YOUNGSTOWN — Dr. Sophia Alice Thrash-Brooks, 92, entered her heavenly home on Sunday, Nov. 9, 2025, surrounded by her family. Born March 27, 1933, to John Sullivan Sr. (Lauretta) and Elizabeth Thrash-Dawson (Webster), Sophia was reared by her grandparents, Nemiah and Caroline Thrash, in ...

AUSTINTOWN — On Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025, Shirley Mae Kloss Hahn joined her devoted husband Dean in eternal rest, just a short few weeks after his own passing. A lifetime resident of the Youngstown area, she spent the majority of her life on West Calla Road in North Lima, though she was ...

LOWELLVILLE — Loretta C. Walkama, 102, passed away peacefully, Sunday, Nov. 23, 2025, at her home. Born July 21, 1923, in Louisville, Kentucky, she was the daughter of John and Anna Wacker Arnold. On Oct. 13, 1945, Loretta married the love of her life, Eugene Walkama. The two shared ...

COLUMBIANA — Munir “Mike” Rafidi, a beloved husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather, peacefully passed away Friday, Nov. 21, 2025, at the age of 85. He leaves behind his cherished wife of 58 years, Marlene Jane Carbon Rafidi, with whom he built a beautiful life. Munir’s ...

EILEEN ANERINO, 61, Girard. SERVICES: noon Tuesday, St. Edward Church. CALLING HOURS: 11 to 11:50 a.m. Tuesday, church. BERTHA T. BARTOS, 92, Campbell. SERVICES: 10 a.m. Tuesday, Christ the Good Shepherd Parish, Campbell. CALLING HOURS: 9 to 9:45 a.m. Tuesday, church. PATRICK M. CHRYSTAL, ...

DALLAS (AP) — Viola Ford Fletcher, who as one of the last survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre in Oklahoma spent her later years seeking justice for the deadly attack by a white mob on the thriving Black community where she lived as a child, has died. She was 111. Her grandson Ike ...