AUSTINTOWN — Paul Joseph Franken I, 86, of Austintown, passed away on Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2026, at his home, surrounded by family. He was born Oct. 30, 1939, in Youngstown, a son of the late Rudolph and Florence Null Franken. He was an avid Ohio State football and Cleveland Indians ...
CAMPBELL — Nancy Frazis Zetts, 72, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2026, surrounded by her family after a 20-month courageous battle with brain cancer. Nancy was born Nov. 16, 1953, in Youngstown, the daughter of Michael and Angeline Pikos Frazis. She was a 1971 graduate of ...
SANTA CLARITA, Calif. — Christina Burbano-Jeffrey, wife, mother, grandmother and daughter, passed away suddenly on Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2026, in Santa Clarita, California. She had just turned 50. Christina enjoyed a loving, music-filled romance with her husband, Jim Jeffrey, and was the ...
POLAND — Christopher J. Sweeney, Ph.D., YSU Emeritus Professor of Psychology of Boardman and Harwich Port, Massachusetts, passed away on Monday, Sept. 14, 2026, at St. Elizabeth Boardman Hospital. He was a professor at Youngstown State University for 43 years. He was born in Boston in ...
MASSILLON — Peter Haladej, 50, passed away on Thursday, Sept. 24, 2026, after a courageous battle with glioblastoma. Family and friends will be received from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 1, 2026, and 9 to 10 a.m. Friday, Oct. 2, 2026, at the Heitger Funeral Home, Massillon Chapel. A ...
FRANCINE FANTONE, 64, of Youngstown, died Aug. 10. (Augustine) JOSEPH “JAY” JANUS JR., 75, of Blue Ash, Ohio, died Friday, Sept. 4, 2026. (Hodapp) STEVEN LAN, 66, of Youngstown, died Sept. 22. (Augustine) JUAN M. LeBRON, 94, of Campbell, died Sept. 20. (Augustine) SHAWN PHIPPS, 51, of Campbell, died Aug. 10. (Augustine) LEONA MARIE RUSSELL, 80, of Salem, died Sept. 22. SERVICES: 3 p.m. Tuesday, Stark Memorial Funeral Home, Salem. CALLING HOURS: 1 to 3 p.m. Tuesday, funeral home.
