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Sandra L. Basciano 1952-2025

GIRARD — Sandra L Basciano, 72, owner of Sandi’s Mane Attraction Hair Salon in Girard, passed away Wednesday, July 2, 2025. Sandi was born July 4, 1952, in Youngstown. She attended St. Anthony Church and elementary school. She graduated from Ursuline High School Class of 1970 and ...

Mary Jane McDonald 1937-2025

KINGSLAND, Texas — It is with deep sadness that we share the passing of our mother, Mary Jane “Janie” McDonald, on the morning of Sunday, June 29, 2025, at the age of 88. Janie was born June 17, 1937, in Youngstown, to Mary Ellen Hammock and Lemuel Harvey “Waddy” Huff. She loved being a big sister to Judie, Jimmy, Johnny and Joni, and enjoyed sharing stories of their childhood together. A graduate of Ursuline High School, Class of 1955, Janie went on to attend Youngstown State University, where she was a majorette in the YSU Marching Band. She began her professional ...

Nona Mae Lichon Looby 1935-2025

PARKER, Colo. — Nona Looby passed away peacefully, Wednesday, July 2, 2025, surrounded by loved ones. Born in Saginaw, Michigan, to Frances Rondo Lichon and Francis Lichon, Nona lived a life marked by devotion to her Catholic faith and to her family. She is survived by her dedicated ...

Jenny Melnik 1949-2025

CAMPBELL — Jenny Melnik, 75, passed away peacefully on Friday, July 11, 2025, at Liberty Health Care in Youngstown. Jenny was born Sept. 11, 1949, in Youngstown, a daughter of Stanley and Elizabeth Racz Melnik. She was a 1967 graduate of Campbell Memorial High School. Jenny was a ...

Influential evangelical preacher MacArthur dies

The Associated Press The Rev. John MacArthur, an influential and exacting evangelical preacher, died Monday at the age of 86. He led Grace Community Church in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Sun Valley for more than five decades. His ministry announced his death on social media. On Sunday, Tom Patton, one of the church’s pastors, told the congregation MacArthur had been hospitalized with pneumonia. MacArthur made news during the coronavirus pandemic for flouting Los Angeles County’s health orders by holding indoor services for hundreds of congregants and refusing to enforce ...

Virginia DeChellis 1939-2025

GIRARD — It is with a saddened heart that I am announcing the passing of my mother, Virginia DeChellis, formerly Virginia Pacella, also known to many people who knew her as a sweet, so cute, good-hearted person, and a beautiful woman inside and out. Born Aug. 6, 1939, in Pacentro, Italy, ...