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MARY GRACE AURANDT, 70, Poland. SERVICES: 5 p.m. Friday, Davis-Becker Funeral Home, Boardman. CALLING HOURS: 3 to 4:45 p.m. Friday, funeral home. JULIUS BALOGH, 87, Youngstown. SERVICES: 1 p.m. Wednesday, First Presbyterian Church, Youngstown. CALLING HOURS: 12:30 to 12:55 p.m. Wednesday, church. RICHARD A. BOWEN JR., 57, Berlin Center. CELEBRATION OF LIFE: 11 a.m. Saturday, Canfield Presbyterian Church. CALLING HOURS: 10 a.m. Saturday, church. RUTH ANN BRUDERLY, 76, Salem. SERVICES: 11 a.m. Friday, Stark Memorial Funeral Home, Salem. CALLING HOURS: 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday and 10 to 11 ...

Raymond P. Miskell 1946-2026

WARREN – Raymond P. Miskell, 79, formerly of Austintown, passed away early Sunday morning, Jan. 25, 2026, at Washington Square Healthcare, Warren. Born Nov. 22, 1946, in Youngstown, he was the son of the late Farris and Ruth Megown Miskell. On May 10, 1969, he married Cheryl J. Kastner, ...

Area deaths

MARYLOU BOBIC, 93, of Struthers, died Tuesday. SERVICES: 11 a.m. Saturday, Christ Community Church, Campbell. CALLING HOURS: 4 to 6 p.m. Friday, Kirila Funeral Home, Struthers, and 10 to 11 a.m. Saturday, church. HOLLY JEAN BREWER, 51, of Diamond, died Tuesday at UH Portage Medical Center. (Borowski) WALTER D. GLEARS, 91, formerly of Youngstown, died Friday in Goose Creek, South Carolina. Services will be held at a later date. (Carolina Memorial) DAVID GRIST, 67, of Lake Milton, died Jan. 21 at his home. (Borowski / Oak Meadow) DOMINICK A. GUARINO, 68, of Hubbard, died Wednesday ...

Roger E. Walters 1955-2026

DAVENPORT, Fla. — Roger Ervin Walters, 70, passed away peacefully on Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, at Lake Nona Veterans Medical Center in Orlando, Florida, with his beloved wife, Rosalee Jean Alley Walters by his side. Roger and Rosalee shared 50 years of marriage, having been united on Nov. ...

Charles M. Edwards 1944-2026

NILES — Charles M. Edwards, 81, passed away Saturday morning, Jan. 24, 2026, at his home and surrounded by his family. “Chuck,” as he was affectionately known, was born May 7, 1944, in Youngstown, a son of the late Clyde E. and Ellen E. Datkuliak Edwards. He was a 1962 graduate of ...

Victor A. Grdina 1933-2026

POLAND — Victor A. Grdina, 92, died Monday, Jan. 26, 2026, at Hampton Woods. Victor was born Sept. 6, 1933, in Cleveland, to Jerome and Mamie Virant Grdina. He graduated from Cathedral Latin High School in Cleveland and enlisted into the Army. He married the former Anita Hunt on ...