STRUTHERS — Arthur J. Crann, 90, passed away Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2025, at Hospice House. Art was born July 7, 1935, in Akron, to the late Joseph and Margaret Gray Crann. Due to his parents’ early passing, he became a resident at Parmadale orphanage in Parma. A couple of years later, he ...

POLAND — James Frederick “Jim” Walker, 85, passed away peacefully on Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025, at St. Elizabeth Boardman Hospital. Jim was born July 9, 1940, in Pittsburgh, Pa., a son of the late James Kenneth and Jean Sloane Walker. He graduated from Westinghouse Memorial High School ...

POLAND — Nancy Jo Truslow, 88, formerly of Austintown, passed away peacefully Tuesday afternoon, Oct. 7, 2025, at Shepherd of the Valley in Poland. Nancy Jo was born Feb. 1, 1937, in Batesville, Va., a daughter of the late John Thomas Layman and Bertha Smythe Marsh Layman. She came to the ...

MCCORMICK, S.C. — Dorothy Ficocelli, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and friend, passed away peacefully Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025, at the age of 89. Born May 7, 1936, in Youngstown, she was the daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Kohler Jones. She met Vince Ficocelli, the ...

NEW MIDDLETOWN — Kenneth James Beraduce, 70, passed away Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025, at his home. Born May 26, 1955, in Youngstown, Ken was the son of the late James and Jean Miely Beraduce. He grew up in Boardman and graduated from Youngstown State University in 1977, going on to pursue a ...

STRUTHERS — William John Smith Sr. passed away peacefully on Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025, at Hospice House, with his family by his side. Bill was born Feb. 20, 1976, in Evergreen Park, Illinois, the son of David W. and Mary Ellen Rupp Smith, and moved to this area in 1985. He was a 1994 ...