CUMMING, Ga. — Mrs. Esther Johnson Rudge, 80, passed away Friday afternoon, Dec. 20, 2024, after entering hospice care. She was born July 8, 1944, in Buffalo Center, Iowa, the daughter of the late Oscar and Viola Johnson. Esther was an avid reader and musician who played the piano as a ...

STRUTHERS — Louis M. “Lou” Palusak, 82, passed away Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024, at St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital, after a short illness. Lou was born Nov. 11, 1942, in Youngstown, a son of Louis R. and Julia Berchik Palusak. He was a 1960 graduate of Ursuline High School. Lou went on ...

JUDITH M. BARTHOLOMY, 86, North Lima. SERVICES: noon Saturday, Western Reserve United Methodist Church, Canfield. CALLING HOURS: 10:30 a.m. to noon Saturday, church. STEPHANIE CAFARO, 51, Austintown. SERVICES: 1:30 p.m. Friday, Higgins-Reardon Funeral Homes, Austintown Chapel. CALLING HOURS: 4 ...

AUSTINTOWN — Amelia Amy Rose Sposato, 93, passed away peacefully, Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024. Amy was born March 7, 1931, in Youngstown, the daughter of Magdalene Vergalitte Sciavone and Valerio J. Schiavone. She attended Youngstown City Schools and graduated from East High School. She went ...

JUDITH M. BARTHOLOMY, 86, North Lima. SERVICES: noon Saturday, Western Reserve United Methodist Church, Canfield. CALLING HOURS: 10:30 a.m. to noon Saturday, church. STEPHANIE CAFARO, 51, Austintown. SERVICES: 1:30 p.m. Friday, Higgins-Reardon Funeral Homes, Austintown Chapel. CALLING HOURS: 4 ...

POLAND — Patricia A. “Patti” Blisard passed away peacefully, Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024, at the age of 72, at Park Center Health and Rehabilitation Center. On Oct. 25, 1952, in Salem, she was born to John and Shirley Stouffer Jenkins. Patti was a proud graduate of Poland Seminary High ...