Area deaths
Area deaths
RENE A. LEWIS, 68, of Youngstown, died Sunday, Jan. 14, 2024. (F.D. Mason)
RICHARD G. PORTER, 89, of Canfield, died Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024. Arrangements are pending. (Kinnick)
EDWARD WILLIAMS JR., 94, of Youngstown, died Saturday, Jan. 20, 2024. SERVICES: 11 a.m. Thursday, F.D. Mason Memorial Funeral Home, Youngstown.
Area deaths
JANICE A. BERQUIST, 81, of Youngstown, died Saturday, Jan. 27, 2024. CALLING HOURS: 10 to 11 a.m. Thursday, St. Christine Church, Youngstown. (Vaschak-Kirila)
DENNIS G. CARPENTER, 70, of Liberty, died Sunday, Jan. 28, 2024, at The Cleveland Clinic. SERVICES: 11 a.m. Friday, Blackstone Funeral Home, Girard. CALLING HOURS: 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday and 10 to 11 a.m. Friday, funeral home.
THOMAS A. STOLAR, 76. of Austintown, died Saturday, Jan. 27, 2024. CALLING HOURS: 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday, Rossi and Santucci Funeral Home, Boardman.
Area deaths
BETTY L. LITTELL, 95, of Warren, died Saturday, Jan. 27, 2024. SERVICES: 2 p.m. Wednesday, Crown Hill Burial Park Chapel Mausoleum, Vienna. CALLING HOURS: 1 p.m. Wednesday, mausoleum. (Selby T.J Fox)
BETSIE ” BESS” VECK, 96, of Canfield, died Sunday, Jan. 28, 2024. Arrangements are pending. (Fox Funeral Home)
Area deaths
MARY ALICE McCALL, 73, of Youngstown, died Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024. SERVICES: 10 a.m. Saturday, Triedstone Baptist Church. CALLING HOURS: 9 a.m. Saturday, church.
ROBERT E. MINCHER, 81, of Poland, died Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024. There are no services. (Davis-Becker)
DOLORES E. MOHR, 93, of Boardman, died Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024. SERVICES: 10 a.m. Tuesday, Davis-Becker Funeral Home, Boardman. CALLING HOURS: 5 to 7 p.m. Monday, funeral home.
JAIME RICE, 65, of Youngstown, died Friday, Jan. 19, 2024. There are no services. (Rossi and Santucci)
RONALD J. ZARLENGO, 80, of Boardman, died Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024. Services were private. (Rossi and Santucci)
Area deaths
Area deaths
JEROME LEWIS SR., 67, of Youngstown, died Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024. (F.D. Mason)
FRANCIS E. OLENICK, 79, of Boardman, died Saturday, Jan. 20, 2024. There are no services. (Rossi and Santucci)
ELOISE L. RUTLEDGE, 61, of Youngstown, died Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024. SERVICES: noon Monday, F.D. Mason Memorial Funeral Home. CALLING HOURS: 11 a.m. Monday, funeral home.
ROSEMARIE YUHAS, 92, of Struthers, died Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024, at Hospice House. SERVICES: 10:15 a.m. Tuesday, Davidson-Becker Funeral Homes, Struthers, and 11 a.m., Christ Our Savior Parish at Holy Trinity Church, Struthers. CALLING HOURS: 4 to 7 p.m. Monday, funeral home.
STEPHEN N. ZARBAUGH, 81, of Brookfield, died Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024. SERVICES: 1 to 2 p.m. Saturday, Crown Hill Chapel Mausoleum, Vienna. CALLING HOURS: noon to 1 p.m. Saturday, Crown Hill Chapel Mausoleum. (Selby T.J. Fox)
Area deaths
EVA RAE CODY, 90, of Salem, died Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024, at Salem Regional Medical Center. There are no services at this time. (Stark Memorial)
ROGER A. LIPPIATT, 81, of Green Township, died Sunday, Jan. 21, 2024, at home. SERVICES: 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Arbaugh-Pearce-Greenisen & Sons Funeral Home, Salem. CALLING HOURS: 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday, funeral home.
KATHLEEN S. YAPLE McHUE, 76, of Leetonia, died Sunday, Jan. 21, 2024, in Damascus. There are no services. (Arbaugh-Pearce-Greenisen)
DAVID PHILLIP SCHUSTER, 80, of Salem, died Saturday, Jan. 20, 2024, at St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital. CALLING HOURS: 4 to 7 p.m. Friday, Stark Memorial funeral home, Salem.
