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DOROTHY E. BOLES, 91, formerly of Niles. CELEBRATION OF LIFE: noon Thursday, Vernon’s Cafe, Niles. MADISON F. CLINKSCALE, 61, formerly of Youngstown. SERVICES: 10:30 a.m. Monday, Greater Friendship Baptist Church, Youngstown. CALLING HOURS: 10 to 10:30 a.m. Monday, church. DONALD COPPOLA, 77, Struthers. SERVICES: 1 p.m. Monday, Christ Our Savior Parish-St. Nicholas Church, Struthers. CALLING HOURS: 11 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. Monday, church. KENNETH P. CRAIG, 79, Canfield. SERVICES: 2 p.m. Monday, St. Catherine of Siena Parish-St. Charles Church, Boardman. CALLING HOURS: 11 a.m. to ...

D-Day veteran and TikTok star ‘Papa Jake’ Larson dies at 102

PARIS (AP) — D-Day veteran “Papa Jake” Larson, who survived German gunfire on Normandy’s bluffs in 1944 and then garnered 1.2 million followers on TikTok late in life by sharing stories to commemorate World War II and his fallen comrades, has died at 102. An animated speaker who charmed strangers young and old with his quick smile and generous hugs, the self-described country boy from Minnesota was ‘’cracking jokes til the end,’’ his granddaughter wrote in announcing his death. Tributes to him quickly filled his “Story Time with Papa Jake” TikTok account from ...

James P. Rogers 1955-2025

SOUTHINGTON — James Paul Rogers passed away Sunday, July 13, 2025, at his residence with his loving wife at his side after a long illness. He was born May 17, 1955, the son of the late Henry G. Jr. and Nancy J. McKinstery, and was a lifelong area resident. Jim attended Chaney High School ...

Dorothy E. Boles 1934-2025

SARASOTA, Fla. — Dorothy Elizabeth “Dottie” Boles, 91, beloved daughter, mother, grandmother and friend, passed away peacefully, Sunday evening, July 13, 2025 at Lakewood Ranch Medical Center in Lakewood Ranch, Florida. Dottie was born June 25, 1934, in Hubbard, the daughter of Frank ...

Jane C. Martin 1949-2025

YOUNGSTOWN — Jane C. Martin, 76, passed away peacefully Monday, July 7, 2025, at St. Elizabeth Boardman Hospital after a brief illness. She was born Jan. 23, 1949, in Youngstown, a daughter of the late Harry and Wilma O’Neill Zimmerman. She graduated from Chaney High School and attended ...

Area deaths

HAROLD BHE, 71, of Youngstown, died Tuesday. (Augustine) TONY FUENTES, 91, of Girard, died Tuesday. SERVICES: noon July 27, Higgins-Reardon Funeral Homes, Austintown Chapel. CALLING HOURS: 10 a.m. to noon July 27, funeral home. LINDA S. HARPER, 65, formerly of the area, died June 22 in Jenks, Oklahoma. SERVICES: noon July 26, Evening Light Apostolic Church, Niles. (Holeton-Yuhasz) MARGARET HYDEN, 88, of Mineral Ridge, died Tuesday. SERVICES: 11 a.m. Friday, Queen of the Holy Rosary Church, Vienna. CALLING HOURS: 10 to 11 a.m. Friday, church. (Blackstone) WILLIAM PEKKANEN JR., ...