Obituaries

May 6, 2008

Columbiana - May 6, 2008-Hildreth "Hyde" Keylor, 87, of 1063 McCloskey Road, died at 7:28 p.m. Tuesday at the St. Elizabeth Medical Center, Boardman Campus.

Mr. Keylor was born August 8, 1920 at Woodsfield, Ohio, a son of Fred C. and Clara E. Drum Keylor.

He lived in Columbiana for 55 years coming from Caldwell,...

May 2, 2008

Washingtonville - May 2, 2008 - Ethel Stouffer, 92, of 520 High Street, died at 11:06 a.m. Friday at the Salem Community Hospital.

Mrs. Stouffer was born October 15, 1915 in Lisbon, a daughter of Harry and Elizabeth Douglass Wolfe and had lived in this area all of her life. She was a member of the Franklin...

Apr 30, 2008

Columbiana - April 30, 2008 - Frances Margaret LaPatka, 96, formerly of Second Avenue, Koppel, PA, died at 11:15 p.m. Wednesday at the St. Mary's Alzheimer's Center following a five year illness.

Mrs. LaPatka was born October 12, 1911 in Rochester, PA, a daughter of Stanley and Helen Kasunic Baser and had lived in Columbiana since 2003,...

Apr 25, 2008

Columbiana - April 25, 2008 - Ola Jean Roller, 79, of N. West Street, died at 7:15 p.m. Friday at Salem Community Hospital.

Mrs. Roller was born August 25, 1928 in Youngstown, OH, a daughter of Gray and Twila Frazier MacPhee and had lived in the North Lima and Columbiana area most or her life.

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Apr 20, 2008

Leetonia OH - April 20, 2008 Michele L. "Shelley" Snyder, 55, of Cherry Valley Road died at 6:45 p.m. Sunday in the Salem Community Hospital following a three year illness with cancer.

She was born August 27, 1952 in Bath NY, daughter of Sheldon Clark and Margaret Minar Burns.

Michele had lived in Leetonia for...

Apr 19, 2008

Lisbon - April 19, 2008 - Alice J. Welsh, 86, of 9074 Black Road, died at 9:20 a.m. Saturday at her home.

Mrs. Welsh was born December 21, 1921 in East Palestine, a daughter of Cyrus and Rosa Reynolds Knight and had lived in Lisbon for the past 4 years coming from New Waterford.

Alice...

Apr 16, 2008

East Palestine - April 16, 2008 - J. Carlyle Brown, Sr., 92, of 668 Jackson Street, went home to be with the Lord and his beloved wife at 9:50 p.m. Wednesday at the Parkside Health Care Center, Columbiana.

Mr. Brown was born October 11, 1915 in East Palestine, a son the late Thomas K. and Muriel D....

Apr 16, 2008

Melvin L. Mercer, 61, of New Waterford died at 6:20 a.m. Wednesday at his home surrounded by his family.

Mr. Mercer was born April 2, 1947 in Salem, a son of George and Ruth Kurtz Mercer and had lived in this area all of his life.

He was a self-employed carpenter in the area. He...

Apr 15, 2008

Alexandra Combis, age 84, of Youngstown, passed away peacefully Tuesday at 11:45 p.m. at Hospice House, Poland following a short illness.

Mrs. Combis was born January 28, 1924 in Youngstown, a daughter of Demetrios and Kalliope Poulos.

She, along with her husband, John Combis, whom she married January 23, 1941 owned and operated several restaurants...

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...