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 ...

MADISON, Wis. — Eugene Hasenfus, who played a key role in unraveling the Iran-Contra affair after his CIA-backed supply plane was shot down over Nicaragua in 1986, has died. Hasenfus died on Nov. 26 in Menominee, Michigan, after a nine-year battle with cancer, according to his obituary ...

GENEVA (AP) — Ludwig Minelli, the founder of Dignitas, one of Switzerland’s best-known accompanied suicide groups that has helped thousands of people from around the world to take their own lives, has died through voluntary assisted dying, the group said. Minelli died Saturday at age 92, ...

POLAND — Adeline J. “Babe” Duncko, left us peacefully on Saturday, Nov. 29, 2025, at the age of 99. Born Carmela Adelina Adornato on Nov. 7, 1926, in Youngstown, she lived a fulfilling life marked by compassion, dedication, and a profound commitment to the wellbeing of others. After ...

GIRARD — James P. Petrella, 37, of Girard, passed away on Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025, in Arizona. James was born Aug. 24, 1988, in Youngstown, the son of James V. and Debra Miranda Petrella. Jimmy was a 2007 graduate of Girard High School and had attended community college in Arizona. He had ...

GIRARD — Anthony Foty Jr., 89, of Girard, passed away peacefully on Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025, at his home. Anthony was born May 13, 1936, in Girard, the son of Anthony and Susan Carson Foty Sr. Anthony served his country in the US Army, as a paratrooper in the Korean War. He had several ...