POLAND — Diane E. Schermer, 80, passed away Friday, Dec. 26, 2025, at St. Elizabeth Boardman Hospital. Diane was born June 29, 1945, in Youngstown, a daughter of the late Thomas and Dorothy Wagner Arne, and lived most of her life in the Youngstown area. She graduated from Austintown ...

TALLMADGE, Ohio — Larry Richard Blake passed away peacefully on Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2025, at Hospice of the Valley Hospice House, surrounded by his loving family. Larry was born Aug. 11, 1938, in Youngstown. He graduated from Youngstown State University with a degree in business and went on ...

COLUMBUS — Elizabeth “Betty” or “Liz” Racich Jacobs, 92, passed away peacefully Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2025, at Kobacker House in Columbus after a long, courageous battle with Alzheimer’s disease. Born Elizabeth Rose Racich on July 11, 1933, in Youngstown, to the late Thomas J. and ...

NORTH JACKSON — Marilyn A. Hartman, 74, passed away Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2025, surrounded by her loving family at her daughter’s residence. Marilyn was born Aug. 11, 1951, in Youngstown, the daughter of William and Virginia Gries Jankovich. She was a graduate of Austintown Beauty Academy ...

BOARDMAN — It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of Thomas Allen Crowe on Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025, following a hard-fought battle with cancer. Born in the heart of Amish country in Lancaster, Pa., Tom grew up in Elizabethtown with his parents and two brothers, where the ...

AUSTINTOWN — Richard Arthur Ulrich, 86, was born Aug. 27, 1939, in Youngstown, and passed away peacefully on Friday, Dec. 26, 2025. A 1957 graduate of Chaney High School, Richard was the son of Arthur Ulrich and Patricia Hogan. He earned his bachelor’s degree in art education from ...