Obituaries

Jennifer M. Graffius Reaggle

Jul 22, 2014

Salem - Jennifer M. Graffius Reaggle, age 39, of Salem, died on Tuesday, July 22, 2014 at St. Elizabeth Health Center in Youngstown. She was born on August 7, 1974 in Salem, a daughter of Diane McMillan Park and Dale Graffius. Jennifer was a lifetime area resident and worked as a homemaker. She is survived by her husband, James...

Glenn Arnold Sauerwein

Jul 22, 2014

Leetonia - Glenn Arnold Sauerwein, age 79, of Leetonia, died on Tuesday, July 22, 2014 at Salem Regional Medical Center due to an extended illness. He was born on July 23, 1934 in Greenford, a son of the late William and Christine Kentzel Sauerwein. Glenn grew up on the family farm where he worked until becoming a truck driver...

James Allen Beckner

Jul 20, 2014

New Waterford – James Allen Beckner, 68, of New Waterford, died at 9:29 p.m. Sunday, July 20, 2014 at his home. James was born May 8, 1946 in Youngstown, a son of the late Ray Edwin and Ruth Elizabeth Sheldon Beckner and had lived in this area all of his life. He has been employed as a Radiology Attendant...

Audrey Frances Bush

Jul 15, 2014

Sebring - Audrey Frances Bush, 91, formerly of Leetonia, died at 12:35 a.m. Tuesday, July 15, 2014 at the Crandall Health & Rehabilitation Center.

Mrs. Bush was born October 14, 1922 in Youngstown, the daughter of the late Paul and Marie Longanecker Rupp and had lived in this area all of her life. She had been employed...

Robert Peddicord

Jul 15, 2014

New Waterford - Robert Perry Peddicord Sr., age 74, of New Waterford, OH, died on Tuesday, July 15, 2014 at Hospice House, Poland.

He was born on August 8, 1939 in East Liverpool, a son of the late Perry D. Peddicord and the late Mamie E. Goodballet Peddicord. Robert was a veteran of the United States Army...

Lois Mae Trantham

Jul 13, 2014

Columbiana- Lois Mae Trantham, age 77, of Columbiana, died on Sunday, July 13, 2014 at St. Elizabeth Boardman Health Center.

She was born on February 16, 1937 in Flint, MI, a daughter of the late Claude and Elizabeth Frock Adams.

Lois is survived by her husband, Connie Jack Trantham, whom she married on July 3,...

Dolores Mock

Jul 12, 2014

Columbiana- Dolores Mock, age 72, of Columbiana, died on Saturday, July 12, 2014 at her residence.

She was born in Jeannette, PA on January 3, 1942 and moved to Ohio in 1965. She was a daughter of the late Albert and Mary Basile Peperato. Mrs. Mock was employed as a personnel secretary at Eljer Plumbingware in the...

Ellen K. Wilhelm

Jul 11, 2014

"Together Forever" Sebring, OH – Ellen K. Wilhelm, 93, formerly of the New Waterford and East Palestine area died at 3:48 p.m. Friday, July 11, 2014 at the Crandall Medical Center. Mrs. Wilhelm was born December 26, 1920 in Houston, Texas, a daughter of Hu and Noni Thompson Huffmaster. Ellen graduated in 1938 from San Jacinto High School...

Damien Cajaten Condon

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...

Stuart P. Tulk, Ss (Usn, Ret.)

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...

Gerald Allen Kimble

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...

Dorothy A. Mango

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...

Oscar Joseph Webster

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...

Virginia "Ginny" Smith

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...

Martina T. Baulo

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...

Rebecca Jane Hacker

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...

Dorothy Mae Musser

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...

Francis Lawrence Macry

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...

Clarence "Bud" R. Hays

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...

Teresa Catherine Simonds

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...