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GLADYS M. MARTIN, 79, Mineral Ridge. SERVICES: 1 p.m. Tuesday, Kinnick Funeral Home, Youngstown. CALLING HOURS: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday, funeral home. JAMES S. MCKINNA JR., 73, Youngstown. CELEBRATION OF LIFE: noon to 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Kinnick Funeral Home, Youngstown. DONALD J. RABOSKY, 77, Poland. SERVICES: 11 a.m. Friday, St. Nicholas Church, Struthers. PATRICIA SCARPINE, 71, Poland. SERVICES: 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Rossi Brothers and Lellio Funeral Home, Boardman. CALLING HOURS: 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, funeral home. THOMAS E. SECREST, 72, Youngstown. SERVICES: 10 a.m. ...

Gladys M. Martin 1947-2026

MINERAL RIDGE — Gladys M. Martin, 79, passed away peacefully Thursday afternoon, May 28, 2026, at Austinwoods. Gladys was born Feb. 23, 1947, in Yatesboro, Pa., a daughter of the late Clarence and Esther Burdziak Hirth, and came to the Youngstown area as a child. She was a 1965 graduate of ...

Patricia Scarpine 1954-2026

POLAND — Patricia “Patty” Scarpine, 71, passed away peacefully on Thursday, May 28, 2026, surrounded by her loving family after a courageous battle with cancer. Born on June 9, 1954, in Youngstown, Patty was preceded in death by her parents, Joseph “Scarp” and Phyllis Scarpine; and ...

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MARY JANE P. MARO, 97, of Campbell, died Thursday. CALLING HOURS: 4 to 7 p.m. Friday, Wasko Funeral Home, Campbell.

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JAMES S. MCKINNA JR., 73, Youngstown. CELEBRATION OF LIFE: noon to 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Kinnick Funeral Home, Youngstown. DONALD J. RABOSKY, 77, Poland. SERVICES: 11 a.m. Friday, St. Nicholas Church, Struthers. GEORGE RITZ, 82, Canfield. SERVICES: 4:30 p.m. Monday, Kinnick Funeral Home, Youngstown. CALLING HOURS: 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. Monday, funeral home. THOMAS E. SECREST, 72, Youngstown. SERVICES: 10 a.m. Tuesday, Higgins-Reardon Funeral Homes, Austintown Chapel. CALLING HOURS: 5 to 7 p.m. Monday, funeral home. CHARLES T. SLAVEN, 85, Vienna. SERVICES: noon Monday, Davis-Becker ...

Oscar-winning ‘Star Wars’ editor Marcia Lucas dies

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Marcia Lucas, who won an Oscar as editor of the original 1977 “Star Wars” and was part of a group of women whose editing was essential to film’s New Hollywood era, has died, a lawyer for her family said Friday. She was 80. Lucas, who was married to “Star Wars” creator George Lucas from 1969 to 1983, died Wednesday from metastatic cancer, attorney Deidre Von Rock said in an email to The Associated Press. She died in Rancho Mirage, California, surrounded by loved ones, Von Rock said. Marcia Lucas was the editor on 1983’s “Return of the Jedi” and the ...