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Obituaries

Services

JUNE C. BYO, 93, formerly of Youngstown. SERVICES: 11 a.m. Saturday, Church Hill United Methodist Church, Youngstown. CALLING HOURS: 9:30 a.m. Saturday, church. MELISSA A. CHRISTY, 43, Youngstown. SERVICES: noon Tuesday, Old North Church, Canfield. CALLING HOURS: 10 a.m. to noon Tuesday, ...

Tom Stoppard, playwright who won an Oscar for ‘Shakespeare In Love,’ dies

LONDON (AP) — British playwright Tom Stoppard, a playful, probing dramatist who won an Academy Award for the screenplay for 1998’s “Shakespeare In Love,” has died. He was 88. In a statement Saturday, United Agents said the Czech-born Stoppard — often hailed as the greatest British ...

Frank A. Rulli 1942-2025

POLAND — Frank Anthony Rulli peacefully passed away Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2025, surrounded by family. During his 83 years of life, he was a devoted son, loving husband, supportive father, doting grandfather, exemplary grocer and dedicated member of his community. Frank’s father, Nicola (more ...

Carol J. French 1947-2025

VIENNA — Carol Jean French, 78, passed away on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday afternoon, Nov. 27, 2025, surrounded by her family, at Hospice House in Poland, following an extended illness. She was born Feb. 15, 1947, in Youngstown, a daughter of Paul and Anne Schuyler Trupe. Carol was a 1965 ...

Area deaths

CHARLES W. DAHMAN, 80, of Boardman, died Tuesday. SERVICES: 11 a.m. Friday, St. Christine Church, Youngstown. CALLING HOURS: 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday, Fox Funeral Home, Boardman. RICHARD K. DELL, 78, of Girard, died Monday. (Kinnick) DIANNE T. DEMLER, 67, of Austintown, died Tuesday. ...

Ronald J. Richards 1939-2025

CANFIELD — Ronald James Richards, 86, departed this life Wednesday morning, Nov. 26, 2025, from complications of Parkinson’s disease, at Hospice House, Boardman, in the presence of his loving family. He was born Nov. 2, 1939, in East St. Louis, Illinois, to the late James V. and Georgia ...