Obituaries

Jan 24, 2006

East Palestine - January 24, 2006 - Donald E. Evans, age 56, of 407 West Clark Street, died Tuesday morning at his home.

Mr. Evans was born October 4, 1949 in Salem, a son of the late Paul and Iris Bush Evans and had lived in this area all of his life. He had been employed as...

Jan 18, 2006

Columbiana January 18, 2006 -Luella Mae Ward, age 88 died at 5:45 p.m. Wednesday in the Parkside Nursing Care Center.

She was born Sept. 27, 1917 in Unity, daughter of Park U. and Hattie Elwonger Buhecker.

She had lived in the East Palestine-Columbiana for all of her life.

She had been a Press...

Jan 13, 2006

Washingtonville - January 13, 2006 - Edward E. Ehrenberg, age 66, of 485 Union Street, died at 8:54 am Friday in the Salem Community Hospital.

Mr. Ehrenberg was born December 5, 1939 in New Brighton, PA, a son of Albert and Rose Banyas Ehrenberg and had lived in this area most of his life. He served in...

Jan 12, 2006

Darlington, PA - January 12, 2006 - Elsie A. McClain, age 90, of Darlington, PA, died at 9:30 a.m. Thursday at Friendship Ridge Nursing Home, Beaver, PA.

Mrs. McClain was born May 21, 1915 in Middleton Twp. Columbiana County, Ohio, a daughter of Lot and Myrtle Gorby Mankin and had lived in this area all of her...

Jan 8, 2006

Columbiana - January 8, 2006 - Florence Knight Kliner, age 90, of Columbiana, formerly of East Palestine, died at 9:12 p.m. Sunday at the Parkside Health Care Center, Columbiana.

Mrs. Kliner was born July 26, 1915 in Enon Valley, PA, a daughter of Charles P. and Alda Mae Bird May and had lived in Columbiana the past...

Jan 2, 2006

East Palestine-January 2, 2006-Paul J. Hanna, age 88, of West Martin Street, died Monday morning at his home.

Mr. Hanna was born August 8, 1917 in Columbiana, a son of Richard and Bertha Hartman Hanna and had lived in this area all of his life.

He was an upholsterer for Hy-Comfort Upholstery in East Palestine...

Jan 1, 2006

Columbiana January 1, 2006 -William Meredith McCurdy, age 73, of 333 West Salem Street died at 1:00 a.m. Sunday in his residence. He was born April 12, 1932, in Hammond IN, son of Alpha C. and Louise Meredith McCurdy.

He had lived in Columbiana for 6 years coming from Greenville PA. He had been a wire cutter...

Dec 27, 2005

Leetonia - December 27, 2005 - Dorothy L. Barker, age 83, of Leetonia, formerly of Wakeman, died Tuesday at the Blossom Nursing Center, Salem.

Miss Barker was born May 24, 1922 in Norwalk, Ohio, a daughter of Pearl and Margaret May Parker Barker. She served in the US Navy during WW II and then returned to Wakeman,...

Dec 26, 2005

Leetonia - December 26, 2005 - Dorothy M. Lamoncha, age 87, of 1047 Lisbon-Canfield Road, died at 12:15 p.m. Monday at the Pleasant View Nursing Home, Lisbon.

Mrs. Lamoncha was born October 11, 1918 in Lisbon, a daughter of George and Nettie McKenzie and had lived here the past two years, coming from Clearwater, FL.

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Dec 24, 2005

Enon Valley, PA - December 24, 2005 - Bessie C. Stewart, 87, of Jacksonville, FL, formerly of Enon Valley, died Saturday afternoon at the Southpoint Terrace Nursing Center in Jacksonville following a short illness.

Mrs. Stewart was born October 23, 1918 in New Castle, PA, a daughter of Samuel and Shirley Fraser Williams and had lived in...

Dec 23, 2005

East Palestine, OH-December 23, 2005-Dwight W. Shafer, age 79, of 480 N. Liberty Street died at 9:15 p.m. Friday at Essex I of Salem.

Mr. Shafer was born February 18, 1926 in East Palestine, a son of Steven and Margaret Purdue Shafer and had lived in this area since 1988 coming from Lorain, OH.

He...

Dec 23, 2005

Leetonia - December 23, 2005 - Carmen J. Ferry, age 81, 0f 274 Ridge Street, died at 7:40 a.m. Friday at the University Hospital, Cleveland.

Mr. Ferry was born September 20, 1924 in Leetonia, a son of Anthony and Catherine Grunick Ferry and had lived in this area all of his life.

He had been...

Dec 22, 2005

Warren, OH- December 22, 2005-Robert E. Tueche, age 48, of 1249 Rosewood Drive died Thursday, December 22, 2005.

Mr. Tueche was born February 12, 1957 in Warren, OH, a son of William H. and Vera VanFossen Tueche and had lived in Warren all of his life.

He was a graduate of Warren Harding High School...

Dec 18, 2005

Enon Valley, PA - Dec. 18, 2005 - Josephine Fraser Clay Giesecke, 99, of Hampton, IL, formerly of Enon Valley, died Sunday morning in Silvis, IL.

Mrs. Giesecke was born February 16, 1906 in Paoli, PA, a daughter of Charles E. and Alma Fraser Clay and had lived in Enon Valley since 1927, coming from Sewickley, PA....

Dec 11, 2005

New Waterford - December 11, 2005 - William F. Spooner, Jr., age 78, formerly of McCloskey Road, died at 3:20 p.m. Sunday at the St. Mary's Alzheimer's Center, Columbiana.

Mr. Spooner was born September 11, 1927 in East Palestine, a son of William F. and Nellie Henderson Spooner, Sr. and had lived in this area all of...

Dec 9, 2005

Leetonia - December 9, 2005 - Robert Emrick Colaizzi, 76, of 739 Columbia Street, died Friday at 11:15 a.m. at the Salem Community Hospital.

Mr. Colaizzi was born April 24, 1929 in Leetonia, a son of Domenick and Antonia Maria Cellano Colaizzi and had lived in this area all of his life. He served in the US...

Dec 8, 2005

East Palestine - December 8, 2005 - Margaret M. Longanecker, 66, of 298 E. Clark Street, died Thursday afternoon at the St. Elizabeth Medical Center, Youngstown, following a long illness.

Mrs. Longanecker was born December 21, 1938 in Youngstown, a daughter of the late Michael and Sylvia Malagisi Geffert and had lived in East Palestine 35 years,...

Dec 6, 2005

Four days after celebrating her 88th birthday, Sophie Ann Lyda Siembida joined the choirs of angels on December 6, 2005.

Sophie was Born December 2, 1917 in Campbell, Ohio to John and Katherine Mazgaj Lyda. Married on May 10, 1941, she was preceded in death by her Husband of 64 years, Michael R. Siembida.

She...

Dec 3, 2005

North Lima, December 3, 2005 -Vernon Leroy Unger, age 87, formerly of Market Street died at 3:00 a.m. Saturday in the Pleasantview Nursing Home in Lisbon.

He was born June 7, 1918 in North Lima, son of Opeth and Maude Arkwright Unger and had lived in North Lima all of his life.

He had been...

Dec 1, 2005

Columbiana December 1, 2005 -Floyd A. Hawkins, age 85, of 5214 Kirk Road died at 8:45 a.m. Thursday at his residence. He was born Feb. 12, 1920 in Peace Valley, son of Ori W. and Edna F. Richardson Hawkins and had lived in Columbiana area all of his life. He was a 1938 graduate of Fairfield Centralized School. He...