PATRICIA BENSON, 55, Canton. SERVICES: 5 p.m. Thursday, Rossi Brothers and Lellio Funeral Home, Boardman. CALLING HOURS: 3 to 5 p.m. Thursday, funeral home. FRANCIS E. BUCKLEY, 85, Wooster. SERVICES: 6 p.m. Thursday, Murray Funeral Home, Fredericksburg. CALLING HOURS: 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday, ...

BOSTON (AP) — Joan Kennedy has died. The first wife of the late Sen. Edward Kennedy died Wednesday at the age of 89. She endured the assassinations of two brothers-in-law and stood by her husband through the Chappaquiddick scandal as well as through his failed 1980 run for president. The ...

BOARDMAN — Lynn E. Rice, 78, of Boardman, passed away peacefully on Friday afternoon, Oct. 3, 2025, at Hospice House in Poland. Born Jan. 13, 1947, in Sharon, Pa., Lynn was the daughter of the late Floyd and Elizabeth Shepard. Lynn worked for many years at the Holiday Inn and also ...

AUSTINTOWN – Claire P. DePaul, 84, fondly known as “Tippy,” passed away Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025, at Hospice House of the Valley by Compasses, peacefully, with her family by her side. Claire was born Feb. 9, 1941, in Butler, Pa., a daughter of the late George and Edith Ervin. Claire ...

POLAND — Constance L. Meek, passed away Friday, Oct. 3, 2025, at St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital, at the age of 78. Born May 1, 1947, in Youngstown, she is a daughter of the late Angelo and Mary D’Onofrio Romano. Constance was a proud graduate of Struthers High School, Class of 1965, ...

AUSTINTOWN – Jacqueline M. Donofrio, 68, passed away peacefully, surrounded by family, Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025. She was born June 11, 1957, in Youngstown, a daughter of the late Daniel Anthony Donofrio Jr. and Mary Louise DiMargio Donofrio. Jackie was a 1975 graduate of Chaney High School ...