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Obituaries

Area deaths

DARIN M. BRINDIAR, 61, of Lowellville, died Sunday at home. SERVICES: 7 p.m. Friday, Kelley-Cummins Funeral Home. CALLING HOURS: 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, funeral home. CATHERINE CARROL, 83, formerly of Lake Milton, died Tuesday at Fairmont Health and Rehab, Willoughby. (Borowski Memorial) CECILA ...

Services

SUSAN L. BURNS, 72, Poland. SERVICES: noon Saturday, Kirila Funeral Home, Struthers. CALLING HOURS: 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, funeral home. JAMES R. CRITELL, 74, Youngstown. SERVICES: 6 p.m. Wednesday, St. Catherine of Siena Parish-St. Luke Church, Boardman. NORMA J. DIVER, 92, Canfield. ...

George E. Johnson Sr., founder of a pioneering black hair care business, dies

CHICAGO (AP) — George E. Johnson Sr., a pioneer in black hair care whose multimillion dollar business was the first black-owned company to be listed on the American Stock Exchange, has died at age 99, according to his family. Johnson died Monday at his home in downtown Chicago. A cause of ...

James Richard Critell 1952-2026

YOUNGSTOWN — James Richard Critell passed away peacefully after a hard-fought battle with pancreatic cancer on Sunday, July 5, 2026. James was born April 15, 1952, to Robert and Agnes Davis Critell. A loving husband to Mary Ann for almost 44 years and proud father and father-in-law to ...

Donna Olenick 1933-2026

BOARDMAN — Donna Olenick, 93, passed away peacefully Thursday, June 25, 2026, at home surrounded by her loving family. She was born March 6, 1933, in Youngstown, to Glenn Willrich and Myrtle McKain Willrich. She grew up in Youngstown as one of six children. She graduated from North High ...

Robert G. Hird Jr. 1949-2026

POLAND — Robert “Bob” G. Hird, Jr., 77, passed away Thursday, June 18, 2026, at Select Specialty Hospital in Boardman. Bob was born Feb. 12, 1949, in Youngstown, a son of the late Robert G. Hird Sr. and Helen M. Kearney Hird. A graduate of Struthers High School, Bob dedicated more ...