Obituaries

Apr 15, 2008

Columbiana - April 15, 2008 - Myrtle Ovada Witt, 79, formerly of South Main Street, died at 5:10 a.m. Tuesday at the Parkside Health Care Center.

Mrs. Witt was born August 9, 1928 in Starke, FL, a daughter of Pate and Clyde M. Gassett and had lived in Columbiana most of her life, coming from North Lima....

Apr 12, 2008

East Palestine - April 12, 2008 - Dorothy L. Garris, 86, of 587 Bacon Avenue, died at 5:30 p.m. Saturday at the Salem Community Hospital.

Mrs. Garris was born October 6, 1921 in East Palestine, a daughter of the late Merle and Margaret Veon Blake. She was a homemaker and had lived in this area most of...

Apr 12, 2008

Negley - April 12, 2008 - Dorothy J. Fetterolf, 81, of 48602 Laredo Drive, died at 8:30 a.m. Saturday at her residence.

Mrs. Fetterolf was born June 23, 1926 in Connorton, PA, a daughter of Leslie and Anne Roland Hughes and had lived here 20 years, coming from Youngstown. She was a graduate of the Ashland Hospital...

Apr 10, 2008

East Palestine - April 10, 2008 - Doris H. Ward, 83, of 190 Young Street, died at 1:00 p.m. Thursday at Hospice House, Poland surrounded by her beloved family.

Mrs. Ward was born November 2, 1924 in Alliance, the daughter of Edward and Anna Belle Noling Seidel and had lived in this area all of her life....

Apr 9, 2008

LaPorte, TX - April 9, 2008 - Shirley June Barnes, 73, formerly of Columbiana, died Wednesday, April 9, 2008 at her residence in LaPorte, Texas.

Mrs. Barnes was born February 4, 1935 in Youngstown, a daughter of the late Clarence and E. Ocie Clever Lanterman. Shirley was very involved with the LaPorte Senior Center. She was a...

Apr 8, 2008

Leetonia - April 8, 2008 - James Lathen Hall, Sr., age 90, of 40557 SR 344, died at 6:15 a.m. Tuesday at his home.

Jim was born on January 23, 1918 in Leetonia, a son of James and Elmira Davis Hall and was a lifelong resident of Leetonia. He served in the U.S. Army during WW II....

Apr 7, 2008

Port Richey, FL-April 7, 2008-Norman W. Jones, age 89, of Port Richey, FL died at 3:12 a.m. Monday at Parkside Health Care Center in Columbiana, OH, where he had been for rehabilitation.

Mr. Jones was born November 15, 1918 in Delphos, OH a son of William and Mary Bowman Jones and had been living in Florida for...

Apr 7, 2008

Harold P. Floor, age 85, died at 7:20 a.m. Monday at the Parkside Health Care Center in Columbiana.

Mr. Floor was born October 7, 1922 in East Palestine, OH a son of Paul and Grace Miller Floor and had lived in this area all of his life.

Harold worked for National Rubber for 27 years...

Apr 5, 2008

Columbiana, OH-April 5, 2008-Eva R. Curry, age 93, died at 1:40 p.m. Saturday at the Holander House in Salem.

Mrs. Curry was born December 26, 1914 in Pittsburgh, PA, a daughter of Paul and Eva Pruban Rucka and had lived in this area since 1989 coming from Monaca, PA.

Eva was a homemaker and a...

Mar 28, 2008

Lisbon - March 28, 2008 - Christine G. Morelli Nance, 89, of 131A Pendleton Street, died at 3:51 p.m. Friday at the Salem Community Hospital.

Mrs. Nance was born August 13, 1918 in Alliance, Ohio and had lived here four years, coming from Corona, CA. She was employed as a waitress for several years and was a...

Mar 28, 2008

Salem-March 28, 2008-Thelma L. Sebrell, age 77, died at 9:15 p.m. Friday in Salem Community Hospital following a long illness.

Mrs. Sebrell was born January 22, 1931 in Alliance, OH, a daughter of Harold K. and Helen Mumaw Kuntze and had lived in this area all of her life.

Thelma was a 1950 graduate of...

Mar 27, 2008

Lisbon - March 27, 2008 - Virgie G. Walsh, 97, of Allay Senior Care, died Thursday at the Salem Community Hospital.

Mrs. Walsh was born May 21, 1910 in Czechoslovakia, a daughter of Paul and Mary Piscar Gyugo and had lived on Walnut Street, Point Marion, PA most of her life, moving to this area five years...

Mar 26, 2008

Leetonia - March 26, 2008 - Alvin J. "Fuddle" Briden, Jr., 81, of 14 W. Main Street died at 10:10 p.m. Wednesday in the St. Mary's Alzheimer's Center, Columbiana.

Mr. Briden was born January 26, 1927 in Cleveland, a son of Alvin and Catherine Gessler Briden. He served in the U.S. Army during WW II.

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Mar 23, 2008

East Palestine - March 23, 2008 - Robert J. Crowl, 87, of 10254 SR 7, died at 2:45 a.m. Sunday at his home.

Mr. Crowl was born January 30, 1921 in Negley, a son of the late Harry E. and Agnes J. Knight Crowl and had lived in this area all of his life. He had been...

Mar 21, 2008

Lisbon- March 21, 2008-John P. Remish, age 70, died at 5:34 a.m. Friday at Salem Community Hospital.

John had lived at the Pleasant View Nursing Home for the past two years.

Mr. Remish was born January 10, 1938 in New Waterford, a son of John and Agnes Blazvick Remish and had lived in this area...

Mar 18, 2008

Washingtonville - March 18, 2008 - Robert W. Bortmas, 73, of 825 West High Street, died at 5:50 a.m. Tuesday at the St. Elizabeth Medical Center, Main Campus, after a long battle with kidney disease.

Mr. Bortmas was born July 22, 1934 in Youngstown, a son of Venice and Mary E. Gray Bortmas and had lived in...

Mar 16, 2008

Columbiana - March 16, 2008 - Lillian Weikart, 94, of 337 West Salem Street, formerly of Leetonia, died at 3:29 a.m. Sunday at the Salem Community Hospital.

Mrs. Weikart was born November 16, 1913 in Washingtonville, a daughter of Edward and Mildred Fosnacht Herman and had lived in this area all of her life.

She...

Mar 16, 2008

Leetonia - March 16, 2008 - Theodore H. Drouhard, 78, of 423 Honey Lane died at 10:30 p.m. Sunday in the Salem Community Hospital.

He was born May 25, 1929 in Wooster, son of Charles P. and Grace E. Sliger Drouhard.

Mr. Drouhard had lived in Leetonia since 1995 coming from Canfield OH.

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Mar 14, 2008

San Diego, Ca - March 14, 2008 - Robert "Bob" J. Hill, loving husband and father, 70, died peacefully on March 14, 2008 after a long, difficult struggle with Alzheimer's disease in San Diego, CA where he had been residing. He had formerly resided in Washingtonville, Ohio.

Bob was born on January 31, 1938 in Salem, OH,...

Mar 11, 2008

Columbiana - March 11, 2008 - Marie B. Guy, 72, of 110 West Railroad Street, died at 5:13 p.m. Tuesday at the Salem Community Hospital.

Mrs. Guy was born December 18, 1935 near Atwater, daughter of Stanton and Kathryn Force Bartholomew. She moved from Elkton to Columbiana in 1979.

She is survived by her husband,...