LIBERTY — Ruth Wallace Ketzel, 103, passed away peacefully on Friday, Jan. 9, 2026, at Shepherd of the Valley-Girard. Ruth, as she was always affectionately known, was born Ella Ruth Wallace to Raymond and Ella Wright Wallace on the family farm in Frizzleburg, Pa., on Sept. 25, 1922. Her ...
AUSTINTOWN — Roger J. Palko, 80, passed away Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026. Roger was born July 16, 1945, in Youngstown, a son of Julius and Mary Yeager Palko. He was a proud graduate of Chaney High School, Class of 1964, where he played football and later served as the school’s football team ...
JOHN H. GUERRIERO, 93, of Youngstown, died Sunday. SERVICES: 2:30 p.m. Friday, Fox Funeral Home, Boardman. CALLING HOURS: 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. Friday, funeral home. GARY C. LOCKHART, 78, of Poland, died Saturday. SERVICES: 6 p.m. Thursday, Cunningham-Becker Funeral Home, Poland. CALLING HOURS: 4 to 5:45 p.m. Thursday, funeral home. RALPH T. NEWSOME, 94, formerly of Youngstown, died Jan. 2. SERVICES: 11 a.m. Tuesday, St. Susanna Catholic Church, Mason. CALLING HOURS: 10 a.m. Tuesday, church. (Mueller) JOSEPH R. NIDEL, 67, of Warren, died Friday. SERVICES: 3 to 6 p.m. Thursday, ...
GIRARD — Anthony J. Zuppo Sr., 82, passed away Thursday morning, Jan. 8, 2026, in the comfort of his home surrounded by the love of his family. Anthony was born Jan. 15, 1943, in Youngstown, a son of the late Anthony and Anna M. Suiro Zuppo, and was a lifelong area resident. He was a ...
JOY A. AHO, 73, Vienna. SERVICES: Noon Wednesday, Blackstone Funeral Home, Girard. CALLING HOURS: 10 a.m. to noon Wednesday, funeral home. MARYANN GIANNINI, 89, Poland. SERVICES: 11 a.m. Tuesday, St. Anthony Church, Youngstown. CALLING HOURS: 9 to 10 a.m. Tuesday, Rossi Brothers and Lellio Funeral Home, Boardman. BARBARA J. GUZAN, 88, Sarasota, Florida. SERVICES: 10:20 a.m. Wednesday, Peter Rossi and Son Memorial Chapel, Warren, and 11 a.m. Wednesday, Queen of the Holy Rosary Chapel, Vienna. CALLING HOURS: 9 to 10:15 a.m Wednesday, funeral home. BETTY RACICH JACOBS, 92, ...
PARIS (AP) — Former Corsican nationalist leader Alain Orsoni has been shot dead in Corsica during his mother’s funeral, according to French newspaper Le Monde. He was 71 years old. The Ajaccio public prosecutor, Nicolas Septe, has opened an investigation into murder by an organized gang. Orsoni was a leader of the Corsican National Liberation Front in the 1980s and later founded the Movement for Self-Determination. Orsoni had been targeted in an assassination plot in 2008 and also served as president of the AC Ajaccio soccer club.
