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Obituaries

Services

ANNE E. COPPER, 97, Boardman. SERVICES: 11 a.m. Saturday, St. Catherine of Siena Parish-St. Luke Church, Boardman. CALLING HOURS: 9 to 10:15 a.m. Saturday, Higgins-Reardon Funeral Home, Boardman-Canfield Chapel. MARY LOU DIMARCO, 95, Boardman. SERVICES: 10 a.m. Saturday, St. Patrick Catholic ...

Area deaths

PATRICIA A. BLONDEAUX, 71, Hubbard, died Saturday. (Kelley-Cummins) FINDLEY BOYD JR., 87, of Girard, died Thursday. (Blackstone) JOHN T. SWAGGER, 80, of Boardman, died Sunday at St. Elizabeth Boardman Hospital. (Blackstone) CHARLES W. SWINDLER, 79, of Canfield, died Monday. ...

Charlotte A. Rule 1937-2025

BOARDMAN — The family of Charlotte A. Rule is saddened to announce her passing on Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025. Charlotte, 88, is survived by her brother, Richard (Mary) Faull of Warren; a daughter, Alice DiGiovanni, also of Warren; a son, Robert (Kristina) Rule of Boardman; three grandchildren, ...

Mary Ellen Snyder 1945-2025

NEWTON FALLS — On Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025, at 11:37 a.m., Mary Ellen Snyder went home to be with her Heavenly Father. She was born in Greenville, Tennessee, on June 17, 1945, to Theodore and Montie Rea Shelton. When Mary was a young girl, her family moved to Newton Falls, where she later ...

Msgr. Alexis E. Mihalik 1937-2025

CANFIELD — Monsignor Alexis Mihalik passed away peacefully on Saturday, Nov. 29, 2025, surrounded by his family. The extraordinary life of the Reverend Monsignor Alexis Mihalik began Dec. 8, 1937 in Hagerstown, Maryland, born to Andrew and Agnes Mihalik. After moving to the Youngstown ...

British zoologist and Save the Elephants founder dies at 83

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Iain Douglas-Hamilton, a British-born zoologist and conservationist who dedicated much of his life to protecting elephants, has died, his Save the Elephants group said Tuesday. He was 83. Douglas-Hamilton was known for decades of conservation work, which included ...