All Obituaries

North Lima ­– Billie Ann Votaw, 89, long-time resident of North Lima, Ohio, passed away Saturday, December 22, 2018, at Hospice of the Valley in Poland, Ohio. Billie was born January 26, 1929, in Glen Cove, Texas, a daughter of the late Albert E. and Euna Mae Thurman Bradley. Billie was a member of St. Jude Roman Catholic Church, Columbiana, Ohio, and St. Patrick Catholic Church, Leetonia, Ohio. Billie was preceded in death by her husband, John Frederick Votaw, on January 1,...

Columbiana- Danny L. Shingleton, age 62, of Columbiana, died suddenly on Sunday, January 20, 2019 at Mercy Health St. Elizabeth Boardman Hospital. He was born on May 24, 1956 in Salem, the son of the late Leroy and Ruth Jessop Shingleton. Danny was a member of the East Fairfield United Methodist Church. He had worked for Fairfield Twp. For 22 years and was currently working for the Ohio Turnpike Commission for the past 18 years.  He enjoyed classic cars and attending car shows, as...

Columbiana – Betty Jean O’Neil Parish, 81, of Columbiana went home to be with the lord at 7:36 p.m. on January 19, 2019, at Mercy Health St. Elizabeth Boardman Hospital, surrounded by all of her loved ones. Mrs. Parish was born, July 3, 1937 in Rochester, PA a daughter of the late Franklin Marion and Mary Reiner O’Neil. Betty had worked as a cook for Heck’s Restaurant, Columbiana and was a devoted to her faith and her church; the Jerusalem Lutheran Church,...

New Waterford – Steven P. Wolfe, 69, of New Waterford, passed away on January 16, 2019, at Hospice House, Poland. Mr. Wolfe was born, June 2, 1949, in East Liverpool, a son of James and Maude A. Aeschbacher Wolfe. He graduated from McDonald class of 1967 and later from Kent State in 1990.  Steve lived in New Waterford all his adult life, where for many years he was on the New Waterford Fire Department and was one of their first EMT’s.  He was active in the Lions Club...

Washingtonville- Joseph A. Perry, age 70, of Washingtonville, died on Sunday, January 6, 2019 at the Hospice House of Poland. He was born on April 20, 1948 in Salem, a son of Rebecca Townsend Perry and the late Francis Perry. Joe was a veteran of the United States Army having served during the Vietnam War.  He had attended St. Patrick Catholic Church in Leetonia and had worked as a finance manager for several auto dealerships. He is survived by his mother, Rebecca Perry of Leetonia;...

Columbiana – Sally Chandler Wilkinson, 84, of Columbiana, died, Saturday, January 5, 2019 at Hospice House, Poland. Sally was born November 2, 1934 in East Liverpool, a daughter of the late Orvis and Marie Veneman Chandler. Sally attended East Liverpool Schools and spend most of her life in East Liverpool moving to Columbiana in 1968. She worked at Hays Orchard, for Lloyd and Nancy Hays for 12 seasons. Sally was a member of the First Presbyterian church in Chester, WV for 30 years,...

"Together Again" Springfield Twp-Mrs. M (Mary) Jean Granger, 82, passed away Friday, December 28, 2018 at St Elizabeth’s Boardman.  She was preceded in death by the love of her life, Paul C. Granger in 2012. Jean was born on December 20th, 1936 in Negley on the family farm.  Daughter of the late Joe Huston and Grace Mackall Huston, middle child of eight.  Preceded in death by brothers Dale Lynn In 1941 and Robert Lee in 2017.  She is survived by sisters...

Columbiana – Linda L. Kacenski, 73, of Columbiana, passed away on January 1, 2019, at Salem Regional Medical Center. She was born, February 13, 1945 in Salem, a daughter of the late Denver and Virginia Call Black. Linda worked for over 15 years as head bookkeeper with Mellinger’s Nursery. She enjoyed researching genealogy on both sides of her family as well as baking and sewing, but most of all she enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren.  She was preceded in death...

Columbiana-James “Chuck” Norman, 84, passed away Friday evening, January 4, 2019 at Masternick Memorial Health Care Center in New Middletown. Mr. Norman was born June 2, 1934 in Youngstown, a son of the late James and Margaret Mason Norman.  He was a 1952 graduate of East Palestine High School and received his bachelor’s degree in Engineering from Tri State University, Angola, IN.  He worked in Santa Monica, CA and Columbus, OH before returning to this...

Leetonia- John Thomas Hileman, age 76, of Leetonia, died on Monday, December 31, 2018 at Caprice Health Care Center, North Lima. He was born on July 31, 1942 in Leetonia, a son of the late Soloman and Alice Conkle Hileman. John was a veteran of the United States Army and had worked as a machinist for NRM in Leetonia. He is survived by his sister, Dorothy Cole of Leetonia. John was preceded in death by two brothers, Robert and Glenn Hileman. Per his wishes, no services will be...