Obituaries

Apr 24, 2007

East Palestine-April 26, 2007-Lona Mary Tancer, age 74, of 50040 State Route 14 died Tuesday, April 24, 2007 at her home.

Mrs. Tancer was born April 16, 1933 in New Waterford, OH a daughter of Luther C. and Mildred Beight Upole and had lived in this area since 1980 coming from California. She was a nurse's aide...

Apr 24, 2007

Leetonia April 24, 2007 -John David Mellinger, age 69, of 1695 Beeson Mill Road died at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday in his residence.

He was born July 28, 1937 in Grove City PA, son of Lester J. and Stella M. Riehl Mellinger.

Mr. Mellinger had owned an operated the Crystal Springs Farm and the Gasoline Equipment...

Apr 22, 2007

Leetonia - April 22, 2007 - Scott E. Cope, 45, of 4233 Grafton Road, died Sunday at his home.

Scott was born September 26, 1961 in Salem, a son of Richard L. and Mary Lou Powell Cope and had lived in this area all of his life. He was a self employed farmer and was a member...

Apr 20, 2007

East Palestine - April 20, 2007 - Audra Lynn Reed, 23, of 267 West High Street, died Friday at 6:28 a.m. at the Salem Community Hospital.

Audra was born December 5, 1983 in Pittsburgh, PA, a daughter of William A. and Carol A. Satterfield Reed and had lived here all of her life. She was a 2002...

Apr 17, 2007

Negley - April 17, 2007 - Lois Ann Patton, 74, of 50876 Richardson Avenue, Negley, died Tuesday evening at her home.

Miss Patton was born July 12, 1932 in Negley, a daughter of Oscar W. and Beulah Guy Patton and had lived here all of her life. She had been employed as a clerk at Powers, Moore,...

Apr 15, 2007

Columbiana April 15, 2007 -Margaret Ellen Berry, age 77, of South Main Street died at 4:45 a.m. Sunday in the Blosson Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.

She was born Jan. 11, 1930 in Fairfield Township, daughter of Stanton David and Clara Mae Murphy Randolph and had lived in the Columbiana area all of her life.

Margaret...

Apr 5, 2007

Columbiana April 5, 2007 -Fay Iverne McClurkin, age 74, of 1940 Lower Elkton Road died at 5:00 a.m. Thursday in the Salem Community Hospital.

She was born March 21, 1933 in New Springfield, daughter of H. Dale and Mary Florence Rupert Hoffman.

Mrs. McClurkin had been a Secretary-Clerk for the former Republic Steel Company in...

Apr 1, 2007

Columbiana - April 1, 2007 - Ola Laura Russell, lifetime resident of the Columbiana area, died at 9:20 p.m. Sunday at the Salem Community Hospital.

Ola was born June 21, 1918 in Clarkson, Ohio, daughter of S. George and Jane McCoy Dyke. She was baptized in the Clarkson Presbyterian Church. She graduated from Fairfield Centralized High School,...

Mar 31, 2007

Leetonia - March 31, 2007 - Ruth Deffenbaugh, 72, of 94 Walnut Street, died at 1:51 a.m. Saturday at the Salem Community Hospital.

Mrs. Deffenbaugh was born October 12, 1934 in Washingtonville, a daughter of Howard and Esther Shepard Stouffer and had lived in this area all of her life.

She had been employed as...

Mar 26, 2007

Leetonia, OH-March 26, 2007-Glenn D. Hall, age 91, of 40515 Fork Road died at 3:15 p.m. Monday at Salem Community Hospital.

Mr. Hall was born May 15, 1915 in Leetonia, OH, a son of James L. and Elmira Davis Hall, Sr. and had lived in this area all of his life.

Glenn was the owner...

Mar 24, 2007

Columbiana - March 24, 2007 - Ellen V. Hocanson, 79, of 104 Park Court, died Saturday at 11:41 p.m. at the Cleveland Clinic.

Mrs. Hocanson was born January 26, 1928 in Cadiz, OH, a daughter of Charles and Edna Carmichael Kirkpatrick and had lived in Columbiana since 1999, coming from Darlington, PA.

She had been...

Mar 24, 2007

Sandra Kay Wilkinson went home to be with God on March 24, 2007.

She is survived by her husband, Warren Wilkinson, 1388 McCloskey Road, Columbiana, Ohio, whom she married on November 7, 1983.

Sandy fought a long and courageous battle with cancer and will be remembered for her upbeat handling of this challenge.

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Mar 19, 2007

Lisbon March 19, 2007 - William Patrick Robertson, age 39, of 38867 Saltwell Road died Monday at his residence.

He was born June 8, 1967 in Youngstown, son of William Lee and Patricia Seeger Robertson. Having lived in Leetonia most of his life, he had lived in Lisbon for the last two years.

He had...

Mar 19, 2007

Leetonia - March 19, 2007 - Elmer Louis Dillow, 83, went with the Lord on Monday, March 19, 2007 at the Hospice House of Poland, Ohio.

Mr. Dillow was born in1923 in Connellsville, PA, a son of Newton and Cora (Evans) Dillow.

He served in the United States Army and was a Prisoner of War...

Mar 18, 2007

New Waterford, OH-March 18, 2007-James A. Gidley, age 97, of 787 Macklin Road, died at 2:00 p.m. Sunday at Essex of Salem II.

Mr. Gidley was born February 8, 1910 in Morgantown, West Virginia, a son of George and Belle Sawyer Gidley and had lived in this area since 1999. Prior to that he had lived in...

Mar 11, 2007

Washingtonville - March 11, 2007 - Aiden Robert Ballard, son of Benjamin R. and Tiffany N. Medvec Ballard, died at 7:15 a.m. Sunday at the Women's and Infant's Pavilion of the Beeghly Medical Park, Boardman.

Aiden, who was born February 21, 2007, is survived by his parents of Washingtonville; maternal grandparents, John W. and Suzanne Medvec of...

Mar 11, 2007

Columbiana - March 11, 2007 - Eugene L. Little, 82, of Columbiana, died Sunday, March 11, 2007 in Cape Coral Hospital, Cape Coral, Florida.

Mr. Little was born May 15, 1924 in Plumville, PA, a son of Loyd T. and Martha Lohr Little and had lived here since 1948, coming from Pennsylvania. He had been employed as...

Mar 9, 2007

Leetonia - March 9, 2007 - Barbara A. Eskay, 84, of 348 Walnut Street, died at 12:45 a.m. Friday at the St. Mary's Alzheimer's Center, Columbiana.

Mrs. Eskay was born December 2, 1921 in Youngstown, a daughter of John and Mary Stadahar Pershin and had lived here since 1956, coming from Youngstown.

She was a...

Mar 2, 2007

Columbiana March 2, 2007 -William Richard Watters, age 89, formerly of East Woodland Avenue died at 3:40 p.m. Friday in the Parkside Health Care Center.

He was born July 18, 1917 in Pittsburgh PA, son of William Clarence and Elizabeth Stevens Watters.

Mr. Watters had lived in Columbiana for 87 years coming from Pittsburgh Pennsylvania....

Feb 27, 2007

Boardman - Lucy Darlene Kannal, 86, of Sateri Home, formerly of New Waterford, went to be with her heavenly Father on February 27, 2007.

Mrs. Kannal was born April 3, 1920 in Berlin Center, the daughter of Err Albert and Nora Dustman Weldin. Lucy graduated from Columbiana High School in 1938 and was a member of the...