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LESLIE JENNINGS, 75, of Youngstown. SERVICES: 11 a.m. Tuesday, L.E. Black, Phillips & Holden Funeral Home, Youngstown. CALLING HOURS: 10 to 11 a.m. Tuesday, funeral home. FRANK JOSEPH RIGHETTI, 88, of Youngstown, died Wednesday at St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital. SERVICES: noon Saturday, St. Anthony of Padua Church, Youngstown. CALLING HOURS: 9 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Schiavone Funeral Home, Youngstown.

Elizabeth Jacubec 1957-2026

STRUTHERS — It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Elizabeth “Lee” Jacubec, our beloved “Nee Nee,” who passed away on Saturday, Aug. 15, 2026, at Hospice of the Valley’s Hospice House in Poland, following a courageous battle with cancer, at 69 years old. Lee was ...

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REV. RICHARD C. BARTHOLOMEW SR., 92, North Lima. SERVICES: 11 a.m. Saturday, North Lima Mennonite Church. CALLING HOURS: 4 to 7 p.m. Friday and 10 to 11 a.m. Saturday, church. RICHARD R. DIMARINO, 79, Austintown. SERVICES: 11 a.m. Thursday, St. Blaise Parish-St. Joseph Church, Austintown. JEANETTE HORVATH, 88, Poland. SERVICES: 11 a.m. Friday, St. Anthony Church, Youngstown. CAROL T. KELLER, 94, Lisbon. SERVICES: 11 a.m. Saturday, Upper Room Fellowship, Columbiana. DOROTHY YATSCO MAKOSKY, 91, formerly Youngstown. SERVICES: 1:30 p.m. Friday, St. Dominic Church, Youngstown. ...

Eileen R. Robenolt 1938-2026

POLAND — Eileen R. Robenolt, 87, of Poland Township, died Sunday afternoon, Aug. 16, 2026. She was born Dec. 6, 1938, in Woodland, Pa., a daughter of Leo and Nellie McTavish Turner. She came to the area in 1957. She worked briefly at ACC Preschool Childcare Center, in Austintown, and was ...

Vernon Lee Hughes 1931-2026

KOSSUTH, Pa. — Vernon Lee Hughes, 95, of Kossuth, Pa., formerly of Canfield, Ohio, passed away on Saturday, Aug. 15, 2026, at his daughter and son-in-law’s home, where he lived the last two years of his life. Vernon was born on Jan. 27, 1931, in Indianapolis, Indiana, to the late Russel ...

Carol M. Lewis 1938-2026

MINERAL RIDGE — Carol M. Lewis, 88, of Canfield, passed away Monday afternoon, Aug. 17, 2026, at the Continuing Healthcare at the Ridge Nursing Center in Mineral Ridge. She was born Jan. 31, 1938, in Youngstown, the daughter of Carl and Bessie Rodenbaugh Gongaware. Carol was a 1956 ...