Area deaths
CARL BRYAN, 87, of Salem, died Thursday, June 22, 2023. Services have been held. (Stark Memorial)
PATRICIA FABIS, 86, of Salem, died Friday, June 23, 2023. SERVICES: 10 a.m. Friday, St. Paul Church. (Stark Memorial)
DIANA L. MEANS, 68, of Boardman, died Tuesday, June 27, 2023. Arrangements are pending. (Cunningham-Becker)
LaVONNE RICHEY-MADISON, 87, of Youngstown, died Friday, June 23, 2023. SERVICES: 11 a.m. Saturday, Elizabeth Baptist Church. CALLING HOURS: 10:30 a.m. Saturday, church. (F.D. Mason)
DANIEL N. SLAGLE, 75, of Boardman, died Wednesday, June 28, 2023. SERVICES: 11 a.m. Monday, St. James Meeting House, Boardman Park. CALLING HOURS: 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday, St. James Meeting House. (Lane)
RONNIE SMITH, 72, of Youngstown, died Wednesday, June 21, 2023. SERVICES: 11 a.m. Saturday, F.D. Mason Memorial Funeral Home, Youngstown. CALLING HOURS: 10:30 a.m. Saturday, funeral home.
Area deaths
JOHN “BUDDY” DUBIEL, 83, of Poland, died Wednesday, June 21, 2023. Arrangements pending. (Cunningham-Becker)
MICHAEL D. MILLIGAN, 44, of Niles, died Monday, June 26, 2023, at Omni Manor. Services are private. (Holeton-Yuhasz)
JAMES J. NAUGHTON, 56, of New Middletown, died Tuesday, June 27, 2023, at home. SERVICES: 2 p.m. Sunday, Cunningham-Becker Funeral Home, Poland. CALLING HOURS: noon to 1:45 p.m. Sunday, funeral home.
JOHN M. RUDY, 74, of Niles, died Monday, June 26, 2023, at home. Services are private. (Holeton-Yuhasz)
Area deaths
MARY ALLEN, 80, of Youngstown, died Tuesday, June 20, 2023. SERVICES: 4 p.m. Friday, F.D. Mason Memorial Funeral Home, Youngstown. CALLING HOURS: 2 to 4 p.m. Thursday and 3:30 to 4 p.m. Friday, funeral home.
JOHN “BUDDY” DUBIEL, 83, of Poland, died Wednesday, June 21, 2023. Arrangements pending. (Cunningham-Becker)
RANDALL J. HAKE, 72, of Howland, died Wednesday, June 21, 2023 at Shepherd of the Valley, Liberty. (Holeton-Yuhasz)
CRISS JOE LAMONCHA, 71, of Columbiana, died Friday, June 23, 2023, at UPMC Shadyside, Pittsburgh, Pa. SERVICES: 11 a.m. Saturday, July 8, 2023, Old North Church, Canfield. CALLING HOURS: 9:30 to 11 a.m. Saturday, church. (Warrick-Kummer-Rettig)
ROSE ANN PARIS, 97, of Niles, died Monday, June 226, 2023 at home. (Holloway-Williams)
CAMEO A. SHARPE, 39, of Youngstown, died Friday, June 16, 2023. SERVICES: 11 a.m. Thursday, F.D. Mason Memorial Funeral Home, Youngstown. CALLING HOURS: 10 to 11 a.m. Thursday, funeral home.
Area deaths
ALLEN DIAZ, 57, of Youngstown, died Thursday, June 22, 2023, at the Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland. Arrangements are pending. (Sterling-McCullough Williams)
BRITTANY RIVERA, 28, of Struthers, died Sunday, June 18, 2023, in Coitsville. Arrangements are pending. (Sterling-McCullough Williams)
DR. JOHN THOMAS “JACK” WADDINGTON, 88, of Columbiana, died Saturday, June 24, 2023. Arrangements are pending. (Davis-Becker)
Area deaths
DR. ISAM E. AMIN, 69, of Canfield, died Tuesday, June 20, 2023 at St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital. Services have taken place. (Kinnick, Youngstown)
PATRICIA M. ‘PATTI’ BRUNO, 75, of Boardman, died Tuesday, June 20, 2023, at St. Mary’s Alzheimer Center, Columbiana. There are no services. (Kinnick, Youngstown)
AGNES BUTSKO, 98, formerly of Struthers and Poland, died Tuesday, June 20, 2023, in Mechanicsburg, Pa. SERVICES: noon Friday, Infant Jesus of Prague Byzantine Catholic Church, Boardman. CALLING HOURS: 10 to 11:30 a.m. Friday, Cunningham-Becker Funeral Home, Poland.
