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Barbara S. James 1967-2025

BERLIN CENTER — Barbara S. James, 58, passed away in the early morning hours of Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025, at her home with her loving husband by her side. Barbara was born in 1967 in Pittsburgh, Pa., a daughter of Raymond and Sarah Bright Stubna, and came to this area in 1991. She was a graduate of South Fayette High School and went on to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree in English literature from Grove City College. She was a homemaker. Barbara was a member of Cornerstone Presbyterian Church in Boardman, the treasurer of the women’s ministry in church, and gave her time and ...

Area deaths

PHILLIP A. BRANDLE, 64, died Thursday at Salem Regional Medical Center. CALLING HOURS: 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Stark Memorial Funeral Home, Salem. ANTOINETTE R. NAPLES-HERTZER, 71, of Warren, died Nov. 18. SERVICES: 5 p.m. Monday, North Mar Church, Warren. (Carl W. Hall)

Services

KAREN C. AUDIA, 78, Austintown. SERVICES: 3 p.m. Wednesday, Davis-Becker Funeral Home, Boardman. CALLING HOURS: 1 to 3 p.m. Wednesday, funeral home. JUDITH A. BRIAN, 75, Niles. SERVICES: 11 a.m. Wednesday, St. Pope John XXIII Parish-Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, Niles. 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. 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, ...

Thomas A. Furgas 1954-2025

AUSTINTOWN — Tributes for noted local composer, artist and poet, Thomas Alexander Furgas, are pouring in following his passing to the Lord’s repose on Friday, Nov. 14, 2025. He was 71. He was the third of seven boys born to Steve Michael and Ida Marie McSwain Furgas. He was preceded ...

Margaret L. Yanek 1933-2025

POLAND — Margaret Letitia “Peggy” Yanek departed this life Sunday, Nov. 30, 2025, at the age of 92. Born Aug. 4, 1933, in Youngstown, she is the daughter of the late Lawrence and Bettie Nicklin Kennedy. Margaret grew up on the East Side of Youngstown and always loved to reminisce ...

Eugene Hasenfus, key figure in 1980s Iran-Contra affair, dies

MADISON, Wis. — Eugene Hasenfus, who played a key role in unraveling the Iran-Contra affair after his CIA-backed supply plane was shot down over Nicaragua in 1986, has died. Hasenfus died on Nov. 26 in Menominee, Michigan, after a nine-year battle with cancer, according to his obituary ...