WASHINGTONVILLE — Richard G. Edwards Sr., 89, passed away peacefully, Sunday morning, Jan. 5, 2025, at Windsor House of Canfield. Richard was born April 2, 1935, in Detroit, Michigan, and moved to this area as a child. He graduated from Chaney High School in 1954. After graduation, he ...

POLAND — Leanna Ilene Felger, born July 6, 1944, in Youngstown, to George and Helen Hinderliter Bensky, passed away Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. She was a 1963 graduate of Springfield High School. She remained in the Springfield area with her family and eventually married her husband, Robert ...

HUDSON — Richard William “Rich” Gunn, 89, passed away Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025. He was born Feb. 22, 1935, in Cleveland, to the late Frank Murphy and Frances Mae Fryan Gunn. Rich is the beloved husband of Sarah Anne “Sally” Crespi Gunn, and formerly of Carol Cleo Calvin, who died ...

SPARTANBURG, S.C. — VADM John Baptiste LaPlante, USN (Ret.), 84, passed away peacefully, Friday, Jan. 3, 2025, after a short battle with lung cancer. His wife of 60 years, Phyllis, was at his side. John “Bat” was born in St. Joseph, Missouri, on June 6, 1940. Not a true Missourian, his ...

NORTH LIMA — Thelma P. Hunt, 83, passed away Monday, Jan. 6, 2025, at Hospice Of The Valley- Hospice House in Poland. She was born May 7, 1941, in Youngstown, the daughter of the late Albert and Helen Mansfield Coler, and was a lifelong area resident. Thelma was a homemaker most of the ...

YOUNGSTOWN — Joseph Hrehovcik, 85, passed away Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025, at Oasis Center in Youngstown. He was born Dec. 6, 1939, in Youngstown, a son of the late Joseph and Margaret Williams Hrehovcik. A lifelong area resident, Joe worked as a housepainter for many years. He was in the ...