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CANDACE O’BRIEN, 74, of Columbiana, died Friday at her home. SERVICES: 10 a.m. Thursday, Warrick-Kummer-Rettig Funeral Home, Columbiana. CALLING HOURS: 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, funeral home. BEVERLY L. SCHIAVONE, 96, of Poland, died Thursday. SERVICES: 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Davis-Becker Funeral Home, Boardman. CALLING HOURS: 4 to 5:30 p.m. Thursday, funeral home. DARREL W. YODER, 67, of Columbiana, died Sept. 22 at St. Elizabeth Boardman Hospital. Services are private. (Seederly-Mong and Beck)

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ROBERT R. DAVID, 73, Austintown. CALLING HOURS: 4 to 6 p.m. Friday, Vaschak-Kirila Funeral Home, Youngstown. MARY C. DOUGLAS, 87, Girard. SERVICES: 10 a.m. Oct. 6, Blackstone Funeral Home, Girard. HELEN KLEIN, 99, North Jackson. SERVICES: 10:30 a.m. Thursday, St. Teresa of Calcutta Parish-St. James Church, Warren. CALLING HOURS: 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Thursday, church. JOSEPH M. KOREN JR., 75, formerly of the area. SERVICES: 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, St. Rose Church, Girard. CALLING HOURS: 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, church. REYNALD J. MULTARI SR., 96, Boardman. SERVICES: 11 a.m. ...

Russell M. Nelson, oldest-ever president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, dies

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Russell M. Nelson, the oldest-ever president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, died Saturday night at the age of 101, church officials announced. Nelson died at his home in Salt Lake City, the church announced. Nelson, a former heart surgeon, spent four decades in the highest levels of church leadership after he was selected in 1984 to join a top church governing body called the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. He ascended to the presidency in January 2018 when Thomas S. Monson died and in 2024 became the first president of the faith to hit the ...

Mary Joan Julius 1935-2025

NEW MIDDLETOWN — Mary Joan “Joanie” Julius went home peacefully to the Lord with family and caretaker at her side on Sunday, Sept. 21, 2025, at her residence at Masternick Memorial. The most cherished and only daughter of Carmen and Josephine Flower Agnone, she was born April 1, 1935, ...

Area deaths

DAWN MARIE HINKLE, 50, of Salem, died Sept. 17 at home. There are no services. (Arbaugh-Pearce-Greenisen) GEORGENE E. KING, 93, of Sebring, died Monday at Crandall Medical Center. SERVICES: 4 p.m. Oct. 11, 2025, at The Chapel at Copeland Oaks, Sebring. CALLING HOURS: 3 to 4 p.m. Oct. 11, chapel. MICHAEL D. MORRIS, 58, of Salem, died Sept. 12 at home. There are no services. (Arbaugh-Pearce-Greenisen) JASON E. ROBERTS, 53, of Salem, died Sept. 12 at home. SERVICES: 4 p.m. Oct. 18, Potters Camp, New Waterford. (Arbaugh-Pearce-Greenisen) JANET F. MALEY SCARRY, 85, of Salineville, ...

Kenneth T. Derkach 1950-2024

YOUNGSTOWN — Kenneth T. Derkach, 74, passed away at his residence on Dec. 26, 2024. He was born June 9, 1950, in Youngstown, the son of William Sr. and Rose Marie Zalovchick Derkach. Kenneth was a YSU graduate and worked as a civil engineer, building new roads and bridges throughout the ...