Obituaries

Apr 30, 2005

East Palestine - April 30, 2005 - L. J. Turner, 100, of 432 Western Avenue passed away peacefully at 10:50 a.m. Saturday at his home with his family at his side.

Attorney Turner was born December 6, 1904 in Lisbon, a son of Henry and Margaret Burnip Turner. He was a 1923 graduate of Lisbon High School...

Apr 21, 2005

Petersburg - April 21, 2005 - Ethel M. Ball, 80, of 13007 Harman Road, died at 9:10 a.m. Thursday at her home.

Mrs. Ball was born May 8, 1924 in New Waterford, a daughter of Clarence and Ora R. Schultz Kimble and had lived in this area most of her life. She had been employed as a...

Apr 21, 2005

Columbiana April 21, 2005 -Robert Eugene Snyder, age 88, of 13900 South Avenue died at 2:00 a.m. Thursday at his residence.

He was born Aug. 29, 1916 in Columbiana, son of Byron E. and Elva Heindel Snyder and had lived in the Columbiana area all his life.

Mr. Snyder had been a Power House Operator...

Apr 20, 2005

Salem - April 20, 2005 - Donald L. Taylor, 70, of 135 Lisbon Road, died at 4:00 a.m. Wednesday at the Salem Community Hospital. Mr. Taylor was born August 3, 1934 in Salem, a son of the late Ernest and Laura London Taylor and had lived in the area all of his life. He had owned and operated Taylor...

Apr 15, 2005

East Palestine April 15, 2005 -Jean Elizabeth Black, age 59, of 50723 State Route 14 died at 3:00 a.m. Friday in the Caprice Healthcare Center, Youngstown.

She was born July 23, 1945 in Salem, daughter of Walter and Jean Morgan Smith.

Mrs. Black had been a housewife and lived in East Palestine for all her...

Apr 9, 2005

Rogers - April 9, 2005 -Georgia Jean Zeitler, age 75, of 46985 Riffle Road died peacefully at home surrounded by her loved ones at 6:25 p.m.

She was born May 15, 1929 in East Liverpool, daughter of John and Elizabeth Newlin Jones, and had lived in Rogers for the last 15 years, coming from Rosemount, Minnesota.

Apr 4, 2005

Leetonia - April 4, 2005 - Nora Jean Perry, 78, formerly of Leetonia, died at 4:35 p.m. Monday at the Blossom Nursing Center, Salem.

Mrs. Perry was born December 29, 1926 in Midvale, Ohio, a daughter of Emmett L. and Iva M. McCartney Slates and had lived in this area all of her life.

She...

Apr 4, 2005

LISBON - Final services celebrating the life of Beverly Whitehead, 53, will be held at Warrick-Kummer in Columbiana on Thursday, April 7, 2005. Bev fought for two days to recover from open heart surgery but was not successful.

Beverly was born the daughter of John and Norma Hurst on November 4, 1951. She was a 1969 graduate...

Apr 2, 2005

East Palestine, OH-April 2, 2005-Curtis E. Braud, Jr., age 38, of 5064 State Route 170 Lot 22 died at 1:50 a.m. Saturday in UPMC Shadyside Hospital, Pittsburgh.

Mr. Braud was born March 30, 1967 in Etlin, Florida, a son of the late Curtis E. and Roberta Peterson Braud and had lived here since 1999 coming from Slidell,...

Apr 1, 2005

Rogers, OH - April 1, 2005 - Wallace R. "Wally" Eiler, age 82, of 46369 Grant Street died at 3:20 p.m. Friday at East Liverpool City Hospital.

Mr. Eiler was born December 5, 1922 in New Brighton, PA, a son of Charles and Mary Meyers Eiler and had lived here since 1989 coming from Tempe, Arizona.

Mar 31, 2005

Searsport, Maine - March 31, 2005 - Fred Gailey Hostetter, age 100, formerly of Petersburg, OH died Thursday morning at his daughter's home.

Mr. Hostetter was born July 24, 1904 in Klondyke, PA, a son of Charles M. and Goldie Gailey Hostetter and had lived in the East Palestine area until June of 2004.

He...

Mar 29, 2005

Leetonia March 29, 2005 -Robert Leroy Senior, age 70, of 39144 State Route 558 died at 11:22 p.m. Tuesday at his home.

He was born February 13, 1935 in Lisbon, son of Libbey and Florence Tullis Senior and had lived in the Leetonia area all of his life. He had been a machinist for EW Bliss for...

Mar 24, 2005

Columbiana March 24, 2005 -Verda Cook, age 81, of 2002 Timberline Drive formerly of 10121 Washingtonville Road Canfield Ohio, died at 7:53 p.m. Thursday in the Salem Community Hospital.

She was born June 8, 1923 in Salem, daughter of Clyde R. and Mabel Lorain Williams Dickey.

She had lived in the area all her lifetime....

Mar 22, 2005

Rogers March 22, 2005 -Bertha M. Burson, age 95, of 6738 Millrock Road died at 1:15 p.m. Tuesday in the Parkside Health Care Center.

She was born Oct. 26, 1909 in Holmes County, daughter of John and Margueritha Burkhart Zuercher.

Mrs. Burson had lived in Rogers since 1933 coming from Holmes County OH.

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Mar 19, 2005

East Palestine - March 19, 2005 - Lotys Louise Nichols, age 100, formerly of Garfield Avenue, East Palestine, died at 2:29 p.m. Saturday at Essex #1 of Salem.

Mrs. Nichols was born January 21, 1905 in East Palestine, a daughter of Emerson and Elizabeth Morrow Davis and had lived in East Palestine since 1929, coming from Oregon....

Mar 16, 2005

East Palestine - March 16, 2005 - Mary M. Widdowfield, 87, of 350 West Clark Street, died at 6:58 p.m. Wednesday at the St. Elizabeth Medical Center, Youngstown.

Mrs. Widdowfield was born December 25, 1917 in East Palestine, a daughter of the late William Arthur and Maude Ward Blower and had lived here all of her life....

Mar 15, 2005

Columbiana March 15, 2005 - Evelyn Verjean Bable, age 76, of 43 Village Court died at 1:08 p.m. Tuesday in the Salem Community Hospital, where she had been a patient for three weeks.

She was born February 8, 1929 in East Fairfield, daughter of Clark and Pauline Mae Albright Chamberlain and had lived in the East Fairfield-Columbiana...

Mar 15, 2005

Leetonia - March 15, 2005 - Richard Leroy Reed, 70, of 37930 SR 344 died on Tuesday at his home.

He was born May 13, 1934 in East Palestine, a son of James and Evelyn Henry Reed and had lived in the area all of his life.

Mr. Reed worked in quality control at the...

Mar 15, 2005

Leetonia, OH-March 15, 2004-Kenneth Franklin Hinten, age 83, of 5701 Leetonia Rd. died Tuesday at 12:10 a.m. at St. Mary's Alzheimer's Center, Columbiana following a long illness.

Mr. Hinten was born September 14, 1921 in Leetonia, a son of Donald and Olive Morris Hinten and had lived in this area all of his life.

He...

Mar 13, 2005

East Palestine - March 13, 2005 - Viola Marie Selby, 82, of 530 North Sumner Street, died at 6:50 a.m. Sunday at the Salem Community Hospital.

Mrs. Selby was born January 28, 1923 in New Waterford, a daughter of the late William and Elva Davidson Lipp and had lived in this area all of her life. She...