AUSTINTOWN — Stephen M. “Peewee” Pazel, of Austintown, passed away Wednesday, June 24, 2026, at Hospice House, with his loving family at his side. He was born April 7, 1951, in Youngstown, a son of the late Stephen and Irene Ewolhin Pazel. Stephen’s journey in life was marked by ...

HOWLAND — Grant Alan Sanzenbacher, 64, passed away Monday, June 8, 2026, in a tragic motorcycle accident in Howland. He was born May 25, 1962, in Warren, the son of Richard Lee and Bonnie Jean Hunter Sanzenbacher. A 1980 graduate of Lakeview High School in Cortland, he also attended New ...

ELIZABETH M. FRANKLIN, 86, Austintown. SERVICES: 11 a.m. Monday, St. Mary Magdalene Parish-St. Christine Church, Youngstown. CALLING HOURS: 9 to 10:30 a.m. Monday, Higgins-Reardon Funeral Homes, Austintown Chapel. GARY R. HARTMAN, 68, Youngstown. SERVICES: 6 p.m. Tuesday, Higgins-Reardon ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Fiore Sarno, 89, formerly of Reading, Pa., and Austintown, passed away Thursday, June 11, 2026, at Wellington Regional Hospital in West Palm Beach, Florida. Born in the small town of Bagnoli Irpino, Italy, he was the son of the late Aniello and Graziella Frasca ...

AUSTINTOWN —Janice Marie Litner, 75, lovingly known as Jannie or Jan, passed away Saturday, June 20, 2026, at the Hospice of the Valley Hospice House. She was born March 30, 1951, in Akron, a daughter of the late James and Mary Laraway Hopkins. Her family moved to Fort Lauderdale in 1962. ...

POLAND — Katherine “Kay” Wolf, 94, passed away peacefully at home on Thursday, June 25, 2026. She was born July 29, 1931, to Joseph and Philomena “Minnie” Dundee on Youngstown’s East Side. She maintained a close connection to the East Side before moving to Youngstown’s South ...