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Cleveland - Grace Girts, 71, died Wednesday, January 14, 2015 at Southern Hills Health and Rehab. Ms. Girts was born February 6, 1943 in Youngstown, a daughter of Charles and Eva Mae Girts. She moved to Struthers in 1955 and graduated from Struthers High School in 1961. Grace went on to graduate from South Side Hospital Radiological Technology School in...
Boardman - Alma M. Macaulay, 87, died Sunday morning, January 11, 2015 at the Hospice House after a long illness. Mrs. Macaulay was born on October 27, 1927 in Youngstown, the daughter of William and Ethel Chubbs Hill. She was a 1946 graduate of Boardman High School. Mrs. Macaulay worked in the Invoicing Department at Truscon Steel, which later became...
Struthers - Ruth L. Martin, 84, died Sunday, January 11, 2015 at Oasis Healthcare. Mrs. Martin was born June 2, 1930 in Youngstown, a daughter of Arthur and Harriet Thomas Smith. She was a 1948 graduate of North High School. In her early years she worked at Strouss Department Store before raising her family. She was a member of the...
Dorothy M. Wiscott, 77, died on January 10, 2015 at the Assumption Village, following a brief struggle with cancer. She was born on November 4, 1937 in Youngstown, the daughter of Armond Earl and Rose Wessell McCammon. Dorothy was a member of the East Campbell Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses. She enjoyed studying the Bible and sharing her faith with those...
John R. "Sheik" Sikora, age 78, of Poland, died on Thursday, January 8, 2015 in St. Elizabeth Medical Center. He was born in Campbell on December 11, 1936 to the late John and Mary Sikora. John was a 1954 graduate of Campbell High School where he lettered in football and golf and was a 2002 inductee in the Campbell Memorial...
Howard H. Headley, of Shepherd of the Valley, was born on March 14, 1920 in Graysville, PA, the son of William C. and Edna Cook Headley. When he was three years old, his mother died. He lived for some time with various aunts and uncles. In 1938 he joined the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). In 1941 he moved to Youngstown...
Robert M. McLean, age 77, of Monaca, PA, died on Tuesday, January 6, 2015 in Kindred Hospital in Beaver, PA. He was born in Thomas, WV on April 6, 1937 and was a graduate of Youngstown East High School. Robert retired from Commercial Intertech following 40 years of employment. He was a member of St. Dominic Catholic Church, enjoyed model...
Virginia Mae Pritchard, 93 POLAND - Virginia Mae Pritchard, 93, died Jan. 6, 2015. Mrs. Pritchard was born Feb. 24, 1921, in Youngstown, a daughter of Hugh and Anna May Gamble Pritchard. Virginia was a resident of Girard, where she graduated from Girard High School. Virginia went on to attend Youngstown College of Secretarial School. She met and married Benjamin...
John Edgar Mundy, age 91, of Poland, died on Tuesday, January 6, 2015 in the comfort of his home. He was born in Culberson, NC to the late, Ed and Elizabeth Mundy and retired from Youngstown Sheet and Tube/LTV Steel following 30 years of employment as a steel worker. He enjoyed fishing and dancing with his longtime companion, Betty Carpenter...
Struthers - Paul Patrick Smaldino, 87, died Tuesday, January 6, 2015 at his residence surrounded by his family. Mr. Smaldino was born January 21, 1927 in Youngstown, a son of Angelo and Angeline Papparella Smaldino. He was a 1945 East High School graduate and was owner and operator with his wife Caroline of Smaldino's Family Restaurant in North Lima from...
CINCINNATI - Jean Eloise King, 94, formerly of Boardman, died on Monday at the Cottingham Nursing Home in Cincinnati. She was born in Youngstown on April 14, 1920, a daughter of the late William and Ordella Hughes Ford. She was a 1938 graduate of South High School and had also attended Youngstown State University. She was a self-employed dance instructor...
Boardman - Beth Joshua, 95, died Saturday morning, January 3, 2015 at St. Elizabeth Boardman Health Center. Mrs. Joshua was born May 9, 1919 in Struthers, a daughter of John "Jack" and Harriet Cooper Myer. She lived in Poland most of her youth and then resided in Boardman most of her life. She was a 1937 graduate of East High...
Youngstown - Johanna Benzenhoefer, 69, passed away January 1, 2015 at her residence after a long battle with cancer, where she was cancer free for five years. Mrs. Benzenhoefer was born August 7, 1945 in Llansaint, South Wales, U.K., a daughter of Joseph J. "Pop" Dravecsky and Millicent Lloyd. She was a 1963 graduate of Ursuline High School and worked...
North Lima - Louis S. Zanni, 85, of North Lima, formerly of Struthers, died Thursday morning, January 1, 2015 after a short illness at St. Elizabeth Health Center in Boardman. Lou was born December 2, 1929 in Campbell, a son of Frank and Anna Zarone Zanni. In 1931 his family moved to Struthers where Lou was raised and attended Struthers...
Joan M Demeny, age 72, of Poland, died on Wednesday, December 31, 2014 in the Cleveland Clinic. She was born in Youngstown on September 17, 1942 to the late Stephen and Jolanda Demeny and was a 1960 graduate of Poland High School where she was a member of the National Honor Society. Joan went on to earn her nursing degree...
Wanda A. Davis, 82 POLAND - Services will be held Friday, at 1 p.m. at the Davis-Becker Funeral Home for Wanda A. Davis, 82, formerly of Boardman. She passed away Monday morning at St. Elizabeth Boardman Health Center. Mrs. Davis was born March 7, 1932, in Youngstown, a daughter of Arthur H. and Margaret E. Tauber Burns. Wanda graduated from...
Gloria Joerndt, age 92, of Boardman, passed away at North Side Hospital on Sunday, December 28, 2014. She was born on August 15, 1922 in Girard the daughter of the late Charles and Edna Parks. She was a lifelong resident of the area and retired from Woodside Hospital in 1982. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death...
Poland-Harry C. VanBrocklin of Poland, Ohio died peacefully on Sunday, December 28, 2014, surrounded by his family and friends. Harry was 82 years old. Harry was a son of the late Charles and Pauline (Shaner) VanBrocklin. He was born May 5, 1932 in Canfield, Ohio. He graduated from Canfield High School in 1951. He served in the U.S. Army from...
Boardman - Robert Jones, 91, died December 28, 2014 at Shepherd of the Valley in Boardman. Mr. Jones was born May 20, 1923 in Youngstown, a son of Adam and Marie Sereg Jones. He was a 1941 Austintown Fitch High School graduate. Robert worked as a brick layer for Local 8 and later worked for Boardman Township. He coached Boardman...
Boardman - Anna A. "Mitzi" Furgan, 91, passed away on Saturday, December 27, 2014 at Shepherd of the Valley on West Blvd. Anna was born June 17, 1923 in Youngstown, a daughter of the late John and Mary (Novosel) Garasic. She was a 1940 graduate of Scienceville High School and later worked at MacKenzie Muffler Co. where she met the...