DONALD D. “FERGIE” WILSON, 89, Hanoverton. SERVICES: noon Monday, New Garden Methodist Church, Hanoverton. CALLING HOURS: 10 to 11:30 a.m. Monday, church.
BEVERLY M. ZETTS, 75, of Poland, died Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024. SERVICES: 10 a.m. Monday, Holy Family Church, Poland. CALLING HOURS: 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday, prayers 9:15 a.m. Monday, Davis-Becker Funeral Home, Boardman.
CHAROLETTE MAYNARD, 78, of Boardman, died Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024. SERVICES: 11 a.m. Tuesday, Higgins-Reardon Funeral Home, Boardman. CALLING HOURS: 5 to 7 p.m. Monday and 10 to 11 a.m. Tuesday, funeral home.
Area deaths
WILLIAM J. HAGERTY, 57, of Youngstown, died Friday, Jan. 5, 2024. (Fox)
LAURA LEE MARSHALL-BITTINGER, 44, of Niles, died Monday, Jan. 22, 2024, at The Cleveland Clinic. (Holloway-Williams)
MARLENE J. ODDIS, 83, of North Lima, died Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024. SERVICES: 11 a.m. Friday, Infant Jesus of Prague Byzantine Catholic Church, Boardman. (Becker)
STEPHEN N. ZARBAUGH, 81, of Brookfield, died Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024. SERVICES: 1 to 2 p.m. Saturday, Crown Hill Chapel Mausoleum, Vienna. CALLING HOURS: noon to 1 p.m. Saturday, Crown Hill Chapel Mausoleum.
Area deaths
LOUIS P. CUTLIP, 75, of Girard, died Monday, Jan. 22, 2024, at St. Elizabeth Boardman Hospital. SERVICES: 4 p.m. Sunday, Holeton-Yuhasz Funeral Home, Niles. CALLING HOURS: 3 to 4 p.m. Sunday, funeral home.
MARY ANN EBERT, 77, of Boardman, died Monday, Jan. 22, 2024. SERVICES: 7 p.m. Friday, Fox Funeral Home, Boardman. CALLING HOURS: 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, funeral home.
MARY JANE VOLLNOGLE, 65, of Columbiana, died Monday, Jan. 22, 2024, at Hospice House. SERVICES: 2 p.m. Feb. 17, Church of the Nazarene, Columbiana. (Seederly-Mong and Beck)
Area deaths
ROBERT G. DICE, 83, of Lakeland, Florida, formerly of Hubbard, died Friday, Jan. 19, 2024. (Gilley’s Family Cremation, Winter Haven, Florida)
DARIS D. “LADY” LAIRD, 90, of Boardman, died Sunday, Jan. 21, 2024. SERVICE: noon Saturday, Fox Funeral Home, Boardman. CALLING HOURS: 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, funeral home.
EDWAD M. MARSH, 94, of Struthers, died Monday, Jan. 22, 2024. Arrangements are pending. (Davidson-Becker)
Area deaths
OLIVE AIKEN, 82, of Youngstown, died Thursday, Dec. 28, 2023. (Augustine)
JOHN F. CONWAY, 62, of Canfield, died Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024, at home. Arrangements are pending. (Kinnick)
MARY “MAGGIE” CRETELLA, 74, of Girard, died Sunday, Jan. 14, 2024, at Liberty Health Care. Services are private. (Blackstone)
GEORGE R. GAYAN, 93, formerly of Youngstown, died Thursday, Jan. 4, 2024. Services are private. (Kinnick)
PATRICIA HARTILL, 83, of Girard, died Friday, Jan. 19, 2024, at Shepherd of the Valley. (Blackstone)
NELSON SANTIAGO LABOY, 62, of Campbell, died Monday, Jan. 8, 2024. (Augustine)
THEODORA JANE MENDOZZI, 90, of Struthers, died Friday, Jan. 19, 2024. SERVICES: noon Thursday, Christ Our Savior parish, St. Nicholas Church. CALLING HOURS: 10 to 11:45 a.m. Thursday, at the church. (Higgins-Reardon, Poland)
GEORGE C. SELL, 82, of Youngstown, died Friday, Jan. 12, 2024. Services are private. (Kinnick)
JOSEPH VENABLE, of Youngstown, died Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024. (Augustine)
Area deaths
RONALD S. GOSSETT, 73, of Bushnell, Florida, formerly of the area, died Friday, Jan. 12, 2024. (Purcell)
SANDRA L. MESSIMER, 66, of Green Township, died Monday, Jan. 15, 2024. SERVICES: 3 p.m. Saturday, Arbaugh-Pearce-Greenisen and Sons Funeral Home, Salem. CALLING HOURS: 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday, funeral home.
