Obituaries

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...

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....