STRUTHERS — Anna Benny Ponigar, 99, passed away peacefully, Thursday, July 10, 2025, leaving behind a legacy of love, tradition and unwavering devotion to her family and faith. Born Oct. 27, 1925, in Youngstown, Anna was the daughter of the late John and Anna Mudri Benny. She graduated from ...

POLAND — Richard Paul McPherson “Mac,” Coach Mac,” died Wednesday, July 16, 2025, from cardiac amyloidosis. He was born Feb. 28, 1945, in Pittsburgh, Pa., to Etta Mae Endress and Huebert Durden and was lovingly adopted at 5 days old by Paul and Clara McPherson. Growing up on a ...

AUSTINTOWN — Marcia Jane Faust Malmer, 81, of Austintown, passed away Friday, July 11, 2025, at her residence with her loving family by her side. She was born on Sept. 16, 1943, in Steubenville, and was adopted at the age of 7 by Harold and Sara Faust. Marcia was a longtime, active ...

ARLENE DECHELLIS, 85, of Youngstown, died Saturday. Arrangements are pending. (Higgins-Reardon, Poland Chapel) EDNA J. GARDNER, 94, of Salem, died June 26. SERVICES: 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Stark Memorial Funeral Home, Salem

DOROTHY E. BOLES, 91, formerly of Niles. CELEBRATION OF LIFE: noon Thursday, Vernon’s Cafe, Niles. MADISON F. CLINKSCALE, 61, formerly of Youngstown. SERVICES: 10:30 a.m. Monday, Greater Friendship Baptist Church, Youngstown. CALLING HOURS: 10 to 10:30 a.m. Monday, church. DONALD ...

PARIS (AP) — D-Day veteran “Papa Jake” Larson, who survived German gunfire on Normandy’s bluffs in 1944 and then garnered 1.2 million followers on TikTok late in life by sharing stories to commemorate World War II and his fallen comrades, has died at 102. An animated speaker who ...