Obituaries

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...

Sep 10, 2008

East Palestine-September 10, 2008-Daniel L. Yokley, 51, of 524 Alice Street, died at 3:54 a.m. Wednesday at St. Elizabeth Hospital Boardman Campus after becoming ill at home.

Dan was born April 2, 1957 in Salem, a son of Harold and Elsie Lutsch Yokley and had lived in this area all of his life.

He worked...

Sep 10, 2008

Columbiana September 10, 2008 Ruthanna Rhodes, 88, formerly of South Main Street, Columbiana, died at 7:17 a.m. Wednesday at Essex of Salem II.

Mrs. Rhodes was born December 30, 1919 in Everett, PA, a daughter of the late John and Mae Miller Karns.

She had been employed as a practical nurse at area nursing homes...

Sep 2, 2008

Loretta Irene Newton, 96 formerly of Washingtonville, passed away at her daughter-in-law's (Delores Newton) house, Tuesday, September 2, 2008. She resided for the past 5 years at her son's Walter "Bing" Newton (Peggy) house.

Loretta was born in Washingtonville on February 10, 1912. She is the daughter of the late Charles and Anna Barton Senior.

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Aug 25, 2008

Columbiana - August 25, 2008 - H. June Kendall, 84, formerly of West Salem Street, died at 8:53 p.m. Monday at the East Liverpool City Hospital.

Mrs. Kendall was born June 20, 1924 in Wetzel County, WV, a daughter of Clarence O. and Effie Stoneking Francis and had lived in the Columbiana area since 1953.

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Aug 24, 2008

Rogers - August 24, 2008 - George R. Todd, 73, of 45675 Pine Hollow Road died at 1:15 p.m. Sunday in the Parkside Health Care Center.

Mr. Todd was born Oct. 7, 1934 in Rogers, a son of Clarence H. and Anna C. Henderson Todd and had lived in the Rogers area all his life. He served...

Aug 20, 2008

East Palestine - August 20, 2008 - William Yereb II, 50, of 310 West Main Street, died at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at the University Hospital, Case Medical Center, Cleveland.

Mr. Yereb was born July 24, 1958 in Salem, a son of the late William and Betty Hagerty Yereb.

He had been employed as a crane...

Aug 17, 2008

Canfield - August 17, 2008 - Rodg S. King, 64, of 11633 Columbiana-Canfield Road, died at 2:25 p.m. Sunday at the St. Elizabeth Medical Center, Youngstown, with his family at his side.

Mr. King was born October 26, 1943 in Youngstown, a son of the late John F. and Joyce Skinner King and had lived in this...

Aug 15, 2008

Columbiana - August 15, 2008 - Marie B. Chandler, 95, formerly of Lisbon Street, died at 10:55 a.m. Friday at the Parkside Health Care Center.

Mrs. Chandler was born January 27, 1913 in East Liverpool, a daughter of the late Charles and Nora Ammon Venaman and had lived in this area most of her life. She had...

Aug 11, 2008

North Lima - Doris Jean Stewart, 80, formerly of East Friend Street, Columbiana, died Monday, August 11th at the Assumption Village Center after struggling valiantly with heart complications.

We have lost a mother, grandmother and great grandmother with a heart of gold who was more to us than wealth untold. We have lost, but God gained one...

Aug 5, 2008

Columbiana - August 5, 2008 - Michael James Mercure, 74, of 4454 Signal Road, died at 2:40 p.m. Tuesday at St. Elizabeth's Health Center Boardman Campus.

Mr. Mercure was born June 15, 1934 in Salem, a son of Michael and Lucille Mangiamilli Mercure and had lived in the Columbiana area all his life.

Michael was...

Aug 2, 2008

Salem-August 2, 2008-Bradley L. Elder, 46, of E. Pershing St., died suddenly Saturday afternoon at Salem Community Hospital.

He was born February 28, 1962 in Alliance, son of Norman F. and Winifred J. Martsolf Elder and had lived in the area all of his life.

Mr. Elder graduated from West Branch High school in 1980...