Obituaries

Jan 29, 2007

Leetonia-January 29, 2007-Leila G. Eastek, age 81, of 39246 Farrington Road, died at 12:40 p.m. Monday in Essex II of Salem where she had been the past three weeks.

Mrs. Eastek was born November 9, 1925 in Washingtonville, a daughter of Edward and Mildred Fosnacht Herman and had lived in this area all of her life.

Jan 28, 2007

Rogers - January 28, 2007 - Wayne G. "Smokey" Ewing, 76, of 5608 Adams Road, died at 8:30 p.m. Sunday at his home.

Mr. Ewing was born January 6, 1931 in Fairfield Township, Columbiana County, Ohio, a son of Robert and Helen Whitaker Ewing and had lived here since 1990, coming from Milford, PA.

He...

Jan 24, 2007

East Palestine - January 24, 2007 - Mary I. Eskay, 88, of 815 Kenmar Drive, formerly of Leetonia, died at 2:35 p.m. Wednesday at Assumption Village, North Lima, where she had resided 4 years.

Mrs. Eskay was born February 9, 1918 in Monongahela, PA, a daughter of Stephen and Irene Haluska Davner. She had lived in Leetonia...

Jan 20, 2007

Leetonia-January 20, 2007-Mildred M. Pieren, age 88, of 529 Chestnut Street, died at 4:10 a.m. Saturday at the Salem Community Hospital following a short illness.

Mrs. Pieren was born July 11, 1918 in Washingtonville, a daughter of James and Mary Burns Senior and had lived in this area all of her life. She was a homemaker and...

Jan 20, 2007

Columbiana-January 20, 2007-Jane Garrity, age 73, of 110 Bittersweet Drive died at 3:00 a.m. Saturday at the Salem Community Hospital.

Mrs. Garrity was born December 20, 1933 in Columbiana, a daughter of Homer and Catherine Shearer Zimmerman and had lived in this area all of her life.

She was a homemaker and member of Jerusalem...

Jan 19, 2007

Matthew James Ruhl, 49, of Suwanee, Georgia, formerly of Columbiana, peacefully passed away Jan. 19th at 10:05 a.m. at Gwenneth Medical Center in Duluth, Georgia, following a lengthy illness. Born February 13, 1957, he was the son of James and Dorothy Ruhl. He was a 1975 graduate of Columbiana High School. Matt was a third generation self-employed carpenter and...

Jan 18, 2007

Columbiana January 18, 2007 -Blanche Bea Keylor, age 84, of 1063 McCloskey died at 9:25 a.m. Thursday in the Salem Community Hospital.

She was born February 4, 1922 in Summerset Twp, Belmont County, daughter of Richard and Rose Rhinus Rinehart.

She had lived in Columbiana for 54 years coming from Caldwell Ohio.

Mrs....

Jan 18, 2007

East Palestine - January 18, 2007 - Flavia L. Foltz, 97, of 48422 Heck Road, died at 2:05 a.m. Thursday at St. Mary's Alzheimer's Center, Columbiana.

Mrs. Foltz was born September 6, 1909 in Pittsburgh, PA, a daughter of William and Hilda O'Hara Legat and had lived here since 1978, coming from Youngstown.

She had...

Jan 18, 2007

Salem-January 18, 2007-Blair Adams, age 71, died at 7:08 a.m. Thursday in the Salem Community Hospital.

Mr. Adams was born January 30, 1935 in Salem Township, son of William H. and Mattie Berry Adams and had lived in this area all his life.

He had been a construction laborer for Riley Construction Company, Salem for...

Jan 17, 2007

East Palestine - January 17, 2007 - Ruth A. Ehrenberg, 76, of 2095 SR 170, died at 2:41 p.m. Wednesday at the Salem Community Hospital.

Mrs. Ehrenberg was born March 29, 1930 in Enon Valley, PA, a daughter of George R. and Myrtle Studebaker Fawcett and had lived here since 1981, coming from Enon Valley.

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Jan 15, 2007

East Palestine - January 15, 2007 - Robert L. Mercer, Sr. 70, of 1779 North Market Street, died at 6:10 p.m. Monday at Hospice House, Poland, following a battle with leukemia.

Mr. Mercer was born June 3, 1936 in Fairfield Township, Columbiana County, OH, a son of Clarence O. and Ruth M. Gleason Mercer and had lived...

Jan 14, 2007

Leetonia January 14, 2007 -John A. Welsh, age 87, of 39998 SR 558 died of complications of old age at 10:00 a.m. Sunday in the Salem Community Hospital.

He was born April 26, 1919 in New Waterford, son of John Proctor and Alice Lydia Young Welsh had lived in Leetonia for most of his life.

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Jan 12, 2007

East Palestine - January 12, 2007 - Zora M. Brown, age 82, of 419 E. Grant Street, died at 3:55 p.m. Friday at the St. Elizabeth Medical Center, Youngstown.

Mrs. Brown was born February 11, 1924 in East Palestine, a daughter of Paul F. and Mamie F. Hawkins Grim, Sr. and had lived in this area all...

Jan 10, 2007

New Waterford-January 10, 2007-Ora L. Beiling, age 96, formerly of New Waterford, died at 1:17 a.m. Wednesday at Parkside Health Care Center in Columbiana.

Mrs. Beiling was born April 24, 1910 in Kealey, PA, a daughter of Herf and Anna Patterson Morgan and had lived in this area all of her life.

She was a...

Jan 9, 2007

East Palestine - January 9, 2007 - James Tierney, age 71, of East Palestine, died at 7:10 a.m. Tuesday at The Medical Center, Beaver, PA.

Mr. Tierney was born June 21, 1935 in Aliquippa, PA, a son of Thomas P. and Julia Kennedy Tierney and had lived here four years, coming from Moon Township, PA.

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Jan 8, 2007

New Waterford January 8, 2007 -Edward F. McCall, age 73, of 4766 SR 7 died at 4:05 a.m. Monday at his son's home, following a lengthy battle with cancer.

He was born May 1, 1933 in East Liverpool, son of Francis E. McCall and Verna Congrove and had lived in New Waterford all of his life.

Jan 6, 2007

East Palestine January 6, 2007 -Mary Elizabeth Kugler, age 68, of 2258 SR 165 died at 6:30 p.m. Saturday in the St. Elizabeth Medical Center with her children at her side.

She was born December 5, 1938 in Salem, daughter of Clarence and Susie Felger Black and had lived in East Palestine all of her life.

Jan 1, 2007

East Palestine January 1, 2007 -Hubert Israel Holtzman, age 77, of 483 East Taggart Street died at 9:10 p.m. Monday in the Akron Children's Hospital.

He was born Sept. 9, 1929 in New Cumberland WV, son of Hubert and Melissa Nesselroad Holtzman.

He had lived in East Palestine since 1953 coming from New Waterford.

Dec 27, 2006

Leetonia - December 27, 2006 - Dr. Knute R. Guerrier, age 70, of Leetonia, died Wednesday.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, December 30, 2006 at St. Patrick's Catholic Church, Leetonia with the Reverend Thomas McCarthy officiating. Burial will follow in Mt. Calvary Cemetery. Friends may call at the Woods-Rettig Funeral...

Dec 25, 2006

Leetonia - December 25, 2006 - Margaret A. "Peg" Clunen, age 79, of 100 High Street, died Monday at the Salem Community Hospital.

Margaret was born July 27, 1927 in Leetonia, a daughter of the late Anthony and Catherine Grunick Ferry and had lived here all of her life. She had worked at the former Dan Dee...