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ANTHONY F. BOWENS, 68, New Kensington, Pa. SERVICES: 11 a.m. Friday, Sterling-McCullough Williams Youngstown Funeral Chapel. CALLING HOURS: 10 to 11 a.m. Friday, funeral home. PATRICIA B. BRAUN, 79, Boardman. SERVICES: 11 a.m. Friday, Calvary Cemetery. WILLIAM P. CARSON, 87, Poland. SERVICES: 11 a.m. Saturday, Westminster Presbyterian Church, Boardman. CALLING HOURS: 110 to 10:45 a.m. Saturday, church. JOSEPH E. COSTANZO, 84, Columbiana. SERVICES: 11 a.m. Saturday, Columbiana First Presbyterian Church. CALLING HOURS: 4 to 7 p.m. Friday, Seederly-Mong & Beck Funeral Home, ...

Area deaths

MARGARET J. GRECO, 92, of Austintown, died Sunday at Hospice House. Arrangements are pending. (Rossi and Santucci) LAMAR LOGAN, 61, of Youngstown, died Nov. 7. (Arbaugh-Pearce-Greenisen) JOANN MCMURRAY, 82, of Salem, died Tuesday. SERVICES: 11 a.m. Saturday, Stark Memorial Funeral Home, Salem. CALLING HOURS: 10 to 11 a.m. Saturday, funeral home. DONNA L. ABBOTT KEOPPEL MORTON, 90, of Salem, died Monday in Columbiana. Private services. (Arbaugh-Pearce-Greenisen) DONNA L. KALKBRENNER PEEPLES, 81, of Salem, died Tuesday. (Arbaugh-Pearce-Greenisen) LORIN A. SHEPARD JR., 86, of ...

Juan Ponce Enrile, man who helped oust Marcos, dies

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Juan Ponce Enrile, the Philippine defense chief during a martial-law era notorious for human rights atrocities, democratic setbacks and plunder who later broke off from dictator Ferdinand Marcos in a schism that eventually led to the latter’s overthrow in a 1986 “people power” uprising, has died. He was 101. Katrina Ponce Enrile said her father died on Thursday at home surrounded by family as he had wished. She said her father had been confined in a medical intensive care unit for pneumonia treatment. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., the son of the ...

Gilbert S. Jackson 1951-2025

YOUNGSTOWN — Gilbert Scott Jackson, 74, surrounded by his loving family, received his wings Friday, Nov. 7, 2025. Gilbert was born April 3, 1951, in Youngstown, a son of James E. and Clara Perrow Jackson. He was a 1970 graduate of North High School. Gilbert attended and graduated from ...

Shirley J. Prater 1943-2025

GAINESVILLE, Ga. — Shirley Jean Prater, 82, Gainesville, Georgia, formerly of East Palestine, went to her Heavenly home on Monday, Oct. 20, 2025, to be with her Lord and Savior, following a long illness. She was born Sept. 7, 1943. She was adopted and raised by the late Ardell “Duge” ...

George R. Goynes 1927-2025

LAKE MILTON — George Robert “Bob” Goynes, 98, passed away peacefully into eternal rest, Monday, Nov. 10, 2025, at his son’s residence, with his family by his side. He was born Nov. 7, 1927, in Pricetown, the son of the late Gay Howard Goynes and Mary Adeline Besse Goynes. George ...