GIRARD — Richard “Mac” McLaughlin died unexpectedly at home on Saturday, Aug. 23, 2025, of a heart attack. He was born April 9, 1963, in Washington, D.C., to parents Dick and Betty McLaughlin, and was raised in Youngstown. Mac graduated from Ursuline High School in 1981 and joined ...
DEBRA A. CANCIO, 67, Bristow, Va. SERVICES: 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish Center, Austintown. FRANCES M. GOTTI, 91, Youngstown. SERVICES: 5 p.m. Wednesday, Kirila Funeral Home, Struthers. CALLING HOURS: 4 to 5 p.m. Wednesday, funeral home. GEORGE H. HUGGINS, 91, Struthers. SERVICES: 6 p.m. Thursday, Cunningham-Becker Funeral Home, Poland. CALLING HOURS: 4 to 5:45 p.m. Thursday, funeral home. DONA J. JAMES, 5, Liberty Township. SERVICES: 5 p.m. Thursday, Blackstone Funeral Home, Girard. CALLING HOURS: 3 to 5 p.m. Thursday, funeral home. SHARYN L. KENNEDY, 78, ...
WARREN — Josie P. Williams, 65, passed away unexpectedly Friday evening, Aug. 22, 2025. She was born March 17, 1960, in Youngstown, a daughter of the late Ernest Sr. and Frances Dorante Sferra. Josie was a 1979 graduate of Cardinal Mooney High School and a devoted homemaker. She ...
ROBERT E. BAKER JR., 51, of Salem, died Sunday. Services will be held at a later date. (Stark Memorial) LOIS M. COX, 65, of Austintown, died Friday at the Cleveland Clinic. SERVICES: 1 p.m. Friday, Kerr Cemetery. (Holeton-Yuhasz)
STRUTHERS — Pamela Keener-Vanditti, 42, passed away Friday morning, Aug. 22, 2025, at St. Elizabeth Boardman Hospital, after a courageous battle with breast cancer. Pamela was born April 8, 1983, in Youngstown, a daughter of David Keener and Barbara Walter, and was a lifelong area ...
AUSTINTOWN — Cheryl Jean Sokol, 62, passed away peacefully at her home, Friday, Aug. 22, 2025. She was born March 17, 1963, in Youngstown, a daughter of Alan Granger and the former Norma Koveleski. Cheryl was a 1981 graduate of Poland High School. She worked as a buyer’s assistant at ...
