Area deaths
NORA J. GREGORY CRAIG, 77, of Paris Township, died Monday. (Borowski) MONSIGNOR ALEXIS MIHALIK, 87, of Canfield, died Saturday. Services will be at a later date. (Kirila)
Services
JUNE C. BYO, 93, formerly of Youngstown. SERVICES: 11 a.m. Saturday, Church Hill United Methodist Church, Youngstown. CALLING HOURS: 9:30 a.m. Saturday, church. GEORGE N. CALLIHAN, 95, Girard. CALLING HOURS: 9 to 11 a.m. Thursday, Joseph Rossi and Sons Funeral Home, Niles. CHARLES W. DAHMAN, 80, Boardman. SERVICES: 11 a.m. Friday, St. Christine Church, Youngstown. CALLING HOURS: 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday, Fox Funeral Home, Boardman. MARY DESELLEMS, 88, Youngstown. SERVICES: 10:15 a.m. Thursday, Higgins-Reardon Funeral Home, Austintown Chapel; 11 a.m. Thursday, St. Blaise Parish, St. ...
D-Day veteran Charles Shay, who saved lives on Omaha Beach, dies
PARIS (AP) — Charles Shay, a decorated Native American veteran who was a 19-year-old U.S. Army medic when he landed on Omaha Beach on D-Day and helped save lives, died on Wednesday. He was 101. Shay died at his home in Bretteville-L’Orgueilleuse in France’s Normandy region, his longtime ...
Guitarist Steve Cropper dies in Nashville
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Steve Cropper, the lean, soulful guitarist and songwriter who helped anchor the celebrated Memphis backing band Booker T. and the M.G.’s at Stax Records and co-wrote the classics “Green Onions,” “(Sittin’ on) the Dock of the Bay” and “In the Midnight ...
George N. Callihan 1930-2025
GIRARD — George N. Callihan, 95, passed away Sunday, Nov. 30, 2025, at Hospice of the Valley, Hospice House, Poland. He was born Nov. 1, 1930, in Warren, the son of Newton James and Flora Morgan Callihan. George was employed for 30 years at the City of Niles Water Department, retiring in ...
DaVon M. Edwards 1993-2025
YOUNGSTOWN — DaVon Montrayl Edwards, 31, departed this life at 1:38 a.m. Monday, Nov. 24, 2025, at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, following complications from an extended illness. He was born Dec. 24, 1993, in Youngstown, the son of Leon Edwards III and Tenesha Rena ...