YOUNGSTOWN — DaVon Montrayl Edwards, 31, departed this life at 1:38 a.m. Monday, Nov. 24, 2025, at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, following complications from an extended illness. He was born Dec. 24, 1993, in Youngstown, the son of Leon Edwards III and Tenesha Rena ...

BERLIN CENTER — Barbara S. James, 58, passed away in the early morning hours of Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025, at her home with her loving husband by her side. Barbara was born in 1967 in Pittsburgh, Pa., a daughter of Raymond and Sarah Bright Stubna, and came to this area in 1991. She was a ...

PHILLIP A. BRANDLE, 64, died Thursday at Salem Regional Medical Center. CALLING HOURS: 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Stark Memorial Funeral Home, Salem. ANTOINETTE R. NAPLES-HERTZER, 71, of Warren, died Nov. 18. SERVICES: 5 p.m. Monday, North Mar Church, Warren. (Carl W. Hall)

KAREN C. AUDIA, 78, Austintown. SERVICES: 3 p.m. Wednesday, Davis-Becker Funeral Home, Boardman. CALLING HOURS: 1 to 3 p.m. Wednesday, funeral home. JUDITH A. BRIAN, 75, Niles. SERVICES: 11 a.m. Wednesday, St. Pope John XXIII Parish-Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, Niles. JUNE C. BYO, 93, ...

AUSTINTOWN — Tributes for noted local composer, artist and poet, Thomas Alexander Furgas, are pouring in following his passing to the Lord’s repose on Friday, Nov. 14, 2025. He was 71. He was the third of seven boys born to Steve Michael and Ida Marie McSwain Furgas. He was preceded ...

POLAND — Margaret Letitia “Peggy” Yanek departed this life Sunday, Nov. 30, 2025, at the age of 92. Born Aug. 4, 1933, in Youngstown, she is the daughter of the late Lawrence and Bettie Nicklin Kennedy. Margaret grew up on the East Side of Youngstown and always loved to reminisce ...