Obituaries

Oct 22, 2008

Columbiana October 22, 2008 Virginia C. "Sam" Schmidt, 83, died at 2:50 a.m. Wednesday at her home.

Mrs. Schmidt was born March 9, 1925 in Farmington, PA, a daughter of Joseph Estep and Catherine Ophelia Cunningham Conrad. She attended a one room school in Farmington, PA for the first eight grades and then attended and graduated from...

Oct 19, 2008

EAST PALESTINE - Final services celebrating the life of Shirley Hill, 71, will be held at the Warrick-Kummer-Rettig Funeral Home in Columbiana on Wednesday, October 22, 2008 at 11 a.m. Shirley passed peacefully to her final rest on October 19th following a stroke two days earlier.

Shirley was born the daughter of Ruth (Bretz) Wilson and Homer...

Oct 16, 2008

Massillon-October 16, 2008-William J. Mraz, 84, died at 6:55 p.m. Thursday at his home.

Mr. Mraz was born June 30, 1924 in Canton, a son of Charles J. and Marguerite Dowley Mraz and had lived in the Canton/Massillon area all of his life.

Bill was a 1951 graduate of Ohio University and an electrical engineer...

Oct 15, 2008

Negley, OH-October 15, 2008-Goldie Jane Johnson, 88, formerly of Allegheny Trail, died at 5:07 a.m. Wednesday at the Nentwick Convalescent Home in East Liverpool.

Mrs. Johnson was born November 3, 1919 in Canton, a daughter of J. Roy and Laura Brumbaugh Henry and had lived in this area since 1958.

Jane was a dog groomer...

Oct 9, 2008

Northville, MI - Lewis Clement Patrick Tortora, age 75, formerly of Leetonia, passed away peacefully in the company of his family on October 9, 2008, joining his son, Stephen Lewis and granddaughter, Nicole Rae.

Clem was born October 3, 1933 in Leetonia, OH, a son of the late Patrick and Mary Legora Tortora. He was the beloved...

Oct 1, 2008

Columbiana - October 1, 2008 - Edith E. Knight, 92, of 811 S. Main Street, Apt. E5, died on Wednesday, at Salem Community Hospital's Skilled Nursing Facility.

Edith was born April 30, 1916, in Lima, OH, a daughter of Charles W. and Elizabeth H. Ward Jenkins, and was a long time resident of Negley, Rogers, New Waterford...

Sep 29, 2008

Leetonia - September 29, 2008 - Herbert Donald Long, 79, of 5303 St. Jacob's-Logtown Road, died Monday at his home.

Mr. Long was born August 10, 1929 in Moundsville, WV, a son of William and Blanche Virginia Ramsey Long and had lived in the Leetonia area most of his life.

He had been employed as...

Sep 29, 2008

Darlington, PA-Arthur D. Stear, 84, of Fourth Street, died at 1:45 a.m. Monday at the Beaver Valley Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Beaver Falls, PA.

Mr. Stear was born August 20, 1924 in Ellwood City, PA, a son of Frank and Katherine Hanzy Stear and had lived in the Darlington area all of his life.

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Sep 28, 2008

Struthers - September 28, 2008 - Leona Mae Sloan, 74, of 476 Lincoln Ave., died Sunday at Hospice House, Poland.

She was born September 24, 1934 in Poland, a daughter of the late Theodore and Minnie Berrisford Hanson and had lived in the area all her life.

Leona had been employed as a clerk for...

Sep 28, 2008

Columbiana-September 28, 2008 Kimberly Faye Costlow, 49, of 226 Brenda Lane died at 1:14 p.m. Sunday at the St. Elizabeth Health Center in Youngstown.

Kimberly was born August 11, 1959 in Salem, a daughter of Floyd D. and Genevieve Bower Coleman and had lived in this area most of her life.

She worked as a...

Sep 28, 2008

Leetonia - September 28, 2008 - Elvira "Jane" DiRocco, 79, of 145 Pine Street, went home to be with the Lord Sunday morning at the Salem Community Hospital.

Mrs. DiRocco was born July 10, 1929 in Lisbon, a daughter of the late Daniel and Elsie Bush McGoogan and had lived in this area all of her life....

Sep 27, 2008

Columbiana September 27, 2008 Ray E. Dawson, 70, of 130 Hawkins Lane passed away on Saturday, at Brunswick Hospital in Georgia.

Mr. Dawson was born February 18, 1938, in Shippingport, PA, a son of the late Frank and Mary Shamp Dawson, living in Ohio most of his adult life.

Mr. Dawson was a veteran of...

Sep 23, 2008

Columbiana - September 23, 2008 - John D. Drake, 70, of 350 Firestone Avenue, formerly of East Palestine, died Tuesday morning at his home following a long illness.

Mr. Drake was born May 23, 1938 in Pittsburgh, PA, a son of the late Stanley and Elizabeth Slosky Drake and had lived in Columbiana the past five years,...

Sep 22, 2008

Columbiana - September 22, 2008 - Waunetta "Nita" Irene Hogue, 87, of 44728 Columbiana-Waterford Road went to be with the Lord at 4:15 a.m. Monday at the Parkside Health Care Center, Columbiana.

Mrs. Hogue was born May 9, 1921 in Wadsworth, OH a daughter of Clarence Paul and Ella Mae Barnhart Roshon and had lived in Columbiana...

Sep 18, 2008

East Palestine-September 18, 2008-Richard A. Bycroft, 71, of 254 Carbon Hill Road, died at 3:25 p.m. Thursday at the Salem Community Hospital.

Mr. Bycroft was born September 16, 1937 in East Palestine, a son of Robert R. and Mary Cragle Bycroft and had lived in this area all of his life.

Richard worked for L.W....

Sep 17, 2008

Robert W. Montgomery Jr., 48, of Norcross, GA, formerly of Columbiana, died September 17, 2008 at the Gwinnett Medical Center in Duluth, GA.

Robert was born May 21, 1960 in Salem, Ohio, a son of Robert W. and Barbara Hanna Montgomery. He was a 1978 graduate of Columbiana High School and was employed at the former Electric...

Sep 16, 2008

East Palestine - September 16, 2008 - Dewey W. Harman, 85, formerly of Brushville Road, East Palestine, died at 8:15 p.m. Tuesday at the St. Mary's Alzheimer's Center, Columbiana.

Mr. Harman was born July 28, 1923 in Columbiana, Ohio, a son of Adin and Zora Caldwell Harman and had lived in this area all of his life....

Sep 15, 2008

New Waterford, OH-Scott A. Bingham, 37, of 3304 Waterford Road, died at his home.

Scott was born April 26, 1971 in Salem, a son of William and Mary E. Bittner Bingham and had lived in this area all of his life.

He was a 1989 graduate of East Palestine High School and was a millwright-pile...

Sep 13, 2008

Michaela Nicole Brown, age 3, of 45720 Lones Road, went home to be with the Lord at 11:42 a.m. Saturday at Akron Children's Hospital following a three day illness.

Michaela was born October 13, 2004 in Salem, the daughter of Richard A. and Michelle Nordquist Brown, Jr. and had lived here all of her life. She was...

Sep 11, 2008

Leetonia September 11, 2008 Miss Carmel Gabriel, 94, formerly of Oak Street, died at 1:10 a.m. Thursday at the Salem Community Hospital.

Miss Gabriel was born September 27, 1913 in Leetonia, a daughter of Dominic and Agatha Cozza Gabriel and had lived in Leetonia most of her life until moving to the Parkside Health Care Center twelve...