Area deaths
JAMES M. BRUDERLY, 68, of Salem, died Sunday, Jan. 14, 2024. SERVICES: 1 p.m. Friday, Stark Memorial Funeral Home, Salem. CALLING HOURS: noon to 1 p.m. Friday, funeral home.
WILLIAM BRUNDAGE, 55, of Warren, died Monday, Jan. 15, 2024. SERVICES: noon Monday, Higgins-Reardon Funeral Homes, Austintown Chapel. CALLING HOURS: 10 a.m. to noon Monday, funeral home.
MICHAEL J. CUSICK, 33, of Youngstown, died Saturday, Jan. 6, 2024. CALLING HOURS: 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, Fox Funeral Home, Boardman.
JEANNETTE M. HILLIARD, 95, of Salem, died Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024. Services were private. (Stark Memorial)
CHERIE S. HOLWICK, 79, of Salem, died Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024. (Stark Memorial)
JAMES B. ROUZZO, 47, of Struthers, died Monday, Jan. 15, 2024. Arrangements pending. (Davidson-Becker)
MARGARET A. RUESS, 77, of Struthers, died Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024. SERVICES: 10 a.m. Saturday, Gibson Heights Second Presbyterian Church, Youngstown. CALLING HOURS: 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, Davidson-Becker Funeral Home, Struthers.
SHIRLEY ANN SCHMID, 87, of Salem died Monday, Jan. 15, 2024. SERVICES: 10:30 a.m. Saturday, St. Paul Catholic Church. CALLING HOURS: 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Saturday, church. (Stark Memorial)
Area deaths
DAVID J. CHAPMAN, 79, of Youngstown, died Sunday, Jan. 14, 2024. A celebration of life will be held at a later date. (Rossi and Santucci)
GLESSIE V. CLEMENS, 100, of Warren, died Sunday, Jan. 14, 2024. SERVICES: 2 p.m. Saturday, Holeton-Yuhasz Funeral Home, Niles. CALLING HOURS: noon to 2 p.m. Saturday, funeral home.
MARY LOU KUKURA, 83, of Boardman, died Monday, Jan. 15, 2024. SERVICES: 7 p.m. Friday, Higgins-Reardon Funeral Homes, Boardman-Canfield Chapel. CALLING HOURS: 5:30 to 6:45 p.m. Friday, funeral home.
Area deaths
LILLIAN B. KELLY, 84, of Little River, South Carolina, formerly of Youngstown, died Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024. SERVICES: 10 a.m. Friday, St. Michael Church, Canfield. CALLING HOURS: 5 to 7 p.m. Higgins-Reardon Funeral Homes, Boardman-Canfield Chapel.
MICHAEL S. LUDWIG, 64, of Hubbard, died Friday, Jan. 12, 2024, at home. (Borowski / Oak Meadow)
REV. STEPHEN E. POPOVICH, 69, of Youngstown, died Sunday, Jan. 14, 2024. SERVICES: 11 a.m. Friday, St. Paul the Apostle Church, New Middletown. CALLING HOURS: 2 to 6 p.m. Thursday, Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, Austintown. (Higgins-Reardon)
Area Deaths
MARGARET “PEGGY” TOBEY, 81, of Hubbard, died Saturday, Jan. 13, 2024. (Blackstone Funeral Home)
Area deaths
CARREN CHAMBERLIN, 82, of New Waterford, died Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024, at Christian House in East Palestine. SERVICES: 6 p.m. Monday, Warrick-Kummer-Rettig Funeral Home, Columbiana.
MARGARET ANN DAVIES, 93, of Canfield, died Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024. Arrangements are pending. (Kinnick)
TONYA K. MASTERS, 50, of North Lima, died Sunday, Jan. 7, 2024, at home. Arrangements are pending. (Kinnick)
GORDON WELSH, 87, of Boardman, died Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024. Arrangements are pending. (Higgins-Reardon)
Area deaths
PHILLIP E. BIXLER, 80, of Greenford, died Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2024, in Poland. (Arbaugh-Pearce-Greenisen)
MIRIAM C. COLEMAN GOOD, 74, of Salem, died Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024. SERVICES: 3 p.m. Saturday, Arbaugh-Pearce-Greenisen and Sons Funeral Home. CALLING HOURS: noon to 3 p.m. Saturday, funeral home.
