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Obituaries

Area deaths

JUDITH ANN CANACCI, 81, of Warren, died Wednesday. SERVICES: 1 p.m. Monday, Rossi & Santucci Funeral Home, Boardman. CALLING HOURS: noon to 12:50 p.m. Monday, funeral home. ERNEST S. GATTA, 94, of Niles, died Tuesday at home. (Blackstone) FRANCES JEAN ROSCOE, 96, of Warren, died ...

Services

MARY ANN BACH, 73, Liberty. SERVICES: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Augustine Funeral Home, Youngstown. MARTIN D. BARTOS, 70, formerly of Youngstown. SERVICES: 11 a.m. Saturday, St. Mary and St. Joseph Parish, Newton Falls. MICHAEL J. BOLEVICH, 77, Youngstown. SERVICES: 12:30 p.m. Friday, ...

Vendee Globe record winner dies at 42 after cancer battle

French sailor Charlie Dalin, who won the around-the-world race Vendee Globe in record time last year, has died from cancer. He was 42. Vendee Globe organizers announced his death on Thursday and French President Emmanuel Macron paid tribute to “an extraordinary sailor, a rare example of ...

Politician who apologized for Japan’s wartime abuses dies at 89

TOKYO (AP) — Yohei Kono, a Japanese politician who as top government spokesperson offered a historic apology to Asian women over sexual abuses by Japan’s wartime military, has died, officials said. He was 89. Kono had placed great importance on promoting friendly ties with China, South ...

Emma M. Flenner 1938-2026

NILES — Emma M. “Jake” Flenner, 87, passed away peacefully Sunday, June 7, 2026, at her home. She was born Oct. 27, 1938, in Walkersville, W.Va., a daughter of Cecil Homer and Treassa J. VanKirk. A devoted mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and housekeeper, she resided in ...

Patricia A. Herman 1955-2026

AUSTINTOWN — Patricia A. Herman, 70, moved to her heavenly home Tuesday, June 9, 2026, at her residence. She was born Aug. 18, 1955, a daughter of the late Raymond and Mary Catherine McCarthy Welsh, the first of five children. Patricia Welsh married her husband and soulmate in August ...