HILDA M. DOBSON, 88, of Girard, died Friday, June 23, 2023, at home. Services will be private. (Kinnick, Youngstown)
WILLIAM GROVE, 73, of Youngstown, died Saturday, June 24, 2023, at Canfield Place. Arrangements are pending. (Kinnick, Youngstown)
DORETHA HUDSON, 91, of Cleveland, died Monday, June 19, 2023. SERVICES: 10 a.m. Friday, Zion Hill Missionary Baptist Church, Cleveland. CALLING HOURS: 9 a.m. Friday, church.
GENE A. MORELLO, 90, of Austintown, died on Wednesday, June 21, 2023, at his residence. Funeral services were private. (Joseph Rossi and Sons)
DANIEL W. TITI SR., 90, of Warren, died Tuesday, June 13, 2023. Services were private. (Peter Rossi)
Area deaths
ANN J. KUKURA, 93, of Struthers, died Wednesday, June 21, 2023. SERVICES: 11 a.m. Monday, St. Nicholas Parish-Christ Our Savior Church, Struthers. CALLING HOURS: 10 to 10:50 a.m. Monday, church. (Kubina-Yuhasz Wasko)
Area deaths
DAVID P. BIRES, 60, of Youngstown, died Tuesday, June 20, 2023. (Fox)
SHIRLEY SZILAGYI, 86, of New Middletown, died Thursday, June 15, 2023. Services were private. (Wasko)
Area deaths
PHYLLIS A. BENTON, 84, of Youngstown, died Tuesday, June 20, 2023. SERVICES: 11 a.m. Saturday, Poland Presbyterian Church. CALLING HOURS: 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, Cunningham-Becker Funeral Home, and 10 to 10:45 a.m. Saturday, church.
JOHN E. CHUEY, 93, of Conneaut Lake, Pa., died Tuesday, June 20, 2023, at St. Paul’s Greenville. Services are private. (Dickson)
TERESA “TERRY” HEIDRICH COLE, 64, of Garrettsville, died Sunday, June 18, 2023, at UH Portage Medical Center. (Carlson)
LAWRENCE PAYNE, 81, of Boardman, died Sunday, June 18, 2023, at Continuing Healthcare of Boardman. (Borowski / Oak Meadow)
JEREMY R. SWEET, 45, of Boardman, died Sunday, June 11, 2023. SERVICES: 4 p.m. Tuesday, Venture Church, Boardman. CALLING HOURS: 2 to 3:55 p.m. Tuesday, church. (Rossi and Santucci)
Area deaths
MARK A. DeMAIN, 66, of Struthers, died Friday, June 2, 2023. Services were private. (Rossi Brothers and Lellio)
SALLY R. ESPOSITO, 87, of Youngstown, died Monday, June 19, 2023, SERVICES: 11 a.m. Friday, St. Edward Catholic Church, Youngstown. CALLING HOURS: 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Rossi Brothers and Lellio Funeral Home, Boardman.
ROBERT D. FARAGLIA, 62, of Youngstown, died Sunday, June 18, 2023. Arrangements are pending. (Cunningham-Becker)
KATHLEEN AMMANN FENTON, 66, of Niles, died Sunday, June 18, 2023. There are no services. (Schellhaas)
GERALD JOHNSON, 66, of Youngstown, died Saturday, June 10, 2023, in Cleveland. SERVICES: 11 a.m. Friday, F.D. Mason Memorial Funeral Home, Youngstown. CALLING HOURS: 10 to 11 a.m. Friday, funeral home.
SUSAN SICKING REEDER, 79, of Salem, died Sunday, June 18, 2023. CALLING HOURS: 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, Stark Memorial Funeral Home, Salem.
DORIS LEE TOLLEY, 82, of Salem, died Tuesday, June 13, 2023, at Salem Regional Medical Center. Services were private. (Stark Memorial)
DELBERT F. WOLFCALE, 95, of Boardman, died Monday, June 19, 2023. Arrangements are pending. (Thompson Filicky)
Area deaths
JOSEPH L. BURKHOLDER, 71, of McDonald, died Sunday, June 18, 2023, at St. Joseph Warren Hospital. CALLING HOURS: 11 a.m. Sunday, July 2, 2023, Blackstone Funeral Home, Girard.
