Obituaries

Mar 14, 2016

Columbiana- Phyllis J. Miller, age 81, of Columbiana, died on Monday, March 14, 2016 at her residence. She was born on July 12, 1934 in Canfield, a daughter of the late Coy and Madge Lemon Helmick. Phyllis was a homemaker and a lifetime area resident. She is survived by a son, Brad Miller of Columbiana; a daughter, Julie Anttila...

Mar 2, 2016

Leetonia – Ronald Richard Pine, 79, of 226 Elm Street, Leetonia, died Wednesday, March 2, 2016 in Mesa, AZ. Mr. Pine was born December 1, 1936 in Columbiana, a son of the late William J. and Pauline Abblett Pine. He was a 1955 graduate of Columbiana High School where he excelled in track and field and also football. He...

Feb 28, 2016

Columbiana - Teresa Lyska, age 85, of Columbiana, died on Sunday, February 28, 2016 in Dublin, OH. She was born on October 24, 1930, in Carnegie, PA, a daughter of the late Thomas and Elizabeth Canavan Hart. Teresa was a member of St. Jude Catholic Church, Columbiana and had worked as an underwriter for Travelers Insurance Co....

Feb 28, 2016

Columbiana- Dorothy "Betty" Pancurak, age 83, of Columbiana, died on Sunday, February 28, 2016, at Briarfield Manor, Austintown.

She was born on May 15, 1932 in Wilkins Twp., PA, a daughter of the late Otis E. and Dorothy E. Roderus Jackson.

Betty was a member of Jerusalem Lutheran Church, Columbiana and was the owner and...

Feb 22, 2016

Columbiana-Ruth Marie Gloss, age 96, of Columbiana, died on Monday, February 22, 2016 at her residence. She was born on December 18, 1919 in Somerset Twp. PA, a daughter of the late Perry and Grace Henderson Morrow. Ruth was a member for over fifty years of the First Presbyterian Church of Columbiana where she was in charge of the...

Feb 22, 2016

Salem- Howard “Ike” N. Beilhart, age 92, of Salem, died on Monday, February 22, 2016 at Salem Regional Medical Center. He was born on March 28, 1923 in Leetonia, a son of the late John and Laura Nold Beilhart. Ike was a veteran of the United States Navy, having served on the USS Iowa during WWII. He worked as...

Feb 20, 2016

Leetonia – Evelyn M. Baker, 90, of Woodville Road, died at 6:55 p.m. Saturday, February 20, 2016 at her home with her family at her side. Mrs. Baker was born June 18, 1925 in Leetonia, a daughter of the late Hugh and Norma Mitchell Farmer and had lived in this area all of her life. She had been employed...

Feb 16, 2016

Columbiana - Mary I. Kimble, 96, of Sponseller Road, died at 4:15 a.m. Tuesday, February 16, 2016 at the Salem Regional Medical Center.

Mrs. Kimble was born January 15, 1920 on the family farm in Elkton, a daughter of the late Valda Ross and Grace Louise Welch Simkins and had lived in this area most of her...

Feb 15, 2016

Leetonia- Ethel Mae Bricker, age 91, of Leetonia, died on Monday, February 15, 2016 at her home. She was born on December 30, 1924 in Washingtonville, a daughter of the late Howard and Ester Shepard Stouffer, Sr. Ethel was a homemaker and was a lifetime area resident. She was a member of Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, Washingtonville, where she...

Feb 14, 2016

Salem-Larry J. Bostic, 69, passed away Sunday evening, February 14, 2016 at Salem Regional Medical Center.

Mr. Bostic was born July 14, 1946 in Uvalde, TX, a son of Jady and Margie Bond Bostic and had lived in this area the past 30 years after retiring from the US Navy.

Larry was a First Class...

Feb 10, 2016

Salem - Betty Henderson, 89, passed away Wednesday evening, February 10, 2016 at Circle of Care in Salem.

Mrs. Henderson was born June 26, 1926 in Athens County, a daughter of the late John W. and Mary Ballingsly O'Neal and had lived in Leetonia coming from the Cleveland area.

She had been a sales clerk...

Feb 10, 2016

Boardman-Margery Stackhouse Johnson, 94, passed away early Wednesday morning, February 10, 2016. Margery Elinor Schwartz, a daughter of Paul Schwartz and Alta Albright Schwartz, was born December 16, 1921 in Brownlee Woods, Youngstown, OH. She moved with her family to North Lima at the age of three and spent her life there before moving to Boardman in 2002. Margery...

Feb 7, 2016

Salem – William “Bill” R. Yeager, age 83, of Salem, died on Sunday, February 7, 2016 at St. Elizabeth Health Center, Youngstown. He was born on November 24, 1932 in Clarkson, OH, a son of the late Ray and Anna Dickey Yeager. Bill was a lifelong area resident. He was a member of Phillips Christian Church, Salem and had...

Feb 2, 2016

Columbiana – Miriam C. Sitler, 84, died peacefully on Tuesday, February 2, 2016, at Briarcliff Manor, Middlefield. She was born October 1, 1931 in North Lima, a daughter of the late Roscoe and Mildred Stouffer Crouse and had lived in the area all of her life. Miriam was a lifelong member of Grace Church in Columbiana where she sang...

Jan 31, 2016

New Springfield-Marlyn Lea Whitfield, 77, passed away early Sunday morning at her home.

Mrs. Whitfield was born October 4, 1938 in Colerain, OH a daughter of the late Cecil and Druzilla Irene Gray Miller and had lived in the area most of her life.

Marlyn worked as a phone operator for Sears and also clerk...

Jan 31, 2016

Columbiana - Juanita B. Longbottom, 85, of 937 East Park Avenue, died at 1:45 a.m. Sunday, January 31, 2016 at Whispering Pines Village, Columbiana.

Miss Longbottom was born January 4, 1931 in East St. Louis, IL, a daughter of the late Raymond C. and Juanita Barton Longbottom and had lived in this area all of her life....

Jan 28, 2016

Salem – Ruth Ann Kyser, 79, died Thursday, January 28, 2016, at her home. Mrs. Kyser was born, May 17, 1936, in Salem, the daughter of the late Marvin and Thelma Rohrer Fieldhouse and had lived in this area all of her life. Ruth was a graduate of Leetonia High School and had attended Youngstown State University. She had...

Jan 26, 2016

Columbiana – Orva H. Armentrout, 92, formerly of North Middle Street, died at 1:09 p.m. Tuesday, January 26, 2016 at the Parkside Health Care Center. Mrs. Armentrout was born December 18, 1923 in Webster Springs, WV, a daughter of the late John and Leo Hamrick Gregory and had lived in this area most of her life. She was a...

Jan 23, 2016

Salem-Florence A. Dotson, 84, passed away at 12:45 am Saturday, January 23, 2016 at Blossom Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.

Mrs. Dotson was born January 6, 1932 in Leetonia, a daughter of the late Frank and Anna Ripple Johnson and had lived in this area all of her life.

Florence worked at Love's Pastry and Gezo's...

Jan 22, 2016

Elizabeth S. Rettig, 65, of Hiddenite, NC and Tuscaloosa, AL went to be with God on Friday, January 22, 2016 at 3:30 a.m. in Tuscaloosa, AL.

Elizabeth was born August 10, 1950 in Durham, NC to the late Hoyle S. Bruton and Stella Pollitz Bruce. She graduated from Unionville High School in 1968 and Penn State University...