GREENSBORO, N.C. — Anita Mele Spagnola passed away peacefully, surrounded by her family, Monday, July 27, 2026. Born in 1928 to Italian immigrant parents, the late Joseph and Mary Chance Mele, Anita was the youngest of nine children and was raised in Youngstown. After graduating from ...
YOUNGSTOWN — Lawrence B. Olson, 87, of Youngstown, passed away peacefully at his home Wednesday, July 8, 2026. Born July 1, 1939, in Youngstown, Larry was a son of the late Richard C. and Eleanor Burnham Olson. Larry was a 1957 graduate of Woodrow Wilson High School. He proudly served ...
WILLIAM C. ALLISON, 36, Boardman. CALLING HOURS: 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Kinnick Funeral Home, Youngstown. MELISA BLAZEK, 57, Lake Milton. SERVICES: 11 a.m. Aug. 8, St. James Catholic Church, North Jackson. ROBERT C. DANCE, 69, Salem. SERVICES: 11 a.m. Friday, Greenford Lutheran Church, Salem. CALLING HOURS: 10 to 11 a.m. Friday, church. ROSE J. DERAMO, 86, Boardman. SERVICES: 1 p.m. Saturday, Our Lady of Mount Carmel Basilica, Youngstown. CALLING HOURS: 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Saturday, Rossi & Santucci Funeral Home, Boardman. HOPE L. GRAHAM, 70, Canfield. SERVICES: 11 a.m. ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Arlene Smith, one of the first “girl group” stars who as a teenager and a founder of the Chantels co-wrote and sang lead on the 1950s doo-wop classic “Maybe,” has died at 84. Smith’s manager and close friend, Paul Errante, told The Associated Press that she died of a heart attack Wednesday at a New York City hospital. Male harmony groups from the Drifters to Dion and the Belmonts were common in the early years of rock ’n’ roll. But female acts — especially black female acts — were rare until the late 1950s, when performers such as the Chantels and ...
TIONESTA, Pa. — Josephine T. Misciskia, 80, of Tionesta, Pa., formerly of Youngstown, died on Tuesday morning, July 28, 2026, at her home. She was born Jan. 10, 1946, in Youngstown, daughter of the late Joseph and Theresa DiTullio Rudzik. She married Anthony “Tony” Misciskia on April ...
POLAND — Patrick John Nagy passed away on Monday, July 20, 2026, at the Hospice House, with his loving family by his side. He was born on Dec. 23, 1947, in Youngstown, the son of the late Alex and Julia Frances Wirt Nagy, and was a lifelong area resident. Patrick graduated in 1965 ...
