YOUNGSTOWN — Patricia Lynn Elmo passed away peacefully on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025, at Briarfield Manor. Patty was born in Riverside, California, on June 15, 1945, daughter of the late Hubert and Mary Kathryn Mahoney Eagan, and was a lifelong Youngstown resident. Patty graduated from ...

AUSTINTOWN — Shirley A. Pappagallo, 79, passed away early Wednesday morning, Dec. 17, 2025, at Hospice House, following a brief illness. Shirley was born Aug. 29, 1946, in Youngstown, a daughter of the late Dean and Olive Miller Pflugh, and was a lifelong area resident. She was a 1962 ...

BOARDMAN — Rita Maria Eugenia Varacalli, lovingly known to many as “Jenni,” peacefully joined her beloved husband, Dominic Varacalli, on Friday, Dec. 12, 2025, following a cerebral bleed. At the age of 90, Rita leaves behind a legacy of love, resilience, beauty, and joy — and we ...

JASON D. SWIGER, 50, of Salem, died Dec. 12. SERVICES: 12:30 p.m. Dec. 27 at the Salem High School Auditorium. (Stark) DAVID ACIERNO, 72, of Youngstown, died Wednesday. Arrangements pending. (Kinnick) WALTER M. DUZZNY SR., 86, of Austintown, died Tuesday. Arrangements pending. ...

MARIA KARSTI BACHINGER, 89, Youngstown. SERVICES: 11 a.m. Friday, Bethel Lutheran Church, Boardman. CALLING HOURS: 10 to 10:45 a.m. Friday, church. RAFAEL CRUZ SR., 90, Youngstown. SERVICES: 3 p.m. Saturday, Spanish Evangelical Church, Youngstown. CALLING HOURS: 2 to 3 p.m. Saturday, ...

YOUNGSTOWN — Kathleen Marie Dalton Doyle passed away on Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025. She was born on March 15, 1938, in Youngstown, the daughter of James A. and Marie Reese Dalton and the baby sister to Barbara. The nickname Kush was bestowed upon her by her father. It was short for Macushla ...