Obituaries

Jan 5, 2008

Columbiana - January 5, 2008 - Theresa R. DiPanfilo, 76, of 1229 Columbiana-Lisbon Road, died Saturday at 4:42 p.m. at the Salem Community Hospital.

Mrs. DiPanfilo was born April 2, 1931 in Leetonia, a daughter of Chalmer and Clara Sposetta Lodge and had lived in this area all of her life. She was a homemaker.

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Jan 5, 2008

Darlington, PA-January 5, 2008-Wilma Griffith, 88, went home to be with her Lord and Savior Saturday, January 5, 2008.

Wilma was born July 14, 1919 in East Liverpool, OH, a daughter of William and Mary Belle Wright Finney and had lived in the Darlington area since 1954.

She was a homemaker and member of the...

Jan 3, 2008

Ruth Anna Keslar, 88, formerly of McCloskey Road, passed away at 10:10 p.m. Thursday at St. Elizabeth Boardman Health Center.

Mrs. Keslar was born May 27, 1919 in East Fairfield, OH, a daughter of Raymond and Nora Stooksberry Pike and had lived in the area all her life.

She was a homemaker and attended East...

Jan 3, 2008

Columbiana, OH-January 3, 2008-Beverly L. "Bee" Bennett, 80, formerly of 2050 Renkenberger Road, passed away at 8:45 a.m. Thursday at Parkside Health Care Center.

Mrs. Bennett was born February 17, 1927 in Youngstown, OH, a daughter of Lawrence and Florence Casity Judd and had lived in the area most of her life.

She was an...

Jan 2, 2008

Leetonia - January 2, 2008 - Robert A. Spatholt, 78, of 40060 Kelly Park Road, died Wednesday at his home.

Mr. Spatholt was born April 22, 1929 in Salem, a son of Arthur and Helen Floding Spatholt and had lived here several years, coming from Slippery Rock, PA. He had owned and operated the former Spatholt Hardware...

Dec 29, 2007

Anna Marie Paes passed away peacefully Saturday evening at her home on Wallace Avenue with her devoted husband Bill at her side.

Anna was born in Cannelton, PA on October 10, 1922 to Charles and Mary Rebecca Berresford McGuckin, came to East Palestine at the age of six, and lived there for the remainder of her life....

Dec 29, 2007

Rogers December 29, 2007 -Howard Otto Gumbel, age 75, of 9864 Sprucevale Road died at 3:00 a.m. Saturday at his residence.

He was born December 31, 1931 in Fairfield Township, son of Otto and Elizabeth Klepfer Gumbel. He had lived in Rogers all of his life.

Mr. Gumbel had been a dairy farmer most of...

Dec 26, 2007

Enon Valley, PA-December 26, 2007-Margaret P. Klepfer, 80, of 2604 State Route 351, passed away at 3:30 a.m. Wednesday at the Salem Community Hospital following a long illness.

Mrs. Klepfer was born September 2, 1927 in North Lima, OH, a daughter of Hurlan A. and Myrtle M. Bartholomew Burkey and had lived in the Enon Valley area...

Dec 25, 2007

Doris L. 'Dottie' Yokley, 84, resident of Courtyard on Lexington in Salem, formerly of 7th Street Columbiana, passed away on the morning of December 25th, 2007.

Dottie was preceded in death by her parents Faye Lillian and Harry Saunders Gordon, and husband Howard Yokley. Also preceding her were an infant son; brothers, Louis William and Herbert Leroy...

Dec 22, 2007

December 22, 2007. Robert E. Rupert, age 75, of 20 North Pleasant Dr., East Palestine, died in Salem Community Hospital due to pneumonia.

He was born March 3, 1932, near New Waterford, the youngest son of Willis and Emma Van Skiver Rupert. Bob's development was slow due to cerebral palsy, but his mother and many others championed...

Dec 20, 2007

Columbiana December 20, 2007 -Julia Ann Conkle, age 86, of 44925 Crestview Road died at 8:00 p.m. Thursday at her residence.

She was born October 21, 1921 in Elkton, daughter of Curtis and Ida Finney Warrick had lived in the area all of her life.

Surviving is her husband, Edwin Conkle whom she married February...

Dec 19, 2007

East Palestine - December 19, 2007 - Justin P. Gillis, 26, of 133 West North Avenue, died Wednesday evening of injuries suffered in an auto accident.

Justin was born March 18, 1981 in Youngstown, a son of J. Patrick and Cynthia L. Craik Gillis and had lived in this area all of his life.

He...

Dec 16, 2007

Leetonia - December 16, 2007 - Frank A. Lindstrom, 81, of 37934 Butcher Road, died at 5:30 a.m. Sunday at his home.

Mr. Lindstrom was born July 11, 1926 in Sugar Grove, PA, a son of Axel and Lolo Chelton Lindstrom and had lived here since 1981, coming from Waterford, PA. He served as a military policeman...

Dec 7, 2007

Leetonia - December 7, 2007 - Madalene T. Orincsak, 92, of 38017 Old SR 344, died Friday at 12:57 p.m. at the Salem Community Hospital.

Mrs. Orincsak was born May 29, 1915 in Leetonia, a daughter of the late Henry J. and Theresa Neiheisel Walzer and had lived in this area all of her life. She had...

Dec 7, 2007

Columbiana December 7, 2007 -Harold W. 'Army' Armstrong, age 81, of 307 Blueberry Drive died at 4:00 p.m. Friday in the Woodlands at Hampton Woods in Poland.

He was born December 3, 1926 in Lisbon, son of Carl and Annabelle Lodge Armstrong and had lived in Columbiana since 1952.

Harold had been an Owner-Operator of...

Dec 6, 2007

Columbiana December 6, 2007 -Lois V. Justice, age 86, formerly of Park Place died at 5:10 p.m. Thursday in the Essex #2.

She was born March 14, 1921 in East Palestine, daughter of Hosea R. and Zelda M. Keller Peppel and had lived in Columbiana for most of her life.

She was a member of...

Dec 5, 2007

Negley - December 5, 2007 - Ruth E. Mackall, 83, of 50462 Front Street, died at 12:10 p.m. Wednesday at Essex Nursing Center #1 of Salem.

Mrs. Mackall was born October 3, 1924 in Negley, a daughter of Harry and Agnes Knight Crowl and had lived in this area all of her life. She had been employed...

Dec 5, 2007

Albert "Doodle" Hornsby, formerly of South Main Street died at 7:08 a.m. Wednesday in the Parkside Health Care Center.

He was born Oct. 12, 1937 in Hugheston WV, son of Albert C. and Gladys J. Phillips Hornsby.

He had lived in the area most of life working as a truck driver for 20 years. He...

Dec 1, 2007

Mansfield, OH - Dec. 1, 2007 - Howard Earle Donbar, age 86, died Saturday afternoon in Triumph Hospital, Mansfield.

He was born April 2, 1921 in Youngstown, Ohio to the late Judge William Edward Luther and Viola (Hawkins) Donbar moving to Columbiana in 1923. Howard graduated from Columbiana High School in 1939 where he played football, basketball...

Nov 26, 2007

Edith A. Spooner, 94, formerly of Jimtown Road, East Palestine, died at 11:35 p.m. at Parkside Health Care Center, Columbiana.

Mrs. Spooner was born July 23, 1913 in Darlington Township, Beaver County, PA, a daughter of Clark I. and Agnes K. Tyson McCowin and had lived in this area most of her life.

She was...