Obituaries

Oct 27, 2005

East Palestine - October 27, 2005 - Agnes C. Raniolo, age 100, of 285 Park Avenue, died at 11:45 p.m. Thursday at the Calcutta Health Care Center following a long illness.

Mrs. Raniolo was born July 21, 1905 in Mexico, Maine, a daughter of Walter and Lidia Meunier Sawyer and had lived in this area most of...

Oct 22, 2005

Marjorie Jean Barber, age 89, of Park Court, Columbiana, passed away on October 22, 2005.

Mrs. Barber was born in Coshocton, Ohio, daughter of Daniel and Nellie Tish Hudson. She graduated from Coshocton High School in 1934 and the Grant Hospital School of Nursing in Columbus, Ohio in 1938.

She was married to Dr. Russell...

Oct 22, 2005

Columbiana October 22, 2005 -Eileen Hawkins, age 79, of 1061 Fairfield Avenue died at 4:25 a.m. Saturday in the Essex of Salem.

She was born Feb. 26, 1926 in Columbiana, daughter of Ernest and Eva Belle Graham Werner and had lived in Columbiana all of her life.

She was a member of the Jerusalem Lutheran...

Oct 21, 2005

Columbiana October 21, 2005 -Lloyd J. Apple, age 82, of 14439 Canfield Road died at 11:00 p.m. Friday at his residence.

He was born Jan. 27, 1923 in Elkton, son of Raymond J. and Ola I. McCammon Apple.

He had lived in Columbiana for 43 years coming from East Palestine Ohio.

He had...

Oct 18, 2005

Bergholz - October 18, 2005 - William "Jim" Stewart, age 81, of 277 Second Street died at 12:05 p.m. Tuesday in the St. Elizabeth Medical Center in Youngstown.

He was born July 12, 1924 in Midland Ontario, Canada, son of Douglas G. and Ida Beech Stewart.

He had lived in Bergholz since 1972 coming from...

Oct 17, 2005

Washingtonville - October 17, 2005 - Dixie C. Mathey, 72, of 415 Walnut Street, died at 12 Noon Monday at her home following a long illness.

Mrs. Mathey was born February 19, 1933 in Jet, Oklahoma, a daughter of Lester L. and Edna A. States Archer and had lived in this area most of her life. She...

Oct 14, 2005

Sherwood "Tut" Gleeton, 76, of Columbiana and Fort Myers, Florida, died October 14, at his home in Columbiana.

He was born March 19, 1929 in Warren, Ohio to Joseph V. and Marie Sherwood Gleeton. He graduated from Columbiana High School in 1947 and served in Korea from 1950 - 1952.

He worked in the transportation...

Oct 12, 2005

Leetonia - October 12, 2005 - Shirley A. Downard, 66, of 37531 SR 558 died Wednesday evening at her home.

Mrs. Downard was born July 10, 1939 in Salem, a daughter of Jonas and Anna Spencer Coy and had lived in the area all of her life. She had been employed as a custodian at Columbiana High...

Oct 9, 2005

Vivian H. Cole, age 91, formerly of County Line Road died at 6:02 a.m. Sunday in the St. Elizabeth Medical Center.

She was born April 6, 1914 in Girard, daughter of William J. and Flora Stark Heron and moved to Columbiana in 1946.

Vivian was a member of the Girard High School Band and graduated...

Oct 4, 2005

Enon Valley, PA - October 4, 2005 - Beverly E. Lambright, 80, of 190 Little Beaver Road, died at 4:45 p.m. Tuesday at the Avalon Nursing Home, New Castle, PA.

Mrs. Lambright was born March 14, 1925 in Struthers, OH, a daughter of Wilhelm E. and Mildred Crossley Beike and had lived in this area all of...

Oct 4, 2005

North Miami, FL - October 4, 2005 - Angela Rose Batton, 99, of 1230 NE 139th Street, formerly of Leetonia, died Tuesday evening at the Hampton Court Nursing Home, North Miami Beach, FL.

Mrs. Batton was born December 6, 1905 in Leetonia, OH, a daughter of Paul and Rose Stalinio Rance and had lived in Florida for...

Oct 3, 2005

Margaret Audrey Schaefer, age 83, of 7782 W. South Range Rd. died at 2:37 p.m. Monday in the Essex of Salem.

She was born Aug. 16, 1922 in Washingtonville, daughter of Edward and Mildred Fosnacht Herman and had lived in the area all of her life.

Mrs. Schaefer graduated from Leetonia High School in 1940,...

Oct 2, 2005

Leetonia - October 2, 2005 -Mary A. Casey, age 91, formerly of Columbia Street died at 2:35 p.m. Sunday in the Assumption Village.

She was born Dec. 8, 1913 in Yugoslavia, daughter of John and Magdalena Stephan Reese.

She had lived in North Lima for 4-1/2 years coming from Leetonia OH.

She was...

Sep 30, 2005

Columbiana - September 30, 2005 - John C. 'Jack' Thompson, Sr., age 75, of 331 West Salem Street died at 12:49 p.m. Friday in the Cleveland Clinic.

He was born Dec. 14, 1929 in St. Clairsville, son of John B. and Olga C. Edminston Thompson.

He had lived in Columbiana County for most of his...

Sep 29, 2005

Charles J. Ankrom, 83, of the Blossom Nursing Center, formerly of Warren, died at 1:27 a.m. Thursday at the Salem Community Hospital.

Mr. Ankrom was born Jan. 16, 1922 in Middlebourne, WV, a son of Charles R. and Zell Booher Ankrom, coming to Ohio in 1978.

He served in the US Army during WW II...

Sep 22, 2005

Edward Scott McFarland, age 50, of 43679 Kelly Park Road died early Thursday in the Presbyterian Hospital at Greenville TX.

Born Oct. 27, 1954 in Salem, he had lived in Columbiana for 13 years coming from Lisbon.

Mr. McFarland had been a Supervisor for Multi-County Juvenile Attention Center in Lisbon (Tobin Center) and most recently...

Sep 19, 2005

Lorene Wynings Goughenour, age 78, formerly of Columbiana-Lisbon Road died at 6:15 p.m. Monday in the Parkside Health Care, where she had resided for the past three years.

A Columbiana resident most of her life, she was born May 9, 1927 in Charleston WV, daughter of Hobart and Naomi Slater Bailey.

She was preceded in...

Sep 6, 2005

Wilbur Henry Whan, 81, of 112 North Middle Street, Columbiana, passed away at his home Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2005.

He was born September 25, 1923 on the family farm, Fairfield Township, to the late Ralph A. Mabel (McMillan) Whan.

He graduated from Fairfield High School and joined the U.S. Navy in 1942. He served as...

Aug 28, 2005

Leetonia - August 28, 2005 - Blanche M. Weikart, age 85, 343 Pearl Street, died at 12:54 a.m. Sunday at her home following a short illness.

Mrs. Weikart was born July 31, 1920 in Burgettstown, PA, a daughter of William L. and Saloma H. Vincent Boyles and had lived in Leetonia since 1942, coming from Lisbon.

Aug 27, 2005

Leetonia August 27, 2005 -William Roy Fahndrick, age 85, formerly of Woodville Road died at 8:25 p.m. Saturday in St. Elizabeth Specialty Hospital in Youngstown.

He was born April 29, 1920 in Baden PA, son of Roy D. and Emma Troeger Fahndrick and had lived in Leetonia for most of his life.

He graduated from...