Cambridge Springs. He volunteered as a wrestling coach for the Cambridge Springs Elementary School wrestling club. He was a loving, devoted father who will be dearly missed by his many friends.
He was preceded in death by his mother, Denise Ann Terney in 2020.
Survivors include his father, Donald Terney, Jr. and his wife, Traci of Titusville; his children: Savannah, Hayden, Francis, and Phillip; sister, Lauren Terney and her companion, Jake Beck of Cambridge Springs and her children Mason, Tye and Tucker; also survived by his partner, Jes Schaefer of Cambridge Springs; stepsister, Kendra Milstead and her husband, Joe; stepbrother, Damian Hollar; stepsister, Nicole Beal; and numerous aunts, uncles and cousins.
Friends may call at Van Matre Funeral Home, Cambridge Springs on Sunday, February 26, from 1-3 p.m. A funeral service will follow at 3 pm.
Memorials may be made to the Cambridge Springs Elementary wrestling program.
Ryan–you were a good man–my heart and many other friends’ hearts are breaking. You and Hayden and I were going to go to dinner, as we had before. I will try to contact him and we’ll go to dinner. You loved your kids–you were a good dad! You had so many talents–sitting down at the piano and being able to play a song you had composed with no music lessons was just another talent. So many of us didn’t find out until after the viewing. We would have been there. You have touched many lives and I hope you are now at peace. to Hayden and family–I am so sorry for your loss and just to let you know it is a great loss for others as well.
Don,
I am so sorry for your loss. Losing a child is something we never want to go though. Wish your family the best in this difficult time.
Thanks Ryan for designing and constructing the beautiful outside stairway leading from our driveway to our back porch. You did this a few years ago but I knew it was a “labor of love” designed to be not only functional but also extremely pleasing to the eye. Your memory will always be a part of us.