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Obituaries

Christopher L. Hahn 1973-2025

YOUNGSTOWN — Christopher Hahn passed away at home peacefully on Saturday, Oct. 11, 2025, after a courageous 10-month battle with pancreatic cancer. He faced his illness with the same quiet strength and independence that defined his life — doing things his way, on his own terms, until the ...

James B. Helmick 1946-2025

BOWLING GREEN — James B. Helmick, 79, of Bowling Green, passed away Friday, Oct. 3, 2025. He was born April 6, 1946, in Elkins, W.Va., to the late Dickson and Jane Nethkin Helmick. He married Linda Brannigan on June 21, 1975. She survives. James served in the United States Army during ...

Marjorie A. Downs 1941-2025

AUSTINTOWN — Marjorie Ann Downs, 84, of Austintown, went home to be with The Lord late Wednesday evening, Oct. 15, 2025, in Youngstown. She was born Sept. 5, 1941, in Cleveland, a daughter of Herbert Sr. and Anna Dorazio Crissman. After graduating high school and getting married, ...

Area deaths

GLORIA A. BEDNAR, 83, of Youngstown, died Wednesday (Kinnick) JOANNE KALOCSKY O’NEIL, 90, of Girard, died Oct. 8. (Kinnick) JAMES F. MEYERS, 77, of Girard, died Sunday. (Kinnick) BENJAMIN LONGO, 72, of Austintown, died Wednesday. (Kinnick) RAYMON PALEN, 92, of Niles, died Thursday. ...

Services

THERESA BERG, 78, Poland. SERVICES: 11 a.m. Monday, Holy Family Church. CALLING HOURS: 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Higgins-Reardon Funeral Home, Poland Chapel. CARL J. CARBON, 83, Poland. SERVICES: 11 a.m. Friday, Our Lady of Mount Carmel Basilica, Youngstown. CALLING HOURS: 10 to 11 a.m. Friday, ...

Kanchha Sherpa dies at 92

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Kanchha Sherpa, the last surviving member of the mountaineering expedition team that first conquered Mount Everest, died early Thursday. Kanchha died at age 92 at his home in Kapan in the Kathmandu district of Nepal, confirmed Phur Gelje Sherpa, the association ...