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Obituaries

Services

GENE BABIK, 76, Youngstown. SERVICES: 11 a.m. Friday, Christ Our Savior Parish-St. Nicholas Church, Struthers. CARL G. BEIGHLEY, 95, Mansfield. SERVICES: 11 a.m. Friday, Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Boardman. DEBRA A. CANCIO, 67, Bristow, Va. SERVICES: 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Immaculate Heart of ...

Joseph M. Saunders Sr. 1943-2025

YOUNGSTOWN — Mr. Joseph Melvin Saunders Sr., 82, departed this life Monday, Aug. 18, 2025, at his home, surrounded by his loving family. Mr. Saunders, affectionately known as “Jeep,” was born March 9, 1943, in Youngstown, a son of Kenneth and Anna Lee Johnson Saunders. He was a 1963 ...

John C. Grisham 1945-2025

BOARDMAN — John Conrad Grisham, 79, died of complications due to cancer, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025. A proud Southerner, John was born Oct. 19, 1945, in Richmond, Virginia, and raised in Nashville, a stone’s throw from the legendary music venue, The Blue Bird Cafe. John was an avid learner ...

William Duchek 1935-2025

POLAND — William Duchek, 90, passed away Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025, at Hospice House in Poland. He was born June 23, 1935, in Campbell, son of the late Robert A. and Ann C. Crowll Duchek. William was a 1953 graduate of Campbell Memorial High School and a 1961 graduate of the New Castle ...

Nancy R. Nelson 1935-2025

AUSTINTOWN — Nancy Rae Soverns Nelson, 90, died Saturday, Aug. 23, 2025, surrounded by family. Born in Dickerson Run, Fayette County, Pa., she was a daughter of the late George and Bertha Soverns, and married the love of her life, Charles W. Nelson, on June 11, 1955. She was a member of ...

Area deaths

STEVEN D. AYERS, 68, of Youngstown, formerly of Salem, died Tuesday. Arrangements are pending. (Kinnick) RICHARD LEE BERRY, 88, of Glendale, California, died June 17. MARYJANE GREEN, 88, of Boardman, died Wednesday. SERVICES: 11 a.m. Saturday, Evangel Baptist Church, Youngstown. CALLING ...