ROBERT GORICKI, 76, died Monday, Jan. 8, 2024. SERVICES: 11 a.m. Jan. 19, Our Lady of Sorrows, St. Matthias Church. CALLING HOURS: 10 to 11 a.m. Jan. 19, church. (Higgins-Reardon)
GAIL M. “PEGGY” HALL, 84, of Youngstown, died Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024, at St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital. SERVICES: 4 p.m. Sunday, Good Hope Lutheran Church, Boardman. CALLING HOURS: 2:30 to 3:45 p.m. Sunday, church. (Becker)
MARTINA S. ACHORNE HEINES, 73, of Lisbon, died Thursday, Jan. 4, 2024. (Arbaugh-Pearce-Greenisen)
SETH K. LENINGER, 29, of Salem, died Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024. SERVICES: 11 a.m. Friday, Salem First Methodist Church. CALLING HOURS: 10 to 11 a.m. Friday, church. (Stark Memorial)
FERNANDO MARTINEZ, 77, of Youngstown, died Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2023, in Salem. (Arbaugh-Pearce-Greenisen)
RICHARD V. PHILLIPS, 81, of Leetonia, died Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024. (Arbaugh-Pearce-Greenisen)
KEITH L. SOUTHERLAND SR., 64, of Atlanta, Georgia, died Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2023. SERVICES: 11 a.m. Friday., F.D. Mason Memorial Funeral Home, Youngstown. CALLING HOURS: 10 a.m. Friday, funeral home.
Area deaths
KATHLEEN A. “KATHY” HAAS, 68, of Struthers, died Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024. SERVICES: 4 p.m. Sunday, Higgins-Reardon Funeral Homes, Poland Chapel. CALLING HOURS: 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, funeral home.
THOMAS E. HOFFMAN JR., 81, of Apple Valley, California, formerly of Youngstown, died Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2024.
Area deaths
RONALD F. CENTRELLO SR., 81, of Boardman, died Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2024, at home. (Borowski/Oak Meadow)
BETTY F. GALBREATH, 90, of Boardman, died Monday, Jan. 8, 2024. SERVICES: 11 a.m. Saturday, Davis-Becker Funeral Home, Boardman. CALLING HOURS: 9:30 to 10:45 a.m. Saturday, funeral home.
JACK HATFIELD, 86, died Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2024, in Salem. There are no services. (Borowski/Oak Meadow)
SUSAN M. KEY, 64, of Boardman, died Saturday, Jan. 6, 2024. SERVICES: 4 p.m. Friday, Fox Funeral Home, Boardman. CALLING HOURS: 2 to 4 p.m. Friday, funeral home.
BRYON D. MOUNTZ, 53, of East Rochester, died Thursday, Jan. 4, 2024. SERVICES: 3 p.m. Saturday, Stark Memorial Funeral Home, Salem. CALLING HOURS: 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday, funeral home.
THOMAS J, PAPIC, 39, of Salem, died Friday, Jan. 5, 2024. SERVICES: 1 p.m. Thursday, Stark Memorial Funeral Home, Salem. CALLING HOURS: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday, funeral home.
Area deaths
ALBERT RAY DENMEADE, 85, of Struthers, died Sunday, Jan. 7, 2024, at St. Elizabeth Boardman Hospital. SERVICES: 11 a.m. Saturday, Parkside Church, Struthers. CALLING HOURS: 9:30 to 10:45 a.m. Saturday, church.
JOYCE ANN VOYE, 83, of Vienna, died Saturday, Jan. 6, 2024, at the Trumbull Regional Medical Center, Warren. SERVICES: 11 a.m. Saturday, St. Thomas the Apostle Church, Vienna. CALLING HOURS: 10 to 11 a.m. Saturday, church. (Holeton-Yuhasz)
TIMOTHY JOHN MICHAEL SMOLNIK, 59, of Struthers, died Saturday, Jan. 6, 2024. Funeral arrangements are pending. (Davidson-Becker, Struthers)
Area deaths
NORMA JEAN KESLAR, 83, of Garrettsville, died Saturday, Dec. 30, 2023. SERVICES: 1 p.m. Monday, Windham Church of the Nazarene. CALLING HOURS: 11 a.m. to 12:55 p.m. Monday, church. (Rossi and Santucci)
THOMAS J. MUCCI D.O., 73, of Poland, died Thursday, Jan. 4, 2024, at his home. SERVICES: 6 p.m. Wednesday, Kinnick Funeral Home, Youngstown. CALLING HOURS: 5 to 6 p.m. Wednesday, funeral home.
