Obituaries

May 1, 2004

Negley, May 1, 2004, June V. Blum, age 79, of 50738 Richardson Avenue, died at 5:40 p.m. Saturday at the Parkside Health Care Center, Columbiana.

Mrs. Blum was born May 17, 1924 in Negley, the daughter of Glen and Ethel Ward Cole and had lived here all of her life.

She was the co-owner, with...

Apr 28, 2004

Columbiana April 28, 2004 - A special lady was taken to her savior at 6:17 a.m. Wednesday from the Parkside Health Care Center.

Anita Jean Bower of 811 South Main Street was born November 24, 1940 in Salem, daughter of Ted and Beatrice Fast Szkola.

Mrs. Bower had lived in the Leetonia area most of...

Apr 27, 2004

Leetonia, April 27, 2004, Private family services will be held at the Woods-Rettig Funeral Home, Leetonia, for Jacqueline L. Weikart Shandle, age 74, of 245 Ridge Street, who died at 8:46 p.m. Tuesday at the Salem Community Hospital after becoming ill at her home.

Mrs. Shandle was born April 24, 1930 in Pittsburgh, PA, a daughter of...

Apr 23, 2004

Leetonia April 23, 2004 - Irma Bell Garwood, age 98, of 41872 State Route 558 died at 2:20 a.m. Friday in the Parkside Health Care Center, where she had lived for nine years.

She was born Aug. 13, 1905 in Fairfield Township, daughter of William and Effie May Cottle Coleman, and had lived in Leetonia area all...

Apr 20, 2004

Negley, April 20, 2004, Clyde E. "Ed" Dickey, age 67, of 51047 Richardson Street, died at 11:40 a.m. Tuesday at his home.

Mr. Dickey was born September 16, 1936 in Unity, a son of the late Robert and Elizabeth B. Wallace Candel and had lived in this area all of his life. He had served in the...

Apr 17, 2004

EAST PALESTINE - Michael Vincent Sposato, O.D., 41, of 158 East Martin Street, died Saturday evening of a massive heart attack at home in his sleep.

Born September 23, 1962 in Rochester, Pa., he lived most of his life in Columbiana.

A contact lens specialist in private optometric practice in New Castle, Pa. he was...

Apr 15, 2004

Leetonia, April 15, 2004, Sylvia L. Unger, age 90, formerly of Butcher Road, died at 2:50 a.m. Thursday at the Parkside Health Care Center, Columbiana.

Mrs. Unger was born March 4, 1914 in Elkton, Ohio, a daughter of John and Viola Hindes Newhouse and had lived in this area all of her life. She was a 1932...

Apr 14, 2004

Columbiana April 14, 2004 - Kenneth L. Knight, age 87, of 38 Windrose Court died at 6:36 p.m. Wednesday in the Salem Community Hospital.

He was born April 24, 1916 in Massillon, son of William and Nona Rohrbaugh Knight.

He had lived in Columbiana for nine years coming from New Middletown, where he had lived...

Apr 13, 2004

East Palestine, April 13, 2004, Raymond G. Shimer, age 72, of 1265 North Market Street, died at 4:54 a.m. Tuesday at the Salem Community Hospital.

Mr. Shimer was born January 20, 1932 in Washingtonville, a son of the late Raymond and Lillie Miller Shimer and had lived in East Palestine 30 years, coming from Leetonia. He served...

Apr 8, 2004

Columbiana April 8, 2004 - Mildred C. Slaven, age 87, of formerly of Duquesne Street died at 7:45 p.m. Thursday in the Essex of Salem #1.

She was born, April 28, 1916, in Green Township, daughter of Elmer and Celestia Goodman Hively.

Mrs. Slaven had lived in Columbiana since 1976 coming from Berlin Center Ohio...

Apr 7, 2004

Leetonia, OH-April 7, 2004-William Taylor Fitch went to be with the Lord on April 7, 2004. He was born May 4, 1930, a son of Andy and Julia Hickman Fitch in Manton, Kentucky.

He moved to Ohio in 1952 and had resided in Leetonia since 1968. Bill, as most people in Leetonia knew him, was an avid...

Apr 6, 2004

Columbiana April 6, 2004 - Wilbur 'Jack' Hough, age 68, of 814 South Main Street died at 5:22 a.m. Tuesday at his residence, following a ling illness.

He was born Oct. 29, 1935 in Columbiana, son of John and Gertrude Bishop Hough and had lived in Columbiana all of his life.

He had been an...

Apr 5, 2004

Columbiana, April 5, 2004, Bruce Eric Bable, age 46, of 233 Allen Avenue died suddenly at 6:35 a.m. Monday at the Salem Community Hospital after becoming ill at home.

Mr. Bable was born May 23, 1957 in Salem, the son of the Reverend Doctor Donald Bable and Miriam Cope Bable and had lived in this area all...

Apr 4, 2004

Columbiana April 4, 2004 - Willard D. Packman, age 85, of 404 North Elm Street died at 2:19 a.m. Sunday in the East Liverpool City Hospital.

He was born Nov. 20, 1918 in Akron, NY, son of Orin and Lois Cummings Packman.

Mr. Packman had lived in Columbiana for 39 years coming from East Liverpool....

Apr 4, 2004

Leetonia, Emma L. Malahy, age 80, formerly of Leetonia, died at 5:30 p.m. Sunday, April 4, 2004 at the Life Care Center of Sarasota in Sarasota, Florida.

Mrs. Malahy was born December 7, 1923 in Leetonia, a daughter of Joseph and Angeline Salvino Guido and had been a lifelong resident of Leetonia until moving to Florida in...

Apr 1, 2004

Columbiana-April 1, 2004- Raymond Jack Morain, age 86, died at 8:30 p.m. Thursday at Parkside Health Care Center.

Mr. Morain was born December 13, 1917 in Kaw County, OK, the son of Charles Henry and Louella Bevins Morain and had lived in Columbiana the past five years. Previous to that, he had retired and lived in Tavares,...

Mar 30, 2004

Rogers March 30, 2004 - Anna Pearl Collins, age 78, of 47237 Carmel Achor Road died at 2:10 a.m. Tuesday at the Holander House in Salem.

She was born Dec. 5, 1925 in Elizabeth WV, daughter of Charles and Verna Frazier Cline and had lived in Rogers since 1938, coming from Elizabeth WV.

Mrs. Collins...

Mar 26, 2004

East Palestine, March 26, 2004, Hugh C. Clinton, age 77, formerly of Bye Road, died at 7:05 p.m. Friday at Sugar Creek Rest, Worthington, PA.

Mr. Clinton was born October 15, 1926 in Bakerstown, PA, a son of William H. and Margaret Conley Clinton and had lived in this area since 1956, coming from Pennsylvania. He served...

Mar 22, 2004

Kansas City, Missouri, March 22, 2004- Mary Magdalene Smith, 93, formerly of Columbiana died at 5:33 p.m. Monday in New Mark Care Center.

She had moved to Kansas City to be near her daughter.

Mrs. Smith was born December 23, 1910 in Leetonia, daughter of Charles and Catherine Ann Murphy Garthwaite.

Magdalene lived...

Mar 20, 2004

Washingtonville, March 20, 2004, Carl E. Creighton, age 91, of 105 West Main Street, died at 7:00 p.m. Saturday at the Blossom Nursing Center, Salem.

Mr. Creighton was born July 6, 1912 in Kensington, a son of Calvin and Emma Jane Cox Creighton and had lived in Washingtonville since 1954, coming from Salem. He served in the...