Obituaries

Feb 6, 2011

Columbiana - February 6, 2011-Richard Wade Steepleton, 59, of 4400 Signal Road, died at 3:05 p.m. on Sunday at his home.

Mr. Steepleton was born February 10, 1951 in East Liverpool, a son of Richard E. and Phyllis Hall Steepleton.

Richard was an electronics technician for Ellwood Quality Steels, New Castle, PA.

He...

Jan 28, 2011

Columbiana - January 28, 2011 - Patricia A. Sposato, 76, died at 3:00 a.m. Friday at her daughter, Cynthia's home in Loveland, OH.

Mrs. Sposato was born October 2, 1934 in Rochester, PA a daughter of Joseph and Frances Baser LaPatka and had lived in this area most of her life.

Patricia was a writer...

Jan 19, 2011

Wilma Condon entered this world on November 15, 1950, a daughter of Paul Everett Smith and Dorothy Lee Wellman Smith. She was raised in North Lima and was a 1969 North Lima graduate. She graduated from nursing school in 1972 and worked at Salem Community Hospital, Columbiana County School nurse at Joshua Dixon School, Huttons in Salem, Ashley Place...

Jan 18, 2011

Columbiana - January 18, 2011-Edna May Coy, 99, died Tuesday at 9:40 a.m. at Essex I of Salem.

Mrs. Coy was born January 13, 1912 in Sebring, a daughter of the late Joseph and Eva Cross Clark and had lived in the Columbiana area most of her life.

She was a member of the Zion...

Jan 17, 2011

Columbiana-January 17, 2011-Sammy Jay Doss, 48, died Monday at 8:14 p.m. at St. Elizabeth's Hospital, Youngstown.

Mr. Doss was born November 19, 1962 in Salem, a son of Raymond Edward and Vera Ione Green Doss, Jr.

Sammy was as a self employed farmer.

He is survived by his mother of Columbiana; two brothers,...

Jan 14, 2011

Pinellas Park, FL - Dorothy J. Miner, 86, of Pinellas Park, formerly of East Palestine, died Friday, January 14, 2011 at the Largo Rehabilitation Center, Largo, FL.

Mrs. Miner was born December 27, 1924 in Canfield, OH, a daughter of the late Samuel J. and Sadie Bruhecker Welsh and had lived in Florida 28 years, coming from...

Jan 13, 2011

Columbiana-January 13, 2011-Earl Samuel Keslar, 97, died Thursday at 7:52 p.m. at Parkside Health Care Center, Columbiana.

Mr. Keslar was born April 30, 1913 in Scottdale, PA, a son of Bruce and Margaret McIntosh Keslar and lived in the Columbiana area most of his life.

Earl was a self employed electrician and a member of...

Jan 1, 2011

LEETONIA - January 1, 2011-Glenn Strouse, son of the late William and Ida Mae Longnecker Strouse, lost his three-year battle with cancer and died at home in Leetonia, Ohio in the early hours of January 1, 2011.

Glenn was born on June 10, 1915 in Leetonia, Ohio. A 1933 graduate of Leetonia High School and as a...

Jan 1, 2011

East Palestine-January 1, 2011-Walter F. Davis, 45, of East Palestine, died suddenly Saturday at Salem Community Hospital after becoming ill at home.

Mr. Davis was born July 13, 1965 in Salem, a son of Valley and Emogene Knight Davis and had lived in this area all of his life.

Walter was a truck driver for...

Dec 29, 2010

Rogers-Dorothy Jean Hostetter, 83, 49725 Dyke Road passed away at 9:25 p.m. Wednesday, December 29, 2010 at Salem Community Hospital. She was born October 6, 1927 in Rogers a daughter of the late Bartlet and Lillian Gertrude Wilson Gorby.

Dorothy attended St. Jacob United Church of Christ, Leetonia and lived in the area all of her life....

Dec 28, 2010

Columbiana - Arch L. Brinker, son of the late Rollin and Opal Brinker, died at Riverside Methodist Hospital, Columbus, Ohio on December 28, 2010. Arch was born on July 16, 1928 in Lisbon, Ohio. He was a 1946 graduate of Lisbon High School. He served four years in the Air Force with the 36th Fighter Bomber wing. While stationed...

Dec 23, 2010

Harrisville, PA - Denver J. "Denny" Black, 67, of 330 Hovis Road, formerly of East Palestine, died Thursday, December 23, 2010 at the Grove City Medical Center, Grove City, PA.

Mr. Black was born July 24, 1943 in Unity, OH, a son of the late Denver L. and Virginia Call Black. He, along with his wife, owned...

Dec 23, 2010

Leetonia, OH-Grace Grimm, 84, of Butcher Road, Leetonia, died at 7:40 p.m. Thursday at Salem Community Hospital.

Mrs. Grimm was born May 26, 1926 in Hancock County, WV, a daughter of Charles and Goldie Swisher Pelley and had lived in this area most of her life.

Grace worked as a clerk for the former Virian...

Dec 23, 2010

East Liverpool - James E. Winters, 67, of 120 West 6th Street, died Thursday, December 23, 2010 at the Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh.

Mr. Winters was born April 26, 1943 in East Liverpool, a son of the late James W. and Ruth Carroll Winters. He had been employed as a carpenter working for various local contractors.

Dec 21, 2010

Lisbon-Thomas V. McBride, 60, of State Route 154, Lisbon, formerly of East Palestine, passed away at 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, December 21, 2010 at Salem Community Hospital after a brief and courageous bout with kidney cancer.

He was born September 21, 1950 in Youngstown to the late George V. and Avanelle (Farr) McBride. He was a former millwright...

Dec 18, 2010

Salem-Julieann L. Miles, 62, of 2379 Tanglewood Drive, died at 12:55 p.m. Saturday, December 18, 2010 at the Hospice House, Poland of a brain tumor.

Mrs. Miles was born August 17, 1948 in Wilkes Barre, PA, a daughter of William and Julia Lawall Lane.

Mrs. Miles earned her Bachelor of Science and a Master's Degree...

Dec 9, 2010

Leetonia - Albert C. Medved, 75, of 445 Pearl Street, died at 11:30 p.m. Thursday, December 9, 2010 at the Salem Care Center.

Mr. Medved was born August 12, 1935 in West Brownsville, PA, a son of Paul A. and Julia Burton Medved and had lived in Leetonia since 1964, coming from Pennsylvania.

He has...

Dec 8, 2010

Columbiana - Irma Dukats, 87, of 44701 Heck Road, died at 2:05 p.m. Wednesday, December 8, 2010 at her home of complications of Parkinson's disease and cancer.

Mrs. Dukats was born March 20, 1923 in Riga, Latvia, a daughter of Rudolf and Elsa Gorgon Ziedins. She was a homemaker and a member of Zion Hill Church of...

Dec 7, 2010

Lisbon-December 7, 2010-Stephen Edward Roush, 44, of 9890 Elkton-West Point Road died at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Youngstown.

Mr. Roush was born October 16, 1966 in Lansing, MI, a son of Ralph V. and Marilyn R. Neer Roush.

Stephen worked as an auto mechanic for Smith Brake in Boardman. He was...

Dec 6, 2010

East Palestine-December 6, 2010-Sally M. Luek, 72, died at 12:55 p.m. Monday at Parkside Health Care Center in Columbiana where she had resided the past two years.

Mrs. Luek was born May 26, 1938 in East Palestine, a daughter of William C. and Zona G. Guy Baker and had lived in this area all of her life....