GARY M. WALTERS, 88, of Niles, died Friday, June 16, 2023, at home. Services are private. (Holeton-Yuhasz)
Area deaths
FLORENCE ELEANOR HIRT, 91, of Youngstown, died Sunday morning, June 18, 2023. SERVICES: 11 a.m. Thursday, June 22, 2023, Our Lady of Sorrows at St. Matthias Church, Youngstown. CALLING HOURS: 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Cunningham-Becker, Poland.
MARY LOU JARIC, 91, of Poland, died Saturday, June 17, 2023. Arrangements are pending at Cunningham-Becker Funeral Home, Poland Chapel.
Area Deaths
JAMES T. DAVIES, 95, of Canfield, died Monday, June 12, 2023, at home. Arrangements are pending. (Kinnick)
RICHARD A. GEORGE SR., 77, of Poland, died Wednesday, June 14, 2023. SERVICES: 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Cunningham-Becker Funeral Home, Poland, and 11 a.m. Saturday, Holy Family Church, Poland. CALLING HOURS: 9 to 10:30 a.m. Saturday, funeral home.
GREGORY J. KARAS SR., 68, of Youngstown, died Thursday, June 8, 2023. There are no services at this time. (Rossi and Santucci)
MARY E. MEDOVICH, 94, of Sunbury, formerly of Struthers, died Wednesday, June 14, 2023. Services are pending. (Davidson-Becker)
JOSEPH J. PEREHINEZ, 65, of Youngstown, died Thursday, June 15, 2023, at home. Arrangements are pending. (Kinnick)
GARY M. WALTERS, 88, of Niles, died Friday, June 16, 2023 at home. (Holeton-Yuhasz)
Area deaths
JUDY A. DONNELLY, 66, of Salem, died Tuesday, June 13, 2023. Private services will be held at a later date. (Stark Memorial)
ALEX R. EVANS, 72, of Salem, died Tuesday, June 13, 2023. SERVICES: 11 a.m. Monday, Stark Memorial, Salem. CALLING HOURS: 10 to 11 a.m. Monday, funeral home.
Area deaths
WILLIAM A. CONTI JR., 84, of Poland, died Saturday, May 20, 2023. SERVICES: 2 p.m. Sunday, June 25, 2023, Stambaugh Auditorium, Youngstown.
STEPHEN P. GLEYDUA SR., 80, of Hubbard. SERVICES: 1 p.m. Monday, Stewart-Kyle Funeral Home. CALLING HOURS: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday, funeral home.
Area deaths
RUTELIA R. BLACK, 86, of Youngstown, died Monday, June 12, 2023. SERVICES: 3:30 p.m. Saturday, Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses, Hubbard. (L.E. Black)
DAVID R. MACINGA, 53, of Stow, died Sunday, June 11, 2023. SERVICES: 10 a.m. Monday, Holy Family Catholic Church, Stow. CALLING HOURS: 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Redmon Funeral Home, Stow.
HELEN E. PORTER, 101, of Youngstown, died Saturday, June 10, 2023. SERVICES: 11 a.m. Wednesday, Price Memorial AME Zion Church. CALLING HOURS: 10 to 11 a.m. Wednesday, church. (F.D. Mason)
Area deaths
ROGER D. MICHAEL, 72, of Boardman, died Friday, June 9, 2023. Services are private. (Rossi and Santucci)
KAREN MAE ROWLEY, 82, of New Springfield, died Friday, June 9, 2023. SERVICES: 2 p.m. Saturday, Rossi and Santucci Funeral Home, Boardman. CALLING HOURS: noon to 1:50 p.m. Saturday, funeral home.
Area deaths
MELANIE COX, 79, of Boardman, died Thursday, June 8, 2023. SERVICES: 2 p.m. June 17, St. Patrick Church, Youngstown. CALLING HOURS: 12:45 to 1:45 p.m. June 17, church. (Edward J. Fox)
JERALD J. DEMOCKO, 71, of Coitsville, died Tuesday, June 6, 2023, at home. There are no services. (Kirila)
PHILLIP EARL MURPHY, 74, formerly of Salem, died Friday, June 9, 2023, at the Cleveland Clinic. SERVICES: noon Wednesday, Stark Memorial, Salem. CALLING HOURS: 11 a.m. to noon Wednesday, funeral home.
