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Obituaries

Cecelia P. Spisak 1943-2025

NILES — Cecelia P. “Pat” Spisak, 81, passed away Friday, May 30, 2025, at Gillette Nursing Home in Warren. She was born Nov. 26, 1943, in Youngstown, the daughter of Ralph Wayne and Helen Marie Brooks Young. Pat, as she was known to her family and friends, was a member of St. Pope ...

Donald H. Snyder Jr. 1943-2025

NEW SPRINGFIELD — Donald H. Snyder Jr., 81, passed away peacefully at his home in New Springfield, Sunday afternoon, June 1, 2025. Mr. Snyder was born on July 8, 1943, in Youngstown, a son of Donald H. and Margaret Williams Snyder Sr. A Springfield Local high school graduate, Donald ...

Nadya Keenan 1944-2025

YOUNGSTOWN — Nadya Zaitzew Keenan, 80, passed away on Wednesday, May 21, 2025, at Hospice House in Youngstown. She was born Sept. 9, 1944, in Youngstown, the daughter of Paul and Maria Yarmchuk Zaitzew. She graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School in 1962. After graduating from Kent ...

Margot Ross 1925-2025

LIBERTY TOWNSHIP — It is with sadness that we announce the passing of Margot Ross, a remarkable woman who peacefully left us on Saturday, May 31, 2025, at the age of 99. She was a cherished mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and friend, whose life journey spanned nearly a century of ...

Voice of no-nonsense Abuelita in ‘Coco’ dies

Renee Victor, who voiced the no-nonsense, sandal-throwing Abuelita in Disney’s animated hit “Coco” and played the wisecracking Lupita on Showtime’s “Weeds,” has died. She was 86. Victor’s death was confirmed on Monday by a representative, Julie Smith, who said the actor had ...

Area deaths

GERALD M. BURNS, 85, of Florence, South Carolina, died Sunday at McLeod Hospice House. (Stoudenmire-Dowling) MARJORIE A. HUNKUS, 90, of Girard, died Sunday at Liberty Health Care. (Blackstone)