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Lisa J. West 1960-2025

BOARDMAN — Lisa Jane West, 65, departed this life on Monday, Aug. 18, 2025. Lisa was an amazing human being who loved her family and friends. She loved watching her favorite shows on TV, painting, listening to music and doing crossword puzzles. Lisa spent 25 years caring for the elderly ...

Industry interested in horizontal well results

ELLSWORTH TOWNSHIP — One of the first new horizontal gas and oil wells to be drilled in Mahoning County in recent years has started to produce gas and oil at is well pad along state Route 45 (Salem-Warren Road) and Leffingwell Road west of Canfield. Karina Cheung, public information officer ...

Robert R. David 1951-2025

AUSTINTOWN — Robert “Bob” R. David, 73, passed away peacefully surrounded by his loved ones on Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025, in St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital. Bob was born Dec. 2, 1951, in Youngstown, the son of Andrew and Mary Kotchin David. He was a graduate of Wilson High School ...

Services

GISLINDE BYRNE, 82, Niles. SERVICES: 11 a.m. Saturday, St. Rose Catholic Church, Girard. ROBERT J. LEHOTSKY, 85, Powell. CALLING HOURS: 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Dublin Baptist Church. ALBERT A. MATASY, 91, Boardman. SERVICES: 11 a.m. Saturday, SS. Peter and Paul Croatian Catholic Church, Youngstown. CALLING HOURS: 9 to 10:45 a.m. Saturday, church. CATHERINE A. MCFARLAND, 80, formerly of Youngstown. SERVICES: noon Saturday, Streetsboro United Methodist Church. CALLING HOURS: 11 a.m. to noon Saturday, church. EDNA M. PLANTS, 88, Youngstown. SERVICES: 11 a.m. Saturday, Kinnick ...

James P. Demichele 1951-2025

MINERAL RIDGE — James P. Demichele, 74, died on Saturday, Sept. 20, 2025, at Continuing Healthcare at the Ridge. He was born on May 6, 1951, in Youngstown, a son of the late Patrick DeMichele and Georgia Vitullio DeMichele. James was a 1969 graduate of Cardinal Mooney High School. His ...

Edna M. Plants 1937-2025

YOUNGSTOWN — Edna M. Plants, 88, of Youngstown’s West Side, passed away peacefully on Wednesday afternoon, Sept. 24, 2025, in the comfort of her home with her family by her side. Edna was born Feb. 10, 1937, in Washington, Pa., a daughter of the late James Rosen and Icy Burgess Rosen, ...