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Obituaries

Grace M. Yates Williams 1932-2024

YOUNGSTOWN — Grace Marie Yates Williams, 92, passed away Saturday, April 27, 2024. She was born March 8, 1932, in Youngstown, the daughter of the late Robert Yates and Lee George Britt. She was raised in Youngstown with her seven siblings, Ruth Yates, Dorothy Hodge, Annette Douglas, Roland ...

Robert Hull Foulkes Jr. 1943-2024

NORTH LIMA — Robert Hull Foulkes Jr., Ph.D., 81, passed away peacefully, Tuesday, April 30, 2024, at his home. He was born March 4, 1943, in Mount Vernon, a son of the late Robert and Laurdella Koplin Foulkes. He graduated from Kent Roosevelt High School and then earned his Doctorate in ...

Services

JUDITH A. AVDEY, 85, Lowellville. SERVICES: noon Thursday, Christ Our Savior Parish at Holy Trinity Church, Struthers. CALLING HOURS: 10 to 11 a.m. Thursday, Davidson-Becker Funeral Home, Struthers. JOHN P. CHOVAN, 75, Hubbard. SERVICES: 11 a.m. Wednesday, St. Patrick Roman Catholic Church, ...

Area deaths

KATHLEEN BARRECA, 69, of Girard, died Sunday, April 21, 2024. SERVICES: 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, Calvary Cemetery Mausoleum. (Blackstone) GLORIA M. DOBRINDT, 93, of Austintown, died Sunday, May 5, 2024. SERVICES: 11 a.m. Tuesday, Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, Austintown. CALLING HOURS: 9:30 to ...

Louise Kott 1935-2024

CAMPBELL — Louise “Kootsie” Kott, 88, passed away Saturday, May 4, 2024. Louise was born July 26, 1935, in Campbell, the daughter of John and Catherine Lysikowski Kott. Louise was a 1953 graduate of Campbell Memorial High School and a graduate of Youngstown Comptometer School. She ...

Neng Oconer Shaffer 1947-2024

YOUNGSTOWN — Neng Oconer Shaffer passed away in the early morning of Monday, May 6, 2024, at St. Elizabeth Hospital. She was a beloved mother, wife, sister, friend, and most of all, Lola (grandma). Neng was born Nov. 28, 1947, in Manila, Philippines, to the late Jaime Aquino Oconer and ...