ESTER WOODROW RAFFA, 87, of Austintown, died Thursday, June 8, 2023, at St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital. SERVICES: 11 a.m. Tuesday, Higgins-Reardon Funeral Homes, Jackson-Milton Chapel. CALLING HOURS: 9 to 11 a.m. Tuesday, funeral home.
Area deaths
BHARATI PANDIT, 79, of Boardman, died Tuesday, June 6, 2023. (Fox)
RUTH JANE GRINTA, 94, of Austintown, died Thursday, June 8, 2023. SERVICES: 11 a.m. Thursday, Immaculate Heart of Mary Church. (Higgins-Reardon, Austintown)
JAMES R. COY, 91, of Millersburg, died Thursday, June 8, 2023, at Sycamore Run Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Millersburg. SERVICES: noon Tuesday, June 13, 2023, Stark Memorial Funeral Home. CALLING HOURS: 10 a.m. to noon Tuesday, funeral home. (Stark)
RICHARD JEROME “JERRY” HAMES, 85, of Youngstown, died Wednesday, June 7, 2023, at St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital. SERVICE: 11 a.m. Monday at Kinnick Funeral Home in Youngstown. CALLING HOURS: 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday, at the funeral home.
HAROLD “DICK” PITTS, 92, of Niles, died Thursday, June 8, 2023, at Washington Square, Warren. CALLING HOURS: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday, at First Baptist Church in Girard. Arrangements entrusted to Blackstone Funeral Home, Girard.
Area deaths
EUGENE F. SANTORO, 86, of Poland, died Tuesday, June 6, 2023. SERVICES: 10 a.m. Tuesday, Our Lady of Mount Carmel Basilica, Youngstown. CALLING HOURS: 5 to 7 p.m. Monday, Rossi and Santucci Funeral Home, Boardman.
GARNET SCHAFFER, 81, of Youngstown, died Sunday, May 28, 2023. Services were private. (Rossi and Santucci)
Area deaths
DONALD R. BROOKS, 100, of Canfield, died Tuesday, June 6, 2023. SERVICES: 11 a.m. Monday, Poland Presbyterian Church. CALLING HOURS: 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday, Cunningham-Becker Funeral Home, Poland, and 10 to 10:45 a.m. Monday, church.
EDITH MROFCHAK, 95, of Struthers, died Monday, June 5, 2023, at Heritage Manor. SERVICES: 10:15 a.m. Monday, Cunningham-Becker Funeral Home, Poland, and 11 a.m., St. Nicholas Roman Catholic Church, Struthers. CALLING HOURS: 4 to 6 p.m. Sunday, funeral home.
Area deaths
MARY E. KOMAR, 88, of Austintown, died Monday, June 5, 2023. SERVICES: 10:30 a.m. Monday, St. Dominic Church, Youngstown. CALLING HOURS: 9 a.m. to 10:20 a.m. Monday, church. (Fox)
ROSEMARY LAZAR, 95, of Canfield, died Monday, June 5, 2023. Arrangements pending. (Higgins-Reardon)
MARIE L. LIPINSKY, 98, of Youngstown, died Monday, June 5, 2023. SERVICES: 10 a.m. Saturday, Our Lady of Mount Carmel Basilica, Youngstown. CALLING HOURS: 5 ot 7 p.m. Friday and 8:45 to 9:15 a.m. Saturday, Rossi and Santucci Funeral Home, Boardman.
JERRY E. MACE, 61, of Berlin Center, died Saturday, June 3, 2023. There are no services. (Wm Nicholas)
MARY A. MILLICAN, 92, of Fort Myers, Fla., died Friday, June 2, 2023. (Selby T.J.-Fox)
FRANK A. PIETRANGELI, 68, of Niles, died Monday, May 29, 2023 at home. (Blackstone)
KAREN SHARP-ROGERS, 64, of Niles, died Thursday, May 23, 2023 at Austintown Health Care Center. There are no services. (Wm Nicholas)
Area deaths
DAVID E. CABLE, 61, of Salem, died Friday, June 2, 2023. There are no services at this time. (Stark Memorial)
JEANETTE LITTLE, 76, of Columbiana, died Saturday, June 3, 2023, at St. Mary’s Alzheimer’s Center. SERVICES: noon Thursday, Paradise Church. CALLING HOURS: 11 a.m. to noon Friday, church. (Seederly-Mong and Beck)
GEORGE N. McKEE, 82, of Salem, died Saturday, June 3, 2023, at Hospice House. SERVICES: 3 p.m. Wednesday, First United Methodist Church of Salem. CALLING HOURS: 2 to 3 p.m. Wednesday, church. (Stark Memorial)
JOSEPH “BOB” OROFINO, 83, of Youngstown, died Saturday, June 3, 2023, at Hospice House. SERVICES: 11 a.m. Friday, Kinnick Funeral Home, Youngstown. CALLING HOURS: 5 to 7 p.m. Thurday and 10 to 11 a.m. Friday, funeral home.
