YOUNGSTOWN — Arline R. Blystone, 100, passed away Friday evening, Feb. 6, 2026, surrounded by her family at her residence. She was born April 23, 1925, in Uniontown, Pa., a daughter of the late Danzel and Mary Martin Teets. Arline’s mother raised her two girls on her own; she and her ...

YOUNGSTOWN — John R. “Papa John” Pruce, 80, passed away peacefully on Saturday, Feb. 7, 2026, at Hospice of the Valley Hospice House, surrounded by his loving family. John was born Nov. 3, 1945, in Chicago, Illinois, the son of John Pruce and Eleanor Hawk Pruce. He moved to the ...

CANFIELD — Domenic S. DelMonte, 59, passed away Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026, with his family by his side. Domenic was born Feb. 25, 1966, in Youngstown, a son of Giulio and Rosalie Candea DelMonte. He lived in the area his entire life and graduated from the Poland Seminary High School. He ...

NORTH JACKSON — Yvonne H. Mudryk, 89, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026, at Antonine Village in North Jackson. Born July 31, 1936, in Detroit, Michigan, she was a daughter of the late Michael and Marie Hopko Shuluga. On June 1, 1963, Yvonne married the love of her life, ...

RICHARD M. HOUP, 81, of Leetonia, died Jan. 31 at Hospice House, Poland. SERVICES: 1 p.m. Saturday, Seederly-Mong & Beck Funeral Home, Columbiana. CALLING HOURS: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, funeral home. ALVIN KATZ, 65, of Poland, died Saturday. SERVICES: noon Wednesday, Cunningham-Becker ...

BOARDMAN — James J. Geller, 79, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026, at St. Elizabeth Boardman Hospital. Born Jan. 13, 1947, in Youngstown, James was the son of the late Arthur and Margaret Jean Geller. James was a 1965 graduate of Boardman High School, where he excelled in ...