ANGELA MARIE SUICH, 92, of Girard, died Saturday, Jan. 6, 2024, at St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital. SERVICES: noon Thursday, St. Rose Church, Girard. CALLING HOURS: 10 a.m. to noon Thursday, church. (Blackstone)
Area deaths
RICHARD E. DENNISON JR., 44, of Salem, died Dec. 11, 2023. SERVICES: 2 p.m. Monday, Stark Memorial, Salem. CALLING HOURS: 1 to 2 p.m. Monday, funeral home.
DIANNA HALLAHAN, 80, formerly of Youngstown, died Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023, in Pontiac, Michigan. SERVICES: noon Jan. 13, Thompson Filicky Funeral Home, Boardman. CALLING HOURS: 11 to 11:55 a.m. Jan. 13, funeral home.
DARLENE KEY SALYERS, 74, of Meridian, Idaho, died Monday, Jan. 1, 2024. (Cloverdale)
LYDIA ANN YOUNG, 56, formerly of Youngstown, died Sunday, Dec. 17, 2023. Services have been held. (Augustine)
EDWARD STONEBRAKER, 63, of Girard, died Monday, Jan. 4, 2024, at home. SERVICES: noon Jan. 13, First Christian Church, Niles. CALLING HOURS: 10 a.m. to noon Jan. 13, church. (Blackstone)
ROBERT B. WALKER, 84, of Youngstown, died Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2023. SERVICES: 11 a.m. Tuesday, Greater Friendship Baptist Church. CALLING HOURS: 10 to 11 a.m. Tuesday, church. (F.D. Mason)
Area deaths
DIANE T. BARONE, 68, died Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2023, at Select Specialty Hospital, Boardman. SERVICES: 4 p.m. Sunday, Kirila Funeral Home, Struthers. CALLING HOURS: 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, funeral home.
RITA MARIE MARINELLI GORDON, 94, Naples, Florida, died Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2024, in Columbus. Cremation was handled by Day Funeral Home in Gahanna (Ohio).
ROGER “RIP” POUND, 76, of Lisbon, died Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2024, at his residence. SERVICES: 11 a.m. Monday, Davis Becker Funeral Home, Boardman. CALLING HOURS: 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday, funeral home.
ERIC E. RAMSEY, 69, of Niles, died Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2024, at the Liberty Healthcare Center, following a short illness. There are no services. (Holeton-Yuhasz)
Area deaths
CLAUDE D. CLAY, 61, of Lordstown, died Thursday evening, Dec. 28, 2023, at the Trumbull Regional Medical Center. A service will be announced at a later date. (Holeton-Yuhasz)
RUSSELL CORNMAN, 80, of Boardman, died Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2024. Arrangements are pending. (Rossi & Santucci)
Area deaths
ERNESTINE MARCUS, 72, of Austintown, died Thursday, Dec. 21, 2023. SERVICES: 2 p.m. Friday, graveside, Emanu El Cemetery, Youngstown. (Shriver-Allison-Courtley-Weller-King)
SHIRLEY ANN STRYFFELER, 92, of Columbiana, died Monday, Jan. 1, 2024 at home. SERVICES: 11 a.m. Saturday, Upper Room Fellowship, Columbiana. CALLING HOURS: 5 to 7 p.m. Friday and 10 to 11 a.m. Saturday, church. (Warrick-Kummer-Rettig)
Area deaths
LUCY CONTI, 80, of McDonald, died Friday, December 29, 2023. SERVICES: 10 a.m. Friday , Our Lady of Mount Carmel Basilica, Youngstown. CALLING HOURS: 9 to 9:55 a.m. Friday, church. (Rossi & Santucci, Boardman)
KEVIN MARTIN MURPHY, 66, of Cortland, died Sunday, Dec. 31, 2023. Arrangements are pending. (Higgins-Reardon, Austintown)