Obituaries

Nov 3, 2008

NEW WATERFORD - Final services celebrating the life of Bob Hurst, 48, will be held at 11:00 a.m. Monday, November 10, 2008 at the Warrick-Kummer-Rettig Funeral Home, Columbiana.

Bob was born on July 26, 1960, a son of John and Norma Wilson Hurst. He was a 1978 graduate of Beaver Local High School and was married on...

Nov 3, 2008

Beloved wife and mother Mary Louise Lynn, 84, of Virginia Beach, VA, went home to be with her Lord and Savior at 12:50 p.m. on Monday, November 3, at Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital after experiencing an acute stroke. The daughter of Orville and Dorothea Christman Chellis of Leetonia, OH, Mary Louise was born on December 16, 1923. She...

Nov 3, 2008

Columbiana-November 3, 2008-Norina Grace D'Altorio, 94, died at 11:25 p.m. Monday at Whispering Pines Village in Columbiana.

Mrs. D'Altorio was born July 12, 1914 in Donora, PA, a daughter of Luigi and Marianna Ritacco Diulus.

Norina had lived in this area for the past four years moving to Ohio from Monessen, PA in October of...

Nov 2, 2008

Marjorie Louise Spires Swanson, 74, of Creek Road, New Waterford, died early Sunday morning in her sleep at Salem Community Hospital after a long illness with lung disease.

She was born Jan. 20, 1934, in Struthers, the only child of George and Mary Ruth Parson Spires. She had lived in the Columbiana-New Waterford area most of her...

Nov 2, 2008

Columbiana-November 2, 2008-Charles A. Rohrer, 95, of 180 Duquesne Street, died at 5:50 p.m. Sunday at the Parkside Health Care Center in Columbiana.

Mr. Rohrer was born November 17, 1912 in Columbiana, a son of Frank and Minta Creed Rohrer and had lived in this area all of his life. He served in the U. S. Army...

Nov 1, 2008

Columbiana-November 1, 2008-Mary "Edith" Linn-Hall, 89, of 937 E. Park Ave. died at 8:25 a.m. Saturday at St. Elizabeth Boardman Health Center.

Mrs. Hall was born December 25, 1918 in Washingtonville, a daughter of Alan A. and Clara E. O'Neill Stirling and had lived in this area all of her life.

Edith had worked for...

Oct 27, 2008

Leetonia - October 27, 2008 - Eleanor R. Whitacre, 85, of 783 Columbia Street, died at 4:05 p.m. Monday at the Salem Community Hospital.

Mrs. Whitacre was born November 10, 1922 in Leetonia, a daughter of William R. and Olive Nichols Anglemyer and had lived in this area all of her life.

She was a...

Oct 26, 2008

Dumont, Iowa-October 26, 2008-Gertrude Mary Mahler, 83, formerly of Columbiana, died Saturday at the Madrid Home for the Aging in Madrid, Iowa.

She was born October 1, 1925, in Elton, Louisiana, a daughter of the late Marion and Clara (Arabie) Nugent.

Gertrude attended the Reeves School in Louisiana. She was a member of the First...

Oct 25, 2008

New Castle-October 25, 2008-Sylvia Summers, 47, of 430 Rapson Ave. died Saturday morning at her home.

Sylvia was born January 31, 1961 in New Castle, a daughter of Ernest and Beverly Beike Lambright and had lived in the New Castle area the past six months. She previously had lived in Ellwood City and Erie, PA.

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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....