Obituaries

Jul 11, 2014

East Palestine - Damien Cajaten Condon, 60, of Garfield Ave., East Palestine, died at 1:50 a.m. Friday, July 11, 2014 at the Cleveland Clinic.

Mr. Condon was born May 23, 1954 in Steubenville, a son of James P. and Anna M. Miller Condon and had lived in this area all of his life.

He worked...

Jul 4, 2014

Stuart P. Tulk, age 74 of Columbiana, died on Friday, July 4, 2014 at 9:30 a.m. at his home.

He was born on October 16, 1939 in Camden, NJ, the son of the late Eleanor Teed Tulk Wiser and Irving A. Tulk.

He served in US NAVY, retiring after 20 years in 1976. He received...

Jul 3, 2014

Columbiana - Gerald Allen Kimble, 68, of South Main Street, died at 11:10 p.m. Thursday, July 3, 2014 at St. Elizabeth Health Center, Youngstown.

He was born July 10, 1945 in Detroit, MI, a son of the late Gerald L. and Mary Simkins Kimble and was a lifetime area resident.

He had been employed at...

Jun 30, 2014

Columbiana - Dorothy A. Mango, 85, of Columbiana, formerly of Leetonia, died at 5:17 p.m. Monday, June 30, 2014 at the Salem Regional Medical Center.

Mrs. Mango was born April 21, 1929 in Lisbon, a daughter of the late Robert and Helen Whitacre Ewing and had lived in this area all of her life.

She...

Jun 23, 2014

East Palestine - Oscar Joseph Webster, 87, formerly of Bye Road, died at 9:15 A.M. Monday, June 23, 2014 at the Covington Skilled Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, East Palestine.

Mr. Webster was born March 16, 1927 in Salem, a son of the late Earl and Lula Roudebush Webster and had lived in this area all of his...

Jun 8, 2014

Rogers - Virginia R. "Ginny" Smith, 89, of 46010 Walnut Street, died at 2:03 a.m. Sunday, June 8, 2014 at her home.

Ginny was born February 19, 1925 in Salem, a daughter of the late William Henry and Mary Louise Everhart Fiets and had lived in this area all of her life. She was a homemaker and...

Jun 8, 2014

Leetonia-Martina T. Baulo, 92, of Main St., died at 12:33 pm Sunday, June 8, 2014 at Salem Regional Medical Center.

Mrs. Baulo was born November 29, 1921 in Leetonia, a daughter of Domenick and Antonia Celano Colaizzi and had lived in this area all of her life.

Martina worked at the former Dandee Chip Company...

Jun 3, 2014

East Palestine-Rebecca Jane Hacker, 90, of Copeland Oaks, formerly of East Palestine, died June 3, 2014 at Crandall Medical Center.

Jane was born October 25, 1923 on the family farm, the daughter of the late Walter Heath and Jeannette Houseman Zundel.

She worked during World War II at Curtiss-Wright as a propeller inspector. Jane also...

May 31, 2014

East Palestine - Dorothy Mae Musser, 87, of East Palestine, died at 3:55 p.m. Saturday, May 31, 2014 at the Covington Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.

Mrs. Musser was born December 24, 1926 in East Palestine, a daughter of the late Robert and Sarah Mankin Gorby and had lived here most of her life. She had been...

May 30, 2014

“Together Forever” Leetonia-Francis Lawrence Macry, 90, of Leetonia, died at 1:30 a.m. Friday, May 30, 2014 at Salem Care Center, Circle of Care. Mr. Macry was born September 23, 1923, in Leetonia, a son of the late Joseph Vincent and Angelina Rance Macry and had been a lifelong resident. He was a member St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, Leetonia and...

May 21, 2014

Negley-Clarence R. "Bud" Hays, 94, of Negley, died at 7:50 pm Wednesday, May 21, 2014 at St. Mary's Alzheimer's Center.

Mr. Hays was born January 16, 1920 in Cannelton, PA, a son of Otto and Pearl McCowin Hays and had lived in this area all of his life. Bud was a heavy equipment operator in the mining...

May 18, 2014

Leetonia - Teresa Catherine Simonds, 78, of Leetonia, died at 10:35 a.m. Sunday, May 18, 2014 at the Salem Regional Medical Center.

Teresa was born April 7, 1936 in Leetonia, the daughter of the late John and Madalene Walzer Orincsak and had lived in this area all her life.

She had worked as a loan...

May 11, 2014

Columbiana - Virginia Rose Wenderoth, 90, of Columbiana, passed away at 5:05 p.m. on Mother's Day, Sunday, May 11, 2014 at the St. Elizabeth Boardman Health Center.

Virginia was born October 7, 1923 in East Palestine, the daughter of the late Cyrus and Rosa Reynolds Knight and had lived in the area all of her life.

May 9, 2014

Michael Gabor Borossa (77) went home to be with his Lord on Friday, May 9, 2014, at the St. Mary's Alzheimer's Center in Columbiana, Ohio.

Michael was born in Budapest, Hungary on March 18, 1937, to the late Michael P. and Isabella E. (Rakics) Borossa. When he was seven years old, they left Hungary due to the...

May 8, 2014

Columbiana, OH - Joe "Phil" Philmore Kerr, 75, of Columbiana, OH, died at 8:30 a.m. Thursday, May 8, 2014.

Phil was born on October 6, 1938 in Green Bank, WV, the son of the late Joe B. and Marjorie Lawton Kerr.

He had lived in the area for 45 years and had had been a...

May 8, 2014

Columbiana - Ramon L. Berger, 86, of Columbiana, passed away Thursday afternoon, May 8, 2014, at the Northside Medical Center, Youngstown.

Ramon was born January 31, 1928 in Sebring, the son of the late Crist and Elsie Mountz Berger and had lived in this area most of his life.

He had had been a farmer...

May 6, 2014

Leetonia-Robert George Fogle, 72, of State Route 558, died at 3:35 pm Tuesday, May 6, 2014 at Salem Region Medical Center following a lengthy illness.

Mr. Fogle was born July 28, 1941 in Youngstown, a son of George J. Marie D. Hromyak Fogle and had lived in Leetonia since 2001 coming from Rogers.

Robert was...

May 3, 2014

Leetonia - Bradford Tingle, 76, of Leetonia passed away on May 3, 2014, at the Cleveland Clinic after a short illness. He was born on April 1, 1938, to Mary Pulliam and Robert Howard Tingle, in Milton, Kentucky. He grew up in Columbiana, Ohio, graduating from Columbiana High School in 1956. After graduation from Kent State University with a...

May 1, 2014

Leetonia - George M. Batcha, 84, residing in Granger, IN, passed away at 3:07 pm Thursday, May 1, 2014 at his home. He was born May 30, 1929 in West Point, OH to the late John and Anna (Trishnik) Batcha. George lived most of his life in Leetonia, OH, moving to Granger in 2009 to be close to his...

Apr 29, 2014

Columbiana – Mary Ida Donbar, 104, of Columbiana, died at 3:20 a.m. Tuesday, April 29, 2014 at Parkside Health Care Center, Columbiana. Mary was born March 5, 1910 in Middleton Township, the daughter of the late Lemuel and Ella Ward Pike. She was a homemaker and a member of the First Christian Church of Columbiana. Mary was preceded in...