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Obituaries

Grateful Dead founding member Bob Weir dies

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Bob Weir, the guitarist and singer who as an essential member of the Grateful Dead helped found the sound of the San Francisco counterculture of the 1960s and kept it alive through decades of endless tours and marathon jams, has died. He was 78. Weir’s death was ...

Actor T.K. Carter dies at 69 years old

DUARTE, Calif. (AP) — Veteran actor T.K. Carter, who appeared in the horror film “The Thing” and “Punky Brewster” on television, has died at the age of 69. Carter was declared dead Friday evening after deputies responded to a call regarding an unresponsive male in Duarte, California, ...

Area deaths

JAMES A. BANFIELD, 42, of Bloomington, Indiana, formerly of Austintown, died Friday. Arrangements are pending. (Kinnick) THOMAS F. DAVIS, 63, of Cortland, died Friday at St. Joseph Warren Hospital. (Borowski / Oak Meadow) WILLIAM J. DINARDO, 64, of Youngstown, died Saturday. Arrangements ...

Services

MARYANN “MARIE” GIANNINI, 89, Poland. SERVICES: 11 a.m. Tuesday, St. Anthony Church, Youngstown. CALLING HOURS: 9 to 10 a.m. Tuesday, Rossi Brothers and Lellio Funeral Home, Boardman. BARBARA JEAN GUZAN, 88, Sarasota, Florida. SERVICES: 10:20 a.m. Wednesday, Peter Rossi and Son Memorial ...

John David Davis 1970-2026

YOUNGSTOWN — John David Davis, 55, unexpectedly passed away at his home on Saturday, Jan. 3, 2026. John was born Sept. 22, 1970, in Youngstown, to David Howard Davis and Martha Sue Powell Davis, and was a 1988 graduate of Woodrow Wilson High School. He grew up surrounded by family and ...

Maureen Barber 1945-2026

SARASOTA, Fla. — Maureen Barber, 80, passed peacefully on Monday, Jan. 5, 2026, while in hospice at Liana of Sarasota, Florida, after a lengthy battle with complications of dementia. Maureen was born Nov. 26, 1945, at St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital to James Joseph O’Hara Sr. and ...