OAKLAND, Calif. — Mark “Osta” Ostapiak, 48, formerly of Canfield, passed away unexpectedly Tuesday, June 9, 2026. Mark was born May 4, 1978, in Youngstown, a son of the late Peter and Sylvia Ostapiak. A 1996 graduate of Canfield High School, Mark later moved to the San Francisco Bay ...
STOW — Thomas E. Balent, 57, formerly of Newton Falls, passed away Monday, Aug. 17, 2026. He was born May 30, 1969, in Warren, a son of Frank and Carol Ludington Balent. Tom was a 1987 graduate of Jackson-Milton High School, where he played football and participated in track and field events. He earned his bachelor’s degree from Youngstown State University in 1993. He worked as a senior structural engineer for Wheaton and Sprague Engineering. He enjoyed golfing, bocce, softball, darts and playing poker with his friends and family. He leaves his mother, of Newton Falls; his ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Philanthropist Nancy Kissinger, onetime foreign policy researcher and wife of former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, has died. She was 92. She died Thursday at her home in Kent, Connecticut, Robert Johnson, manager of the property, told The Associated Press. The cause ...
YOUNGSTOWN — Edward J. Champion, 99, died Monday, Aug. 17, 2026, at Southern Care Hospice, surrounded by his family. Edward was born April 5, 1927, in Wickliffe, a son of Joseph and Eloise Black Champion. He served in the Navy during World War II and Korea and received the Pacific ...
POLAND — Jean Slaven, 97, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026, at The Woodlands at Hampton Woods in Poland, surrounded by her loving family. Jean was born on April 25, 1929, in Hanoverton, a daughter of the late James McCormick and Hannah L. Brown McCormick. She graduated ...
YOUNGSTOWN — Harold Eugene Smith, 78, departed this life at 9:28 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 16, 2026, at St. Joseph Warren Hospital, following complications of an extended illness. He was born June 20, 1948, in Hickman, Kentucky, the son of Arthur and Clara Mae Jones Smith, residing in Warren for ...
