YOUNGSTOWN — Denise Catherine Illes, 61, passed away Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026. Denise was born May 6, 1964, in Youngstown, the daughter of Richard and Lorraine French Dorko. She worked as a support specialist and trainer for Nextgen. She was a graduate of Cardinal Mooney High School ...

YOUNGSTOWN — Helen M. Fusco, 88, of Youngstown’s West Side, passed away peacefully early Friday morning, Jan. 30, 2026, at the Inn at Old Saybrook in Columbiana. Helen was born March 31, 1937, in Youngstown, a daughter of the late Michael and Rose Stanko Kaplach, and was a lifelong area ...

CAMPBELL — Kenneth Zomoida, 78, passed away Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026, at St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital, with his family by his side. Kenneth was born Feb. 13, 1947, in Youngstown, a son of John and Katherine Plentay Zomoida. He was a 1965 graduate of Campbell Memorial High School and ...

Demond Wilson, who found fame in the 1970s playing Lamont on “Sanford and Son” and went on to become a minister, has died. He was 79. Mark Goldman, a publicist for Wilson, confirmed to The Associated Press that he died following complications from cancer on Friday. “A devoted father, ...

DONALD J. BRINER, 65, of Boardman, died Jan. 20. CALLING HOURS: 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Fox Funeral Home, Boardman.

ANGELA AGOSTINELLI, 77, Canfield. SERVICES: 11 a.m. Monday, Rossi Brothers and Lellio Funeral Home, Boardman. JULIUS BALOGH, 87, Youngstown. SERVICES: 1 p.m. Wednesday, First Presbyterian Church, Youngstown. CALLING HOURS: 12:30 to 12:55 p.m. Wednesday, church. CURTIS A. BAUN, 73, ...