Area deaths JOSEPH R. CHRISTOPHER SR., 57, of Austintown, died Feb. 8. CELEBRATION OF LIFE: 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Antioch Hall of St. Maron Church, Youngstown. (Rossi & Santucci) BARBRA KEENEY, 79, of Mantua, died Feb. 10 at UH Portage Medical Center. (Borowski/Oak Meadow)

MIDLOTHIAN, Va. — Dr. Thomas “Tom” Hephner, 89, passed away peacefully on Sunday, Feb. 15, 2026, in Midlothian, Virginia. A lifelong educator, devoted family man, and passionate gardener, he will be missed by all who knew him. Born in 1936, in Salem, Tom was the son of Henry Hephner and ...

RAJESH BAJI, 58, Warren. CALLING HOURS: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Salvatore’s Italian Grill, Warren. MARY M. BARTELMAY, 85, Bexley. SERVICES: noon Saturday, Egan-Ryan Funeral Home, Columbus. CALLING HOURS: 11 a.m. to noon Saturday, funeral home. JACQUELINE L. BAUN, 84, Austintown. ...

BODFISH, Calif. — Dawn Leslie Bailey, 78, passed away peacefully Friday, Feb. 6, 2026. Dawn was an area lifelong resident until recently. She had moved to Bodfish, California. She was born Feb. 18, 1947, to Don and Evelyn Warner. She was a proud South High Warrior, and fearless tomboy as ...

HUBBARD — George M. Schur, 84, died Tuesday evening, Feb. 17, 2026, after a courageous battle with leukemia, at West Penn Hospital in Pittsburgh, Pa. He was born Nov. 19, 1941, in Campbell, a son of George M. and Mary Hlohenic, and was a lifelong area resident. Mr. Schur, a 1959 graduate ...

SAGAMORE HILLS — Michael P. Hulewat Jr., 78, passed away Monday afternoon, Feb. 16, 2026, in the comfort of his home, following a fierce battle with Parkinson’s disease. He refused to let it stop him, most times to his own detriment. Michael was born Jan. 14, 1948, in Youngstown, the son ...