Obituaries

Jan 12, 2004

Columbiana January 12, 2004 - Paul Georg Lorenz, age 70, of 1641 Columbiana-Lisbon Road died at 7:00 a.m. Monday in the Select Specialty Hospital in Youngstown where he had been a patient for 10 days. He had been hospitalized for43 days following surgery.

He was born June 26, 1933 in Nuremberg Germany, son of Georg and Teresa...

Jan 11, 2004

Columbiana, January 11, 2004, William Snyder, age 89, of 1229 Columbiana-Lisbon Road, died at 1:04 p.m. Sunday at the Parkside Health Care Center.

Mr. Snyder was born June 2, 1914 in Leetonia, a son of Charles and Katherine Lare Snyder and had lived in Columbiana since 1986, coming from Leetonia. He had been employed as a maintenance...

Jan 6, 2004

Columbiana January 6, 2004 - Mrs. James E. (Mildred W. Rhodes) Nolan, age 84, of 244 Park Place died at 4:50 a.m. Tuesday in the Salem Community Hospital.

She was born May 10, 1919 in Skowhegan ME, daughter of Roland and Ethel Dulac Corson.

She had lived in Columbiana for 53 years coming from Portland...

Jan 3, 2004

New Waterford January 3, 2004 - Diana Leigh Matevich, age 54, of 3383 Pinewood Drive died at 1:32 a.m. Saturday in St. Elizabeth Medical Center, Boardman Campus, following a long illness.

She was born September 12, 1949 in Salem, daughter of Walter and Mildred Doss Hough.

She had lived in Columbiana County area for most...

Jan 2, 2004

Columbiana - Lucille Fuhrman, R.N. of St. Rt.517, died Friday, January 2, 2004 at the home of her daughter, Julia Davis, with her daughters at her side. Lucille Julia Jepson was born November 3, 1913 in LaCrosse, Kansas, daughter of Kenneth and Ellen (Williams) Jepson. Lucile was a graduate of Ohio State University, School of Public Health Nursing, in...

Aug 16, 2003

Las Vegas, NV- Graveside services will be held at 3:00 p.m. Thursday, June 10, 2004 at East Carmel Cemetery, Rogers, OH for Mrs. Grace L. Jenkins, age 79, formerly of Pittsburgh, PA, who died August 16, 2003 at the Nathan Adelson Hospice, Las Vegas, NV following a short illness. Mrs. Jenkins was born June 10, 1924 in Pittsburgh, PA,...

East Palestine – Martha Jane Powers, a longtime resident of East Palestine, OH died Friday, November 22, 2024. She was preceded in death by her husband, Paul Powers, and a granddaughter, Jenifer Powers Fruit.

She is survived by her sons, David (Denise) Powers, Tim Powers, Tom Powers, and Mark (Cynthia) Powers; nine grandchildren and fifteen great grandchildren....

Columbiana - Paul Kepp, age 41, of Columbiana, passed away in late May of 2023 after a long battle with mental illness.

He was born on March 6, 1982, in Youngstown, the son of Robert Kepp, Jr. and Deborah Deutschlander.

Paul grew up in Columbiana and graduated from Columbiana High School in 2001.  He attended...

Columbiana – Ronald N. “Ron” and Staci M. Burbick Solvesky, of Columbiana, tragically passed away from injuries sustained in an automobile accident that occurred on December 6, 2023, while visiting family in Florida.

Ron was born on October 19, 1971, in Youngstown, the son of Susan Stacy Noel and the late Ronald J. Solvesky. Staci was born...

Leetonia - Matthew L. Bacha, age 32, of Leetonia, died suddenly at his home.

He was born on October 18, 1988, in Fort Lauderdale, FL, a son of Steven and Margaret Snow Bacha.

Matthew was a graduate of Columbiana high School and was a nine-year veteran of the United States Army National Guard where he...

Columbiana - Richard Harlow Peterson, age 70, of Columbiana, died unexpectedly at his home in Columbiana.

He was born on October 18, 1950 in Salem, a son of Wilda Ploss Peterson and the late Carl Peterson.

Richard was a veteran of the United States Navy having served during the Vietnam War.  While in the Navy,...

Darlington-Paul J. McKean, 80, passed away Friday morning, June 14, 2019 at his home.

Mr. McKean was born November 15, 1938 in Beaver Falls, PA, a son of the late David “Purdy” and Gladys Howell McKean and had lived in the Darlington area all of his life.

Paul had worked for Babcock and Wilcox as...

Columbiana- Michael G. Becker, age 89, of Columbiana, died on Saturday, July 28, 2018 at the Hospice House of Poland.

He was born in Pittsburgh, PA., a son of the late Michael G. Becker Sr. and Mary Eibel Becker.

Mike had worked as a salesperson for 33 years, retiring in 1991 from Landmark in Columbiana. ...