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Joyce Kindler Fowler 1955-2025

AUSTINTOWN — Joyce Kindler Fowler, 70, passed away peacefully on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025, at Niles Way Senior Living. Born Jan. 14, 1955, in Youngstown, she was the daughter of the late Richard and Alice Carlson Kindler and was a lifelong resident of the area. Joyce graduated from ...

LuEva Kaleel 1926-2025

CANFIELD – A devoted wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, LuEva “Eve” Hoodhood Kaleel, passed away peacefully, Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, at her home. Eve was born Jan. 10, 1926, in Grand Rapids, Michigan, the daughter of Nafe and Mae Ruffin Hoodhood. Eve’s lifelong ...

Martin A. Conti 1941-2025

CANFIELD — Martin Anthony Conti, 84, formerly of Youngstown’s West Side, passed away Tuesday evening, Sept. 9, 2025, in the comfort of his home, surrounded by his family. Affectionately known as “Chief,” Marty was born June 12, 1941, in Youngstown, a son of the late Dominic and ...

Area death

C. EDWARD WEISHEIMER, 91, of Poland, died Sunday. SERVICES: noon Thursday, Davis-Becker Funeral Home, Boardman. CALLING HOURS: 11 to 11:45 a.m. Thursday, funeral home.

Services

BONNIE S. AMRICH, 80, Youngstown. SERVICES: 11 a.m. Tuesday, Struthers Church of Christ. CALLING HOURS: 10 to 11 a.m. Tuesday, church. ELIZABETH J. BOOZER, 89, Brookfield. CALLING HOURS: 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Briceland Funeral Service, Brookfield. BARBARA A. GENCO, 86, Youngstown. SERVICES: 11 a.m. Wednesday, Holy Family Church, Poland. VERA M. OROSZ, 76, Canfield. CELEBRATION OF LIFE: 11 a.m. Saturday, Austintown Community Church. DRAGAN POPOVICH, 44, Youngstown. SERVICES: 11 a.m. Tuesday, Old Holy Trinity Serbian Orthodox Church, Austintown. CALLING HOURS: 10 to 11 a.m. ...

Kim Seong-Min, defector whose radio broadcasts relayed foreign news to North Korea, dies at 63

SEOUL, South Korea — Kim Seong-Min, a prominent North Korean defector who used radio broadcasts, USB sticks and a network of sources in the secretive country to inform the North Korean public about the truth of their authoritarian government, has died. He was 63. The founder of the Seoul-based Free North Korea Radio was pronounced dead at a Seoul hospital on Friday, years after fighting a lung cancer which recently spread to his liver, his former colleagues said. They said Kim was cremated and his remains were placed at a columbarium near the border with North Korea, “We, North ...