Obituaries

Mar 12, 2004

East Palestine, March 12, 2004, Mildred L. Candel, age 92, of 321 E. Taggart Street, died at 10:00 p.m. Friday at the Parkside Health Care Center, Columbiana, following a short illness.

Mrs. Candel was born February 12, 1912 in Unity, Ohio, a daughter of Charles and Anna Rohrbaugh Wilhelm. She was a homemaker and had lived in...

Mar 10, 2004

Columbiana March 10, 2004 - Jack Bertolette, age 73, of 849 Fairfield School Road died at 5:00 a.m. Wednesday at his residence.

He was born March 1, 1931 in Columbiana, son of Charles E. and Margaret Warner Bertolette.

Mr. Bertolette had lived in Columbiana for 44 years coming from East Palestine.

He did...

Mar 9, 2004

New Waterford March 9, 2004 - Horace John Robins, age 74, of 45885 SR 558 died at 11:15 a.m. Tuesday in the Salem Community Hospital, following a lengthy illness.

He was born Aug. 26, 1929 in Struthers, son of Horace Harrison and Mildred Eleanor Wisbar Robins.

He had lived in New Waterford for 60 coming...

Mar 8, 2004

March 8, 2004, Columbus, OH - Mary E. Edgerton, age 89, of Columbus, formerly of Leetonia died Monday.

Mrs. Edgerton was born October 30, 1914 in Hanover Township, Columbiana County, a daughter of Leroy W. and Nova Humphrey Andre.

She was a graduate of Salem High School and had attended Kent State University. She began...

Mar 7, 2004

East Palestine, March 7, 2004, Anna L. Guy, age 85, of 476 West Martin Street, died at 6:10 p.m. Sunday at the Parkside Health Care Center, Columbiana.

Mrs. Guy was born June 21, 1918 in Cumberland, Maryland, a daughter of Robert and Bessie Valentine Seders and had lived in the East Palestine area most of her life....

Mar 7, 2004

Columbiana March 7, 2004 - Jean L. Riley, age 79, of formerly of North Pearl Street died at 11:05 p.m. Sunday Parkside Health Care Center at Columbiana.

She was born September 28, 1924 in Salineville, daughter of William Henry and Edna Dorrance Johnson. She had lived in Columbiana since 1995 coming from Lexington Kentucky.

Mrs....

Mar 4, 2004

Washingtonville, OH-March 4, 2004-Joseph W. Cross, age 59, died at his home following a four-month illness.

Mr. Cross was born August 14, 1944 in Leetonia, a son of Joseph and Elsie Greenawalt Cross and had lived in this area all of his life. He was a laborer for General American Transportation Corporation in Sharon, PA for 20...

Feb 27, 2004

East Palestine-February 27, 2004-Inez M. Knopp, age 91, formerly of N. Market Street died peacefully at 1:05 a.m. Friday at Blossom Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Salem.

Mrs. Knopp was born February 19, 1913 in East Palestine, a daughter of Harry A. and Lottie Kachner Lindsay and had lived in this area all of her life.

Feb 24, 2004

Leetonia-February 24, 2004-Francesco (Frank) Carfora, age 73, of 288 E. Main Street, died at 3:10 p.m. Tuesday at Alliance City Hospital of heart failure.

Mr. Carfora was born January 29, 1931 in Santa Maria A Vico, Italy, a son of Giovanni and Carolina De Lucia Carfora and had come to the United States in 1962.

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Feb 23, 2004

Boardman, February 23, 2004, Bernice H. Blackwood, age 91, of Boardman, formerly of Leetonia, died Monday afternoon at her home following a long illness.

Mrs. Blackwood was born May 8, 1912 in Lisbon, a daughter of Frederick and Edna Endley Pannier and had lived in the Youngstown area since 1970, coming from Leetonia.

She was...

Feb 22, 2004

East Palestine, February 22, 2004, Ethel Jane Gibson, age 85, of 101 West Clark Street, died at 3:00 p.m. Sunday at the Salem Community Hospital following a short illness.

Mrs. Gibson was born April 24, 1918 in East Palestine, a daughter of Robert and Sarah Mankin Gorby and had lived in this area all of her life....

Feb 21, 2004

East Palestine, February 21, 2004, Ruth L. Reed, age 86, of 75 E. Rebecca Street, died at 5:30 p.m. Saturday at the Parkside Health Care Center, Columbiana.

Mrs. Reed was born July 14, 1917 in East Palestine, a daughter of Howard P. and Edith O. Love Ealy and had lived in this area all of her life....

Feb 20, 2004

North Jackson - February 20, 2004 -Carol Ann Burson, 62, of 3122 South Salem Warren Road died at 4:15 p.m. Friday at her residence.

She was born February 20, 1942 in Youngstown, daughter of Karl Edward and Brunetta May Frye Krichbaum.

She had lived with Ray and Theresa Wilson, her caregivers, in North Jackson for...

Feb 15, 2004

East Palestine, February 15, 2004, Iverne L. Derringer, age 83, of 55 Lotze Drive, died Sunday at her home following a short illness.

Mrs. Derringer was born August 6, 1920 in East Palestine, a daughter of Everett and Hazel Macklin Dyke and had lived in this area all of her life. She was a homemaker.

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Feb 11, 2004

Columbiana, February 11, 2004, Agnes Mary Pegg, age 93, of 423 Fairfield Avenue, died at 11:10 p.m. Wednesday at the Parkside Health Care Center of infirmities.

Mrs. Pegg was born November 26, 1910 in Leetonia, a daughter of Thomas B. and Norma I. Glaser Cope and had lived in the Columbiana County area all of her life....

Feb 10, 2004

Leetonia, February 10, 2004, John R. Downard, age 61, of 37531 SR 558, died at 7:00 p.m. Tuesday at the Salem Community Hospital following a long illness.

Mr. Downard was born July 23, 1942 in Canton, a son of Clyde and M. Esther Pasiley Downard and had lived here since 1988, coming from Bergholz, OH.

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Feb 10, 2004

Columbiana February 10, 2004 - Leah Mae Sitler, age 95, of 327 Quincy Avenue died at 12:38 a.m. Tuesday in the Parkside Health Care Center, where she had been a patient for two months.

Mrs. Sitler was born May 13, 1908 in Rogers, daughter of Edd and Mary Crawford Crawford and had lived in Columbiana since 1927....

Feb 9, 2004

Winter Haven, FL, February 9, 2004, Betty J. Waddell, age 82, formerly of East Palestine, died Monday evening in Winter Haven.

Mrs. Waddell was born November 18, 1921 in Columbiana, a daughter of L. Paul and Martha W. Riffle Feezel. She had moved to Lake Wales, FL in 1957 from Ohio; moved to Maggie Valley, NC in...

Feb 7, 2004

Columbiana February 7, 2004 - Shannon Lee Bussard, age 40, of 406 Edgewood Drive died at 12:25 a.m. Saturday at her residence.

She was born, April 17, 1963, in Youngtown, daughter of Robert S. and Arlyn Stewart Dillon and had lived in Columbiana for 35 years.

Mrs. Bussard had been a Multiple Handicap Teacher for...

Feb 7, 2004

Columbiana February 7, 2004 - Margaret Deloris Kurtz, age 77, of 230 North Pearl Street died at 1:15 p.m. Saturday in the Parkside Health Care Center.

She was born Aug. 29, 1926 in Clarkson, daughter of Sylvester and Jane McCoy Dyke and had lived in Columbiana for most of her life.

Mrs. Kurtz had been...