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Obituaries

Remembering 1st black US secretary of labor

WASHINGTON (AP) — Labor leaders, politicians and civil rights activists are mourning the death of Alexis Herman, the first black U.S. secretary of labor and a fierce advocate for workplace equality. She died Friday at the age of 77. Herman broke many barriers in her prolific career, and ...

Dolores J. Schrieber 1933-2025

CAMPBELL — Dolores J. “Honey” Schrieber passed away peacefully in her home on Saturday, April 26, 2025, at the age of 92. Honey was born Feb. 21, 1933, in Youngstown, to Michael Yarab and Mary Wolf Yarab. She graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School in 1950 and became a practical ...

Jacqueline Whitehead 1942-2025

EAST PALESTINE — Jacqueline “Jacquie” Whitehead, 82, passed away Monday, Jan. 13, 2025, at Covington Skilled Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, East Palestine. Jacqueline was born May 13, 1942, in East Cleveland, a daughter of the late Earl and Ida Kallio Cope. Jacquie had worked ...

Services

JILL ANNE BECK, 70, Columbiana. SERVICES: 11 a.m. Wednesday, East Palestine Church of Christ. CALLING HOURS: 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Seederly-Mong and Beck Funeral Home, Columbiana, and 10 to 11 a.m. Wednesday, church. IDABELLE J. DeHOFF, 99, Austintown. SERVICES: 1 p.m. Tuesday, Lane ...

Yiannoula J. Mastrovaselis 1936-2025

CAMPBELL — The family of Yiannoula JoAnna Mastrovaselis, 88, are honoring her life, as she passed away Thursday, April 24, 2025, with her family nearby. Yiannoula was born Ioanna Chrysostomos Triantafillou on Nov. 22, 1936, in Heraklion, Crete, to Chrysostomos and Zambia Porfyrakis ...

Larry D. DeJane 1942-2025

SALEM — Larry D. DeJane, 82, passed away, Thursday, April 24, 2025, at Salem Regional Medical Center, with his wife and children by his side, who remained a constant presence through the final months of his life. Born on Nov. 27, 1942, in Salem, he was a son of Walter and Edith Hendricks ...