YOUNGSTOWN — Vera Lauretta DeFuria, 97, passed away Friday, Jan. 30, 2026, after a long, happy and fulfilling life. Vera was born Sept. 7, 1928, in Youngstown, shortly after her parents, Francesco and Filomena Casasanta Castrucci, and her sisters arrived from Bugnara, Italy. Vera ...

ROBERTO A. BACANI, 87, Liberty. SERVICES: 11 a.m. Friday, St. Edward Church, Youngstown. CALLING HOURS: 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Shriver-Allison-Courtley-Weller-King Funeral Home, Youngstown. JULIUS BALOGH, 87, Youngstown. SERVICES: 1 p.m. Wednesday, First Presbyterian Church, Youngstown. ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Chuck Negron, a founding member of the soul-rock sensations Three Dog Night who sang lead on such hits as “One” and “Just an Old Fashioned Love Song” and hollered the immortal opening line “Jeremiah was a bullfrog!” on the chart-topping “Joy to the World,” died ...

NILES — James W. “Duke” Sandy Jr., 93, passed away Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026, at St. Joseph Warren Hospital. He was born June 3, 1932, in Warren, the son of James W. Sr. and Elizabeth Scarnecchia Sandy. Duke was a 1950 graduate of Niles McKinley High School and was employed by Wade Rose ...

YOUNGSTOWN — James “Jim” Dominic Habuda, 84, passed away Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026. Jim was born July 21, 1941, in Youngstown. He was preceded in death by his parents, Bernard Edward Habuda and Mary Suha Habuda, and his granddaughter, Ashley Noelle Clark. Jim is survived by his six ...

NEW WATERFORD — Carol J. Damore, 96, passed away peacefully on Friday, Jan. 30, 2026, at her home. She was born Oct. 17, 1929, in Struthers, a daughter of the late Lyle Stewart Lowry and Patricia Rhodes Lowry. She earned her bachelor’s degree in education from Youngstown College and ...