POLAND — Gerald “Jerry” M. Skarote, 82, died peacefully Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025, at Windsor House at Parkside surrounded by his loving family. He was born May 16, 1943, in Youngstown, the son of Henry and Minnie Vivo Skarote. Jerry was a proud veteran of the United States Navy, ...
GLORIA A. BEDNAR, 83, Youngstown. SERVICES: 11 a.m. Monday, Kinnick Funeral Home, Youngstown. CALLING HOURS: 10 to 11 a.m. Monday, funeral home. KENNETH J. BERADUCE, 70, New Middletown. SERVICES: 11 a.m. Saturday, Davis-Becker Funeral Home, Boardman. CALLING HOURS: 10 to 10:45 a.m. Saturday, funeral home. THERESA BERG, 78, Poland. SERVICES: 11 a.m. Monday, Holy Family Church. MARY K. DRISCOLL, 89, Westlake. SERVICES: 11 a.m. Monday, St. Rafael Catholic Church, Bay Village. CALLING HOURS: 10 to 11 a.m. Monday, church. DOROTHY FICOCELLI, 89, McCormick, S.C.. SERVICES: 10:30 a.m. ...
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese Nobel Prize-winning physicist Chen Ning Yang, one of the most influential scientists in modern physics, died in Beijing on Saturday. He was 103. The prestigious Tsinghua University, where he studied and served as a professor, said in a statement that Yang died of an illness, without sharing further details. “Professor Yang is one of the greatest physicists of the 20th century, having made revolutionary contributions to the development of modern physics,” the statement said, praising his contribution to China’s scientific and educational ...
Sam Rivers, the bass player in the nu metal band Limp Bizkit, died on Saturday, according to social media posts by his band mates. The band did not disclose where Rivers died or the circumstances, but praised him as “pure magic” and “the soul in the sound.” “From the first note we ever played together, Sam brought a light and a rhythm that could never be replaced,” they wrote in a group Instagram post. “His talent was effortless, his presence unforgettable, his heart enormous.” Fred Durst, the band’s front man and lead vocalist, posted a video Sunday morning that ...
WESTLAKE — Mary Katherine Meyer Driscoll died peacefully in her sleep on Saturday, Oct. 11, 2025, at home in Westlake, surrounded by family. Born Aug. 15, 1936, in Chicago, she was the eldest daughter of Winnifred Duffy Meyer and Theodore Meyer and raised in Glenview, Illinois. She ...
COLUMBIANA — Donald L. Kirkwood, 83, peacefully passed away on Sunday, Oct. 12, 2025, at St. Mary’s Alzheimer’s Center in Columbiana. Donald was born Jan. 10, 1942, in Youngstown, to the late Truman and Myrtle Fenton Kirkwood. He graduated from Western Reserve High School in ...