MARGARET A. POULOS, 95, of Niles, died Saturday, June 3, 2023. SERVICES: noon Thursday, Holeton-Yuhasz Funeral Home, Niles. CALLING HOURS: 11 a.m. to noon Thursday, funeral home.
ROSE ANN L. WALTON, 66, of Liberty, died Saturday, June 3, 2023, at St. Elizabeth Hospital. SERVICES: 11 a.m. Friday, Blackstone Funeral Home, Girard. CALLING HOURS: 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday and 10 to 11 a.m. Friday, funeral home.
Area deaths
HAROLD R. “BOBBY” FREDERICK, 62, of Guilford Lake, died Thursday, June 1, 2023. No services will be held. (Arabugh-Pearce-Greenisen)
GARY ROMANO, 75, of Youngstown, died Saturday, June 3, 2023. There are no services at this time. (Staton-Borowski)
TODD THORNHILL, 42, of Salem, died Thursday, June 1, 2023. No services will be held. (Arbaugh-Pearce-Greenisen)
Area deaths
EVELYN S. BROWN, 81, of Cortland, died Wednesday, May 31, 2023. (Lane)
RICHARD BUSSEY, 62, of Leetonia, died Sunday, May 28, 2023. SERVICES: noon Wednesday, F.D. Mason Memorial Funeral Home, Youngstown. CALLING HOURS: 11 a.m. Wednesday, funeral home.
JEANNE C. KOZMA, 100, of Youngstown, died Friday, June 2, 2023. CALLING HOURS: 2 to 4 p.m. Wednesday, Rossi and Santucci Funeral Home, Boardman. Services will be held at a later date.
Area deaths
DAVID S. GABRIEL, 71, of Canfield, died Wednesday, May 31, 2023. SERVICES: 11 a.m. Tuesday, Rossi and Santucci Funeral Home, Boardman. CALLING HOURS: 10 to 10:55 a.m. Tuesday, funeral home.
PAUL HENNEMAN, 70, of Conway, S.C., formerly of Youngstown, died Saturday, April 1, 2023. CELEBRATION OF LIFE: 10 to 11 a.m. Saturday, June 24, 2023, St. Edward Church, Youngstown.
Area deaths
BRIAN CHRISTOPHER CONSTANTINI, 35, of Boardman, died Saturday, May 27, 2023. SERVICES: 11 a.m. Monday, Davis-Becker Funeral Home, Boardman. CALLING HOURS: 5 to 8 p.m. Sunday and 10 to 10:45 a.m. Monday, funeral home.
DEBORAH L. DENNIS-JENKINS, 53, of New Castle, Pa., died Tuesday, May 16, 2023, at UPMC Jameson Hospital. SERVICES: noon Friday, Jerusalem Church of Youngstown (Jerusalem Baptist Church). CALLING HOURS: 11 a.m. to noon Friday, church. (FD Mason)
JOSEPH MADEJ, 76, of North Lima, died Tuesday, May 30, 2023. SERVICES: 11 a.m. Friday, Calvery Cemetery. (Kubina -Yuhasz- Wasko)
ALICE MARIE RAIR, 75, of Youngstown, died Sunday, May 28, 2023, at Omni Manor. Arrangements are pending. (Kinnick, Youngstown)
JAMIE SUE SCHMIDT, 44, of Warren, died Sunday, May 28, 2023, at her residence. CALLING HOURS: noon to 2 p.m. Saturday, Wm Nicholas Funeral Home, Niles.
NIKKI L. COCHRAN YECKEL, 64, of Girard, died Wednesday, May 30, 2023, at St. Joseph Warren Hospital. SERVICES: 3 p.m. Sunday, Blackstone Funeral Home, Girard. CALLING HOURS: 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday, funeral home.
GLADYS R. ZGORECKI, 85, of Youngstown, formerly Struthers, died Sunday, May 28, 2023, at Oasis Center for Rehabilitation. Arrangements are pending. (Kinnick, Youngstown)