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MARILYN CHIU, 84, Canfield. SERVICES: 11 a.m. Saturday, Zion Lutheran Church, Youngstown. CALLING HOURS: 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday, church. BERNADETTE FLOWERS, 89, Campbell. SERVICES: noon Friday, Wasko Funeral Home, Campbell. CALLING HOURS: 10 a.m. to noon Friday, funeral home. DAVID A. HARDY SR., 85, Canfield. SERVICES: 1:30 p.m. Friday, Fox Funeral Home, Boardman. CALLING HOURS: 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Friday, funeral home. LEONA L. KENNEDY, 77, Austintown. SERVICES: 10 a.m. Friday, Lane Funeral Home, Austintown. CALLING HOURS: 9 to 10 a.m. Friday, funeral home. THOMAS C. McCLOSKEY, ...

Area deaths

THELMA A. RIST, 74, of Lisbon, died Tuesday. (Stark Memorial) NANCY J. COIE, 69, of Salem, died Aug. 29. SERVICES: 11 a.m. Sept. 12, Church at the Center in Salem. CALLING HOURS: 10 to 11 a.m. Sept. 12, church. CAROL LYNN MOTICHKO, 76, Boardman, died Thursday. SERVICES: noon Sept. 10, Fox Funeral Home, Boardman. CALLING HOURS: 10 to 11:50 a.m. Sept. 10.

Phillip Placko Sr. 1946-2026

POLAND — Phillip J. Placko Sr., 80, passed away on Friday, Aug. 28, 2026, at Hospice of the Valley Hospice House in Poland. Phillip was born on May 30, 1946, in Ashtabula, a son of the late John and Mary Paval Placko. He was a graduate of Edgewood High School and worked for several years ...

Services

ERNEST ARGERAS, 99, Youngstown. SERVICES: 11 a.m. Thursday, St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church, Youngstown. CALLING HOURS: 10 to 11 a.m. Thursday, church. RICHARD BRENNAN, 88, McDonald. SERVICES: 1 p.m. Thursday, Higgins-Reardon Funeral Home, Austintown Chapel. CALLING HOURS: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday, funeral home. FLORENCE I. BUYDOS, 75, Lowellville. SERVICES: 1:30 p.m. Thursday, St. Patrick Roman Catholic Church, Hubbard. MARILYN CHIU, 84, Canfield. SERVICES: 11 a.m. Saturday, Zion Lutheran Church, Youngstown. CALLING HOURS: 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday, church. BERNADETTE FLOWERS, ...

Ernest Argeras 1927-2026

YOUNGSTOWN — Ernest Argeras passed away peacefully on Friday, Aug. 28, 2026. Ernest proudly served as a Merchant Marine and later served his country in the United States Army during the Korean War. He was also a faithful member of St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church in Youngstown, where ...

Eugene Macek Jr. 1958-2026

STRUTHERS — Eugene E. Macek Jr., 68, of Struthers, passed away on Saturday, Aug. 22, 2026, at St. Elizabeth Hospital. He was born on Aug. 19, 1958, in New Castle, Pa., to Eugene and Elizabeth Johns Macek. Eugene worked as a truck driver for J.S. Bova Excavating. He enjoyed fishing and ...