Laura E. Yozwick 1934-2025

She was born March 20, 1934, in Youngstown, the daughter of the late Jay C. and Jessie F. Gotchall Brothers. She was one of eight children and was a lifelong area resident.

Laura graduated from Boardman High School. She enjoyed singing and dancing, and she sang in the St. James Church Choir for many years.

Laura and her sisters danced seven nights a week to a live band, and Friday nights at the Idora Park Ballroom.

She married the love of her life, Dr. Chester Yozwick, in the summer of 1964. Together they loved to go snow skiing and boating with family and friends.

Laura was employed for many years at Ohio Edison before the birth of her son, Aaron, in 1976. After raising her son, she would go on to work with her husband, helping manage his private practice and international correspondence college, The American Institute of Holistic Theology. They would both retire in 2000.

Left to cherish Laura’s memory are her son, Aaron J. Yozwick, and several nieces, nephews and friends.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Dr. Chester Yozwick, who passed away March 7, 2004, and her siblings, Ruth Crawford, Mary Jane Jardine, Esther Canada, Sabra Hindson, Irma A. Schilling, and Clark and David Brothers.

Family and friends may call from 10 to 10:50 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025, at the Fox Funeral Home, followed by a funeral service at 11 a.m.

Burial will take place in Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery.

Laura’s family has requested any material contributions can be made to the charity of the donor’s choice, in Laura’s name.

Arrangements have been entrusted to the Edward J. Fox & Sons Funeral Home, 4700 Market St., Boardman. Family and friends may visit www.foxfuneralhome.org to view this obituary and to give condolences to the Yozwick family.

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