Obituaries

Apr 21, 2011

Beloit - Ernest D. Baker, Sr. age 71, of 2313 Westville Lake Road, formerly of Leetonia and Salem, died at 12:45 p.m. Thursday, April 21, 2011 at the Alliance Community Hospital.

Mr. Baker was born February 11, 1940 in Leetonia, a son of the late Ernest and Jennie Cross Baker. He has been employed as a tool...

Apr 20, 2011

Columbiana - Stella G. Keck, 88, of 1263 Fairfield Avenue, died Wednesday evening at Hospice House in Poland.

Mrs. Keck was born December 6, 1922 in Enon Valley, PA, a daughter of the late Charles and Alta Byrd May. She was a member of Good Hope Lutheran Church, North Lima.

She was preceded in death...

Apr 20, 2011

Columbiana-April 20, 2011-Teresa Fay "Tess" Sinsley, 91, died at 1:25 a.m. Wednesday at Whispering Pines Village where she had resided the past seven years.

Mrs. Sinsley was born June 20, 1919 in Ambridge, PA, a daughter of John Walter and Loretta Grace Grim Wagoner, Sr. Previous to living in Columbiana, she had resided in Leetonia since 1957....

Apr 19, 2011

Columbiana - Dorothy Helen Little, 87, of Middleburg Heights, formerly of Columbiana, died Tuesday, April 19, 2011.

Dorothy was born February 9, 1924 in Punxsutawney, PA, a daughter of John U. and Nellie Burkett Gahagan. Dorothy's main focus was her family; however she did have several interesting jobs. She was a "Rosie The Riveter" during WWII, a...

Apr 15, 2011

Rogers - Dorkis M. Artrup, 77, of 7901 Sprucevale Road, died at 4:40 a.m. Friday, April 15, 2011 at her home.

Mrs. Artrup was born December 30, 1933 in East Palestine, a daughter of the late Jacob and Nellie Lambright Melott and had lived in the area all of her life.

She had been employed...

Apr 13, 2011

East Palestine - John Allen Freed, Sr., 61, of 50925 Hadley Road, died at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 13, 2011 at the Covington Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.

Mr. Freed was born October 19, 1949 in New Galilee, PA, a son of the late Delmer J. and Mary Sherrill Freed and had lived in this area most of...

Apr 8, 2011

East Palestine - Grace H. Schaeffer, 94, formerly of West Martin Street, died at 4:55 a.m. Friday, April 08, 2011 at the Salem Community Hospital.

Mrs. Schaeffer was born January 3, 1917 in East Palestine, a daughter of the late Ira and Edith Tennis Rambo and had lived in this area all of her life. She was...

Apr 3, 2011

New Springfield - Virginia "June" Randolph, 85, of New Springfield, died at 6:50 a.m. Sunday at Hospice House, Poland.

Mrs. Randolph was born January 16, 1926 in Negley, a daughter of the late James and Charlotte Bussard Mahon.

She had been employed as a presser at the former B&M Cleaners, East Palestine and later at...

Apr 1, 2011

East Palestine - Helen L. Rose, 86, of East Palestine, died Friday, April 1, 2011 at Covington Skilled Nursing & Rehabilitation Center.

Mrs. Rose was born August 10, 1924 in East Palestine, a daughter of the late Henry J. and Albina Lyons Frederick and had lived in this area all of her life.

She had...

Mar 22, 2011

Leetonia-Ruth Louella Riles, 91, of 746 Columbia St., died at 9:55 a.m. Tuesday, March 22, 2011, at her home.

Mrs. Riles was born December 8, 1919 in Leetonia, a daughter of Louis and Florence Ginther Fronk and had lived in this area all of her life.

She was a homemaker and member of St. Patrick's...

Mar 13, 2011

Negley - Hazel Engle, 87, the most loving and precious human being God ever put on this earth has gone to be with her father in Heaven, our Lord on Sunday, March 13, 2011.

Mrs. Engle was born May 19, 1923 in Kinross, MI the daughter of the late Victor and Otteljana Aho.

Her husband...

Mar 11, 2011

Columbiana-Jacqueline M. Wuckovich, 71, of Manor Drive, died Friday morning at her home.

Mrs. Wuckovich was born January 30, 1940 in Youngstown, a daughter of Walter and Victoria Suzelis MuZell and had lived in this area most of her life.

Jacky was the owner and operated the former Triangle Fabrics in Columbiana for several years....

Mar 11, 2011

Negley - March 11, 2011 - Nina June Cunningham, 80, of 7631 Commerce Street, went home to be with the Lord at 6:35 a.m. Friday at her home.

Mrs. Cunningham was born June 1, 1930 in East Palestine, a daughter of Andrew and Helen Burlingame VanFossan, Sr. and had lived in this area all of her life....

Mar 10, 2011

Leetonia, OH-March 10, 2011-Kevin E. Thompson, 52, of Leetonia died on Thursday evening, March 10, 2011, at his home surrounded by his loving family and friends.

Mr. Thompson was born March 29, 1958 in Salem, a son of James Edwin and Pauline B. Meek Thompson.

Kevin was a 1976 graduate of David Anderson High School...

Mar 10, 2011

East Palestine-C. Richard "Dick" Fox, 81, of East Palestine, passed away on Thursday, March 10, 2011, in Columbiana.

Dick was born June 22, 1929 in Canton, a son of Harold M. and Edith Wallace Fox and resided in Unity Township since 1930, on the family farm know as FoxAyre Farms. He was a graduate of East Palestine...

Mar 9, 2011

Columbiana-Jean Weaver Parsly, 93, went home to be with her Lord Wednesday, March 9, 2011.

Mrs. Parsly was born October 6, 1917 in Columbiana, a daughter of Roy E. and Jean Garrard Weaver and had lived in this area most of her life.

Jean was a graduate of Ohio University. She was a librarian for...

Mar 8, 2011

Columbiana-March 8, 2011-Willard D. Hetric, 97, of Columbiana, Ohio, died on Tuesday, March 8, 2011, at Parkside Health Care Center.

Mr. Hetric was born on March 2, 1914, in Columbiana. He was the son of the late Ira A. and Margaret M. McGale Hetric, and he lived most of his life in Columbiana.

He is...

Mar 7, 2011

New Waterford - Carl Richard Dettmer, 67, of 46310 Carter Road died Monday evening, March 7, 2011, at UPMC Mercy Hospital in Pittsburgh.

Mr. Dettmer was born September 7, 1943 in Youngstown, a son of the late Carl F. and Gertrude Greene Dettmer.

He had been employed as a welder at Transpec in Columbiana. He...

Mar 6, 2011

Salem, OH-Sidney Thomas Carter, 85, formerly of Columbiana, went home to be with his Lord at 4:50 a.m. Sunday, March 6, 2011, at Akron City Hospital.

Mr. Carter was born March 13, 1925 in Youngstown, a son of Sidney Taylor and Janet Counsell Carter and had lived in the Columbiana County area most of his life.

Mar 5, 2011

Salem - March 5, 2011 - Clyde J. McCallister, 86, of Salem, formerly of Leetonia, died Saturday morning at the Salem Community Hospital.

Mr. McCallister was born November 6, 1924 in Charleston, WV, a son of the late Clyde J. and Hazel Blankenship McCallister, Sr. He served in the U.S. Army during WWII and also the Korean...