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MARTHA ALTIER, 92, Girard. SERVICES: 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, St. Rose Church, Girard. CALLING HOURS: 4 to 5 p.m. Wednesday, Blackstone Funeral Home, Girard. JAMES L. CONNOLLY, 91, Poland. SERVICES: 2 p.m. Friday, Westminster Presbyterian Church, Boardman. CALLING HOURS: 12:30 to 1:45 p.m. Friday, church. SAMUEL A. FRAZZINI JR., 76, Struthers. SERVICES: 7 p.m. Thursday, Rossi Brothers and Lellio Funeral Home, Boardman. CALLING HOURS: 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, funeral home. THEODORE J. FRAZZINI, 83, Campbell. CALLING HOURS: 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, Mill Creek MetroParks McMahan Hall, ...

Area deaths

ELISABETH CAPLEN, 95, of Youngstown, died Sunday. Arrangements pending. (Rossi & Santucci) JESSICA N. ORTIZ, 41, of Youngstown, died Feb. 25. SERVICES: 5 p.m. Saturday, Kirila Funeral Home, Struthers. CALLING HOURS: 3 to 5 p.m. Saturday, funeral home.

Raffaella DiBacco Pazak 1941-2026

COLUMBUS — Raffaella “Rae” DiBacco Pazak, 84, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, March 4, 2026, in Columbus. She was born May 15, 1941, in Bugnara, Italy, the daughter of the late Ugo and Anna D’Eramo DiBacco. Rae immigrated to the United States with her family in 1949 and grew up ...

Robert D. Crytzer 1949-2026

STRUTHERS — Robert “Dale” Crytzer, 76, of Struthers, passed away peacefully on Monday, March 2, 2026, after a hard-fought battle with dementia. Dale was born July 7, 1949, to the late Ralph and Margaret Hlavcak Crytzer. He was raised in North Jackson and was a graduate of ...

Longtime singer of Boston after a Myspace tribute dies

Tommy DeCarlo, who became the lead singer of classic rockers Boston for nearly 20 years based on a Myspace tribute to the band’s original singer, has died. DeCarlo’s children, Annie, Talia and Tommy Jr., said in posts on his Facebook and Instagram pages that their father, who had been struggling for months with brain cancer, died Monday. They said, “He fought with incredible strength and courage right up until the very end.” He was 60. Brad Delp, the original singer of the band that was founded in 1975 and had hits including “More Than a Feeling” and “Peace of Mind,” ...

Jets’ Matt Snell dies at age 84

Matt Snell, the powerful running back who scored the go-ahead touchdown in the New York Jets’ Super Bowl win in 1969, has died. He was 84. The Jets announced that Snell died Tuesday morning in New York. Snell teamed with Emerson Boozer to give Joe Namath and New York a formidable backfield, helping the AFL’s Jets pull off one of sports’ greatest upsets with a 16-7 victory over the NFL’s heavily favored Baltimore Colts in the 1969 Super Bowl. With the game scoreless in the second quarter, Snell went off left tackle for a 4-yard touchdown run that gave the Jets a 7–0 lead ...