Obituaries

Jul 2, 2011

Boulder City, Nevada - Gail L. Labas, 75, of Boulder City, formerly of Columbiana, died Saturday, July 2, 2011 at her home following a short illness.

Mrs. Labas was born April 14, 1936 in Salem, a daughter of Homer and Catherine Ross Mellinger and had lived in Nevada for 17 years, coming from Columbiana.

She...

Jul 2, 2011

Leetonia - Kevin R. Hall, 44, of 248 High Street, died Saturday, July 2, 2011 at his home, suddenly of an apparent heart attack.

Kevin was born June 16, 1967 in Salem, the son of Richard G. and Charlene McKarns Hall and had lived in this area all of his life. He was a 1985 graduate of...

Jul 2, 2011

Columbiana-Mary T. Snyder, 89, formerly of North Middle Street died Saturday evening, July 2, 2011, at Masternick Memorial Health Care Center, New Middletown.

She was born October 14, 1921 in Struthers, daughter of George and Sophia Klotz Tabak and moved to Columbiana in 1959.

During WWII Mary welded tank treads at the former Truscon Steel...

Jun 27, 2011

Leetonia, OH-June 27, 2011-Edward Garret Smith, 60, of 450 Sleepy Hollow died Monday morning at the Cleveland Clinic.

Mr. Smith was born August 30, 1950 in Salem, a son of Emmet and Norma Jean Jackson Smith, Jr. and had lived in this area most of his life.

Ed was a truck driver for D.W. Dickey...

Jun 27, 2011

Jack R. Carpenter, O.D., 92, of 937 East Park Ave., Columbiana died at 9:59 p.m. Monday, June 27, 2011 at Salem Community Hospital of congestive heart failure.

Dr. Carpenter was born April 6, 1919 in Lodi, a son of Dr. Paul R. and Bessie Odora Warner Carpenter. He attended Marshall College in Huntington, WV and graduated from...

Jun 26, 2011

Leetonia - Marian H. Holloway, 88, of 38025 SR 558, died at 10:00 a.m. Sunday, June 26, 2011 at Whispering Pines Village, Columbiana.

Mrs. Holloway was born August 31, 1922 in Salem, a daughter of the late John F. and Nellie B. Hickling Helt and had lived in this area all of her life. She had been...

Jun 25, 2011

Lee A. Pritchard of Leetonia, Ohio died at his home Saturday, June 25, 2011 after a long illness.

He was born July 14, 1951 in Youngstown, Ohio to the late Nellie Myers Pritchard-Stefan and McClure Pritchard. Lee leaves two sisters whom love and adore him, Lynn Kurtz his twin, and Lisa Pfeifenroth, brothers in-law John Kurtz and...

Jun 22, 2011

Washingtonville - Elizabeth E. "Betty" Kegelmyer, 91, of 1050 West Main Street, formerly of Walnut Street, Leetonia, died at 6:00 a.m. Wednesday, June 22, 2011 at the Salem Care Center.

Mrs. Kegelmyer was born February 16, 1920 in Damascus, a daughter of the late Norman and Marie Imobersteg Yates and had lived in the area all of...

Jun 21, 2011

East Palestine, OH-June 21, 2011-Richard E. "Dick" Keating, 84, of 1286 Howell Rd. died at 9:55 a.m. Tuesday at Hospice House following a lengthy illness.

Mr. Keating was born September 14, 1926 in Poland, a son of Melvin "Pops" and Margaret Reesh Keating and had lived in this area all of his life.

Dick was...

Jun 20, 2011

New Springfield - Woodrow Wilson Wise, 100, of 13833 Beaver Springfield Road, died Monday at 9:05 p.m., June 20, 2011 at Parkside Health Care Center, Columbiana.

Mr. Wise was born April 12, 1911 in Youngstown, a son of James Alexander and Lucetta L. Donner Wise and had lived in this area most of his life. He had...

Jun 19, 2011

Columbiana - Evelyn M. McCoy, 88, of Columbiana, died at 2:56 a.m. Sunday, June 19, 2011 at the St. Mary's Alzheimer's Center.

Evelyn was born October 2, 1922 in Negley, a daughter of the late Fred and Linni Gorby Posey and had lived in this area all of her life. She had been employed as a seamstress...

Jun 18, 2011

Services will be held at 11 am Friday, June 24, at the Upper Room Fellowship for Dorothy M. (Altomare) Schmitt, who peacefully passed from this life Saturday evening, June 18.

She was born July 5, 1923 in Salem, the daughter of Howard and Elizabeth Barnes Smith, and lived most of her life in the Leetonia and New...

Jun 13, 2011

Columbiana - Carole Maureen "Mitzi" Bertolette, 76, of 849 Fairfield School Road, died Monday at 12:55 a.m., June 13, 2011 at Hospice House, Poland.

Mrs. Bertolette was born September 13, 1934 in Salem, a daughter of the late Homer and Thelma Donahue Gilmore. Carole lived in Columbiana for 48 years coming from East Palestine. Following graduating from...

Jun 2, 2011

Washingtonville - Paul James Sneddon, Sr., 69, of 705 W. Main Street, died Thursday evening at 6:15 p.m., June 2, 2011 at Hospice House, Poland.

Mr. Sneddon was born December 22, 1941 in Washingtonville, a son of Robert and Mildred Sanders Sneddon and had lived in this area all of his life. He had worked as a...

May 30, 2011

New Waterford - Joseph F. Dutterer, 84, formerly of New Waterford, died Monday evening at the Parkside Health Care Center where he had resided five years.

Mr. Dutterer was born August 21, 1926 in Youngstown, a son of the late Arthur G. and Grace V. Schesler Dutterer and had lived in this area all of his life....

May 27, 2011

Columbiana - Helen A. Radler, 98, of 1229 Columbiana-Lisbon Road, died Thursday evening, May 26, 2011 at her home.

Mrs. Radler was born September 10, 1912 in Washingtonville, a daughter of Harry and Adelaide Fitzpatrick McNeal and had lived in this area all of her life. She was co-owner, along with her husband, William Radler of WM...

May 21, 2011

Leetonia - William D. Boswell, Sr., 75, of Leetonia, died Saturday, May 21, 2011 at Salem Community Hospital after being stricken at his home.

Mr. Boswell was born April 29, 1936 in Washington, PA, a son of the late John and Mildred Doak Boswell, coming to this area in 1967. He had been an owner/operator truck driver...

May 17, 2011

Columbiana-May 17, 2011-Lois E. Bray, 89, died at 1:15 p.m. Tuesday at Parkside Health Care Center where she had resided the past 20 years.

Mrs. Bray was born March 17, 1922 in Youngstown, a daughter of Gale Wood and Ella Eleanor Carlson Sprague and had lived in Columbiana since 1967, coming from North Lima. Lois was a...

May 15, 2011

Columbiana - Robert "Bobby" Lamoncha, 91, formerly of Columbiana, died Sunday, May 15, 2011 at the Allay Senior Center, Lisbon.

Mr. Lamoncha was born July 10, 1919 in Columbiana, a son of the late Joseph K. and Margaret E. Shearer Lamoncha. He had served in the US Army during WWII in Europe. He had owned and operated...

Apr 27, 2011

Columbiana - Virginia Patchen, age 95, of Columbiana, passed away Wednesday afternoon, April 27, 2011 at Hospice House, Poland.

She was born November 2, 1915 in Youngstown, a daughter of Guy and Donna Unspach Patchen. Her mother died when she was six and her brother, Robert Patchen was two. Guy Patchen moved his family to Columbiana and...